Section 53a-119b - Using motor vehicle or vessel without owner's permission. Interfering or tampering with a motor vehicle. First offense: Class A misdemeanor. Subsequent offense: Class D felony(a) A person is guilty of using a motor vehicle without the owner's permission when: (1) He operates or uses, or causes to be operated or used, any motor vehicle unless he has the consent of the owner; or(2) he obtains the consent of the owner to the use of his motor vehicle by fraud or fraudulent means, statement or representations.(b) A person is guilty of using a vessel, as defined in section 15-127, without the owner's permission when: (1) He operates or uses, or causes to be operated or used, any vessel unless he has the consent of the owner; or(2) he obtains the consent of the owner to the use of his vessel by fraud or fraudulent means, statement or representations.(c) A person is guilty of interfering or tampering with a motor vehicle when: (1) He puts into motion the engine of any motor vehicle while it is standing without the permission of the owner except that a property owner or his agent may remove any motor vehicle left without authorization on such owner's property in accordance with section 14-145; or(2) with intent and without right to do so, he damages any motor vehicle or damages or removes any of its parts or components.(d) Using a motor vehicle or a vessel without the owner's permission or interfering or tampering with a motor vehicle is a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a class D felony for each subsequent offense.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-119b
(P.A. 73-639, S. 18; P.A. 80-292, S. 10; 80-341, S. 3; P.A. 81-351, S. 2.)
Cited. 195 Conn. 567; 206 Conn. 657; 231 Conn. 195. Cited. 10 Conn.App. 361; 14 Conn.App. 119; Id., 169; 21 CA 645; 25 CA 181; 26 Conn.App. 165; 27 Conn.App. 49; 32 CA 483; 36 Conn.App. 364; 37 Conn.App. 276; 39 CA 1; 43 Conn.App. 613; 45 Conn.App. 369. Cited. 37 CS 901; 43 Conn.Supp. 211.