Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-1h
Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.
Any person who has been arrested with or without a warrant for commission of a misdemeanor, or for an offense the penalty for which is imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or both, may, in the discretion of the arresting officer, be issued a written complaint and summons and be released on his written promise to appear on a date and time specified. If any person so arrested and summoned fails to appear for trial at the place and time so specified, or on any court date thereafter, a warrant for his rearrest or a capias shall be issued and he shall also be subject to the provisions of section 53a-173.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-1h
(1972, P.A. 69, S. 1; P.A. 84-123, S. 1.)