Rhode Island

Rhode Island General Laws — Title 31, Motor and Other Vehicles

1,125 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 31-33-15 — Suspension of fraudulent registration of vehicle owned by minor
• § 31-33-16 — Examination of vehicles and licenses on highways
• § 31-33-17 — Other process preserved
• § 31-33-18 — Short title
• § 31-33-2 — Failure to file accident report
• § 31-33-3 — Falsification of reports or proof of responsibility
• § 31-33-4 — Transfer of registration to defeat purpose
• § 31-33-5 — Surrender of license and registration
• § 31-33-6 — Owner’s liability for acts of others
• § 31-33-7 — Prima facie evidence of consent of owner
• § 31-33-8 — Assigned risk plans
• § 31-33-8.1 — Joint distribution of accident reports
• § 31-33-9 — Self-insurers
• § 31-34-1 — Proof of financial responsibility required
• § 31-34-2 — Maintenance of policies
• § 31-34-2.1 — Self-insurers
• § 31-34-3 — Operation by person other than lessee
• § 31-34-4 — Liability of owner for negligence of operator
• § 31-34-5 — Failure to comply
• § 31-34-6 — Violations Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the fines enumerated in § 3
• § 31-34-7 — Notification to customer regarding insurance coverage
• § 31-34-8 — Basis of charges
• § 31-34-9 — Vehicles with salvage title
• § 31-35-1 — Ordinances requiring theft and damage insurance coverage
• § 31-36-1 — Definitions
• § 31-36-11 — Interest on delinquent taxes — Actions for collections
• § 31-36-11.1 — Interest on overpayments
• § 31-36-12 — Tax as debt to state
• § 31-36-13 — Exemption and reimbursement for sales to United States or outside state — Emergency sales to other distributors
• § 31-36-13.1 — Other exemptions
• § 31-36-14 — Purchase for export by distributor licensed in another state
• § 31-36-15 — Refunds of motor fuel tax
• § 31-36-16 — Payment of tax by persons other than distributors
• § 31-36-17 — Carriers’ reports of deliveries
• § 31-36-18 — Appeals involving licenses or registrations
• § 31-36-19 — Penalty for violations
• § 31-36-2 — Registration of distributors required
• § 31-36-20 — Disposition of proceeds
• § 31-36-21 — Deposit in mail as sufficient notice
• § 31-36-22 — Rules and regulations — Forms
• § 31-36-23 — Severability
• § 31-36-3 — Bond of a motor fuel distributor
• § 31-36-4 — Suspension or revocation of registration
• § 31-36-5 — Measurement and marking of capacity of vehicles for transportation of fuels
• § 31-36-6 — Distributors’ sales records
• § 31-36-7 — Monthly report of distributors — Payment of tax
• § 31-36-8 — Declarations under penalty of perjury
• § 31-36-9 — Assessment on determination of incorrectness of report or on failure to file report
• § 31-37-1 — Filling station license
• § 31-37-10 — Term of licenses — Fee
• § 31-37-11 — Prices shown on pumps
• § 31-37-12 — Unauthorized signs advertising price of fuel
• § 31-37-13 — Advertising statements to include taxes with price — Inclusion of all prices offered in advertisement
• § 31-37-16 — Brand names to be displayed
• § 31-37-16.1 — No smoking signs to be displayed
• § 31-37-16.2 — Air pumps
• § 31-37-16.3 — Additives
• § 31-37-17 — Penalties for violations
• § 31-37-18 — Costs on prosecution of violations
• § 31-37-19 — Ordinances controlling location of pumps
• § 31-37-2 — Refusal, suspension, or revocation of license
• § 31-37-20 — Severability
• § 31-37-21 — Enforcement
• § 31-37-3 — Filling station records
• § 31-37-4 — Inspection of pumps and tanks
• § 31-37-5 — Information furnished by fuel vehicle drivers — Inspection and sampling
• § 31-37-6 — Method of testing for quality of fuels
• § 31-37-7 — Weights and measures
• § 31-37-7.1 — Minimum standards for gasoline
• § 31-37-8 — Peddler’s license
• § 31-37-9 — Peddler’s records of purchases and sales
• § 31-38-1 — Vehicles without required equipment or in unsafe condition — Inspection sticker for used cars for sale required
• § 31-38-10 — Grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of permit
• § 31-38-11 — Penalty for violation
• § 31-38-12 — Fee for inspection certificates
• § 31-38-13 — Fleet operators
• § 31-38-14 — Vehicles exempt from inspections
• § 31-38-17 — Procedure for a review of an order of the director of revenue
• § 31-38-18 — Conduct of hearings
• § 31-38-19 — Severability
• § 31-38-2 — Inspection by any proper officer
• § 31-38-20 — Appropriations and disbursements
• § 31-38-3 — Owners and drivers to comply with inspection laws
• § 31-38-4 — Director of department of revenue to require periodic inspection
• § 31-38-5 — Inspection of vehicles purchased outside the state
• § 31-38-6 — Appointment of official inspection stations
• § 31-38-7 — Operation of official stations
• § 31-38-8 — Improper representation as official station
• § 31-38-9 — False certificates
• § 31-4-1 — Expiration of registration by transfer of interest in vehicle — Disposition of plates
• § 31-4-10 — Temporary transfer of registration
• § 31-4-11 — Sale of automobiles — Required equipment
• § 31-4-2 — Endorsement and forwarding of registration card
• § 31-4-3 — Temporary registration — Invoice voucher issued by dealer
• § 31-4-4 — Registration by transferee
• § 31-4-5 — Dealers exempt from new registration
• § 31-4-6 — Transfer of interest by operation of law
• § 31-4-6.1 — Transfer of interest between spouses
• § 31-4-7 — Repossession of vehicle
• § 31-4-8 — Dismantled vehicles
• § 31-4-8.1 — Penalties
• § 31-4-9 — Out-of-state purchases
• § 31-40-1 — Declaration of policy
• § 31-40-10 — Appeals
• § 31-40-11 — Construction of chapter
• § 31-40-12 — Authority of administrator of the division of motor vehicles
• § 31-40-13 — Short title
• § 31-40-2 — “Habitual offender” defined
• § 31-40-3 — Transcript or abstract of conviction record
• § 31-40-4 — Complaint to be filed by attorney general
• § 31-40-5 — Show cause order — Service — Procedure where conviction denied
• § 31-40-6 — Order of court
• § 31-40-7 — Period during which habitual offender not to be licensed
• § 31-40-8 — Operation of motor vehicle by habitual offender prohibited — Penalty — Enforcement of section
• § 31-40-9 — Restoration of privilege of operating motor vehicle
• § 31-42-1 — Definitions
• § 31-42-11 — Penalties — Costs
• § 31-42-12 — City of Pawtucket — Designee
• § 31-42-2 — Authority to take possession of abandoned motor vehicles and abandoned motor vehicles of no value
• § 31-42-3 — Notification of owner and lienholders
• § 31-42-4 — Auction of abandoned motor vehicles
• § 31-42-5 — Garage keepers and abandoned motor vehicles
• § 31-42-6 — Unlicensed junkyards
• § 31-42-7 — Disposal to demolishers
• § 31-42-8 — Duties of demolishers
• § 31-42-9 — Unidentifiable motor vehicles and/or parts
• § 31-43-1 — 31-43-1.2
• § 31-44-1 — Definitions
• § 31-44-1.4 — Powers and duties of department
• § 31-44-1.5 — Mobile and manufactured home advisory information
• § 31-44-1.6 — Fees and charges for licenses
• § 31-44-1.7 — Mobile and manufactured home park operation — License
• § 31-44-1.8 — Survey of parks
• § 31-44-10 — Penalty
• § 31-44-11 — Fiscal autonomy
• § 31-44-12 — Severability
• § 31-44-13 — Right of mobile home owners to peaceably assemble — Right to communicate
• § 31-44-14 — Resident owned mobile home parks — Record keeping
• § 31-44-15 — Purchase requirement
• § 31-44-16 — Department of business regulation to hear matters
• § 31-44-17 — Filing of complaint with department — Notice — Rules of evidence not binding
• § 31-44-18 — Decisions, judicial review and enforcement
• § 31-44-19 — Notification and cooperation required
• § 31-44-2 — Evictions — Termination of tenancy
• § 31-44-20 — Mobile home conveyance tax
• § 31-44-21 — Documentary stamps
• § 31-44-22 — Sale price recording
• § 31-44-23 — Applicability
• § 31-44-3 — Rules and regulations
• § 31-44-3.1 — Sale of mobile home parks — Tenants association right of first refusal
• § 31-44-3.2 — Mobile home parks — Discontinuance
• § 31-44-3.3 — Future qualified sale of mobile- and manufactured-home community
• § 31-44-4 — Sale of mobile and manufactured homes
• § 31-44-4.1 — Recording of sale or transfer documents — Penalties
• § 31-44-5 — Reprisals
• § 31-44-6 — Notice of judgment
• § 31-44-7 — Lease
• § 31-44-7.1 — Security deposits
• § 31-44-7.2 — Trailer parks located within the town of Exeter
• § 31-44-8 — Notice required by law
• § 31-44-9 — Enforceability
• § 31-44-9.1 — Remedies
• § 31-44-9.2 — Investigations
• § 31-45-1 — Noise limits
• § 31-45-2 — Establishment of regulations
• § 31-45-3 — Applicability
• § 31-45-4 — Penalty
• § 31-45-5 — Motor vehicle radios, stereos and audio systems
• § 31-46-1 — Duty of insurance company and salvage motor vehicle dealer
• § 31-46-1.1 — Classification of salvage vehicles
• § 31-46-2 — Salvage by insurer
• § 31-46-3 — Salvage by non-insurer
• § 31-46-4 — Restoration
• § 31-46-5 — Penalties
• § 31-46-6 — Removal of vehicle identification number prohibited
• § 31-46-7 — Repair of salvaged vehicles — Licenses
• § 31-47-1 — Short title and declaration of purpose
• § 31-47-1.1 — Legislative findings and intent
• § 31-47-1.2 — Subpoena
• § 31-47-11 — Reinstatement of suspended license or registration
• § 31-47-12 — Police officers and agents of administrator of the division of motor vehicles — Fees collected, forms of proof
• § 31-47-12.1 — Right to choose auto body repair facility
• § 31-47-13 — Insurers and sureties
• § 31-47-14 — Notice to other jurisdictions
• § 31-47-15 — Exceptions
• § 31-47-15.1 — Exception for seasonal vehicles
• § 31-47-15.2 — Exception — Vehicles owned by active duty military personnel
• § 31-47-16 — Assigned risk plans
• § 31-47-17 — Insurance companies
• § 31-47-18 — Automobile liability insurance rates
• § 31-47-19 — Constitutionality
• § 31-47-2 — Definitions
• § 31-47-3 — Regulations authorized — Access to court and agency records
• § 31-47-3.1 — Registration application
• § 31-47-4 — Notice of termination
• § 31-47-5 — Acceptance of financial security deposits
• § 31-47-6 — Release of financial security bonds or deposits
• § 31-47-7 — Self-insurers
• § 31-47-9 — Penalties
• § 31-47-9.1 — Penalties — Illegal evidence of financial security