# Connecticut — How long before a car left on your property or towed from it can legally be sold — by US state

For Connecticut, time to count as abandoned on private property is a period longer than twenty-four hours; statutory citation is Sec. 14-150, verified against its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Connecticut _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Time to count as abandoned on private property:** a period longer than twenty-four hours _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** Sec. 14-150 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Sec. 14-150. Abandoned or unregistered motor vehicles and motor vehicles which are a menace to traffic. Notice. Removal. Storage. Hearing. Lien. Affidavit of compliance. Sale. Regulations re title to abandoned motor vehicles and re disposal of motor homes or recreational vehicles abandoned at campgrounds. (a) Any person who abandons any motor vehicle within the limits of any highway or upon property other than such person's own without the consent of the owner thereof for a period longer than twenty-four hours shall have committed an infraction and shall be fined not less than eighty-five dollars.

## Source

- https://web.archive.org/web/2024/https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_246.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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