Criminal Statutes of Limitations
Connecticut

This crime is a Class A felony if victim is under 16 and perpetrator uses force or threatens force, or if victim is under 13 and perpetrator is more than two years older than victim. Otherwise, this crime is a Class B felony.

1. No statute of limitations for Class A felonies or any other offense involving sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or sexual assault if the victim of the offense was a minor at the time of the offense; or
2. If Class B felony, within twenty years after the commission of the offense; or
3. If the victim is 18, 19, or 20 years old, within thirty years after the commission of the offense; or
4. No statute of limitations provided that (1) the victim notified any police officer or state's attorney acting in such police officer's or state's attorney's official capacity of the commission of the offense not later than five years after the commission of the offense, and (2) the identity of the person who allegedly committed the offense has been established through a DNA profile comparison using evidence collected at the time of the commission of the offense.

1. Citation for the crime: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-70.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-193, and § 54-193b.

This crime is a Class A felony if victim is under 16. Otherwise, this crime is a Class B felony. 

1. No statute of limitations for Class A felonies or any other offense involving sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or sexual assault if the victim of the offense was a minor at the time of the offense; or
2. If Class B felony, within twenty years after the commission of the offense; or
3. If the victim is 18, 19, or 20 years old, within thirty years after the commission of the offense; or
4. No statute of limitations provided that (1) the victim notified any police officer or state's attorney acting in such police officer's or state's attorney's official capacity of the commission of the offense not later than five years after the commission of the offense, and (2) the identity of the person who allegedly committed the offense has been established through a DNA profile comparison using evidence collected at the time of the commission of the offense.

1. Citation for the crime: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-70a,
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-193, § 54-193b.

1. This crime was repealed effective as of October 1, 2019.

1. This crime was repealed effective as of October 1, 2019.

This crime is a Class A felony.

1. No statute of limitations for Class A felonies.

1. Citation for the crime: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-70c.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-193.

This crime is a Class B felony if the victim is under 16. Otherwise, this crime is a Class C felony.

1. No statute of limitations if the victim of the offense was a minor at the time of the offense; or
2. If the victim was over 20 years old, within twenty years after the commission of the offense; or
3. If the victim is 18, 19, or 20 years old, within thirty years after the commission of the offense; or
4. No statute of limitations provided that (1) the victim notified any police officer or state's attorney acting in such police officer's or state's attorney's official capacity of the commission of the offense not later than five years after the commission of the offense, and (2) the identity of the person who allegedly committed the offense has been established through a DNA profile comparison using evidence collected at the time of the commission of the offense.

1. Citation for the crime: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-71.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-193 and § 54-193b.

This crime is a Class C felony if victim is under 16. Otherwise, this crime is a Class D felony. 

1. No statute of limitations if the victim of the offense was a minor at the time of the offense; or
2. If the victim was over 20 years old, within twenty years after the commission of the offense; or
3. If the victim is 18, 19, or 20 years old, within thirty years after the commission of the offense; or
4. No statute of limitations provided that (1) the victim notified any police officer or state's attorney acting in such police officer's or state's attorney's official capacity of the commission of the offense not later than five years after the commission of the offense, and (2) the identity of the person who allegedly committed the offense has been established through a DNA profile comparison using evidence collected at the time of the commission of the offense.

1. Citation for the crime: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-72a.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-193 and § 54-193b.

This crime is a Class B felony if victim is under 16. Otherwise, this crime is a Class C felony.

1. No statute of limitations if the victim of the offense was a minor at the time of the offense; or
2. If the victim was over 20 years old, within twenty years after the commission of the offense; or
3. If the victim is 18, 19, or 20 years old, within thirty years after the commission of the offense; or
4. No statute of limitations provided that (1) the victim notified any police officer or state's attorney acting in such police officer's or state's attorney's official capacity of the commission of the offense not later than five years after the commission of the offense, and (2) the identity of the person who allegedly committed the offense has been established through a DNA profile comparison using evidence collected at the time of the commission of the offense.

1. Citation for the crime: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-72b.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-193 and § 54-193b.

This crime is a Class D felony if victim is under 16. Otherwise, this crime is a Class A misdemeanor. 

1. No statute of limitations if the victim of the offense was a minor at the time of the offense; or
2. If the victim was over 20 years old, within twenty years after the commission of the offense; or
3. If the victim is 18, 19, or 20 years old, within thirty years after the victim turns 21; or
4. If a class A misdemeanor, if the victim was more than 21 years old, within ten years.

1. Citation for the crime: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-73a.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-193.

This crime is a Class D felony.

1. No statute of limitations for any offense involving sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or sexual assault if the victim of the offense was a minor at the time of the offense; or
2. If the offense involved sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or sexual assault of a victim is 18, 19, or 20 years old, within thirty years after the victim turns 21; or
3. Prosecution must otherwise bring a case within five years after commission of the offense.

1. Citation for the crime: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-191.
2. Citation for the statute of limitations: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-193.

• Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-193b Limitation of prosecution for sexual assault offenses when DNA evidence available
• For the following offenses, no time limit provided that victim notified any police officer or state’s attorney of the commission of the offense no later than five years after commission of the offense, and the identity of the person who allegedly committed the offense has been established through a DNA profile comparison using evidence collected at the time of the commission of the offense:
• First degree sexual assault (§ 53a-70);
• Aggravated first degree sexual assault (§ 53a-70a);
• Sexual assault in the spousal or cohabiting relationship (§ 53a-70b);
• Second degree sexual assault (§ 53a-71);
• Third degree sexual assault (§ 53a-72a); and
• Third degree sexual assault with a firearm (§ 53a-72b).

• State v. George J., 910 A.2d 931, 941-942 (Conn. 2006)
• Statute of limitations begins to run upon notification by a minor victim to police or state’s attorney and not upon notification to police by such minor victim’s parents or legal guardians.  Extended statute of limitations under § 54-193a is not limited only to offenses for which sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or sexual assault of a minor is an element of the crime.
• State v. Ali, 660 A.2d 337, 342-344 (Conn. 1995)
• Issuance of an arrest warrant qualifies as prosecution and tolls statute of limitations only if executed without unreasonable delay and in determining whether there was unreasonable delay the fact finder may consider whether the accused eluded authorities or made himself difficult to apprehend. 
• State v. Saraceno, 545 A.2d 1116, 1124 (Conn. App. Ct. 1988)
  • An original information can toll the statute of limitations for a separate and distinct offense alleged for the first time in the superseding information so long as the original information alleges approximately the same facts as the subsequent information.