Sec. 29-28a. Application for permit. Notice of decision to applicant.
Sec. 29-28b. Holders of permits to sell firearms at retail. Duties. Inventory reconciliation.
Sec. 29-29. Information concerning criminal records of applicants for permits.
Sec. 29-32b. Board of Firearms Permit Examiners. Appeals to board. Hearings.
Sec. 29-33. Sale, delivery or transfer of pistols and revolvers. Procedure. Penalty.
Sec. 29-36f. Eligibility certificate for pistol or revolver.
Sec. 29-37a. Sale, delivery or transfer of long guns. Procedure. Penalty.
Sec. 29-37g. Gun show requirements.
Sec. 29-37p. Long gun eligibility certificate. Disqualifiers.
Sec. 29-38m. Sale of ammunition or ammunition magazine.
Sec. 29-6d. Use of body-worn recording equipment and dashboard cameras. When recording prohibited. Retention of data. (a) For purposes of this section and section 7-277b:
(1) “Law enforcement unit” has the same meaning as provided in section 7-294a;
(2) “Police officer” means a sworn member of a law enforcement unit or any member of a law enforcement unit who performs police duties;
(3) “Body-worn recording equipment” means an electronic recording device that is capable of recording audio and video;
(4) “Dashboard camera” means a dashboard camera with a remote recorder, as defined in section 7-277b;
(5) “Digital data storage device or service” means a device or service that retains the data from the recordings made by body-worn recording equipment using computer data storage; and
(6) “Police patrol vehicle” means any state or local police vehicle other than an administrative vehicle in which an occupant is wearing body-worn camera equipment, a bicycle, a motor scooter, an all-terrain vehicle, an electric personal assistive mobility device, as defined in subsection (a) of section 14-289h, or an animal control vehicle.
(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall jointly evaluate and approve the minimal technical specifications of body-worn recording equipment that shall be worn by police officers pursuant to this section, dashboard cameras that shall be used in each police patrol vehicle and digital data storage devices or services that shall be used by a law enforcement unit to retain the data from the recordings made by such equipment. The commissioner and council shall make such minimal technical specifications available to each law enforcement unit in a manner determined by the commissioner and council. The commissioner and council may revise the minimal technical specifications when the commissioner and council determine that revisions to such specifications are necessary.
(c) (1) Each police officer shall use body-worn recording equipment while interacting with the public in such sworn member's law enforcement capacity, except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, or in the case of a municipal police department, in accordance with the department's policy adopted by the department and based on guidelines maintained pursuant to subsection (j) of this section, concerning the use of body-worn recording equipment.
(2) Each police officer shall wear body-worn recording equipment on such officer's outer-most garment and shall position such equipment above the midline of such officer's torso when using such equipment.
(3) Body-worn recording equipment used pursuant to this section shall conform to the minimal technical specifications approved pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, except that a police officer may use body-worn recording equipment that does not conform to the minimal technical specifications approved pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, if such equipment was purchased prior to January 1, 2016, by the law enforcement unit employing such officer.
(4) Each law enforcement unit shall require usage of a dashboard camera in each police patrol vehicle used by any police officer employed by such unit in accordance with the unit's policy adopted by the unit and based on guidelines maintained pursuant to subsection (j) of this section, concerning dashboard cameras.
(d) Except as required by state or federal law, no person employed by a law enforcement unit shall edit, erase, copy, share or otherwise alter or distribute in any manner any recording made by body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard camera or the data from such recording.
(e) A police officer may review a recording from his or her body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard camera (1) in order to assist such officer with the preparation of a report or otherwise assist such officer in the performance of his or her duties, or (2) if such officer is the subject of a disciplinary investigation and such a recording is being considered as part of the investigation.
(f) (1) If a police officer is giving a formal statement about the use of force and the use of force was captured in a recording from body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard camera, the officer shall have the right to review such recording in the presence of the officer's attorney or labor representative. Not later than forty-eight hours following an officer's review of the recording, or if the officer does not review the recording, not later than ninety-six hours following a request for public disclosure of the recording, whichever is earlier, such recording shall be disclosed, upon request, to the public, subject to the provisions of subsection (g) of this section. Public disclosure may be delayed if the officer, due to a medical or physical response or an acute psychological stress response to the incident, is not reasonably able to review a recording under this subdivision, but in no event shall disclosure be delayed more than one hundred forty-four hours following the recorded event.
(2) If a request is made for public disclosure of a recording from body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard camera that captured an alleged use of force and a police officer has not been asked to give a formal statement about the alleged use of force, any police officer whose image or voice is captured on the recording shall have the right to review such recording in the presence of the officer's attorney or labor representative. Not later than forty-eight hours following an officer's review of a recording under this subdivision, or if the officer does not review the recording, not later than ninety-six hours following the request for disclosure, whichever is earlier, such recording shall be disclosed to the public, subject to the provisions of subsection (g) of this section. Public disclosure may be delayed if the officer, due to a medical or physical response or an acute psychological stress response to the incident, is not reasonably able to review a recording under this subdivision, but in no event shall disclosure be delayed more than one hundred forty-four hours following the recorded event.
(g) (1) Except as otherwise provided by any agreement between a law enforcement unit and the federal government, no police officer shall use body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard camera, if applicable, to intentionally record (A) a communication with other law enforcement unit personnel, except that which may be recorded as the officer performs his or her duties, (B) an encounter with an undercover officer or informant or an officer performing detective work described in guidelines developed pursuant to subsection (j) of this section, (C) when an officer is on break or is otherwise engaged in a personal activity, (D) a person undergoing a medical or psychological evaluation, procedure or treatment, (E) any person other than a suspect to a crime if an officer is wearing such equipment in a hospital or other medical facility setting, or (F) in a mental health facility, unless responding to a call involving a suspect to a crime who is thought to be present in the facility.
(2) No record created using body-worn recording equipment or a dashboard camera of (A) an occurrence or situation described in subparagraphs (A) to (F), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of this subsection, (B) a scene of an incident that involves (i) a victim of domestic or sexual abuse, (ii) a victim of homicide or suicide, or (iii) a deceased victim of an accident, if disclosure could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy in the case of any such victim described in this subparagraph, or (C) a minor, shall be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, and any such record shall be confidential, except that a record of a minor shall be disclosed if (i) the minor and the parent or guardian of such minor consent to the disclosure of such record, (ii) a police officer is the subject of an allegation of misconduct made by such minor or the parent or guardian of such minor, and the person representing such officer in an investigation of such alleged misconduct requests disclosure of such record for the sole purpose of preparing a defense to such allegation, or (iii) a person is charged with a crime and defense counsel for such person requests disclosure of such record for the sole purpose of assisting in such person's defense and the discovery of such record as evidence is otherwise discoverable.
(h) No police officer shall use body-worn recording equipment prior to being trained in accordance with section 7-294s in the use of such equipment and in the retention of data created by such equipment. A law enforcement unit shall ensure that each police officer such unit employs receives such training at least annually and is trained on the proper care and maintenance of such equipment.
(i) If a police officer is aware that any body-worn recording equipment or dashboard camera is lost, damaged or malfunctioning, such officer shall inform such officer's supervisor in writing as soon as is practicable. Upon receiving such information, the supervisor shall ensure that the body-worn recording equipment or dashboard camera is inspected and repaired or replaced, as necessary. Each police officer shall inspect and test body-worn recording equipment prior to each shift to verify proper functioning, and shall notify such officer's supervisor of any problems with such equipment.
(j) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall jointly maintain guidelines pertaining to the use of body-worn recording equipment and dashboard cameras, including the type of detective work an officer might engage in that should not be recorded, retention of data created by such equipment and dashboard cameras and methods for safe and secure storage of such data. On and after October 1, 2024, such guidelines shall contain provisions concerning under which circumstances an officer shall not pause recording on such equipment. The guidelines shall not require a law enforcement unit to store such data for a period longer than one year, except in the case where the unit knows the data is pertinent to any ongoing civil, criminal or administrative matter. Each law enforcement unit and any police officer and any other employee of such unit who may have access to such data shall adhere to such guidelines. The commissioner and council may update and reissue such guidelines, as the commissioner and council determine necessary. The commissioner and council shall, upon issuance of such guidelines or any update to such guidelines, submit such guidelines in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and public safety.
(k) (1) Not later than October 1, 2023, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, in consultation with the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut, shall prescribe a form to be used by law enforcement units to report each unit's compliance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section. Such form shall require the compilation of information including, but not limited to, (A) the number of body-worn recording devices in operation in a law enforcement unit, (B) the number of dashboard cameras in operation in a law enforcement unit, (C) the number of police patrol vehicles not equipped with a dashboard camera in a law enforcement unit and the reasons such vehicles are not so equipped, (D) information regarding any incidents in which a police officer of a law enforcement unit was found in an internal investigation conducted by such unit to have violated such unit's policy regarding the use of body-worn recording equipment or dashboard cameras, and (E) any other information deemed necessary.
(2) Not later than January 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, each law enforcement unit shall submit a report on the form prescribed pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection concerning the unit's compliance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section to the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut. The institute shall post such reports on the institute's Internet web site.
(3) Not later than July 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut shall, within available appropriations, review the reports submitted pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, and report the results of such review and any recommendations as a result of such review to the Governor, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council, the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management and, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and public safety and security.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-4, S. 7; P.A. 16-33, S. 1; P.A. 17-225, S. 3, 4; P.A. 19-11, S. 2; 19-90, S. 2; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1, S. 19; P.A. 21-33, S. 2, 3; 21-40, S. 26; P.A. 23-47, S. 8; 23-204, S. 58; P.A. 24-15, S. 2; P.A. 25-100, S. 1.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-4 effective July 6, 2015; P.A. 16-33 amended Subsec. (g) by designating existing provisions re police officer using body-worn recording equipment to intentionally record as new Subdiv. (1) and amending same by redesignating existing Subdivs. (1) to (6) as Subparas. (A) to (F), and by designating existing provisions re record created using body-worn recording equipment as new Subdiv. (2) and amending same by adding provision re disclosure constituting unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, adding Subpara. (C) re minor, adding provisions re confidentiality and disclosure and making technical and conforming changes, effective May 26, 2016; P.A. 17-225 amended Subsec. (c)(1) to add provision re municipal police department policy, amended Subsec. (j) to delete reference to January 1, 2016, and replace “issue” with “maintain” re guidelines, and further amended Subsecs. (c)(1) and (j) to make technical changes; P.A. 19-11 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “2016” with “2019”, adding references to Sec. 7-277(b)(1)(B) and (D), deleting reference to Sec. 7-277(b)(1)(C) and making a conforming change in Subdiv. (1), effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 19-90 amended Subsec. (f) by adding reference to dashboard camera with remote recorder and adding provision re disclosure of recording to the public; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting former Subdiv. (1), adding new Subdiv. (1) defining “law enforcement unit”, redefining “police officer” in Subdiv. (2), adding new Subdiv. (4) defining “dashboard camera”, redesignating existing Subdiv. (4) as Subdiv. (5) and adding Subdiv. (6) defining “police patrol vehicle”, amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “may” with “shall” re wearing of body-worn equipment and use for data retention and adding references to dashboard camera, amended Subsec. (c) by making the use of body-worn recording equipment mandatory for all police officers in Subdiv. (1), deleting former Subdiv. (2) re permissible use of body-worn recording equipment, redesignating existing Subdivs. (3) and (4) as Subdivs. (2) and (3) and adding new Subdiv. (4) re mandatory usage of dashboard cameras, amended Subsecs. (d) and (e) by adding references to dashboard camera, amended Subsec. (g) by adding references to dashboard camera and adding reference to officer performing detective work, amended Subsec. (h) by deleting exception for police officer using equipment prior to October 1, 2015, amended Subsec. (i) by adding “or dashboard camera”, “in writing” and “body-worn recording”, amended Subsec. (j) by adding references to dashboard cameras and to type of detective work and adding provision that guidelines not to require data storage for longer than one year and made technical and conforming changes throughout, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 21-33 amended Subsec. (f) by making existing language Subdiv. (1) and redesignating existing Subdivs. (1) and (2) as Subparas. (A) and (B), by providing that the 96-hour window for disclosure follows the initiation of investigation rather than the recorded incident, by making technical changes and by adding new Subdiv. (2) re requested disclosure when an officer has not been asked to give a formal statement or where no disciplinary investigation has been initiated; P.A. 21-40 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(1), effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 23-47 amended Subsec. (f) by adding language permitting a delay from public disclosure under limited circumstances of not more than 144 hours; P.A. 23-204 added Subsec. (k) re forms and reports of law enforcement unit compliance with provisions of Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 24-15 added provision in Subsec. (j) re guidelines directing under which circumstances an officer shall not pause recording equipment, effective May 14, 2024; P.A. 25-100 amended Subsec. (e) to redesignate existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and therein add “assist such officer” and add Subdiv. (2) re if such officer is the subject of a disciplinary investigation and such a recording is being considered as part of the investigation, amended Subsec. (f)(1) to replace “or if a police officer is the subject of a disciplinary investigation in which” with “and the use of force was captured in”, delete “is being considered as part of a review of an incident,” delete Subpara. (A) designator, delete “, and (B) recordings from other body-worn recording equipment capturing the officer's image or voice during the incident.”, replace “a recording” with “the recording”, delete “under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision,”, replace “the initiation of such disciplinary investigation,” with “a request for public disclosure of the recording,” and make technical changes and amended Subsec. (f)(2) to replace “of an incident about which (A)” with “that captured an alleged use of force and” and delete “or (B) a disciplinary investigation has not been initiated,”.
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Sec. 29-23a. Establishment of rotational system for summoning wrecker services. Exemptions. Regulations. (a) The Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall establish, within its patrol jurisdiction, a rotational system for summoning wrecker services, as defined in section 14-1, for the purpose of towing or transporting motor vehicles which are disabled, inoperative or wrecked in the event the owners or operators of such vehicles are incapacitated, unavailable or leave the procurement of wrecker service to the officer at the scene of an accident or the location of a disabled vehicle. Any such wrecker service may participate in such system, provided (1) such wrecker service fulfills certain qualifications, including certification by the Towing and Recovery Association of America or a certification program approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, and the wrecker service's equipment meets safety and mechanical standards established by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, and (2) the wrecker service's business is located so as to provide prompt and efficient service.
(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, the provisions of this section where strict compliance with such provisions would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship or is otherwise adjudged unwarranted, provided any such variation, exemption, approved equivalent or alternate compliance shall, in the opinion of said commissioner, secure the public safety.
(c) If the owner or operator of a disabled vehicle is present at the scene of an accident or the location of the disabled vehicle and is able to respond, the state police officer shall inquire whether such owner or operator wishes to choose a wrecker service for the purposes of towing or transporting the disabled vehicle. If such owner or operator wishes to do so and such chosen wrecker service is on the rotational system maintained pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the police officer shall notify the chosen wrecker service. If such chosen wrecker service cannot be contacted or is unable or unwilling to respond within the time frames established pursuant to regulations adopted in accordance with subsection (d) of this section, the police officer shall summon the next available wrecker service on the rotational system.
(d) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning the operation of such rotational system and the removal from the system of wrecker services which fail to comply with the requirements specified in such regulations or any provision of the general statutes or a regulation concerning the operation of a wrecker service or motor vehicle repair or storage facility or the operation of a motor vehicle.
(P.A. 83-166; P.A. 98-138; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 25-55, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 98-138 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), adding provision requiring certification of wrecker operators and including Commissioner of Public Safety as standard-setting authority and deleting provision allowing the commissioner to adopt regulations and added Subsec. (b) authorizing commissioner to grant variations from strict compliance with the section and new Subsec. (c) re adoption of regulations; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 25-55 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “may” with “shall” re establishment of rotational system for summoning wrecker services, replacing references to licensed wrecker operators with references to wrecker services, added new Subsec. (c) re inquiry whether owner or operator of disabled vehicle wishes to chose wrecker service and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d) and amended same by making technical and conforming changes.
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Sec. 29-28. Permit for sale at retail of firearms. Permit to carry pistol or revolver. Confidentiality of name and address of permit holder. Permits for out-of-state residents. (a) As used in this section, “local permitting authority” means the chief of police or, where there is no chief of police, the chief executive officer, as described in section 7-193, of the municipality, as defined in section 7-148, or, if designated by such chief executive officer, the resident state trooper serving such municipality or a state police officer of the state police troop having jurisdiction over such municipality.
(b) (1) No person who sells ten or more firearms in a calendar year or is a federally licensed firearm dealer shall advertise, sell, deliver, or offer or expose for sale or delivery, or have in such person's possession with intent to sell or deliver, any pistol or revolver at retail without having a permit therefor issued as provided in this subsection.
(2) The local permitting authority may, upon the application of any person, issue a permit in such form as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for the sale at retail of firearms within the jurisdiction of the local permitting authority. No permit for the sale at retail of firearms shall be issued unless the applicant holds a valid eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to section 29-36f or a valid state permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (c) of this section; and the applicant submits documentation sufficient to establish that local zoning requirements have been met for the location where the sale is to take place, except that any person selling or exchanging a pistol or revolver for the enhancement of a personal collection or for a hobby or who sells all or part of such person's personal collection of pistols or revolvers shall not be required to submit such documentation for the location where the sale or exchange is to take place.
(3) Any person holding a valid permit for the sale at retail of pistols or revolvers issued on or before September 30, 2023, shall be deemed to be a holder of a valid permit for the sale at retail of firearms until such permit for the sale at retail of pistols or revolvers expires or is revoked, suspended, confiscated or surrendered. The holder of such permit may renew such permit as a permit for the sale at retail of firearms pursuant to section 29-30.
(c) Upon the application of any person having a bona fide permanent residence within the jurisdiction of a local permitting authority, such local permitting authority may issue a temporary state permit to such person to carry a pistol or revolver within the state, provided such local permitting authority shall find that such applicant intends to make no use of any pistol or revolver which such applicant may be permitted to carry under such permit other than a lawful use and that such person is a suitable person to receive such permit. Such applicant shall submit to a state and national criminal history records check in accordance with section 29-17a. If the applicant has a bona fide permanent residence within the jurisdiction of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, and such tribe has a law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a, the chief of police of such law enforcement unit may issue a temporary state permit to such person pursuant to the provisions of this subsection, and any chief of police of any other law enforcement unit having jurisdiction over an area containing such person's bona fide permanent residence shall not issue such temporary state permit if such tribal law enforcement unit accepts applications for temporary state permits. Such applicant shall submit to a state and national criminal history records check in accordance with section 29-17a. No state or temporary state permit to carry a pistol or revolver shall be issued under this subsection if the applicant: (1) (A) For any application filed prior to July 1, 2024, has failed to successfully complete a course approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in the safety and use of pistols and revolvers including, but not limited to, a safety or training course in the use of pistols and revolvers available to the public offered by a law enforcement agency, a private or public educational institution or a firearms training school, utilizing instructors certified by the National Rifle Association or the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and a safety or training course in the use of pistols or revolvers conducted by an instructor certified by the state or the National Rifle Association, and (B) for any application filed on or after July 1, 2024, has failed to successfully complete, not earlier than two years prior to the submission of such application, a course approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in the safety and use of firearms, which courses may include those certified by the National Rifle Association or other organizations, conducted by an instructor certified by the National Rifle Association or by the state, provided any such course includes instruction in state law requirements pertaining to safe storage in the home and in vehicles, lawful use of firearms and lawful carrying of firearms in public. Any person wishing to provide such course, may apply in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall approve or deny any application for provision of such a course not later than July 1, 2024, in the case of an application submitted before October 1, 2023; (2) has been convicted of (A) a felony, or (B) (i) a misdemeanor violation of section 21a-279 on or after October 1, 2015, (ii) a misdemeanor violation of section 53a-58, 53a-61, 53a-61a, 53a-62, 53a-63, 53a-96, 53a-175, 53a-176, 53a-178 or 53a-181d during the preceding eight years, (iii) a misdemeanor violation of any law of this state that has been designated as a family violence crime pursuant to section 46b-38h, or (iv) a misdemeanor violation in another state, a federal, tribal or military court or any foreign jurisdiction during the preceding eight years that a reasonable reviewer would believe to constitute (I) any crime of violence against another person causing physical injury, (II) any crime that with extreme indifference to human life creates a risk of serious physical injury or with criminal negligence causes the death of another person other than by a motor vehicle, (III) any crime that by physical threat or course of conduct causes another person to reasonably fear for such person's safety, (IV) any crime involving engaging in or inciting a riot, or (V) possession of a controlled substance or hallucinogenic substance, each as defined in section 21a-240, other than less than four ounces of cannabis, less than one-half ounce of psilocybin or nicotine; (3) has been convicted as delinquent for the commission of a serious juvenile offense, as defined in section 46b-120; (4) has been discharged from custody within the preceding twenty years after having been found not guilty of a crime by reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to section 53a-13; (5) (A) has been confined in a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495, within the preceding sixty months by order of a probate court, or (B) has been voluntarily admitted on or after October 1, 2013, or has been committed under an emergency certificate pursuant to section 17a-502 on or after October 1, 2023, to a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495, within the preceding six months for care and treatment of a psychiatric disability and not solely for being an alcohol-dependent person or a drug-dependent person, as those terms are defined in section 17a-680; (6) is subject to a restraining or protective order issued by a court in a case involving the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force against another person, including an ex parte order issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or 46b-16a; (7) is subject to a firearms seizure order issued prior to June 1, 2022, pursuant to section 29-38c after notice and hearing, or a risk protection order or risk protection investigation order issued on or after June 1, 2022, pursuant to section 29-38c; (8) is prohibited from shipping, transporting, possessing or receiving a firearm pursuant to 18 USC 922(g)(2), (g)(4) or (g)(9); (9) is an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States; or (10) is less than twenty-one years of age. Nothing in this section shall require any person who holds a valid permit to carry a pistol or revolver on July 1, 2024, to participate in any additional training in the safety and use of pistols and revolvers. No person may apply for a temporary state permit to carry a pistol or revolver more than once within any twelve-month period, and no temporary state permit to carry a pistol or revolver shall be issued to any person who has applied for such permit more than once within the preceding twelve months. Any person who applies for a temporary state permit to carry a pistol or revolver shall indicate in writing on the application, under penalty of false statement in such manner as the local permitting authority prescribes, that such person has not applied for a temporary state permit to carry a pistol or revolver within the past twelve months. Upon issuance of a temporary state permit to carry a pistol or revolver to the applicant, the local permitting authority or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in this subsection, shall forward the original application to the commissioner. Not later than sixty days after receiving a temporary state permit, an applicant shall appear at a location designated by the commissioner to receive the state permit. The commissioner may then issue, to any holder of any temporary state permit, a state permit to carry a pistol or revolver within the state. Upon issuance of the state permit, the commissioner shall make available to the permit holder a copy of the law regarding the permit holder's responsibility to report the loss or theft of a firearm and the penalties associated with the failure to comply with such law. Upon issuance of the state permit, the commissioner shall forward a record of such state permit to the local permitting authority, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in this subsection, that issued the temporary state permit. The commissioner shall retain records of all applications, whether approved or denied. The copy of the state permit delivered to the permittee shall be laminated and shall contain a full-face photograph of such permittee. A person holding a state permit issued pursuant to this subsection shall notify the issuing authority within two business days of any change of such person's address. The notification shall include the old address and the new address of such person.
(d) No issuing authority may require any sworn member of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or an organized local police department to furnish such sworn member's residence address in a permit application. The issuing authority shall allow each such sworn member who has a permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued by such issuing authority to revise such member's application to include a business or post office address in lieu of the residence address. The issuing authority shall notify each such member of the right to revise such application.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1-210 and 1-211, the name and address of a person issued a permit to sell firearms at retail pursuant to subsection (b) of this section or a state or a temporary state permit to carry a pistol or revolver pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, or a local permit to carry pistols and revolvers issued by local permitting authorities prior to October 1, 2001, shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed, except (1) such information may be disclosed to law enforcement officials acting in the performance of their duties, including, but not limited to, employees of the United States Probation Office acting in the performance of their duties and parole officers within the Department of Correction acting in the performance of their duties, (2) the issuing authority may disclose such information to the extent necessary to comply with a request made pursuant to section 29-33, 29-37a or 29-38m for verification that such state or temporary state permit is still valid and has not been suspended or revoked, and the local permitting authority may disclose such information to the extent necessary to comply with a request made pursuant to section 29-33, 29-37a or 29-38m for verification that a local permit is still valid and has not been suspended or revoked, and (3) such information may be disclosed to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to carry out the provisions of subsection (c) of section 17a-500.
(f) The issuance of any permit to carry a pistol or revolver does not thereby authorize the possession or carrying of a pistol or revolver in any premises where the possession or carrying of a pistol or revolver is otherwise prohibited by law or is prohibited by the person who owns or exercises control over such premises.
(g) Any bona fide resident of the United States having no bona fide permanent residence within the jurisdiction of any local permitting authority in the state, but who has a permit or license to carry a pistol or revolver issued by the authority of another state or subdivision of the United States, may apply directly to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for a permit to carry a pistol or revolver in this state. All provisions of subsections (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this section shall apply to applications for a permit received by the commissioner under this subsection. Such applicant shall submit to a state and national criminal history records check in accordance with section 29-17a.
(1949 Rev., S. 4158, 4159; 1959, P.A. 615, S. 19; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 90-155, S. 1; P.A. 92-130, S. 4, 10; P.A. 93-172, S. 1; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 4; P.A. 98-129, S. 6; P.A. 99-212, S. 19; P.A. 01-130, S. 4; P.A. 05-283, S. 4; P.A. 07-163, S. 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 12-177, S. 1; P.A. 13-3, S. 57; 13-220, S. 14; P.A. 15-216, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-2, S. 3; P.A. 16-34, S. 8; P.A. 21-67, S. 3; P.A. 22-102, S. 2; P.A. 23-53, S. 4, 5, 29; 23-89, S. 4; 23-130, S. 1; P.A. 24-24, S. 9; P.A. 25-18, S. 1; 25-43, S. 4.)
History: 1959 act corrected typographical error; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 90-155 added provision re compliance with local zoning requirements; P.A. 92-130 divided section into two Subsecs., inserting new language as Subsec. (b) to prohibit issuing authority from requiring police officers to furnish their residence addresses in permit applications and to require issuing authority to allow police officers who have a permit to carry a pistol or revolver on May 26, 1992, to revise such applications to include business or post office address in lieu of residence address; P.A. 93-172 amended Subsec. (a) to require copy of state permit delivered to permittee to be laminated and contain full-face photograph of permittee; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 amended Subsec. (a) to require any person “who sells ten or more pistols or revolvers in a calendar year or is a federally-licensed firearm dealer” to obtain a permit for the sale at retail of pistols and revolvers and to prohibit the issuance of such permit unless the applicant holds a valid eligibility certificate or valid permit to carry, designated as Subsec. (b) existing provisions re application for and issuance of permit to carry and amended said Subsec. to replace provision prohibiting the issuance of such permit to an alien with provision prohibiting the issuance of such permit to any applicant who comes within any of the six specified circumstances, add provision exempting current permit holders from additional training and add provision requiring a permit holder to notify the issuing authority of any change of address, redesignated former Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c) and added Subsec. (d) re confidentiality of name and address of permit holders; P.A. 98-129 added new Subsec. (b)(3) prohibiting the issuance of a permit to an applicant who has been convicted as delinquent of a serious juvenile offense, renumbering the remaining Subdivs. accordingly, and replacing in Subdiv. (5) “hospital for mental illness” with “hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities”, added Subsec. (d)(3) authorizing the disclosure of such information to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to carry out the provisions of Sec. 17a-500(c), and added new Subsec. (e) to provide that the issuance of a permit to carry a pistol or revolver does not thereby authorize the possession or carrying of a pistol or revolver where prohibited by law or by the person who owns or exercises control over the premises; P.A. 99-212 added new Subsec. (b)(7) prohibiting the issuance of a permit to an applicant who is subject to a firearms seizure order issued pursuant to Sec. 29-38c(d) after notice and hearing, renumbering remaining Subdiv. accordingly, and made provisions gender neutral; P.A. 01-130 amended Subsecs. (a), (b) and (d) to establish state permits for sale at retail and state permits to carry pistols and revolvers in place of local permits for sale and local permits to carry, added Subsec. (b)(9) prohibiting a state permit to carry from being issued to persons under age 21, added Subsec. (f) providing for out-of-state residents to obtain state permits to carry, and made technical and conforming changes throughout; P.A. 05-283 added new Subsec. (b)(8) prohibiting the issuance of a permit to an applicant who is prohibited from shipping, transporting, possessing or receiving a firearm pursuant to 18 USC 922 (g)(4), redesignated existing Subdivs. (8) and (9) as Subdivs. (9) and (10); P.A. 07-163 amended Subsec. (b) to add provision requiring commissioner, upon issuance of state permit, to make available to permit holder a copy of the law requiring reporting of the loss or theft of a firearm and penalties for failure to comply with the law; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-177 amended Subsec. (d)(1) to permit disclosure of information to employees of the U.S. Probation Office acting in performance of their duties; P.A. 13-3 amended Subsec. (b) to add “permanent” re bona fide residence and delete “or place of business” re within jurisdiction, to replace “twelve months” with “sixty months” re hospital confinement by probate court order and add Subpara. (B) re voluntary admission in Subdiv. (5), and to add provisions prohibiting application for and issuance of a temporary state permit to carry a pistol or revolver more than once within any 12-month period, amended Subsec. (d)(2) to add references to request made pursuant to Sec. 29-37a or 29-38m, amended Subsec. (f) to add “permanent” re bona fide residence and delete “or place of business” re within jurisdiction, and made technical and conforming changes; P.A. 13-220 amended Subsec. (b)(2) to limit disqualifying violations to those committed on or after October 1, 1994, and make technical changes; P.A. 15-216 amended Subsec. (d)(1) to add reference to parole officers within Department of Correction; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-2 amended Subsec. (b)(2)(B) to replace reference to Sec. 21a-279(c) with reference to Sec. 21a-279; P.A. 16-34 amended Subsec. (b)(6) by adding “including an ex parte order issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or 46b-16a”; P.A. 21-67 amended Subsec. (b)(2)(B) by replacing “on or after October 1, 1994, a violation of section 21a-279 or” with “a misdemeanor violation of section 21a-279 on or after October 1, 2015, or (C) a misdemeanor violation of” and adding “during the preceding twenty years” at the end of newly designated Subpara. (C) and amended Subsec. (b)(7) by adding reference to June 1, 2022, and language re a risk protection order or investigation and making a technical change, effective June 1, 2022; P.A. 22-102 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by substituting provision re chief executive officer of the municipality or designated resident state trooper or state police officer for warden or first selectman, amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re applicant with bona fide permanent residence within jurisdiction of federally recognized Native American tribe and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 23-53 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing permit for retail sale of pistols and revolvers with permit for retail sale of firearms and making conforming changes, redesignating existing language in Subsec. (a) re requirement of permit as Subsec. (a)(1) and issuance of permit as Subsec. (a)(2), adding Subsec. (a)(3) re existing holders of a permit for sale at retail of pistols or revolvers and making a technical change, amended Subsec. (b) by redesignating existing Subdiv. (1) as Subdiv. (1)(A) and adding language in same re any application filed prior to July 1, 2024, adding Subdiv. (1)(B) re any application filed on or after July 1, 2024, adding language re a misdemeanor violation of any law designated as a family violence crime in Subdiv. (2)(C), replacing reference to 18 USC 922(g)(4) with reference to 18 USC 922(g)(2), (g)(4) or (g)(9) in Subdiv. (8), replacing “October 1, 1994” with “July 1, 2024” in Subdiv. (10) and making technical changes and amended Subsec. (d) by replacing provision re permit for the retail sale of pistols and revolvers with provision re permit for the retail sale of firearms; P.A. 23-89 amended Subsec. (b)(5)(B) by adding provision re commitment under an emergency certificate pursuant to Sec. 17a-502; P.A. 23-130 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by inserting “, as defined in section 7-193,”, amended Subsec. (b) by adding provisions re state and national criminal history records check in accordance with Sec. 29-17a, chief of police of law enforcement unit of federally recognized Native American tribe forwarding application after issuing a temporary permit and commissioner forwarding record of state permit to such chief and making a technical change and amended Subsec. (f) by adding provision re state and national criminal history records check in accordance with Sec. 29-17a, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 24-24 made technical changes in Subsec. (b)(2); P.A. 25-18 added new Subsec. (a) defining “local permitting authority”, redesignated existing Subsecs. (a) to (f) as Subsecs. (b) to (g), amended Subsec. (b)(2) to replace provision re chief of police, chief executive officer, resident state trooper or state police officer as permitting authorities with reference to local permitting authority and made conforming and technical changes throughout; P.A. 25-43 amended Subsec. (b)(2) by designating existing Subpara. (B) as Subpara. (B)(i), redesignating existing Subpara. (C) as Subpara. (B)(ii) and (iii), replacing “twenty years” with “eight years” in Subpara. (B)(ii) and adding Subpara. (B)(iv) re misdemeanor violations in other jurisdictions.
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Sec. 29-28a. Application for permit. Notice of decision to applicant. (a) Requests for temporary state permits under section 29-28 shall be submitted to the local permitting authority, as defined in section 29-28, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, on application forms prescribed by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Upon written request by any person for a temporary state permit not on a prescribed application form, or upon request by any person for such application form, the local permitting authority or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, shall supply such forms. When any such request is made in person at the office of the local permitting authority or law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, the local permitting authority or the chief of police of such law enforcement unit shall supply such application form immediately. When any such request is made in any other manner, the local permitting authority, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, shall supply such application form not later than one week after receiving such request. If such application form is not supplied within the time limits required by this section, the request therefor shall constitute a sufficient application. If any local permitting authority, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, fails to supply an application form upon the request of any person, such person may request an application form from the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or any barracks of the Division of State Police, and the time limits and procedures set forth in this section for handling requests for such forms shall be applicable.
(b) (1) The local permitting authority, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, shall, not later than eight weeks after a sufficient application for a temporary state permit has been made, inform the applicant that such applicant's request for a temporary state permit has been approved or denied, and if denied, supply to the applicant a detailed written reason for such denial. The local permitting authority, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, shall forward a copy of the application indicating approval or denial of the temporary state permit to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. If the local permitting authority, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, denies the application for a temporary state permit, no state permit may be issued. If the local permitting authority fails to expressly deny the application or issue a temporary state permit during the eight-week period following the submission of such application, upon presentation by the applicant of an affidavit attesting to such failure to expressly deny the application at least (A) thirty-two weeks, in the case of an application filed on or before March 30, 2024, and (B) sixteen weeks, in the case of an application filed on or after April 1, 2024, after submission of such application, the commissioner shall accept such affidavit in lieu of a temporary state permit and notify the local permitting authority immediately of the receipt of such affidavit. The commissioner shall, not later than eight weeks after receiving an application indicating approval from the local permitting authority, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, or an affidavit attesting to a failure to expressly deny the application, inform the applicant in detailed writing that the applicant's application for a state permit has been approved or denied, or that the results of the national criminal history records check have not been received. If grounds for denial become known after a temporary state permit has been obtained, the temporary state permit shall be immediately revoked pursuant to section 29-32. The failure of the issuing authority to complete the review of an application for a temporary state permit shall not be grounds for the commissioner to deny issuance of a state permit.
(2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, during a major disaster or an emergency declaration by the President of the United States, or an emergency declaration issued by the Governor due to any disease epidemic, public health emergency or natural disaster impacting a local permitting authority, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall not accept any affidavit filed under subdivision (1) of this subsection until thirty-two weeks have passed since submission of the application for a temporary state permit.
(1963, P.A. 115; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 81-342, S. 2; P.A. 84-60; P.A. 01-130, S. 5; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 22-102, S. 3; P.A. 23-53, S. 46; 23-130, S. 2; P.A. 25-18, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-342 amended Subsec. (a) by adding the provision that a person may request an application from the commissioner of public safety or a state police barracks if the issuing authority fails to supply an application upon request; P.A. 84-60 amended Subsec. (b), extending the notification period for the granting or denial of a permit from six to eight weeks; P.A. 01-130 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to substitute “local” authority for “issuing” authority to reflect change from local to state permit and make technical and conforming changes, added provisions re chief of police, warden and first selectman in Subsec. (a) and added provisions re forwarding of copy of application to and notice to applicant from Commissioner of Public Safety in Subsec. (b); pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 22-102 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting provision re chief executive officer of the municipality or designated resident state trooper or state police officer for warden or first selectman, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 23-53 substantially revised Subsec. (b) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and adding provision re detailed written reason for denial, failure by a local authority to expressly deny an application or issue temporary state permit during the 8-week period following application, acceptance by commissioner of an affidavit attesting to such failure and providing that such failure shall not be grounds for denial of a state permit, and adding Subdiv. (2) notwithstanding Subsec. (b)(1)(B); P.A. 23-130 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “, as defined in section 7-193,”, and amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by adding provisions re chief of police of law enforcement unit of federally recognized Native American tribe, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 25-18 amended Subsec. (a) to replace provision re chief of police, chief executive officer, resident state trooper or state police officer with provision re local permitting authority, add “or law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28” and replace “a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state as referenced in subsection (b) of section 29-28, shall supply such application form immediately” with “such law enforcement unit shall supply such application form immediately”, replaced references to local authority with references to local permitting authority throughout and made technical and conforming changes throughout.
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Sec. 29-28b. Holders of permits to sell firearms at retail. Duties. Inventory reconciliation. (a) In addition to any other duty required by this chapter, a person who possesses a permit to sell firearms at retail issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28 shall not:
(1) Furnish false or fraudulent information in any application to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or fail to comply with representations made in any application;
(2) Fail to maintain a permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (c) of section 29-28 or a valid eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to section 29-36f;
(3) Fail to maintain a permit to sell firearms at retail issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28;
(4) Fail to maintain effective controls against theft of firearms, including, but not limited to, installation or maintenance of the burglar alarm system required under section 29-37d;
(5) Fail to acquire an authorization number for a firearm transfer pursuant to sections 29-36l and 29-37a;
(6) Transfer a firearm to a person ineligible to receive such firearm, unless the permittee relied in good faith on information provided to such permittee by the department in verifying the eligibility of such ineligible person;
(7) Sell, deliver or otherwise transfer an assault weapon in violation of sections 53-202a to 53-202k, inclusive, or fail to maintain accurate records of any such sale, delivery or transfer;
(8) Sell, deliver or otherwise transfer a large capacity magazine in violation of sections 53-202w and 53-202x or fail to maintain accurate records of any such sale, delivery or transfer;
(9) Fail to maintain current and proper acquisition and disposition records required by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives;
(10) Fail to post placards or furnish written warnings pursuant to section 29-37b;
(11) Fail to provide a trigger lock, gun lock or gun locking device with each purchase pursuant to section 29-37b;
(12) Fail to verify the age and criminal background of employees pursuant to section 29-37f;
(13) Fail to report any firearm stolen in compliance with section 53-202g and 18 USC 923(g)(6), as amended from time to time; or
(14) Fail to conduct an annual physical inventory reconciliation as required by subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Any person who possesses a permit to sell firearms at retail shall, not later than the fifth business day of October of each year, cause a physical inventory reconciliation to be performed that includes comparing the physical inventory of firearms with acquisition and disposition records required to be maintained pursuant to this chapter and 27 CFR 478.125 (e), as amended from time to time. A permittee shall, within five business days of performing this inventory reconciliation, attest to the commissioner, in a form and manner specified by the commissioner, that the required inventory reconciliation was performed and any firearms determined to be missing from the inventory were reported to the Attorney General and appropriate local authorities as required by section 53-202g and 18 USC 923 (g)(6), as amended from time to time.
(c) (1) If there is probable cause to believe that a person has failed to comply with the duties specified in subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner or the local permitting authority, as defined in section 29-28, for the municipality in which such person resides may issue notice of a violation. Such notice shall detail the reasons for issuing such notice and provide a date, not earlier than thirty days following the date of service of the notice, by which such person must cure the violation.
(2) If the period for cure described in subdivision (1) of this subsection has expired and the commissioner or local permitting authority determines that the violation is not cured, the commissioner or local permitting authority may temporarily prohibit further sale of firearms at the permitted premises by issuing a stop sales order. Such order shall be effective when served upon the person in violation or posted by the commissioner or local permitting authority at the permitted premises. The commissioner or local permitting authority may assess a civil penalty against of not more than one hundred dollars per day during which the violation continues. Any person who sells, delivers or otherwise transfers a firearm in violation of a stop sales order shall be guilty of a class C felony for which two years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and five thousand dollars of the fine imposed may not be remitted or reduced by the court unless the court states on the record its reasons for remitting or reducing such fine.
(3) Any person against which a stop sales order is issued pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection may request a hearing before the commissioner to challenge the grounds for issuance of such stop sales order and any associated civil penalties. Such hearing shall be conducted not later than seven days after receipt of such request in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(4) Stop sales orders shall be effective against any successor entity that has one or more of the same principals or officers as the corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship against which the stop sales order was issued and are engaged in the same or equivalent trade or activity.
(5) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to specify any hearing provisions necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
(P.A. 23-53, S. 8; P.A. 25-18, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 25-18 amended Subsec. (c)(1) to replace provision re chief of police, chief executive officer, resident state trooper or state police officer with provision re local permitting authority, amended Subsec. (c)(2) to replace “chief determines” with “local permitting authority determines” and to replace provisions re chief of police, chief executive officer or resident state trooper with provisions re local permitting authority and made conforming changes throughout.
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Sec. 29-29. Information concerning criminal records of applicants for permits. (a) No temporary state permit for carrying any pistol or revolver shall be issued under the provisions of section 29-28 unless the applicant for such permit gives to the local permitting authority, as defined in section 29-28, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, upon its request, full information concerning the applicant's criminal record. The local permitting authority, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, shall require the applicant to submit to state and national criminal history records checks. The local permitting authority, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, shall take a full description of such applicant and make an investigation concerning the applicant's suitability to carry any such weapons.
(b) The local permitting authority, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, or the commissioner in the case of an application pursuant to subsection (g) of section 29-28, shall take the fingerprints of such applicant or conduct any other method of positive identification required by the State Police Bureau of Identification or the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The local permitting authority, the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, or the commissioner shall record the date the fingerprints were taken in the applicant's file and, within five business days of such date, shall forward such fingerprints and other positive identifying information to the State Police Bureau of Identification which shall conduct criminal history records checks in accordance with section 29-17a.
(c) The local permitting authority, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, may, in its discretion, issue a temporary state permit before a national criminal history records check relative to such applicant's record has been received. Upon receipt of the results of such national criminal history records check, the commissioner shall send a copy of the results of such national criminal history records check to the local permitting authority, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, which shall inform the applicant and render a decision on the application within one week of the receipt of such results. If such results have not been received within eight weeks after a sufficient application for a permit has been made, the local permitting authority, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, shall inform the applicant of such delay, in writing. No temporary state permit shall be issued if the local permitting authority, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, has reason to believe the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony, or that any other condition exists for which the issuance of a permit for possession of a pistol or revolver is prohibited under state or federal law.
(d) The commissioner may investigate any applicant for a state permit and shall investigate each applicant for renewal of a state permit to ensure that such applicant is eligible under state law for such permit or for renewal of such permit.
(e) No state permit may be issued unless either the local permitting authority, the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, or the commissioner has received the results of the national criminal history records check.
(1949 Rev., S. 4160; P.A. 92-130, S. 6, 10; P.A. 98-129, S. 5; P.A. 01-130, S. 6; 01-175, S. 22, 32; P.A. 22-102, S. 4; P.A. 23-130, S. 3; P.A. 25-18, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 92-130 required issuing authority to record date fingerprints were taken, authorized forwarding of fingerprints to FBI for national criminal history records check, authorized issuing authority to issue permit before report from FBI is received, required issuing authority to inform applicant and render a decision on application within one week of receipt of report, and, if report has not been received within eight weeks after application is made, to inform applicant of delay, and prohibited issuance of permit if issuing authority has reason to believe applicant has been convicted of a felony; P.A. 98-129 relieved the issuing authority of the requirement that it take the fingerprints of the applicant if it determines that the fingerprints of the applicant have been previously taken and the applicant's identity established and the applicant presents identification that the issuing authority verifies as valid and made the submission of the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation by the issuing authority mandatory rather than discretionary; P.A. 01-130 substituted “local” authority for “issuing” authority to reflect change from local permit to state permit, adding new Subsecs., designated as (d) and (e), re commissioner's investigation of applicants and required receipt of results of national criminal history records check before state permit issued, and made technical and conforming changes; P.A. 01-175 made technical changes throughout, designated existing language as Subsecs. (a) to (c), amended Subsec. (a) by adding language re state and national criminal history records checks, and amended Subsec. (b) by adding language re method of positive identification and criminal history records checks pursuant to Sec. 29-17a, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 22-102 amended Subsec. (b) by adding “, or the commissioner in the case of an application pursuant to subsection (f) of section 29-28,” and adding references to the commissioner, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 23-130 amended Subsecs. (a), (b), (c) and (e) by adding provisions re chief of police of law enforcement unit of federally recognized Native American tribe and further amended Subsec. (b) by deleting exception to taking fingerprints or conducting other method of identification and replacing “or” with “and” re forwarding fingerprints and identifying information, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 25-18 replaced references to local authority with references to local permitting authority throughout and made technical and conforming changes throughout.
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Sec. 29-30. Fees for permits for sale at retail of firearms and for carrying of pistols and revolvers. Expiration and renewal of permits. (a) The fee for each permit originally issued under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 29-28 for the sale at retail of firearms shall be two hundred dollars and for each renewal of such permit two hundred dollars. The fee for each state permit originally issued under the provisions of subsection (c) of section 29-28, for the carrying of pistols and revolvers shall be one hundred forty dollars plus sufficient funds as required to be transmitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to cover the cost of a national criminal history records check. The local permitting authority, as defined in section 29-28, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, shall forward sufficient funds for the national criminal history records check to the commissioner no later than five business days after receipt by the local permitting authority, or such chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe, of the application for the temporary state permit. Seventy dollars shall be retained by the local permitting authority, or such chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe. Upon approval by the local permitting authority, or such chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe, of the application for a temporary state permit, seventy dollars shall be sent to the commissioner. The fee to renew each state permit originally issued under the provisions of subsection (c) of section 29-28 shall be seventy dollars. Upon deposit of such fees in the General Fund, ten dollars of each fee shall be credited within thirty days to the appropriation for the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to a separate nonlapsing account for the purposes of the issuance of permits under subsections (b) and (c) of section 29-28.
(b) A local permit originally issued before October 1, 2001, whether for the sale at retail of pistols and revolvers or for the carrying of pistols and revolvers, shall expire five years after the date it becomes effective and each renewal of such permit shall expire five years after the expiration date of the permit being renewed. On and after October 1, 2001, no local permit for the carrying of pistols and revolvers shall be renewed.
(c) A state permit originally issued under the provisions of section 29-28 for the carrying of pistols and revolvers shall expire five years after the date such permit becomes effective and each renewal of such permit shall expire five years after the expiration date of the state permit being renewed and such renewal shall not be contingent on the renewal or issuance of a local permit. A temporary state permit issued for the carrying of pistols and revolvers shall expire sixty days after the date it becomes effective, and may not be renewed.
(d) The renewal fee required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall apply for each renewal which is requested not earlier than thirty-one days before, and not later than thirty-one days after, the expiration date of the state permit being renewed.
(e) No fee or portion of any fee paid under the provisions of this section for issuance or renewal of a state permit shall be refundable except if such permit for which the fee or portion was paid was not issued or renewed. The portion of the fee expended on the national criminal history records check for any such permit that was not issued or renewed shall not be refunded.
(f) The issuing authority shall send a notice of the expiration of a state permit to carry a pistol or revolver, issued pursuant to section 29-28, to the holder of such permit, by first class mail or electronic mail, not less than ninety days before such expiration, and shall include with such notice a form for the renewal of said state permit. The holder of such permit may elect to receive such notice by first class mail or electronic mail. The holder of such permit may mail the form for renewal to the issuing authority and the issuing authority shall accept such form as a valid application for renewal, provided the holder (1) completed the form according to instructions provided by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, (2) enclosed the appropriate fee to renew, in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, (3) enclosed a copy of proof of citizenship or legal residency of the holder, (4) enclosed a full-face photograph of the holder, and (5) is otherwise eligible for such permit pursuant to section 29-28. A state permit to carry a pistol or revolver, issued pursuant to section 29-28, shall be valid for a period of ninety days after the expiration date, except this provision shall not apply to any state permit to carry a pistol or revolver which has been revoked or for which revocation is pending, pursuant to section 29-32.
(1949 Rev., S. 4161; 1953, S. 2132d; 1959, P.A. 271; P.A. 73-468, S. 1; P.A. 80-297, S. 10, 20; P.A. 81-222, S. 1; P.A. 89-180, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-172, S. 2; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 5; P.A. 98-129, S. 4; P.A. 99-212, S. 11; P.A. 01-130, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 309; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; 11-186, S. 1; P.A. 22-102, S. 5; P.A. 23-53, S. 6; 23-73, S. 1; 23-130, S. 4; P.A. 25-18, S. 5.)
History: 1959 act added Subsecs. (b), (c) and (d); P.A. 73-468 increased permit fees in Subsec. (a) from $2 to $6 for originals and from $1 to $5 for renewals, increased duration of permits' validity in Subsec. (b) from one to five years, changed expiration date in Subsec. (c) from 31 days after local permit expires to five years and added Subsec. (e) re refunds of fees paid; P.A. 80-297 raised fee for original and renewal permits to $15 each in Subsec. (a); P.A. 81-222 added Subsec. (f) requiring that notice of expiration of a permit to carry a pistol or revolver be sent at least 90 days before expiration and providing such a permit shall be valid for 90 days after the expiration date; P.A. 89-180 amended Subsec. (a) to increase fees for original and renewal permits from $15 to $25; P.A. 93-172 amended Subsec. (a) to increase fees for original and renewal permits to $35 and to require $10 of each fee to be credited to appropriation to department of public safety for purpose of photographing permittee and laminating state permits for carrying pistols and revolvers; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase the fee for a permit for the sale at retail of pistols and revolvers and for the renewal thereof to $100 and to require that the $10 credited to the appropriation to the department of public safety be credited within 30 days and be credited “to a separate nonlapsing account for the purposes of the issuance of permits under subsections (a) and (b) of section 29-28” rather than “for the purpose of photographing the permittee and laminating state permits for the carrying of pistols and revolvers issued under the provisions of subsection (a) of section 29-28”; P.A. 98-129 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision requiring that $10 of each fee be credited to the appropriation to the Department of Public Safety; P.A. 99-212 amended Subsec. (a) to restore provision requiring that $10 of each fee be credited to the appropriation for the Department of Public Safety for purposes of issuance of permits under Sec. 29-28(a) and (b) and to make provisions gender neutral; P.A. 01-130 amended Subsec. (a) to increase fee for permit to carry from $35 to $70 plus the cost of national criminal history records check and to add provisions re allocation of funds between local authority and commissioner, amended Subsec. (b) to add provision prohibiting renewal of local permit to carry on and after October 1, 2001, amended Subsec. (c) to add provision re the expiration of temporary state permits, amended Subsec. (e) to add provision re nonrefund of fee expended on national criminal history records check and made technical changes throughout to reflect the change from local permits to state permits; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase fees; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsecs. (a) and (f), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-186 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a), (b), (c) and (e), and amended Subsec. (f) to allow a pistol or revolver permit holder to apply for renewal of such permit by mail; P.A. 22-102 amended Subsec. (f)(4) by inserting “full-face” and deleting “that is either notarized or date stamped,”, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 23-53 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing provision re permit for the retail sale of pistols and revolvers with provision re permit for the retail sale of firearms; P.A. 23-73 amended Subsec. (f) to allow permit holder to elect to receive expiration notice by first class mail or electronic mail and allow issuing authority to provide such notice by electronic mail and include, instead of enclose, a renewal form, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 23-130 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provisions re chief of police of law enforcement unit of federally recognized Native American tribe, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 25-18 amended Subsec. (a) to replace references to local authority with references to local permitting authority and make technical and conforming changes.
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Sec. 29-32. Revocation of permit. Notification. Confiscation. Penalty for failure to surrender permit. Reinstatement of permit. (a) For the purposes of this section, “conviction” means the entry of a judgment of conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) Any state permit or temporary state permit for the carrying of any pistol or revolver may be revoked by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for cause and shall be revoked by said commissioner upon conviction of the holder of such permit of a felony or of any misdemeanor specified in subsection (c) of section 29-28 or upon the occurrence of any event which would have disqualified the holder from being issued the state permit or temporary state permit pursuant to subsection (c) of section 29-28. Upon the revocation of any state permit or temporary state permit, the person whose state permit or temporary state permit is revoked shall be notified in writing and such state permit or temporary state permit shall be forthwith delivered to the commissioner. Any law enforcement authority shall confiscate and immediately forward to the commissioner any state permit or temporary state permit that is illegally possessed by any person. The commissioner may revoke the state permit or temporary state permit based upon the commissioner's own investigation or upon the request of any law enforcement agency. Any person who fails to surrender any permit within five days of notification in writing of revocation thereof shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(c) Any local permit for the carrying of a pistol or revolver issued prior to October 1, 2001, may be revoked by the authority issuing the same for cause, and shall be revoked by the authority issuing the same upon conviction of the holder of such permit of a felony or of any misdemeanor specified in subsection (c) of section 29-28 or upon the occurrence of any event which would have disqualified the holder from being issued such local permit. Upon the revocation of any local permit, the person whose local permit is revoked shall be notified in writing and such permit shall be forthwith delivered to the authority issuing the same. Upon the revocation of any local permit, the authority issuing the same shall forthwith notify the commissioner. Upon the revocation of any permit issued by the commissioner, the commissioner shall forthwith notify any local permitting authority, as defined in section 29-28, which the records of the commissioner show as having issued a currently valid local permit to the holder of the permit revoked by the commissioner. Any person who fails to surrender such permit within five days of notification in writing or revocation thereof shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(d) If a state permit or temporary state permit for the carrying of any pistol or revolver is revoked because the person holding such permit is subject to an ex parte order issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or 46b-16a, upon expiration of such order, such person may notify the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection that such order has expired. Upon verification of such expiration and provided such person is not otherwise disqualified from holding such permit pursuant to subsection (c) of section 29-28, the department shall reinstate such permit.
(1949 Rev., S. 4163; P.A. 73-468, S. 2; P.A. 77-361; 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 82-464, S. 2; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 6; P.A. 01-130, S. 8; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 13-3, S. 46; P.A. 16-34, S. 11; P.A. 25-18, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 73-468 deleted reference to permits issued under Sec. 29-28, specified that revocation must be “for cause”, deleted provision which required that revocation of one permit constitutes automatic revocation of the other and clarified required notice to local authorities when state permit is revoked; P.A. 77-361 required that person whose permit is revoked be notified of the revocation and established failure to surrender permit as required as a class C misdemeanor; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 82-464 provided for the mandatory revocation of a permit upon the conviction of the holder of a felony; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 provided for the mandatory revocation of a permit upon the conviction of the holder of any misdemeanor specified in Sec. 29-28(b) or upon the occurrence of any event which would have disqualified the holder from being issued the permit pursuant to Sec. 29-28(b); P.A. 01-130 added Subsec. (a) defining “conviction”, designated existing provisions as Subsec. (b) and reflected the change from local permits to state permits by substituting the Commissioner of Public Safety for local authorities and adding “state permit or temporary state permit”, where applicable, and adding provisions re confiscation of permits illegally possessed and revocation of permits, and added Subsec. (c) re the revocation of local permits; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-3 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to change penalty for failure to surrender permit from a class C misdemeanor to a class A misdemeanor; P.A. 16-34 added Subsec. (d) re reinstatement of permit upon expiration of ex parte order; P.A. 25-18 amended Subsec. (c) to replace reference to local authority with reference to local permitting authority and make conforming changes throughout.
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Sec. 29-32b. Board of Firearms Permit Examiners. Appeals to board. Hearings. (a) There is established a Board of Firearms Permit Examiners, within the Office of Governmental Accountability established under section 1-300, to be comprised of eight members who shall be appointed by the Governor to serve during the Governor's term and until such members' successors are appointed and qualify. With the exception of two public members, the members appointed by the Governor shall be appointed from nominees of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Connecticut State Association of Chiefs of Police, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, The Connecticut State Rifle and Revolver Association, Inc., and Ye Connecticut Gun Guild, Inc., and each of said organizations shall be entitled to representation on the board. At least one member of the board appointed by the Governor shall be a lawyer licensed to practice in this state who shall act as chairman of the board during the hearing of appeals brought under this section.
(b) Any person aggrieved by any refusal to issue or renew a permit or certificate under the provisions of section 29-28, 29-36f, 29-37p or 29-38n, or by any limitation or revocation of a permit or certificate issued under any of said sections, or by a refusal or failure of any issuing authority to furnish an application as provided in section 29-28a, may, within ninety days after receipt of notice of such refusal, limitation or revocation, or refusal or failure to supply an application as provided in section 29-28a, and without prejudice to any other course of action open to such person in law or in equity, appeal to the board. On such appeal the board shall inquire into and determine the facts, de novo, and unless it finds that such a refusal, limitation or revocation, or such refusal or failure to supply an application, as the case may be, would be for just and proper cause, it shall order such permit or certificate to be issued, renewed or restored, or the limitation removed or modified, as the case may be. If the refusal was for failure to document compliance with local zoning requirements, under subsection (b) of section 29-28, the board shall not issue a permit.
(c) Any person aggrieved by the action of an issuing authority may file with the board a clear and concise statement of the facts on which such person relies for relief, and shall state the relief sought by the appellant. The receipt by the board of the appellant's statement shall initiate the appeals process, and no appeal may be rejected for mere lack of formality. The board shall, not later than ten days after receipt of the appeal, set a time and place at which the appeal shall be heard. The board, while such appeal is pending, may request such additional information from the appellant and from the issuing authority as it deems reasonably necessary to conduct a fair and impartial hearing, and shall require of the issuing authority from whose decision or action the appeal is being sought a written statement setting forth the reasons for such failure, refusal, revocation or limitation. The failure, absent good cause shown, or refusal of the issuing authority to furnish such written statement, or to supply the appellant with an application, at least ten days prior to the hearing shall be cause for the board to grant the relief sought, forthwith and without further hearing. If the issuing authority shows good cause for its failure to furnish such written statement, the board shall continue the matter to the next scheduled meeting of the board, provided the issuing authority shall be allowed only one such continuance.
(d) The board shall hold hearings at such times and places as it in its discretion reasonably determines to be required, but not less than once every ninety days, and shall give reasonable notice of the time and place of the hearing to the appellant and to the issuing authority. The board shall have the power to compel attendance at its sessions.
(e) All appeals hearings shall be conducted in an informal manner, but otherwise according to the rules of evidence, and all witnesses shall be sworn by the chairman. The board shall cause a verbatim transcript of the hearing to be kept in such manner as it may determine, and shall furnish such transcript to any party appealing its decision as hereinafter set forth. The statements of witnesses made under oath shall be privileged. Decisions of the board shall be by majority vote and shall be communicated in writing to the appellant and to the issuing authority within twenty days after the rendering of the decision. If any issuing authority neglects or refuses to comply with a decision of the board within ten days after notice of the board's decision has been given to such issuing authority, the board shall apply to the Superior Court for a writ of mandamus to enforce the board's decision.
(f) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the board may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
(g) The board shall serve without compensation, but its members shall be entitled to reasonable subsistence and travel allowances in the performance of their duties.
(1967, P.A. 633, S. 2; P.A. 76-435, S. 39, 82; 76-436, S. 609, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 16, 125; 77-614, S. 486, 509, 610; P.A. 90-155, S. 2; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 11; P.A. 98-129, S. 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 120, 121; P.A. 99-212, S. 13; P.A. 11-48, S. 66; 11-51, S. 134; 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-3, S. 6, 60, 61; 13-220, S. 18; P.A. 25-18, S. 7; 25-91, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 76-435 replaced director of fisheries and game with commissioner of environmental protection in Subsec. (a); P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and added reference to judicial districts in Subsec. (f), effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 replaced previous detailed appeal provisions in Subsec. (f) with requirement that appeals be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, increased number of board members from five to seven and placed board of firearms permit examiners in the department of public safety for administrative purposes only, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 90-155 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re refusal for failure to document compliance with local zoning requirements; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 amended Subsec. (b) to make provisions applicable with respect to the issuance of a certificate under Sec. 29-36f; P.A. 98-129 amended Subsec. (b) to delete references to Secs. 53-206 and 53-206a; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 repealed Sec. 10 of P.A. 98-129, thereby nullifying the changes in P.A. 98-129, effective June 24, 1998 (Revisor's note: In 1999 the words “refusal or failure or any issuing authority” in Subsec. (b) were replaced editorially with “refusal or failure of any issuing authority” to correct a typographical error in P.A. 90-155); P.A. 99-212 amended Subsec. (b) to delete references to Secs. 53-206 and 53-206a and make provisions gender neutral; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing provision re board within Department of Public Safety for administrative purposes only with provision re board within Office of Governmental Accountability, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase membership of board from 7 to 9 by adding retired judge appointed by Chief Court Administrator and nominee of Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services appointed by Governor, amended Subsec. (b) to make provisions applicable to issuance or renewal of certificate under Sec. 29-37p, amended Subsec. (c) to add provision re board to continue matter to next meeting, and not exceeding one continuance, if issuing authority shows good cause for failure to furnish written statement, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-220 amended Subsec. (b) to make provisions applicable to issuance or renewal of certificate under Sec. 29-38n, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 25-18 amended Subsec. (b) by making a conforming change; P.A. 25-91 amended Subsec. (a) by decreasing membership of board from 9 to 8 members by deleting retired judge appointed by Chief Court Administrator and by making technical changes, effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 29-33. Sale, delivery or transfer of pistols and revolvers. Procedure. Penalty. (a) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer any pistol or revolver to any person who is prohibited from possessing a pistol or revolver as provided in section 53a-217c.
(b) No person may purchase or receive any pistol or revolver unless such person holds a valid permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (c) of section 29-28, a valid permit to sell firearms at retail issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28 or a valid eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to section 29-36f or is a federal marshal, parole officer or peace officer.
(c) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer any pistol or revolver unless the person to whom the same is sold, delivered or transferred is personally known to the person selling such pistol or revolver or making delivery or transfer thereof or provides evidence of his identity in the form of a motor vehicle operator's license, identity card issued pursuant to section 1-1h or valid passport. No sale, delivery or other transfer of any pistol or revolver shall be made until the person, firm or corporation selling, delivering or transferring such pistol or revolver completes a transfer document on a form prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and obtains an authorization number from said commissioner. Such transfer document shall contain the name and address of the transferor and transferee, the date of sale, the caliber, make, model and manufacturer's number and a general description of such pistol or revolver, the identification number of the transferor's and transferee's permit to carry pistols or revolvers, issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28, permit to sell firearms at retail, issued pursuant to subsection (a) of said section, or eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver, issued pursuant to section 29-36f, if any, and the authorization number designated for the transfer by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall perform the national instant criminal background check and make a reasonable effort to determine whether there is any reason that would prohibit such transferee from possessing a pistol or revolver as provided in section 53a-217c. If the commissioner determines the existence of such a reason, the commissioner shall (1) deny the sale, delivery or other transfer and no pistol or revolver shall be sold, delivered or otherwise transferred by such person, firm or corporation to such transferee, and (2) inform the local permitting authority, as defined in section 29-28, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, if the transferee has a bona fide permanent residence within the jurisdiction of such tribe, as the case may be, that there exists a reason that would prohibit such transferee from possessing a pistol or revolver.
(d) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer any pistol or revolver, other than at wholesale, unless such pistol or revolver is equipped with a reusable trigger lock, gun lock or gun locking device appropriate for such pistol or revolver, which lock or device shall be constructed of material sufficiently strong to prevent it from being easily disabled and have a locking mechanism accessible by key or by electronic or other mechanical accessory specific to such lock or device to prevent unauthorized removal. No pistol or revolver shall be loaded or contain therein any gunpowder or other explosive or any bullet, ball or shell when such pistol or revolver is sold, delivered or otherwise transferred.
(e) Upon the sale, delivery or other transfer of any pistol or revolver, the person, firm or corporation selling such pistol or revolver or making delivery or transfer thereof shall (1) give one copy of the transfer document to the person making the purchase of such pistol or revolver or to whom the same is delivered or transferred, (2) retain one copy of the transfer document for at least five years, and (3) send, by first class mail, or electronically transmit, within forty-eight hours of such sale, delivery or other transfer, (A) one copy of the transfer document to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, and (B) one copy of the transfer document to the local permitting authority or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, if the transferee has a bona fide permanent residence within the jurisdiction of such tribe. If the transferor or transferee is a federally licensed firearms dealer, such federally licensed firearms dealer shall retain the transfer document for at least twenty years or until such federally licensed firearms dealer goes out of business. Such transfer document shall be available for inspection during normal business hours by law enforcement officials.
(f) (1) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall not issue more than three authorization numbers for sale at retail of a pistol or revolver to any transferee within a thirty-day period, except that if such transferee is certified as a firearms instructor by the state pursuant to section 29-28 or the National Rifle Association, said commissioner shall not issue more than six authorization numbers within a thirty-day period.
(2) No authorization number issued for any of the following purposes shall count toward the limits in subdivision (1) of this subsection: (A) Any firearm transferred to a federal, state or municipal law enforcement agency, or any firearm legally transferred under the provisions of section 29-36k, (B) the exchange of a pistol or revolver purchased by an individual from a federally licensed firearm dealer for another pistol or revolver from the same federally licensed firearm dealer not later than thirty days after the original transaction, provided the federally licensed firearm dealer reports the transaction to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, (C) as otherwise provided in subsection (h) or (i) of this section, (D) a transfer to a museum at a fixed location that is open to the public and displays firearms as part of an educational mission, (E) any firearm transferred by bequest or intestate succession, or, upon the death of a testator or settlor, (i) to a trust, or (ii) from a trust to a beneficiary, or (F) any firearm transferred to a defense contractor, as defined in section 31-362g, manufacturer of nuclear-powered submarines, aerospace company or nuclear power generating facility pursuant to an agreement with a federal agency or applicable federal regulations for the purpose of training armed security force personnel or providing or maintaining an armed security force.
(g) The provisions of this section shall not apply to antique pistols or revolvers. An antique pistol or revolver, for the purposes of this section, means any pistol or revolver which was manufactured in or before 1898 and any replica of such pistol or revolver provided such replica is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition except rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and not readily available in the ordinary channel of commercial trade.
(h) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale, delivery or transfer of pistols or revolvers between (1) a federally licensed firearm manufacturer and a federally licensed firearm dealer, (2) a federally licensed firearm importer and a federally licensed firearm dealer, (3) federally licensed firearm dealers, or (4) federally licensed firearm manufacturers.
(i) If the court finds that a violation of this section is not of a serious nature and that the person charged with such violation (1) will probably not offend in the future, (2) has not previously been convicted of a violation of this section, and (3) has not previously had a prosecution under this section suspended pursuant to this subsection, the court may order suspension of prosecution. The court shall not order suspension of prosecution unless the accused person has acknowledged that he understands the consequences of the suspension of prosecution. Any person for whom prosecution is suspended shall agree to the tolling of any statute of limitations with respect to such violation and to a waiver of his right to a speedy trial. Such person shall appear in court and shall be released to the supervision of the Court Support Services Division for such period, not exceeding two years, and under such conditions as the court shall order. If the person refuses to accept, or, having accepted, violates such conditions, the court shall terminate the suspension of prosecution and the case shall be brought to trial. If such person satisfactorily completes his period of probation, he may apply for dismissal of the charges against him and the court, on finding such satisfactory completion, shall dismiss such charges. If the person does not apply for dismissal of the charges against him after satisfactorily completing his period of probation, the court, upon receipt of a report submitted by the Court Support Services Division that the person satisfactorily completed his period of probation, may on its own motion make a finding of such satisfactory completion and dismiss such charges. Upon dismissal, all records of such charges shall be erased pursuant to section 54-142a. An order of the court denying a motion to dismiss the charges against a person who has completed his period of probation or terminating the participation of a defendant in such program shall be a final judgment for purposes of appeal.
(j) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class C felony for which two years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and five thousand dollars of the fine imposed may not be remitted or reduced by the court unless the court states on the record its reasons for remitting or reducing such fine, except that any person who sells, delivers or otherwise transfers a pistol or revolver in violation of the provisions of this section knowing that such pistol or revolver is stolen or that the manufacturer's number or other mark of identification on such pistol or revolver has been altered, removed or obliterated, shall be guilty of a class B felony for which three years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and ten thousand dollars of the fine imposed may not be remitted or reduced by the court unless the court states on the record its reasons for remitting or reducing such fine, and any pistol or revolver found in the possession of any person in violation of any provision of this section shall be forfeited.
(1949 Rev., S. 4164; February, 1965, P.A. 36; P.A. 75-42; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 82-113; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 1; P.A. 98-129, S. 1; P.A. 99-212, S. 15; P.A. 00-99, S. 136, 154; P.A. 02-132, S. 12; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 13-3, S. 47; P.A. 22-26, S. 4; 22-102, S. 6; 22-115, S. 3; P.A. 23-53, S. 9; 23-130, S. 5, 6; P.A. 25-18, S. 8; 25-157, S. 5.)
History: 1965 act made provisions applicable to firms and corporations as well as to persons, required that applications be in triplicate, specifying persons who are to receive copies, required that no sales or deliveries be made until one week after copies mailed, replacing requirement that none be made on date of filing, added provision prohibiting sales and deliveries if applicant has been convicted of a felony, required that purchaser sign receipts in quadruplicate rather than triplicate with two rather than one to go to state police commissioner and added provisions setting forth exceptions to provisions for holders of state permits and various law enforcement officers and for antique weapons; P.A. 75-42 increased period after application during which sales and deliveries are prohibited from one week to two weeks; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 82-113 amended the definition of “antique pistol or revolver”; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 substantially revised section including making provisions applicable to all sales, deliveries and transfers, not just those “at retail”, dividing Sec. into Subsecs., amending Subsec. (a) to prohibit the sale, delivery or transfer to any person prohibited from possessing a pistol or revolver as provided in Sec. 53a-217c, rather than only to any alien, amending Subsec. (b) to require the transferor to retain the original application for at least 5 years, rather than at least 6 years, prohibit the sale, delivery or transfer unless the transferee is personally known to the transferor or provides evidence of his identity, require the municipal authority or commissioner to make a reasonable effort to determine if there is any reason that would prohibit the applicant from possessing a pistol or revolver and prohibit the sale, delivery or transfer of a pistol or revolver if any such reason exists, rather than only if the applicant has been convicted of a felony, amending Subsec. (d) to require the receipt to contain the identification number of the person's permit to carry, permit to sell or eligibility certificate, if any, and the authorization number for the transfer, require the transferor to retain a copy of the receipt for at least 5 years, rather than at least 6 years, require the transferor to send a copy of the receipt to the chief of police, warden or first selectman of the town where the transfer took place, rather than to the authority issuing the permit for the sale of such pistol or revolver, require the transferor to send copies within 48 hours, rather than within 24 hours, of such sale, delivery or transfer, amending Subsec. (e) to make the waiting period not apply with respect to the holder of a valid permit to sell or eligibility certificate and require the transferor to verify the validity of the permit or certificate, adding Subsec. (g) to make section inapplicable to certain transfers between federally licensed manufacturers, importers or dealers, adding Subsec. (h) to authorize a court to suspend prosecution in certain cases, and adding Subsec. (i) to place penalty provision, formerly in Sec. 29-37(a), in section and increase penalty to a class D felony or, if the pistol or revolver is stolen or has an altered identification number, a class B felony; P.A. 98-129 amended Subsec. (c) to delete provision requiring that when a pistol or revolver is sold, delivered or transferred it be enclosed in a package with the paper or wrapping securely fastened and to add provision prohibiting the sale, delivery or other transfer of a pistol or revolver, other than at wholesale, unless such pistol or revolver is equipped with a reusable trigger lock, gun lock or gun locking device and specifying criteria for the materials and locking mechanism of such lock or device; P.A. 99-212 added new Subsec. (b) re prohibition on purchase or receipt of pistol or revolver without having a valid permit or eligibility certificate or being a federal marshal, sheriff, parole officer or peace officer, formerly Sec. 29-36j(a), redesignating former Subsecs. (b), (c) and (d) as Subsecs. (c), (d) and (e), respectively, amended Subsec. (c) to replace provision requiring seller or transferor to send one copy of the application to the police chief, first selectman or warden in municipality where applicant resides and one copy to the Commissioner of Public Safety and retain the application for at least 5 years with provision requiring seller or transferor to attach the application to the federal sale or transfer document and retain it for at least 20 years or until the vendor goes out of business, to add provision requiring seller or transferor to insure all questions on the application are answered properly and to make application available for inspection during normal business hours by law enforcement officials, to replace prohibition on transfer of pistol or revolver until the expiration of two weeks from the mailing of the copies of the application with prohibition on transfer until the transferor obtains an authorization number, to delete the role of “the chief of the police department of the municipality within which the applicant resides or, where there is no chief of police, the first selectman or warden of such municipality, as the case may be,” in determining whether there is a reason that would prohibit the applicant possessing a pistol or revolver and in notifying the seller or transferor of any such reason, to require the commissioner to perform the national instant criminal background check and to require the commissioner to deny the sale rather than forthwith notify the person, firm or corporation to whom such application was made if a reason exists that would prohibit the applicant possessing the pistol or revolver, amended Subsec. (e) to delete the requirement that the receipt contain the occupation of the transferee, to authorize the transferor to electronically transmit a copy of the receipt to the commissioner and the police chief, warden or first selectman and to require one copy of the receipt be sent to the police chief, warden or first selectman of the town “in which the transferee resides” rather than the town “in which the sale, delivery or other transfer took place” and deleted former Subsec. (e) re persons to whom the waiting period did not apply; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriff in Subsec. (b), effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 02-132 amended Subsec. (h) by replacing “Office of Adult Probation” with “Court Support Services Division”; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-3 made a technical change in Subsec. (h) and amended Subsec. (i) to change penalty for violation of section from a class D felony to a class C felony for which 2 years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced and $5,000 of the fine may not be remitted or reduced unless court states its reasons on the record, and to provide that existing class B felony for sale, delivery or other transfer of a pistol or revolver knowing it is stolen or altered be subject to sentence of 3 years which may not be suspended or reduced and $10,000 fine which may not be remitted or reduced unless court states its reasons on the record; P.A. 22-26 amended Subsec. (h) by replacing “custody” with “supervision”, effective May 10, 2022; P.A. 22-102 amended Subsec. (e) by inserting Subdiv. designators, inserting Subpara. designators in newly designated Subdiv. (3), inserting “of the municipality in which the transferee resides” and substituting provision re chief executive officer of the municipality or designated resident state trooper or state police officer for provision re warden or first selectman in Subdiv. (3)(B) and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 22-115 amended Subsec. (c) to designate existing language re denial by commissioner of the sale as Subdiv. (1) and add Subdiv. (2) requiring commissioner to inform the chief of police, warden or first selectman that there exists a reason prohibiting the applicant from possessing a pistol or revolver; P.A. 23-53 replaced language re permit to sell at retail a pistol or revolver with language re permit to sell firearms at retail in Subsecs. (b) and (e), added new Subsec. (f) re limitation on sale at retail of pistol or revolver, redesignated existing Subsecs. (f) to (i) as Subsecs. (g) to (j) and added Subdiv. (4) re federally-licensed firearm manufacturers in redesignated Subsec. (h); P.A. 23-130 amended Subsecs. (c)(2) and (e)(3)(B) by adding provisions re chief of police of law enforcement unit of federally recognized Native American tribe, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 25-18 amended Subsec. (c) to replace provision re chief of police, warden of borough or first selectman of town with provision re local permitting authority, amended Subsec. (e) to replace provision re chief of police, chief executive officer, resident state trooper or state police officer with provision re local permitting authority, amended Subsec. (f)(2) by adding Subpara. (E), codified by the Revisors as Subpara. (F), re firearm transferred to defense contractor, manufacturer of nuclear-powered submarines, aerospace company or nuclear power generating facility and made technical and conforming changes throughout; P.A. 25-157 substantially revised Subsec. (c) including by adding provisions re person, firm or corporation selling, delivering or transferring any pistol or revolver to complete a transfer document containing certain information, amended Subsec. (e) to delete provisions re person making the purchase or to whom any pistol or revolver is delivered to sign a receipt containing certain information, replace references to receipt with references to transfer document and add provisions re retention of transfer document by certain transferors or transferees and availability of transfer document for inspection, amended Subsec. (f)(2) to add Subpara. (E) re any firearm transferred by bequest or intestate succession, or, upon death, to or from a trust and made technical changes.
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Sec. 29-36f. Eligibility certificate for pistol or revolver. (a) Any person who is twenty-one years of age or older may apply to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for an eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver.
(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall issue an eligibility certificate unless said commissioner finds that the applicant: (1) (A) For any application filed prior to July 1, 2024, has failed to successfully complete a course approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in the safety and use of pistols and revolvers including, but not limited to, a safety or training course in the use of pistols and revolvers available to the public offered by a law enforcement agency, a private or public educational institution or a firearms training school, utilizing instructors certified by the National Rifle Association or the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and a safety or training course in the use of pistols or revolvers conducted by an instructor certified by the state or the National Rifle Association, or (B) for any application filed on or after July 1, 2024, has failed to successfully complete, not earlier than two years prior to the submission of such application, a course approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in the safety and use of firearms, which courses may include those certified by the National Rifle Association or other organizations, conducted by an instructor certified by the National Rifle Association or by the state, provided any such course includes instruction in state law requirements pertaining to safe storage in the home and in vehicles, lawful use of firearms and lawful carrying of firearms in public; (2) has been convicted of (A) a felony, or (B) (i) a misdemeanor violation of section 21a-279 on or after October 1, 2015, (ii) a misdemeanor violation of section 53a-58, 53a-61, 53a-61a, 53a-62, 53a-63, 53a-96, 53a-175, 53a-176, 53a-178 or 53a-181d during the preceding eight years, (iii) a misdemeanor violation of any law of this state that has been designated as a family violence crime pursuant to section 46b-38h, or (iv) a misdemeanor violation in another state, a federal, tribal or military court or any foreign jurisdiction during the preceding eight years that a reasonable reviewer would believe to constitute (I) any crime of violence against another person causing physical injury, (II) any crime that with extreme indifference to human life creates a risk of serious physical injury or with criminal negligence causes the death of another person other than by a motor vehicle, (III) any crime that by physical threat or course of conduct causes another person to reasonably fear for such person's safety, (IV) any crime involving engaging in or inciting a riot, or (V) possession of a controlled substance or hallucinogenic substance, each as defined in section 21a-240, other than less than four ounces of cannabis, less than one-half ounce of psilocybin or nicotine; (3) has been convicted as delinquent for the commission of a serious juvenile offense, as defined in section 46b-120; (4) has been discharged from custody within the preceding twenty years after having been found not guilty of a crime by reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to section 53a-13; (5) (A) has been confined in a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495, within the preceding sixty months by order of a probate court; or (B) has been voluntarily admitted on or after October 1, 2013, or has been committed under an emergency certificate pursuant to section 17a-502 on or after October 1, 2023, to a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495, within the preceding six months for care and treatment of a psychiatric disability and not solely for being an alcohol-dependent person or a drug-dependent person as those terms are defined in section 17a-680; (6) is subject to a restraining or protective order issued by a court in a case involving the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force against another person, including an ex parte order issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or section 46b-16a; (7) is subject to a firearms seizure order issued prior to June 1, 2022, pursuant to section 29-38c after notice and hearing, or a risk protection order or risk protection investigation order issued on or after June 1, 2022, pursuant to section 29-38c; (8) is prohibited from shipping, transporting, possessing or receiving a firearm pursuant to 18 USC 922(g)(2), (g)(4) or (g)(9); or (9) is an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States.
(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 7; P.A. 98-129, S. 14; P.A. 99-212, S. 20; P.A. 05-283, S. 5; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-3, S. 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-2, S. 4; P.A. 16-34, S. 9; P.A. 21-67, S. 4; P.A. 23-53, S. 30; 23-89, S. 5; P.A. 25-43, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 98-129 added new Subsec. (b)(3) prohibiting the issuance of an eligibility certificate to an applicant who has been convicted as delinquent for the commission of a serious juvenile offense, renumbering the remaining Subdivs. accordingly, and replacing in Subdiv. (5) “hospital for mental illness” with “hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities”; P.A. 99-212 added new Subsec. (b)(7) prohibiting the issuance of an eligibility certificate to an applicant who is subject to a firearms seizure order issued pursuant to Sec. 29-38c(d) after notice and hearing, renumbering remaining Subdiv. accordingly, and made provisions gender neutral; P.A. 05-283 added new Subsec. (b)(8) prohibiting the issuance of an eligibility certificate to an applicant who is prohibited from shipping, transporting, possessing or receiving a firearm pursuant to 18 USC 922 (g)(4), and redesignated existing Subdiv. (8) as Subdiv. (9); pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-3 amended Subsec. (b)(5) to designate existing provisions as Subpara. (A) and amend same by replacing “twelve months” with “sixty months” re hospital confinement by probate court order, and to add Subpara. (B) re voluntary admission; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-2 amended Subsec. (b)(2) to replace reference to Sec. 21a-279(c) with reference to Sec. 21a-279; P.A. 16-34 amended Subsec. (b) by making a technical change in Subdiv. (5)(B) and adding “, including an ex parte order issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or section 46b-16a” in Subdiv. (6); P.A. 21-67 amended Subsec. (b)(2) by replacing “a felony or of a violation of section 21a-279 or” with “(A) a felony, (B) a misdemeanor violation of section 21a-279 on or after October 1, 2015, or (C) a misdemeanor violation of” and adding “during the preceding twenty years” at the end of newly designated Subpara. (C) and amended Subsec. (b)(7) by adding reference to June 1, 2022, and language re a risk protection order or investigation and making a technical change, effective June 1, 2022; P.A. 23-53 amended Subsec. (b) by redesignating existing Subdiv. (1) as Subdiv. (1)(A) and adding provision therein re any application filed prior to July 1, 2024, adding Subdiv. (1)(B) re any application filed on or after July 1, 2024, adding Subdiv. (2)(D) re misdemeanor violation of any law designated as a family violence crime and in Subdiv. (8) replacing reference to 18 USC 922(g)(4) with reference to 18 USC 922(g)(2), (g)(4) or (g)(9); P.A. 23-89 amended Subsec. (b)(5)(B) by adding provision re commitment under an emergency certificate pursuant to Sec. 17a-502; P.A. 25-43 amended Subsec. (b)(2) by designating existing Subpara. (B) as Subpara. (B)(i), redesignating existing Subpara. (C) as Subpara. (B)(ii) and therein replacing “twenty years” with “eight years”, redesignating Subpara. (D) as Subpara. (B)(iii) and adding Subpara. (B)(iv) re misdemeanor violations in other jurisdictions.
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Sec. 29-36g. Application for eligibility certificate. Criminal history records check. Deadline for approval or denial of application. Form of certificate. Change of address. Confidentiality of name and address of certificate holder. Scope of certificate. (a) Requests for eligibility certificates under section 29-36f shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection on application forms prescribed by the commissioner. No eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver shall be issued under the provisions of said section unless the applicant for such certificate gives to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, upon the commissioner's request, full information concerning the applicant's criminal record and relevant information concerning the applicant's mental health history. The commissioner shall require each applicant to submit to state and national criminal history records checks. The commissioner shall take a full description of such applicant. The commissioner shall take the fingerprints of such applicant or conduct any other method of positive identification required by the State Police Bureau of Identification or the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The commissioner shall record the date the fingerprints were taken in the applicant's file and shall conduct criminal history records checks in accordance with section 29-17a. The commissioner shall, within sixty days of receipt of the national criminal history records check from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, either approve the application and issue the eligibility certificate or deny the application and notify the applicant of the reason for such denial in writing.
(b) (1) With respect to any application for an eligibility certificate filed with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection on or before July 1, 1995, the commissioner shall, not later than October 1, 1995, (A) approve the application and issue the eligibility certificate, (B) issue a temporary eligibility certificate, or (C) deny the application and notify the applicant of the reason for such denial in writing.
(2) With respect to any application for an eligibility certificate filed with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection after July 1, 1995, the commissioner shall, within ninety days, (A) approve the application and issue the eligibility certificate, (B) issue a temporary eligibility certificate, or (C) deny the application and notify the applicant of the reason for such denial in writing.
(3) A temporary certificate issued under this subsection shall be valid until such time as the commissioner either approves or denies the application.
(c) An eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver shall be of such form and content as the commissioner may prescribe, shall be signed by the certificate holder and shall contain an identification number, the name, address, place and date of birth, height, weight and eye color of the certificate holder and a full-face photograph of the certificate holder.
(d) A person holding an eligibility certificate issued by the commissioner shall notify the commissioner within two business days of any change of his address. The notification shall include his old address and his new address.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1-210 and 1-211, the name and address of a person issued an eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver under the provisions of section 29-36f shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed, except (1) such information may be disclosed to law enforcement officials acting in the performance of their duties, including, but not limited to, employees of the United States Probation Office acting in the performance of their duties and parole officers within the Department of Correction acting in the performance of their duties, (2) the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may disclose such information to the extent necessary to comply with a request made pursuant to section 29-33, 29-37a or 29-38m for verification that such certificate is still valid and has not been suspended or revoked, and (3) such information may be disclosed to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to carry out the provisions of subsection (c) of section 17a-500.
(f) An eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver shall not authorize the holder thereof to carry a pistol or revolver upon his person in circumstances for which a permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (c) of section 29-28 is required under section 29-35.
(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 8; P.A. 98-129, S. 7; P.A. 01-175, S. 23, 32; P.A. 07-217, S. 133; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 12-177, S. 2; P.A. 13-3, S. 51; P.A. 15-216, S. 4; P.A. 25-18, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 98-129 added Subsec. (e)(3) authorizing the disclosure of such information to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to carry out the provisions of Sec. 17a-500(c); P.A. 01-175 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical changes and adding provisions re fingerprinting and state and national criminal history records checks in accordance with Sec. 29-17a, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 12, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-177 amended Subsec. (e)(1) to permit disclosure of information to employees of the U.S. Probation Office acting in performance of their duties; P.A. 13-3 amended Subsec. (e)(2) to add reference to request made pursuant to Sec. 29-37a or 29-38m, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 15-216 amended Subsec. (e)(1) to add reference to parole officers within Department of Correction; P.A. 25-18 made a conforming change in Subsec. (f).
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Sec. 29-36l. Verification of eligibility of persons to receive or possess firearms. State database. Instant criminal background check. Immunity of seller or transferor. Authorization number required. (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall establish a state database that any person, firm or corporation who sells or otherwise transfers firearms may access, by telephone or other electronic means in addition to the telephone, for information to be supplied immediately, on whether a permit to carry a pistol or revolver, issued pursuant to subsection (c) of section 29-28, a permit to sell firearms at retail, issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28, an eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver, issued pursuant to section 29-36f, or a long gun eligibility certificate, issued pursuant to section 29-37p, is valid and has not been revoked or suspended.
(b) Upon establishment of the database, the commissioner shall notify each person, firm or corporation holding a permit to sell firearms at retail issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28 of the existence and purpose of the system and the means to be used to access the database.
(c) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall establish days and hours during which the telephone number or other electronic means shall be operational for purposes of responding to inquiries, taking into consideration the normal business hours of retail firearm businesses.
(d) (1) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall be the point of contact for initiating a background check through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, on individuals purchasing firearms.
(2) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Judicial Department shall, in accordance with state and federal law regarding confidentiality, enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of implementing the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in the state. The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall report the name, date of birth and physical description of any person prohibited from possessing a firearm pursuant to 18 USC 922(g) or (n) to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Index, Denied Persons Files.
(e) Any person, firm or corporation that contacts the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to access the database established under this section and determine if a person is eligible to receive or possess a firearm shall not be held civilly liable for the sale or transfer of a firearm to a person whose receipt or possession of such firearm is unlawful or for refusing to sell or transfer a firearm to a person who may lawfully receive or possess such firearm if such person, firm or corporation relied, in good faith, on the information provided to such person, firm or corporation by said department, unless the conduct of such person, firm or corporation was unreasonable or reckless.
(f) Any person, firm or corporation that sells, delivers or otherwise transfers any firearm pursuant to section 29-33 or 29-37a, shall contact the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to access the database established under this section and receive an authorization number for such sale, delivery or transfer. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to: (1) Any sale, delivery or transfer of an antique firearm manufactured in or before 1898, including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system manufactured in or before 1898; (2) any sale, delivery or transfer of any replica of any firearm described in subdivision (1) of this subsection if such replica uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade; (3) transactions between persons who are licensed as firearms importers or collectors, manufacturers or dealers pursuant to 18 USC 921 et seq.; (4) the transfer of firearms to and from gunsmiths for purposes of repair only; and (5) any sale, delivery or transfer of any firearm to any agency of the United States, the state of Connecticut or any local government.
(July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 16; P.A. 99-212, S. 7; P.A. 05-283, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 169; P.A. 13-3, S. 7; P.A. 23-53, S. 10; P.A. 25-18, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 99-212 added Subsec. (c) re establishment of days and hours during which the telephone number or other electronic means shall be operational to respond to inquiries, added Subsec. (d) re designation of the Department of Public Safety as the point of contact for initiating background checks through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, added Subsec. (e) re immunity of sellers and transferors who contact the Department of Public Safety to access the database and rely in good faith on the information provided and added Subsec. (f) re requirement that sellers and transferors contact the department to access the database and receive an authorization number and re exempt transactions; P.A. 05-283 amended Subsec. (d) to designate existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and to add Subdiv. (2) re memorandum of understanding with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purpose of implementing the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; P.A. 11-51 replaced references to Commissioner and Department of Public Safety with references to Commissioner and Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-3 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that database may be accessed by seller or transferor of “firearms” rather than of “pistols or revolvers” and be used to determine validity of long gun eligibility certificate issued pursuant to Sec. 29-37p, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 23-53 replaced provision re permit to sell at retail pistols or revolvers with provision re permit to sell firearms at retail throughout; P.A. 25-18 made conforming changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b).
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Sec. 29-37a. Sale, delivery or transfer of long guns. Procedure. Penalty. (a) For the purposes of this section, “long gun” means a firearm, as defined in section 53a-3, other than a pistol or revolver.
(b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, no person, firm or corporation may sell, deliver or otherwise transfer, at retail, any long gun to any person under eighteen years of age.
(2) No person, firm or corporation may sell, deliver or otherwise transfer any semi-automatic centerfire rifle that has or accepts a magazine with a capacity exceeding five rounds to any person under twenty-one years of age. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to the sale, delivery or transfer of such a rifle to any person who is a member or employee of an organized local police department, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or the Department of Correction or a member of the military or naval forces of this state or of the United States for use in the discharge of their duties.
(c) No person may purchase or receive any long gun unless such person holds a valid long gun eligibility certificate issued pursuant to section 29-37p, a valid permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (c) of section 29-28, a valid permit to sell firearms at retail issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28 or a valid eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to section 29-36f.
(d) No person, firm or corporation may sell, deliver or otherwise transfer any long gun unless the person to whom the same is sold, delivered or transferred is personally known to the person selling such long gun or making delivery or transfer thereof or provides evidence of such person's identity in the form of a motor vehicle operator's license, identity card issued pursuant to section 1-1h or valid passport. No such sale, delivery or other transfer of any long gun shall be made until the person, firm or corporation selling, delivering or transferring such long gun completes a transfer document, on a form prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, and obtains an authorization number from said commissioner. Such transfer document shall contain the name and address of the transferor and transferee, the date of sale, the caliber, make, model and manufacturer's number and a general description of such long gun, the identification number of the transferor's and transferee's permit to carry pistols or revolvers, issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28, permit to sell firearms at retail, issued pursuant to subsection (a) of said section, eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver, issued pursuant to section 29-36f, or eligibility certificate for a long gun, issued pursuant to section 29-37p, as applicable, and the authorization number designated for the transfer by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall perform the national instant criminal background check and make a reasonable effort to determine whether there is any reason that would prohibit such transferee from being eligible to receive such long gun. If the commissioner determines the existence of such a reason, the commissioner shall (1) deny the sale, delivery or transfer, and no such long gun shall be sold, delivered or otherwise transferred to such transferee by such person, firm or corporation, and (2) inform the local permitting authority, as defined in section 29-28, or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, if the transferee has a bona fide permanent residence within the jurisdiction of such tribe, as the case may be, that the transferee is not eligible to receive a long gun. When any long gun is delivered in connection with any sale or purchase, such long gun shall be enclosed in a package, the paper or wrapping of which shall be securely fastened, and no such long gun when delivered on any sale or purchase shall be loaded or contain any gunpowder or other explosive or any bullet, ball or shell. Upon the sale, delivery or other transfer of the long gun, the person, firm or corporation selling such long gun, or making delivery or transfer thereof, shall (A) give one copy of the transfer document to the person making the purchase of such long gun or to whom the same is delivered or transferred, (B) retain one copy of the transfer document for at least five years, and (C) send by first class mail or electronically transmit, within forty-eight hours of such sale, delivery or other transfer, (i) one copy of the transfer document to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, and (ii) one copy of the transfer document to the local permitting authority or the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the borders of the state, as referenced in subsection (c) of section 29-28, if the transferee has a bona fide permanent residence within the jurisdiction of such tribe. If the transferor or transferee is a federally licensed firearms dealer, such federally licensed firearms dealer shall retain the transfer document for at least twenty years or until such federally licensed firearms dealer goes out of business. Such transfer document shall be available for inspection during normal business hours by law enforcement officials.
(e) The provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this section shall not apply to the sale, delivery or transfer of (1) long guns to (A) the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, police departments, the Department of Correction, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection or the military or naval forces of this state or of the United States, (B) a sworn and duly certified member of an organized police department, the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or the Department of Correction, a chief inspector or inspector in the Division of Criminal Justice, a salaried inspector of motor vehicles designated by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, a conservation officer or special conservation officer appointed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to section 26-5, or a constable who is certified by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council and appointed by the chief executive authority of a town, city or borough to perform criminal law enforcement duties, pursuant to a letter on the letterhead of such department, division, commissioner or authority authorizing the purchase and stating that the sworn member, inspector, officer or constable will use the long gun in the discharge of official duties, and that a records check indicates that the sworn member, inspector, officer or constable has not been convicted of a crime of family violence, for use by such sworn member, inspector, officer or constable in the discharge of such sworn member's, inspector's, officer's or constable's official duties or when off duty, (C) a member of the military or naval forces of this state or of the United States, or (D) a nuclear facility licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the purpose of providing security services at such facility, or any contractor or subcontractor of such facility for the purpose of providing security services at such facility; (2) long guns to or between federally licensed firearm manufacturers, importers or dealers; (3) curios or relics, as defined in 27 CFR 478.11, to or between federally licensed firearm collectors; or (4) antique firearms. For the purposes of this subsection, “antique firearm” means any firearm that was manufactured in or before 1898 and any replica of such firearm, provided such replica is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition except rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition that is no longer manufactured in the United States and not readily available in the ordinary channel of commercial trade.
(f) If the court finds that a violation of this section is not of a serious nature and that the person charged with such violation (1) will probably not offend in the future, (2) has not previously been convicted of a violation of this section, and (3) has not previously had a prosecution under this section suspended pursuant to this subsection, it may order suspension of prosecution. The court shall not order suspension of prosecution unless the accused person has acknowledged that he understands the consequences of the suspension of prosecution. Any person for whom prosecution is suspended shall agree to the tolling of any statute of limitations with respect to such violation and to a waiver of his right to a speedy trial. Such person shall appear in court and shall be released to the supervision of the Court Support Services Division for such period, not exceeding two years, and under such conditions as the court shall order. If the person refuses to accept, or, having accepted, violates such conditions, the court shall terminate the suspension of prosecution and the case shall be brought to trial. If such person satisfactorily completes his period of probation, he may apply for dismissal of the charges against him and the court, on finding such satisfactory completion, shall dismiss such charges. If the person does not apply for dismissal of the charges against him after satisfactorily completing his period of probation, the court, upon receipt of a report submitted by the Court Support Services Division that the person satisfactorily completed his period of probation, may on its own motion make a finding of such satisfactory completion and dismiss such charges. Upon dismissal, all records of such charges shall be erased pursuant to section 54-142a. An order of the court denying a motion to dismiss the charges against a person who has completed his period of probation or terminating the participation of a defendant in such program shall be a final judgment for purposes of appeal.
(g) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class D felony, except that any person who sells, delivers or otherwise transfers a long gun in violation of the provisions of this section, knowing that such long gun is stolen or that the manufacturer's number or other mark of identification on such long gun has been altered, removed or obliterated, shall be guilty of a class B felony, and any long gun found in the possession of any person in violation of any provision of this section shall be forfeited.
(P.A. 90-340, S. 1; P.A. 99-212, S. 16; P.A. 00-99, S. 78, 154; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 13-3, S. 1; 13-220, S. 12; P.A. 22-26, S. 6; 22-102, S. 7, 8; 22-115, S. 4; P.A. 23-53, S. 11; 23-130, S. 7, 8; P.A. 25-18, S. 11; 25-157, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 99-212 inserted Subsec. indicators, amended Subsec. (a) to replace provision requiring that application be made in triplicate and that one copy be mailed to the police chief of the municipality within which the applicant resides or, where there is no chief of police, the first selectman or warden of such municipality and that one copy be mailed to the Commissioner of Public Safety with provision requiring that vendor attach the application to the federal sale or transfer document and file and retain it for at least 20 years or until such vendor goes out of business, to add requirement that the application be available for inspection during normal business hours by law enforcement officials, to make the waiting period run from the date of the application rather than the date of the mailing of the copies of the application, to prohibit the sale or delivery until the transferor has insured that the application has been completed properly and has obtained an authorization number, to require the Department of Public Safety to make every effort, including performing the national instant criminal background check, to determine if the applicant is eligible to receive the firearm, to replace provision requiring “such municipal authority or said commissioner, having knowledge of the conviction of such applicant of a felony,” to immediately notify the transferor with provision requiring the Commissioner of Public Safety to immediately notify the transferor if “it is determined that the applicant is ineligible to receive such firearm”, and amended Subsec. (b) to delete the requirement that the receipt contain the occupation of the purchaser, to replace requirement that the vendor mail two of the triplicate receipts to the Commissioner of Public Safety and retain the other receipt with the application for at least 6 years with requirement that the vendor send by mail or electronically transfer one receipt to said commissioner and one receipt to the chief of police or, where there is no chief of police, the warden of the borough or the first selectman of the town in which the purchaser resides and retain one receipt together with the original application for at least 5 years, to make the provisions of Subsec. (b) not apply to any federal marshal, sheriff, parole officer or peace officer, to make the transfers enumerated in Subdivs. (1) to (4), inclusive, subject to the provisions of Subsec. (a) other than the waiting period, to include in Subdiv. (1) the holder of a valid eligibility certificate and to replace in Subdiv. (3) “long rifles or shotguns” with “any firearm”; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriff in Subsec. (b), effective December 1, 2000; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” and “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-3 added new Subsec. (a) to define “long gun”, added new Subsec. (b) to prohibit sale, delivery or transfer at retail of long gun to person under 18 and of semi-automatic centerfire rifle with magazine capacity exceeding 5 rounds to person under 21, added Subsec. (c) to prohibit on and after April 1, 2014, purchase or receipt of long gun unless person holds certain certificate or permit or is federal marshal, parole officer or peace officer, redesignated existing Subsecs. (a) and (b) as Subsec. (d) and amended same to replace references to “any firearm, as defined in section 53a-3, other than a pistol or revolver” or “firearm” with “long gun”, make provisions applicable to sale, delivery or other transfer of long gun at retail, replace “vendor” with “transferor” and “purchaser” with “transferee”, require transferor who is not federally licensed firearm dealer to file and retain application for at least 20 years, delete provision re 2-week waiting period, require receipt to contain date and place of birth of transferee and make technical changes, added Subsec. (e) re procedure for sale, delivery or transfer of long gun between persons who are not federally licensed firearm manufacturers, importers or dealers, added Subsec. (f) re procedure for initiation of national instant criminal background check by dealer and completion of form upon confirmation of eligibility to receive long gun, designated provisions of existing Subsec. (b) re waiting period exception as Subsec. (g) and amended same to add provision re 2-week waiting period for sale, delivery or transfer prior to April 1, 2014, replace references to “firearm” with “long gun”, make exception applicable to “sale, delivery or other transfer” rather than “delivery at retail”, add exception for holder of long gun eligibility certificate and make a technical change, added Subsec. (h) re inapplicability to sale, delivery or transfer between certain federal firearm licensees, added Subsec. (i) re suspension of prosecution for certain offenders, and added Subsec. (j) re penalty for violation, effective April 4, 2013; P.A. 13-220 amended Subsec. (c) to delete exception for federal marshals and parole officers to purchase or receive long gun without certificate, amended Subsec. (d) to delete requirement that transferor who is not a federally licensed firearm dealer retain forms for 20 years, replaced Subsec. (e)(2) and amended Subsec. (f)(1) to require transferor or transferee to request federally licensed firearm dealer to contact department and obtain an authorization number for sale, delivery or transfer of long gun and replace $20 fee for fee the dealer may charge for contacting department, amended Subsec. (f)(2) re department's duty to make every effort to determine prospective transferee's eligibility and immediately notify dealer of department's determination and provide authorization number for any sale, delivery or transfer to an eligible prospective transferee, substantially revised Subsec. (h) to exempt sale, delivery or transfer of long guns to persons enumerated in Subdiv. (1)(A) to (D) and federally licensed firearm manufacturers, importers or dealers in Subdiv. (2), exempt sale, delivery or transfer of curios or relics in Subdiv. (3) and antique firearms in Subdiv. (4), and made conforming changes, effective June 18, 2013; P.A. 22-26 amended Subsec. (i) by replacing “custody” with “supervision”, effective May 10, 2022; P.A. 22-102 amended Subsecs. (d) and (f)(3) by inserting “of the municipality in which the transferee resides” and substituting provision re chief executive officer of the municipality or designated resident state trooper or state police officer for provision re warden or first selectman, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 22-115 amended Subsec. (d) to designate existing language requiring commissioner to notify the person, firm or corporation to which application was made that the long gun can not be sold to the applicant as Subdiv. (1) and add Subdiv. (2) requiring the commissioner to notify the chief of police, warden or first selectman that the applicant is not eligible to receive a long gun; P.A. 23-53 replaced provision re permit to sell at retail a pistol or revolver with provision re permit to sell firearms at retail and deleted obsolete effective date language throughout and amended Subsec. (b)(2) by deleting “, at retail,”; P.A. 23-130 amended Subsecs. (d) and (f)(3) by adding provisions re chief of police of law enforcement unit of federally recognized Native American tribe, effective July 1, 2023; P.A. 25-18 amended Subsec. (d) to replace provision re chief of police, warden of borough or first selectman of town with provision re local permitting authority, amended Subsecs. (d) and (f)(3) to replace provisions re chief of police, chief executive officer, resident state trooper or state police officer with provisions re local permitting authority and made technical and conforming changes throughout Subsecs. (c) to (f); P.A. 25-157 substantially revised section including by adding provisions requiring person, firm or corporation selling, delivering or transferring any long gun to complete a transfer document containing certain information, deleting former Subsecs. (e) to (g) and redesignating existing Subsecs. (h) to (j) as new Subsecs. (e) to (g) and made conforming changes.
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Sec. 29-37g. Gun show requirements. (a) For the purposes of this section, (1) “gun show” means any event (A) at which fifty or more firearms are offered or exhibited for sale, transfer or exchange to the public and (B) at which two or more persons are exhibiting one or more firearms for sale, transfer or exchange to the public; and (2) “gun show promoter” means any person who organizes, plans, promotes or operates a gun show.
(b) Not later than thirty days before commencement of a gun show, the gun show promoter shall provide notice of the date, time, duration and location of the gun show to the local permitting authority, as defined in section 29-28, for the municipality, as defined in section 7-148, in which the gun show is to take place.
(c) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer a firearm at a gun show until such person, firm or corporation has complied with the provisions of section 29-36l.
(P.A. 99-212, S. 17; P.A. 22-102, S. 9; P.A. 25-18, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 22-102 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “notify the chief of police or, where there is no chief of police, the warden of the borough or the first selectman of the town in which the gun show is to take place” and inserting “provide notice” and adding Subdivs. (1) and (2) re chief of police and chief executive officer of the municipality or designated resident state trooper or state police officer for warden or first selectman, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 25-18 amended Subsec. (b) to redesignate Subsec. (b)(1) and (2) as Subsec. (b), replace provision re chief of police, chief executive officer, resident state trooper or state police officer with provision re local permitting authority and make a technical change.
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Sec. 29-37p. Long gun eligibility certificate. Disqualifiers. (a) Any person who is eighteen years of age or older may apply to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for a long gun eligibility certificate.
(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall issue a long gun eligibility certificate unless said commissioner finds that the applicant: (1) (A) For any application filed prior to July 1, 2024, has failed to successfully complete a course approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in the safety and use of firearms including, but not limited to, a safety or training course in the use of firearms available to the public offered by a law enforcement agency, a private or public educational institution or a firearms training school, utilizing instructors certified by the National Rifle Association or the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and a safety or training course in the use of firearms conducted by an instructor certified by the state or the National Rifle Association, or (B) for any application filed on or after July 1, 2024, has failed to successfully complete, not earlier than two years prior to the submission of such application, a course approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in the safety and use of firearms, which courses may include those certified by the National Rifle Association or other organizations, conducted by an instructor certified by the National Rifle Association or by the state, provided any such course includes instruction in state law requirements pertaining to safe storage in the home and in vehicles, lawful use of firearms and lawful carrying of firearms in public; (2) has been convicted of (A) a felony, or (B) (i) a misdemeanor violation of section 21a-279 on or after October 1, 2015, (ii) a misdemeanor violation of section 53a-58, 53a-61, 53a-61a, 53a-62, 53a-63, 53a-96, 53a-175, 53a-176, 53a-178 or 53a-181d during the preceding eight years, (iii) a misdemeanor violation of any law of this state that has been designated as a family violence crime pursuant to section 46b-38h, or (iv) a misdemeanor violation in another state, a federal, tribal or military court or any foreign jurisdiction during the preceding eight years that a reasonable reviewer would believe to constitute (I) any crime of violence against another person causing physical injury, (II) any crime that with extreme indifference to human life creates a risk of serious physical injury or with criminal negligence causes the death of another person other than by a motor vehicle, (III) any crime that by physical threat or course of conduct causes another person to reasonably fear for such person's safety, (IV) any crime involving engaging in or inciting a riot, or (V) possession of a controlled substance or hallucinogenic substance, each as defined in section 21a-240, other than less than four ounces of cannabis, less than one-half ounce of psilocybin or nicotine; (3) has been convicted as delinquent for the commission of a serious juvenile offense, as defined in section 46b-120; (4) has been discharged from custody within the preceding twenty years after having been found not guilty of a crime by reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to section 53a-13; (5) has been confined in a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495, within the preceding sixty months by order of a probate court; (6) has been voluntarily admitted or, on or after October 1, 2023, has been committed under an emergency certificate pursuant to section 17a-502 to a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495, within the preceding six months for care and treatment of a psychiatric disability and not solely for being an alcohol-dependent person or a drug-dependent person as those terms are defined in section 17a-680; (7) is subject to a restraining or protective order issued by a court in a case involving the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force against another person, including an ex parte order issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or 46b-16a; (8) is subject to a firearms seizure order issued prior to June 1, 2022, pursuant to section 29-38c after notice and hearing, or a risk protection order or risk protection investigation order issued on or after June 1, 2022, pursuant to section 29-38c; (9) is prohibited from shipping, transporting, possessing or receiving a firearm pursuant to 18 USC 922(g)(2), (g)(4) or (g)(9); or (10) is an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States.
(P.A. 13-3, S. 2; 13-220, S. 15; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-2, S. 5; P.A. 16-34, S. 10; P.A. 21-67, S. 5; P.A. 23-53, S. 28; 23-89, S. 6; P.A. 25-43, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 13-3 effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-220 amended Subsec. (b)(2)(B) to limit disqualifying violations to those committed on or after October 1, 1994, effective July 1, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-2 amended Subsec. (b)(2)(B) to replace reference to Sec. 21a-279(c) with reference to Sec. 21a-279; P.A. 16-34 amended Subsec. (b)(7) by adding “, including an ex parte order issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or 46b-16a”; P.A. 21-67 amended Subsec. (b)(2) by replacing “or (B) on or after October 1, 1994, a violation of section 21a-279 or” with “(B) a misdemeanor violation of section 21a-279 on or after October 1, 2015, or (C) a misdemeanor violation of” and adding “during the preceding twenty years” at the end of newly designated Subpara. (C) and amended Subsec. (b)(7) by adding reference to June 1, 2022, and language re a risk protection order or investigation and making a technical change, effective June 1, 2022; P.A. 23-53 amended Subsec. (b) by redesignating existing Subdiv. (1) as Subdiv. (1)(A) and adding provision therein re any application filed prior to July 1, 2024, adding Subdiv. (1)(B) re any application filed on or after July 1, 2024, adding Subdiv. (2)(D) re misdemeanor violation of any law designated as a family violence crime and replacing reference to 18 USC 922(g)(4) with reference to 18 USC 922(g)(2), (g)(4) or (g)(9) in Subdiv. (9); P.A. 23-89 amended Subsec. (b)(6) by adding provision re commitment under an emergency certificate pursuant to Sec. 17a-502; P.A. 25-43 amended Subsec. (b)(2) by designating existing Subpara. (B) as Subpara. (B)(i), redesignating existing Subpara. (C) as Subpara. (B)(ii) and therein replacing “twenty years” with “eight years”, redesignating existing Subpara. (D) as Subpara. (B)(iii) and adding Subpara. (B)(iv) re misdemeanor violations in other jurisdictions.
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Sec. 29-38c. Adult posing risk of imminent personal injury to self or others. Firearms or other deadly weapons or ammunition. Warrant for seizure. Risk protection order prohibiting acquisition or possession. (a) Except as provided pursuant to section 29-38q in the case of a complaint concerning a child under eighteen years of age, upon complaint on oath by any state's attorney or assistant state's attorney or by any police officer, to any judge of the Superior Court, that such state's attorney, assistant state's attorney or police officer has probable cause to believe that a person who is at least eighteen years of age poses a risk of imminent personal injury to such person's self or to another person, the judge may issue a risk protection order prohibiting such person from acquiring or possessing a firearm or other deadly weapon or ammunition. If such state's attorney, assistant state's attorney or police officer has a good faith belief that such person posing the risk is already prohibited from acquiring or possessing a firearm, or is already the subject of a risk protection order or pending risk protection order, the state's attorney, assistant state's attorney or police officer need not, but shall have the discretion to, pursue a risk protection order pursuant to this section. As part of or following the issuance of such order, if there is probable cause to believe that (1) such person possesses one or more firearms or other deadly weapons, and (2) such firearm or firearms or other deadly weapon or deadly weapons are within or upon any place, thing or person, such judge shall issue a warrant commanding a police officer to enter into or upon such place or thing, search the same or the person and take into such officer's custody any and all firearms and other deadly weapons and ammunition. No such warrant shall be issued if the applicant for the order is a police officer, unless the application is supported by more than one police officer, under oath on the complaint. Such state's attorney, assistant state's attorney or police officer or officers may not make any such complaint unless such state's attorney, assistant state's attorney or police officer or officers, as applicable, have conducted an independent investigation and determined that such probable cause exists. Upon the issuance of any such order and warrant, if applicable, the judge shall order the clerk of the court to give notice to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection of the issuance of such order and warrant, as applicable.
(b) (1) Any family or household member or medical professional who has a good faith belief that a person who is at least eighteen years of age poses a risk of imminent personal injury to such person's self or to another person may make an application for a risk protection order investigation with the clerk of the court for any geographical area. The application and accompanying affidavit shall be made under oath and indicate: (A) The factual basis for the applicant's belief that such person poses a risk of imminent personal injury to such person's self or to another person; (B) whether such person holds a permit under subsection (c) of section 29-28, or an eligibility certificate issued under section 29-36f, 29-37p or 29-38n or currently possesses one or more firearms or other deadly weapons or ammunition, if known; and (C) where any such firearm or other deadly weapon or ammunition is located, if known.
(2) Upon receipt of an application and affidavit pursuant to this subsection, if the court finds that there is a good faith belief that a person who is the subject of the application poses a risk of imminent personal injury to such person's self or to another person, the court shall order a risk protection order investigation to determine if the person who is the subject of the application poses a risk of imminent personal injury to such person's self or to another person. Upon issuance by the court of an order for investigation, the court shall: (A) Give notice to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection of the issuance of the order for a risk protection order investigation; and (B) immediately give notice of the order and transmit the order and the application and affidavit on which the order is based to the law enforcement agency for the town in which the subject of the investigation resides. The court shall immediately enter into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) a record indicating that the person who is the subject of the investigation is ineligible to possess, purchase or otherwise receive a firearm.
(3) Upon receipt of an investigation order, the law enforcement agency shall immediately investigate whether the subject of the investigation poses a risk of imminent personal injury to such person's self or to another person. If the law enforcement agency determines that there is probable cause to believe that the subject of the investigation poses a risk of imminent personal injury to such person's self or to another person, such law enforcement agency shall seek a risk protection order, and when applicable, a warrant pursuant to subsection (a) of this section not later than twenty-four hours after receiving the investigation order, or, if the law enforcement agency needs additional time to complete the investigation, as soon thereafter as is practicable. If the law enforcement agency determines that there is no probable cause to believe that the subject of the investigation poses a risk of imminent personal injury to such person's self or to another person, the law enforcement agency shall notify the court, the applicant, and the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection of such determination, in writing, not later than forty-eight hours after receiving the investigation order, if practicable, or, if the law enforcement agency needs additional time to complete the risk warrant investigation, as soon thereafter as is practicable. Upon receiving such notification that there was not a finding of probable cause, the court shall immediately remove or cancel any record entered into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System associated with such investigation for which there was no finding of probable cause.
(c) A risk protection order issued under subsection (a) of this section, may issue only on an affidavit sworn to by the complainant establishing the grounds for issuing the order. A risk warrant issued under subsection (a) of this section may issue only on an affidavit sworn to by the complainant before the judge, either in person or electronically with simultaneous sight and sound, establishing the grounds for issuing the warrant. Any such affidavit shall be part of the court file. In determining whether there is probable cause for a risk protection order and warrant, if applicable, under subsection (a) of this section, the judge shall consider: (1) Recent threats or acts of violence by such person directed toward other persons; (2) recent threats or acts of violence by such person directed toward such person's self; and (3) recent acts of cruelty to animals as provided in subsection (b) of section 53-247 by such person. In evaluating whether such recent threats or acts of violence constitute probable cause to believe that such person poses a risk of imminent personal injury to such person's self or to others, the judge may consider other factors including, but not limited to, (A) the reckless use, display or brandishing of a firearm or other deadly weapon by such person, (B) a history of the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force by such person against other persons, (C) prior involuntary confinement of such person in a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, and (D) the illegal use of controlled substances or abuse of alcohol by such person. In the case of a complaint made under subsection (a) of this section, if the judge is satisfied that the grounds for the complaint exist or that there is probable cause to believe that such grounds exist, such judge shall issue a risk protection order and warrant, if applicable, naming or describing the person, and, in the case of the issuance of a warrant, the place or thing to be searched. The order and warrant, if applicable, shall be directed to any police officer of a regularly organized police department or any state police officer. The order and warrant, if applicable, shall state the grounds or probable cause for issuance and, in the case of a warrant, the warrant shall command the officer to search within a reasonable time the person, place or thing named for any and all firearms and other deadly weapons and ammunition. A copy of the order and warrant, if applicable, shall be served upon the person named in the order not later than three days prior to the hearing scheduled pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, together with a notice informing the person that such person has the right to a hearing under this section, the telephone number for the court clerk who can inform the person of the date and time of such hearing and the right to be represented by counsel at such hearing. If the person is unable to afford counsel and is represented by a public defender or an assigned counsel in a pending criminal proceeding in a court in this state, counsel shall be appointed on behalf of such person if determined to be eligible under the provisions of chapter 887 for purposes of in-court proceedings pursuant to this section.
(d) (1) In the case of a warrant, the municipal or state police agency that executed the warrant shall file a copy of the application for the warrant and all affidavits upon which the warrant is based with the clerk of the court for the geographical area within which the search was conducted and with the state's attorney's office for such judicial district no later than the next business day following the execution of the warrant. Prior to the execution and return of the warrant, the clerk of the court shall not disclose any information pertaining to the application for the warrant or any affidavits upon which the warrant is based. The warrant shall be executed and returned with reasonable promptness consistent with due process of law and shall be accompanied by a written inventory of all firearms and other deadly weapons and ammunition seized.
(2) In the case of a risk protection order, not later than the next business day following the service of the order, the municipal or state police agency that served the order shall file with the court of the geographical area in the location in which the subject of the order resides a copy of the order and transmit to the state's attorney's office for such judicial district a return of service stating the date and time that the order was served. Prior to the service and return of the order, the clerk of court shall not disclose any information pertaining to the application for the order or any affidavits upon which the order is based to any person outside the Judicial Branch, the municipal or state police agency that served the order, or the state's attorney's office for the judicial district within which the order was served. The order shall be served and returned with reasonable promptness consistent with due process of law.
(e) Not later than fourteen days after the issuance of a risk protection order and, if applicable, a warrant under this section, the court for the geographical area where the person named in the order or warrant resides shall hold a hearing to determine whether the risk protection order should continue to apply and whether the firearm or firearms or other deadly weapon or deadly weapons and any ammunition seized should be returned to the person named in the warrant or should continue to be held by the state. At such hearing the state shall have the burden of proving all material facts by clear and convincing evidence. If, after such hearing, the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person poses a risk of imminent personal injury to such person's self or to another person, the court may order that the risk protection order continue to apply and that the firearm or firearms or other deadly weapon or deadly weapons and any ammunition seized pursuant to the warrant issued under subsection (a) of this section continue to be held by the state until such time that the court shall terminate such order pursuant to subsection (f) of this section and order the firearm or firearms or other deadly weapon or deadly weapons and any ammunition seized to be returned as soon as practicable to the person named in the warrant, provided such person is otherwise legally able to possess such firearm or firearms or other deadly weapon or deadly weapons and ammunition. If the court finds that the state has failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the petitioner poses a risk of imminent personal injury to such person's self or to another person, the court shall terminate such order and warrant, if applicable, and order the firearm or firearms or other deadly weapon or deadly weapons and any ammunition seized to be returned as soon as is practicable to the person named in the warrant, provided such person is otherwise legally eligible to possess such firearm or firearms or other deadly weapon or deadly weapons and ammunition. If the court finds that the person poses a risk of imminent personal injury to such person's self or to another person, the court shall give notice to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services which may take such action pursuant to chapter 319i as the department deems appropriate.
(f) A risk protection order and warrant, if applicable, shall continue to apply and the firearm or firearms or other deadly weapon or deadly weapons and any ammunition held pursuant to subsection (e) of this section shall continue to be held by the state until such time that the person named in the order and warrant, if applicable, successfully petitions the court to terminate such order and warrant, if applicable. The person named in the order may first petition the court of the geographical area where the proceeding was originally conducted for a hearing to terminate such order and warrant, if applicable, at least one hundred eighty days after the hearing held pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. Upon the filing of such petition, the court shall (1) provide to the petitioner a hearing date that is on the twenty-eighth day following the filing of such petition or the business day nearest to such day if such twenty-eighth day is not a business day, (2) notify the Division of Criminal Justice of the filing of such petition, and (3) direct the law enforcement agency for the town in which the petitioner resides to determine, not later than fourteen days after the filing of such petition, whether there is probable cause to believe that the petitioner poses a risk of imminent personal injury to such person's self or to another person. No finding of probable cause may be found solely because the petitioner is subject to an existing risk protection order or warrant. If the law enforcement agency finds no probable cause, the agency shall so notify the court which shall cancel the hearing and terminate the order and warrant, if applicable. If the law enforcement agency finds probable cause, the agency shall notify the court of such finding and the hearing shall proceed as scheduled. At such hearing the state shall have the burden of proving all material facts by clear and convincing evidence. If the court, following such hearing, finds by clear and convincing evidence that the petitioner poses a risk of imminent personal injury to such person's self or to another person, the order and warrant, if applicable, shall remain in effect. If the court finds that the state has failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the petitioner poses a risk of imminent personal injury to such person's self or to another person, the court shall terminate such order and warrant, if applicable. Any person whose petition is denied may file a subsequent petition in accordance with the provisions of this subsection at least one hundred eighty days after the date on which the court denied the previous petition.
(g) The court shall immediately upon termination of a risk protection order pursuant to this section remove or cancel any record entered into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System associated with such order.
(h) Any person whose firearm or firearms and ammunition have been ordered seized pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, or such person's legal representative, may transfer such firearm or firearms and ammunition in accordance with the provisions of section 29-33 or other applicable state or federal law, to a federally licensed firearm dealer. Upon notification in writing by such person, or such person's legal representative, and the dealer, the head of the state agency holding such seized firearm or firearms and ammunition shall within ten days deliver such firearm or firearms and ammunition to the dealer.
(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 29-36k, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection holding any firearm or firearms or other deadly weapon or deadly weapons and any ammunition seized pursuant to a warrant issued under this section, or any local police department holding on behalf of said commissioner any such firearm or firearms or other deadly weapon or deadly weapons or ammunition, shall not destroy any such firearm or other deadly weapon or ammunition until at least one year has passed since date of the termination of a warrant under subsection (e) of this section.
(j) For purposes of this section, (1) “ammunition” means a loaded cartridge, consisting of a primed case, propellant or projectile, designed for use in any firearm, (2) “family or household member” means (A) a person eighteen years of age or older who is a: (i) Spouse, (ii) parent, (iii) child, (iv) sibling, (v) grandparent, (vi) grandchild, (vii) step-parent, (viii) step-child, (ix) step-sibling, (x) mother or father-in-law, (xi) son or daughter-in-law, or (xii) brother or sister-in-law of the person who is the subject of an application pursuant to subsection (b) of this section; (B) a person residing with the person who is the subject of the application; (C) a person who has a child in common with the person who is the subject of the application; (D) a person who is dating or an intimate partner of the person who is the subject of the application; or (E) a person who is the legal guardian or former legal guardian of the person who is the subject of the application, (3) “medical professional” means any person who has examined the person who is the subject of the application and who is (A) a physician or physician assistant licensed under chapter 370, (B) an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under chapter 378, (C) a psychologist licensed under chapter 383, or (D) a clinical social worker licensed under chapter 383b, and (4) “deadly weapon” has the same meaning as provided in section 53a-3.
(P.A. 99-212, S. 18; P.A. 13-3, S. 33; P.A. 21-67, S. 1; P.A. 23-89, S. 1; P.A. 24-24, S. 11, 12; 24-108, S. 3; 24-137, S. 1; P.A. 25-18, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 13-3 made provisions re seizure and transfer of firearms applicable to ammunition, added Subsec. (f) defining “ammunition” and made technical changes; P.A. 21-67 added language re other deadly weapons and made technical and conforming changes throughout, substantially revised Subsec. (a) by adding language re issuance of a risk protection order, deleting existing Subdivs. (1) and (2) designators, redesignating existing language re person possessing firearms or deadly weapons as Subdiv. (1), redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (2), making issuance of a warrant mandatory and adding language re notice to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in same, added new Subsec. (b) re risk protection orders, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c) and added language re risk protection orders and provided that a copy of the order and warrant be given to the person within a reasonable time and that accompanying notice include court clerk's telephone number for information on time of hearing in same, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d)(1) and required the police agency that executed the warrant to file a copy with the court clerk and state's attorney's office in same, added Subsec. (d)(2) re risk protection orders, redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (e) and added language re risk protection orders, reference to Subsec. (f) re termination of order and requirement items seized be returned as soon as practicable following termination of order, proviso re person otherwise legally able to possess items and language re burden of proof for state in same, added new Subsec. (f) re continuation of order and warrant, added Subsec. (g) re removal or cancellation of record of order, redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (h) and specified that a transfer be to a federally licensed firearm dealer rather than any person eligible to possess such firearm or ammunition in same, added Subsec. (i) prohibiting the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or local police department holding firearms or ammunition from destroying such items until 1 year has passed from termination of warrant and redesignated existing Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (j) and designated definition of “ammunition” as Subdiv. (1) and added Subdivs. (2) to (4) defining “family or household member”, “medical professional” and “deadly weapon” in same, effective June 1, 2022; P.A. 23-89 limited applicability to persons 18 of age or older, changed from 2 to 1 the number of police officers required if seeking a risk protection order and added language retaining requirement for 2 police officers if seeking a warrant and made technical and conforming changes throughout, amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re good faith belief in the case of a person already prohibited from acquiring or possessing a firearm, amended Subsec. (c) by separating provisions re issuance of an order from issuance of a warrant, deleting provision re issuance of order regardless of whether person is already prohibited from possessing a firearm, replacing language re service within a reasonable time to not later than 3 days prior to the hearing, amended Subsec. (e) by replacing 14 days after service with 14 days after issuance, “or execution of a warrant” with “and, if applicable, a warrant” and “legally able” with “legally eligible”, effective June 29, 2023; P.A. 24-24 made technical changes in Subsecs. (c)(3) and (f); P.A. 24-108 amended Subsec. (c) by adding that required affidavit could be sworn to “, either in person or electronically with simultaneous sight and sound,”; P.A. 24-137 amended Subsec. (c) by adding provision re representation by a public defender or an assigned counsel; P.A. 25-18 made a conforming change in Subsec. (b)(1).
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Sec. 29-38m. Sale of ammunition or ammunition magazine. (a) For the purposes of this section and sections 29-38n to 29-38p, inclusive, “ammunition” means a loaded cartridge, consisting of a primed case, propellant or projectile, designed for use in any firearm, “firearm” has the meaning provided in section 53a-3, and “magazine” means any firearm magazine, belt, drum, feed strip or similar device that accepts ammunition.
(b) No person, firm or corporation shall sell ammunition or an ammunition magazine to any person under eighteen years of age.
(c) No person, firm or corporation shall sell ammunition or an ammunition magazine to any person unless such person holds a valid permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (c) of section 29-28, a valid permit to sell firearms at retail issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28, a valid eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to section 29-36f or a valid long gun eligibility certificate issued pursuant to section 29-37p and presents to the transferor such permit or certificate, or unless such person holds a valid ammunition certificate issued pursuant to section 29-38n and presents to the transferor such certificate and such person's motor vehicle operator's license, passport or other valid form of identification issued by the federal government or a state or municipal government that contains such person's date of birth and photograph.
(d) The provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall not apply to the sale of ammunition to (1) the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, police departments, the Department of Correction, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection or the military or naval forces of this state or of the United States; (2) a sworn and duly certified member of an organized police department, the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or the Department of Correction, a chief inspector or inspector in the Division of Criminal Justice, a salaried inspector of motor vehicles designated by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, a conservation officer or special conservation officer appointed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to section 26-5, or a constable who is certified by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council and appointed by the chief executive authority of a town, city or borough to perform criminal law enforcement duties, for use by such sworn member, inspector, officer or constable in the discharge of such sworn member's, inspector's, officer's or constable's official duties or when off duty; (3) a member of the military or naval forces of this state or of the United States; (4) a nuclear facility licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the purpose of providing security services at such facility, or any contractor or subcontractor of such facility for the purpose of providing security services at such facility; or (5) a federally licensed firearm manufacturer, importer, dealer or collector.
(e) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(P.A. 13-3, S. 14; 13-220, S. 19; P.A. 23-53, S. 14; P.A. 25-18, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 13-3 effective April 4, 2013; P.A. 13-220 amended Subsec. (d) to substantially revise list of persons to whom provisions of Subsec. (c) are not applicable, effective June 18, 2013; P.A. 23-53 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting obsolete effective date language and replacing provision re permit to sell at retail a pistol or revolver with provision re permit to sell firearms at retail and amended Subsec. (d) by adding reference to Subsec. (b); P.A. 25-18 made conforming changes in Subsec. (c).
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