by Ryan McKeen
Last weekend someone tried to blow up a Nissan Pathfinder in Times Square. The vehicle had Connecticut license plates that were allegedly obtained from a junkyard in Bridgeport.
Here’s the relevant law:
All number plates shall be the property of the state and no title therein shall pass to any person registering a motor vehicle under the provisions of this chapter. The owner of any registered motor vehicle which is not reregistered at the end of a registration period shall, within ten days, return the number plates thereof to the commissioner. Any person who sells a motor vehicle pursuant to section 14-150 or 49-61 shall, within ten days of such sale, return to the commissioner any number plates displayed on the vehicle or which come into such person’s possession in connection with such sale. Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 14-18(d)
Violation of the statute is an infraction.