In the Easter spirit, today, I’m taking a look at Connecticut rabbit law. Yes, Connecticut has a statute about rabbits. In Connnecticut, it is illegal for a person to sell or give away a live rabbit that has been dyed, colored or otherwise treated so as to import to them an artificial color. Any person who …
Taking Wine Home May Get A Little More Difficult
Last month, I wrote about taking an unfinished bottle of wine home from a restaurant. There is a bill pending before the legislature that would change the law to allow restaurant owners and employees to prevent intoxicated persons from removing an unfinished bottle of wine from the restaurant. It never struck me that under the cheap overnight delivery …
$75,000 For What?
Today’s edition of legislators legislating in an election year: $75,000.00 of your tax dollars for a Hartford West Indian Independence Day Celebration. Representative Kirkley-Bey has proposed a bill that would allocate $75,000.00 of your money to support the celebration of Hartford’s West Indian Independence Day Celebration. In doing some research for this entry, I found something that I …
Connecticut Ticket Reselling Legislation
It’s an election year and our legislature is hard at work legislating. Today’s edition of legislators legislating in an election year is: ticket reselling. Raised Bill No. 5771 is offensively titled: “An Act Concerning Ticket Scalping.” I can’t believe in 2008 that our legislature still refers to this practice as ticket scalping. If passed, the law …
Sunday Real Estate Contracts in Connecticut
Did you ever worry that if you entered into a real estate contract on a Sunday that it would be invalid? I haven’t and it turns out with good reason because Connecticut has a statute that says real estate contracts and leases entered into on Sundays are valid: No provision of section 53-302a shall be …
Adverse Possession: The Pictures That Prove
In case you needed it, I have yet another reason to keep those old pictures of family picnics: adverse possession. Most broadly defined, adverse possession, is a method of acquiring title to real property without compensation by possession for a statutory period of time under certain conditions. Black’s Law Dictionary. In Connecticut, to acquire title …
Connecticut Probate Courts Lack Security
Last weekend, the Hartford Courant ran another editorial arguing for probate court consolidation. Lost in all of the politics of the situation is the glaring fact that Connecticut Probate Courts lack security. One of the issues that the Courant never seems to address in making the argument for consolidation is the lack of security in probate …
The Healthcare Crisis Plays Out In Connecticut Small Claims Courts
Last night, I watched part of the debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. As the candidates spent the first 17 minutes of the debate discussing healthcare insurance, it occurred to me that the last time I was in Small Claims Court that most of the cases on the docket involved defendants who were being sued for …
Connecticut Criminal Records Now Online
I just recently discovered that the Judicial Branch Website has been updated to include Conviction and Bond Forfeiture Dispositions for Criminal and Motor Vehicle offenses since 2000. The site is now searchable by a criminal defendant’s last name. Click here for the link. The site has the following disclaimers: Each Criminal And Motor Vehicle Charge …
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