{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-213","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-213","heading":"Drinking while operating a motor vehicle: Class C misdemeanor.","body":"(a) A person is guilty of drinking while operating a motor vehicle when such person drinks any alcoholic liquor while operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway of this state or upon any road of any specially chartered municipal association or of any district organized under the provisions of chapter 105, a purpose of which is the construction and maintenance of roads and sidewalks, or in any parking area for ten cars or more, or upon any private road on which a speed limit has been established in accordance with the provisions of section 14-218a or 14-307a or upon any school property. As used in this section, “alcoholic liquor” has the same meaning as provided in section 30-1.\n(b) Drinking while operating a motor vehicle is a class C misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART XXI. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-213","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":"475f6249dfc93103686250921d822fa6c0508ce346f41e63d8b9b4746abe84cb","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-212","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-213a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}