Sec.14-307-1. Definitions  


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  • As used in Sections 14-307-1 to 14-307-8, inclusive, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

    (1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or his designee;

    (2) "DMV" means the Department of Motor Vehicles;

    (3) "Market value" means the average trade-in value, appearing in the current month's issue of the N.A.D.A. Official Used Car Guide, Eastern Edition;

    (4) "Motor vehicle" or "vehicle" means a motor vehicle as defined in section 14-1 of the general statutes;

    (5) "Police officer" means any officer attached to an organized police department or a member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety;

    (6) "Storage facility" means a registered place of storage for motor vehicles for which a schedule of storage charges has been filed by a tower, in accordance with section 14-66 of the general statutes;

    (7) "Tower" means a person, firm or corporation licensed as a dealer or repairer and engaged in the business of towing or transporting motor vehicles for compensation, as provided in accordance with section 14-66 of the general statutes.

(Adopted effective October 8, 1997)