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Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies (Last Updated: June 14,2023) |
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Title14 Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline |
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SubTitle14-389-1_14-389-6. Snowmobiles |
| Sec. 14-389-1. Registration requirements |
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The commissioner shall not register any snowmobile owned by any person under sixteen years of age and shall not register any snowmobile owned by any person between sixteen and eighteen years of age unless such person files proof of financial responsibility in accordance with the provisions of section 14-112 of the general statutes, as amended, together with a certificate signed by the spouse, being eighteen years of age, of a married minor applicant, or by either or both of the parents, as the commissioner may require, or the legal guardian of such person, approving or requesting the registration of such snowmobile. |
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(Effective May 31, 1974) |
| Sec. 14-389-2. Display of registration plate |
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Each snowmobile required to be registered in this state shall have the registration plate conspicuously displayed on the rear. |
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(Effective September 30, 1969) |
| Sec. 14-389-3. Temporary registration |
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Each snowmobile dealer shall keep a record of each temporary registration issued by him. Such record shall include the name, address and date of birth of the owner, the year of manufacture, make and factory identification number of the snowmobile and the date and number of the temporary registration issued. Such dealer within forty-eight hours of the issuance of a temporary registration shall submit all necessary applications for a permanent registration to the commissioner of motor vehicles. |
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(Effective September 30, 1969) |
| Sec. 14-389-4. Lighting requirements |
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Each snowmobile while being operated during the period from sunset to sunrise and at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, visibility is reduced to less than three hundred feet shall display the following lighting equipment: (1) At least one but not more than two lighted headlamps which shall illuminate persons and vehicles at a distance of at least two hundred feet in front of such snowmobile; (2) When crossing any highway in the manner provided by law, shall display on each side a lighted red lamp and red reflector. Such red lamp shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of one thousand feet to the side. Such red reflector may be part of the lamp or separate and shall be of such size and characteristics and so mounted as to be visible at night at a distance of three hundred and fifty feet; (3) Shall have on the rear a lighted red tail lamp or red reflector. Such red reflector shall be of such size and characteristics and so mounted as to be visible at night at a distance of at least seventy-five feet when directly in front of the beam or beams of the headlamp or lamps required to be displayed by snowmobiles. |
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(Effective March 11, 1974) |
| Sec. 14-389-5. Steering mechanism |
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Each snowmobile shall be equipped with a steering or guidance mechanism which shall permit the operator to have complete directional control of the vehicle. |
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(Effective September 30, 1969) |
| Sec. 14-389-6. Retention of lessor and dealer records |
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All records required to be kept by lessors of and dealers in snowmobiles under the provisions of the general statutes or the regulations of Connecticut state agencies shall be retained by such dealer or lessor for a period of one year and be available for inspection by authorized enforcement officers during regular business hours. |
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(Effective September 30, 1969) |