{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-48","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-48","heading":"Reward for arrest of capital offender or felon.","body":"When any crime punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year has been committed, the Governor, upon application of the state's attorney for the judicial district in which it has been committed, may offer, publicly, a reward not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, to the person who gives information leading to the arrest and conviction of the guilty person, or, if such guilty person has fled after conviction of a felony in a court of this state, to the person who gives information leading to the arrest and detention of the convicted felon, whether found within the state or elsewhere, which reward shall be paid to the informer by the state, by order of the court before which such conviction is had.","path":["TITLE 54. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 960*. INFORMATION, PROCEDURE AND BAIL"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_960.htm#sec_54-48","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":"f83975b3012a246d416a2f0e6090eeb26b5d1266ccc713274818cb1ed3f242af","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-47aa","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-49"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}