Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-224
Desertion
Connecticut · General Statutes of Connecticut Chapter 507 — Connecticut Code of Military Justice · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 27-224, Desertion, Connecticut, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2194887
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:2194887@1- SHA-256
192b21258cc07987c397d4a635082e37bd055ed822e341bb3bbb6a1df99c8e21
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
(a) Any member of the state military forces who:
(1) Without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently;
(2) quits his unit, organization or place of duty with intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service, or (3) without being regularly separated from one of the state military forces enlists or accepts an appointment in the same or another one of the state military forces, or in one of the armed forces of the United States, without fully disclosing the fact that he has not been regularly separated is guilty of desertion.
(b) Any commissioned officer of the state military forces who, after tender of his resignation and before notice of its acceptance, quits his post or proper duties without leave and with intent to remain away therefrom permanently is guilty of desertion.
(c) Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.