Sec. 14-103a. Inspection of reassembled, altered or reconstructed vehicles.
Sec. 14-103a. Inspection of reassembled, altered or reconstructed vehicles.
Any motor vehicle that (1) has been reconstructed, (2) is composed or assembled from
the several parts of other motor vehicles, (3) the identification and body contours of
which are so altered that the vehicle no longer bears the characteristics of any specific
make of motor vehicle, or (4) has been declared a total loss by any insurance carrier
and subsequently reconstructed, shall be inspected by the commissioner to determine
whether the vehicle is properly equipped, in good mechanical condition and in the possession of its lawful owner. Such vehicle shall be presented for inspection at any Department of Motor Vehicles office to conduct such inspection. The commissioner may require any person presenting any such reassembled, altered or reconstructed vehicle for
inspection to provide proof of lawful purchase of any major component parts not part
of the vehicle when first sold by the manufacturer. The fee for such inspection shall be
eighty-eight dollars. The inspection fee shall be in addition to regular registration fees.
As used in this section, "reconstructed" refers to each motor vehicle materially altered
from its original construction by the removal, addition or substitution of essential parts,
new or used.
(February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 527; P.A. 80-292, S. 3; P.A. 84-254, S. 48, 62; P.A. 85-613, S. 30, 154;
P.A. 91-355, S. 3; P.A. 94-189, S. 10; P.A. 02-70, S. 57; P.A. 07-167, S. 10, 43; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 31.)
History: 1971 act replaced provision for fees equaling those for inspection of vehicles purchased outside state pursuant
to Sec. 14-12 with provision for $25 fee; P.A. 80-292 included reference to vehicles rebuilt after declared total loss by
insurer, required inspection to determine whether vehicle is in possession of lawful owner and allowed commissioner to
require proof of purchase for major component parts not originally part of vehicle; P.A. 84-254 periodically increased the
inspection fee, from $25 to $88 as of July 1, 1993; P.A. 85-613 made technical change; P.A. 91-355 required such vehicle
to be presented for inspection at any state motor vehicle department office or any authorized official emissions inspection
station and required inspection fees collected at such inspection stations to be deposited in separate safety inspection
account within emissions inspection fund; P.A. 94-189 amended the section by deleting obsolete language re inspection
fee increases and changing the reference to "subsection" in the last sentence to "section"; (Revisor's note: In 1997 references
throughout the general statutes to "Motor Vehicle(s) Commissioner" and "Motor Vehicle(s) Department" were replaced
editorially by the Revisors with "Commissioner of Motor Vehicles" or "Department of Motor Vehicles", as the case may
be, for consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 02-70 made a technical change, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 07-167 deleted provisions re inspection at official emissions inspection station and re deposit of fees collected at such station
in separate safety inspection account, effective July 1, 2007, and added references to reconstructed vehicles, deleted
references to rebuilt vehicles and defined "reconstructed"; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5 made technical changes.
See Sec. 14-67h for definition of "major component parts."