{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53-142a","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-142a","heading":"Illegal sale or possession of master car key.","body":"Any person who makes and sells to anyone other than a new car dealer, licensed under section 14-52, a person actually engaged in the trade of locksmith, a law enforcement agency or a loan institution which finances the purchase of motor vehicles, any motor vehicle master car key, and any person other than one engaged in the manufacture of such keys as a bona fide business or other than one to whom the sale of such a key is authorized by this section who has such a key in his possession, shall, for a first offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor and, for a subsequent offense, be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 53. CRIMES","CHAPTER 941*. OFFENSES AGAINST PRIVATE PROPERTY"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_941.htm#sec_53-142a","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":"2026-09-06T19:07:18Z","sha256":"a7678d03a6f57b49296e505bc6b546220e899bfe7786d2965a706afab1a0a338","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53-135-to-53-142","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53-142b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}