{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-51-164r","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164r","heading":"Failure to pay or plead.","body":"(a) Any person charged with an infraction who fails to pay the fine and any additional fee imposed or send in a plea of not guilty by the answer date or wilfully fails to appear for any scheduled court appearance date which may be required shall be guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor and may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than ten days.\n(b) Any person charged with any violation specified in subsection (b) of section 51-164n who fails to pay the fine and any additional fee imposed or send in a plea of not guilty by the answer date or wilfully fails to appear for any scheduled court appearance date which may be required shall be guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor and may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than ten days.","path":["TITLE 51. COURTS","CHAPTER 881b. INFRACTIONS OF THE LAW"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_881b.htm#sec_51-164r","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":"2026-09-06T19:07:17Z","sha256":"0327e39b41fca0bc8f26c057d7036e573771289e9eb6ba9aefdb3e7c47dc221b","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-51-164q","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-51-164s"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}