{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-214","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-214","heading":"Criminal lockout: Class C misdemeanor.","body":"(a) A landlord or lessor of a residential or nonresidential unit subject to the provisions of chapter 830 or 832, or an owner of such a unit, or the agent of such landlord, lessor or owner is guilty of criminal lockout when, without benefit of a court order, he or she deprives a tenant, as defined in section 47a-1, or a lessee of a nonresidential unit, of access to his or her residential or nonresidential unit or his or her possessions.\n(b) Criminal lockout 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/2026/sup/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-214","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":"2026-09-06T19:07:28Z","sha256":"127338c355cf0e21b09520d8b5ed414a0573495eae1eeea9b24dae1003496d7d","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-213b","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-215"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}