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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Connecticut General Statutes: Chapter 952 index (anchor)",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Title 53a (Penal Code), chapter 952 'Penal Code: Offenses', is published on the General Assembly's statute site under the heading quoted. Eavesdropping, voyeurism, public indecency and obscenity are in this chapter; the civil phone-recording rule is in chapter 925.",
      "body": "Title 53a (Penal Code), chapter 952 'Penal Code: Offenses', is published on the General Assembly's statute site under the heading quoted. Eavesdropping, voyeurism, public indecency and obscenity are in this chapter; the civil phone-recording rule is in chapter 925.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Chapter 952 Secs. 53a-24 to 53a-323 Penal Code: Offenses”\n\nNote: Anchor record: the General Assembly's own statute site (cga.ct.gov/current/pub), state .gov domain.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/title_53a.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "Chapter 952 Secs. 53a-24 to 53a-323 Penal Code: Offenses",
      "volatility": "low",
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      "subject": "Connecticut General Statutes",
      "topic": "Chapter 952 index (anchor)",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-186: Public indecency",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Sexual intercourse, lewd exposure with sexual intent, or lewd fondling in a public place (anywhere the conduct may reasonably be expected to be viewed by others) is public indecency, a class B misdemeanor.",
      "body": "Sexual intercourse, lewd exposure with sexual intent, or lewd fondling in a public place (anywhere the conduct may reasonably be expected to be viewed by others) is public indecency, a class B misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“A person is guilty of public indecency when he performs any of the following acts in a public place: (1) An act of sexual intercourse as defined in subdivision (2) of section 53a-65; or (2) a lewd exposure of the body with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desire of the person; or (3) a lewd fondling or caress of the body of another person. For the purposes of this section, “public place” means any place where the conduct may reasonably be expected to be viewed by others.”\n\nNote: A closed private set is not a 'public place' by this definition; a visible outdoor location may be.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "A person is guilty of public indecency when he performs any of the following acts in a public place: (1) An act of sexual intercourse as defined in subdivision (2) of section 53a-65; or (2) a lewd exposure of the body with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desire of the person; or (3) a lewd fondling or caress of the body of another person. For the purposes of this section, “public place” means any place where the conduct may reasonably be expected to be viewed by others.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 52-570d: Recording phone calls: civil remedy",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person aggrieved by an unlawful phone recording may sue in Superior Court for damages, costs and a reasonable attorney's fee; no treble damages are stated.",
      "body": "A person aggrieved by an unlawful phone recording may sue in Superior Court for damages, costs and a reasonable attorney's fee; no treble damages are stated.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Any person aggrieved by a violation of subsection (a) of this section may bring a civil action in the Superior Court to recover damages, together with costs and a reasonable attorney's fee.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_925.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "Any person aggrieved by a violation of subsection (a) of this section may bring a civil action in the Superior Court to recover damages, together with costs and a reasonable attorney's fee.",
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      "subject": "CGS 52-570d",
      "topic": "Recording phone calls: civil remedy",
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      "id": "learn_r330_connecticut_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_330_connecticut_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_vid",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-187 / 53a-189a: Video without audio",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Connecticut's eavesdropping definitions cover only overhearing or recording of conversations and telephone communications; silent video is handled by the voyeurism statute (53a-189a), not by a separate recording statute.",
      "body": "Connecticut's eavesdropping definitions cover only overhearing or recording of conversations and telephone communications; silent video is handled by the voyeurism statute (53a-189a), not by a separate recording statute.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Sec. 53a-189a. Voyeurism: Class D or C felony.”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from an index/listing, not from operative text). Index searched: cga.ct.gov chapter 952 table of contents around 53a-187 to 53a-189c; 53a-187 definitions (wiretapping, mechanical overhearing).",
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      "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "Sec. 53a-189a. Voyeurism: Class D or C felony.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-194: Obscenity: offence",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Knowingly promoting, or possessing with intent to promote, obscene material or a performance is obscenity, a class B misdemeanor.",
      "body": "Knowingly promoting, or possessing with intent to promote, obscene material or a performance is obscenity, a class B misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“A person is guilty of obscenity when, knowing its content and character, he promotes, or possesses with intent to promote, any obscene material or performance. (b) Obscenity is a class B misdemeanor.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
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      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "A person is guilty of obscenity when, knowing its content and character, he promotes, or possesses with intent to promote, any obscene material or performance. (b) Obscenity is a class B misdemeanor.",
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      "subject": "CGS 53a-194",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS title 52 chapters 925-926: Right of publicity / commercial appropriation",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Connecticut's civil-actions title contains no right-of-publicity or commercial-appropriation statute; any such claim would rest on common-law invasion of privacy.",
      "body": "Connecticut's civil-actions title contains no right-of-publicity or commercial-appropriation statute; any such claim would rest on common-law invasion of privacy.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Chapter 925 Secs. 52-555 to 52-572x Statutory Rights of Action and Defenses”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from an index/listing, not from operative text). Index searched: title 52 chapter list on cga.ct.gov, plus a text search of chapters 925 and 926 (current pages and the 2026 supplement) for 'right of publicity', 'likeness' and 'misappropriat': no hits.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/title_52.htm",
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