Connecticut (statewide): Connecticut Rules of Appellate Procedure Sections 60-4, 62-6 and…
Approved by the Appellate Court (2026-06-23) and the Supreme Court (2026-06-30) · Connecticut Supreme Court and Appellate Court
Verified September 28, 2026
- Citation
- Connecticut Rules of Appellate Procedure Sections 60-4, 62-6 and 85-2: Generative Artificial Intelligence
- Order date
- June 30, 2026
Summary
Section 60-4: '"Generative Artificial Intelligence" or "generative AI" shall have the same meaning as used in Section 4-9.'
What does the order require?
- Section 60-4: '"Generative Artificial Intelligence" or "generative AI" shall have the same meaning as used in Section 4-9.'
- Section 62-6(d): 'The signing of any paper shall constitute a certificate that the signer has read such document, that to the best of the signer's knowledge, information and belief there is good ground to support it, that it is not solely interposed for delay, and that the signer has complied with the requirements of Section 4-7 regarding personal identifying information and Section 4-9 regarding generative AI.'
- Section 85-2(11) adds to the actions that may result in sanctions: 'Failure to independently verify all citations and legal authorities produced by generative AI in compliance with Sections 4-9 and 62-6 (d).'
- Sanctions available under Section 85-2 include 'the prohibition against appearing in the court or filing any papers in the court for a reasonable and definite period of time, the imposition of a fine pursuant to General Statutes § 51-84, and costs and payment of expenses, together with attorney's fees to the opposing party.'
- 'Offenders subject to such discipline include both counsel and self-represented parties and, if appropriate, parties represented by counsel.'
- No disclosure obligation: the amendments require verification and certify it through the signature, not a statement that AI was used.
Practice areas: state civil, state criminal, state family
What the amendments do
The Connecticut Supreme Court and Appellate Court tied appellate filings to the Superior Court’s generative AI rule, Practice Book Section 4-9, through three amendments to the Rules of Appellate Procedure:
- Section 60-4 (definitions) gives “generative AI” “the same meaning as used in Section 4-9.”
- Section 62-6(d) (signature) makes the signing of any appellate paper a certificate that the signer “has complied with the requirements of Section 4-7 regarding personal identifying information and Section 4-9 regarding generative AI.”
- Section 85-2 (sanctions) adds a new item (11): “Failure to independently verify all citations and legal authorities produced by generative AI in compliance with Sections 4-9 and 62-6 (d).”
The commentary to the Section 62-6 and 85-2 amendments states their purpose: “to address the use of generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) in court filings.”
Sanctions in the appellate courts
Section 85-2’s sanctions are specific to appellate practice. Offenders “will be subject, at the discretion of the court, to appropriate discipline, including the prohibition against appearing in the court or filing any papers in the court for a reasonable and definite period of time, the imposition of a fine pursuant to General Statutes § 51-84, and costs and payment of expenses, together with attorney’s fees to the opposing party.” The rule reaches “both counsel and self-represented parties and, if appropriate, parties represented by counsel.”
No disclosure duty
Nothing in these amendments requires a filer to state that generative AI was used. The obligation is verification, certified through the signature.
Effective-date trap
The July 14, 2026 notice publishes a larger set of appellate amendments that take effect January 1, 2027. The three generative AI sections are the exception: they took effect on publication, July 14, 2026, because the courts waived Section 86-1’s requirement that rules be published sixty days before they take effect.
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How this order changed
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- The Appellate Court approved the amendments to Sections 60-4, 62-6 and 85-2.
- The Supreme Court approved the amendments; for these three sections the courts waived Section 86-1's requirement that rules be published sixty days before taking effect.
- activeThe amendments took effect on publication in the Connecticut Law Journal; the other appellate amendments in the same notice take effect January 1, 2027.