Sec. 14-14. Registration of motor vehicles owned by minors. Proof of financial responsibility. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 14-14. Registration of motor vehicles owned by minors. Proof of financial responsibility. The commissioner shall not register any motor vehicle owned by any person under sixteen years of age and shall not register any motor vehicle 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, 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 vehicle, except that no proof of financial responsibility shall be required for the registration of a private passenger motor vehicle, as defined in subsection (e) of section 38a-363, owned by any such person.

      (1949 Rev., S. 2363; 1963, P.A. 171; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 12; P.A. 80-466, S. 4, 25; P.A. 81-394, S. 3; P.A. 93-297, S. 7, 29.)

      History: 1963 act permitted signing of certificate by spouse of married applicant as well as parent or guardian; 1972 act changed age of majority from 21 to 18 years; P.A. 80-466 added exception to requirement for proof of financial responsibility in cases where vehicle to be registered is private passenger vehicle; P.A. 81-394 made no substantive changes; P.A. 93-297 made technical change in section reference, effective January 1, 1994, and applicable to acts or omissions occurring on or after said date.

      Where a minor's vehicle is registered in the name of the father for the purpose of evading financial responsibility, the registered owner of the vehicle is estopped to deny not only ownership of the vehicle but also that the minor-owner was acting in furtherance of the business of the father when the tort occurred. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 591, 598.