Criminal Statutes of Limitations in Connecticut

No time limit for prosecuting capital felonies, Class A felonies, violations of §§ 53a-54d or 53a-169, and certain sexual offenses where the victim was a minor at the time of the offense. Twenty years for Class B felony violations of §§ 53a-70, 53a-70a or 53a-70b, Class C felony violations of §§ 53a-71 or 53a-72b, and Class D felony violations of § 53a-72a. For sexual abuse, exploitation or assault of a victim who was eighteen, nineteen or twenty: not later than thirty years after the victim turns twenty-one. Ten years for a Class A misdemeanor violation of § 53a-73a where the victim was twenty-one or older. Other offenses punishable by more than one year: five years after the offense. All other offenses: one year after the offense.