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.

• § 31-48-1 — Short title
• § 31-48-2 — Definitions
• § 31-48-3 — Offenses committed
• § 31-48-4 — Seizure
• § 31-48-5 — Forfeiture
• § 31-48-6 — Civil proceedings
• § 31-48-7 — Severability
• § 31-49-1 — Definitions
• § 31-49-2 — Certification of ignition interlock systems
• § 31-49-3 — Rules and regulations
• § 31-49-4 — Warning label
• § 31-49-5 — List of certified ignition interlock systems
• § 31-49-6 — Selling or leasing ignition interlock systems
• § 31-5-1 — Definitions
• § 31-5-10 — License required for dealers’ plates
• § 31-5-11 — Grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of license
• § 31-5-12 — Responsibility of licensee for acts of agents
• § 31-5-13 — Procedure for suspension or revocation of license
• § 31-5-14 — Penalties for violations by dealers
• § 31-5-15 — Examination of records — Altered or reset odometers
• § 31-5-16 — Complaint to set aside department order
• § 31-5-17 — Witnesses before department — Report of findings
• § 31-5-18 — Records of transactions maintained by dealers
• § 31-5-18.1 — Inspection of records and premises
• § 31-5-18.2 — Sale of used motor vehicles — Annual reports
• § 31-5-18.3 — Sale of all-terrain vehicles (ATV’s)
• § 31-5-19 — Sunday business permitted
• § 31-5-19.1 — Auction of antique and classic motor vehicles
• § 31-5-2 — Duties of department of revenue
• § 31-5-2.1 — Motor vehicle dealers license and hearing board
• § 31-5-20 — Appropriations for dealer licensing law
• § 31-5-21 — Manufacturer’s license required
• § 31-5-22 — Application for license — Fee — Expiration
• § 31-5-23 — Grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of license
• § 31-5-24 — Denial of license — Hearing
• § 31-5-25 — Hearing on suspension or revocation of license
• § 31-5-26 — Appeal from the department of revenue
• § 31-5-27 — Criminal liability for violations
• § 31-5-33 — Rental of motor vehicles — Licenses required
• § 31-5-34 — Application for license — Fee — Expiration
• § 31-5-35 — Grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of license
• § 31-5-36 — Denial of license — Hearing
• § 31-5-37 — Hearing on suspension or revocation of license
• § 31-5-38 — Certiorari from the department
• § 31-5-39 — Criminal liability for violations
• § 31-5-5 — Dealers’ license required — “Dealer” defined
• § 31-5-6 — Application for license
• § 31-5-7 — Duration of license
• § 31-5-8 — License — Fee
• § 31-5-9 — Location specified — Display of license
• § 31-50-1 — Office of automobile theft and insurance fraud — Powers and duties of investigators
• § 31-50-2 — Board created
• § 31-50-3 — Board — Duties and powers
• § 31-50-4 — Funding of office
• § 31-50-5 — Annual report
• § 31-50-6 — Severability
• § 31-51-1 — Short title
• § 31-51-2 — Live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring systems
• § 31-51-2.1 — Installation and signage
• § 31-51-2.2 — Stopping for school bus required — Penalty for violation
• § 31-51-3 — Procedure — Notice
• § 31-51-4 — Hearings
• § 31-51-5 — Driver/registered owner liability
• § 31-51-5.1 — Revenue
• § 31-51-6 — Use of evidence in criminal and civil cases
• § 31-51-7 — Nature of violations
• § 31-51-8 — Security of records
• § 31-51-9 — Reports
• § 31-52-1 — Definitions
• § 31-52-2 — Equipment
• § 31-52-3 — Driving in funeral procession
• § 31-52-4 — Funeral procession right-of-way
• § 31-52-5 — Vehicles not in funeral procession
• § 31-52-6 — Liability
• § 31-53-1 — Short title
• § 31-53-2 — Purpose
• § 31-53-3 — Definitions
• § 31-53-4 — Installation or reinstallation of any false airbag — Deceptive trade practices — Criminal liability
• § 31-53-5 — Airbag antitheft
• § 31-53-6 — Accidents — Police authorities report
• § 31-53-7 — Sale or trade of motor vehicle with an inoperable airbag
• § 31-53-8 — Rules and regulations
• § 31-53-9 — Severability
• § 31-6-1 — Amount of registration and miscellaneous fees
• § 31-6-10 — Police vehicles — Fire apparatus — Trackless trolleys
• § 31-6-11 — Transfer of registration
• § 31-6-12 — Business and special license fees
• § 31-6-13 — Disposition of fees
• § 31-6-14 — Return of rejected or erroneously collected fees
• § 31-6-15 — Payment of fees by credit card
• § 31-6-2 — Computation of gross weight
• § 31-6-3 — Gross weight of tractors to be used with semi-trailers
• § 31-6-4 — Fees payable by jitney operators in interstate commerce
• § 31-6-5 — Reduced fees for portion of year
• § 31-6-6 — Vehicles exempt from fees
• § 31-6-7 — Motorized wheel chairs
• § 31-6-8 — Disabled veterans
• § 31-6-9 — Blind veterans
• § 31-7-1 — Right to operate on foreign registration
• § 31-7-2 — Vehicles transporting persons or property for compensation
• § 31-7-3 — Nonresidents carrying on business in state
• § 31-7-4 — Reciprocity
• § 31-7-5 — Suspension or revocation of rights of nonresidents
• § 31-7-6 — Long arm jurisdiction
• § 31-7-7 — Service on nonresident
• § 31-7-8 — Process fee as costs — Record of processes
• § 31-7-9 — Offenses — Nonresident bond posting
• § 31-8-1 — Operation of vehicles without evidences of registration
• § 31-8-1.1 — Operation of beach vehicle without permit
• § 31-8-2 — Operation of vehicle when registration canceled, suspended, or revoked
• § 31-8-3 — Improper use of evidences of registration or certificate of title
• § 31-8-4 — Suspension or revocation of registration or certificate of title
• § 31-8-5 — Suspension or revocation of certificate or special plates of manufacturer, transporter, or dealer
• § 31-8-6 — Owner to return evidences of registration upon cancellation, suspension, or revocation
• § 31-9-1 — Driving without consent of owner or lessee
• § 31-9-10 — Weekly lists of stolen vehicles
• § 31-9-11 — Sale, purchase, or possession of keys or manipulative devices for automobiles
• § 31-9-2 — Possession of stolen vehicle or parts
• § 31-9-3 — Injuring or tampering with vehicles
• § 31-9-4 — Manipulating controls with malicious intent
• § 31-9-5 — Alteration of identification number
• § 31-9-6 — Possession of any motor vehicle or part thereof with altered identification number
• § 31-9-7 — Reports by police officers of thefts and recoveries
• § 31-9-8 — Notice by owner of theft or embezzlement
• § 31-9-9 — Filing and indexing of theft and embezzlement reports