{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-224","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-224","heading":"Recruiting a member of a criminal gang: Class A misdemeanor.","body":"(a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Criminal gang” means a formal or informal organization, association or group of three or more persons that has: (A) As one of its primary activities the commission of one or more criminal acts; (B) members who individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in one or more criminal acts; and (C) an identifying name, sign or symbol, or an identifiable leadership or hierarchy; and (2) “criminal act” means conduct constituting a felony, as defined in section 53a-25, or a misdemeanor, as defined in section 53a-26, other than a violation of this section.\n(b) A person is guilty of recruiting a member of a criminal gang when, with knowledge that membership or continued membership in such criminal gang is conditioned upon the commission of a criminal act, or with intent to facilitate the criminal acts of such criminal gang, such person knowingly causes, encourages, solicits, recruits, intimidates or coerces a person under eighteen years of age to join, participate in or remain a member of such criminal gang.\n(c) Recruiting a member of a criminal gang is a class A 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-224","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":"61d36a65eb62c2462795b243c49d4f104b666b1f5df202f881a864fcdee0b275","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-223c","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-225"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}