{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42-288","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-288","heading":"Applicability. Unfair trade practice. Rebuttable presumption.","body":"(a) For the purposes of sections 42-284 to 42-287, inclusive, any transaction which occurs between a telemarketer and a consumer shall be considered to have taken place in this state if (1) the telemarketer is (A) a resident of this state, or (B) a business entity that is registered, or required by law to be registered, with the Secretary of the State to do business in this state, (2) the consumer is a resident consumer, or (3) the telemarketer contacted the consumer using a telephone number with a Connecticut area code.\n(b) Violation of any provision of sections 42-284 to 42-287, inclusive, shall be an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of subsection (a) of section 42-110b.\n(c) There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a telephonic sales call made to a resident consumer or to a telephone number with a Connecticut area code has taken place in this state.","path":["TITLE 42. BUSINESS, SELLING, TRADING AND COLLECTION PRACTICES","CHAPTER 743m. TELEMARKETING"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_743m.htm#sec_42-288","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:14Z","sha256":"8a2430b5e65ff5dec6329a81d679c6fd39ff41c05feed0b190fad95023037311","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42-287","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42-288a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}