{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-109","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-109","heading":"Criminal trespass in the third degree: Class C or class B misdemeanor.","body":"(a) A person is guilty of criminal trespass in the third degree when, knowing that such person is not licensed or privileged to do so: (1) Such person enters or remains in premises which are posted in a manner prescribed by law or reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders or are fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders, or which belong to the state and are appurtenant to any state institution; or (2) such person enters or remains in any premises for the purpose of hunting, trapping or fishing; or (3) such person enters or remains on public land which is posted in a manner prescribed by law or reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders or is fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders.\n(b) Criminal trespass in the third degree is a class C misdemeanor, except that any person found guilty under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor and fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART VIII. BURGLARY, CRIMINAL TRESPASS, ARSON, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND RELATED OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-109","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":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"a9fc89cbb678e2c80596aedf2790e2fff73dbd0552ffce7ba33064c010d61fdf","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-108","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}