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RI Gen L § 31-7-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-7 - Foreign Vehicles|Section 31-7-7 - Service on nonresident.

§ 31-7-7. Service on nonresident.(a) Service of process on a nonresident shall be made by leaving a copy of the process with a fee of five dollars ($5.00) in the hands of the administrator of the division of motor vehicles or in his or her office with some one acting in his or her stead as the administrator of the division of motor vehicles and the service shall be sufficient service upon the nonresident.(b) Notice of the service and a copy of the process shall be sent by registered or certified mail prior to service or immediately after service by the plaintiff or his or her attorney of record, to the defendant at the address given upon the defendant's registration or operator's license. The sender's post office receipt of sending and the plaintiff's or his or her attorney's affidavit of compliance are to be returned with the process in accordance with applicable procedural rules.(c) Notwithstanding the requirements in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, however, once service has been made on the administrator of the division of motor vehicles as provided in this section, the court shall have the authority in the event of the failure to comply with the requirement of notice to the nonresident to order any notice that shall be sufficient to apprise the nonresident of the pendency of the suit against him or her, and in addition may extend the time for answering by the nonresident. It is also sufficient if notice and a copy of the process are served upon the defendant outside the state in accordance with applicable procedural rules.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 5, § 2; art. 19, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3717, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-7-7; P.L. 1960, ch. 75, § 7; P.L. 1961, ch. 124, § 1; P.L. 1967, ch. 78, § 4.
RI Gen L § 31-7-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-7 - Foreign Vehicles|Section 31-7-8 - Process fee as costs - Record of processes.

§ 31-7-8. Process fee as costs — Record of processes.The fee of five dollars ($5.00) paid by the plaintiff to the administrator of the division of motor vehicles, or in the administrator's office, at the time of the service shall be taxed in the plaintiff's costs if he or she prevails in the suit. The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall keep a record of all processes served on nonresidents which shall show the day and hour of service and pay to the general treasurer all fees so paid.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 3595, art. 5, § 2; art. 19, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-7-8; P.L. 1960, ch. 75, § 7.
RI Gen L § 31-7-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-7 - Foreign Vehicles|Section 31-7-9 - Offenses - Nonresident bond posting.

§ 31-7-9. Offenses — Nonresident bond posting.Every nonresident operator, who is charged by a member of the state police or by a member of the police department of any city or town of this state with a violation of any provision of chapters 14, 15, and 16 of this title, except for a violation included under chapter 41 of this title, may be required to deposit in escrow the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), or to post a proper bond for that amount, with the state or local police department preferring the charge as a prerequisite to the nonresident operator being released for appearance at a later date before the court of proper jurisdiction upon the charge. The deposit so posted shall be returned to the nonresident, or the bond so posted shall be cancelled, upon the nonresident's appearance before the court of proper jurisdiction for the disposition of the offense charged and effectuation of sentence, if any. If the nonresident shall fail to appear before the court of proper jurisdiction on the date and at the time assigned for the disposition of the offense charged, the deposit or bond, as the case may be, shall be forfeited and paid over to the clerk of court to be disbursed as if the defendant had been convicted and a fine and costs equal to that sum had been imposed.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 216, § 1; P.L. 1971, ch. 177, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 324, § 14.
RI Gen L § 31-8-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-8 - Offenses Against Registration and Certificate of Title Laws|Section 31-8-1 - Operation of vehicles without evidences of registration.

§ 31-8-1. Operation of vehicles without evidences of registration.No person shall operate, nor shall an owner knowingly permit to be operated, upon any highway or bicycle trail or path, any vehicle required to be registered pursuant to this title unless there has been issued for it a valid registration card and unless there is attached to it and displayed on it, when and as required by chapters 3 — 9 of this title, a valid registration plate or plates issued for it by the division of motor vehicles for the current registration year except as otherwise expressly permitted in those chapters. Any violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of eighty-five dollars ($85.00).History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 13, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-8-2; G.L. 1956, § 31-8-1; P.L. 1971, ch. 101, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 81, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 413, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 12, § 14.
RI Gen L § 31-8-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-8 - Offenses Against Registration and Certificate of Title Laws|Section 31-8-1.1 - Operation of beach vehicle without permit.

§ 31-8-1.1. Operation of beach vehicle without permit.No person shall operate, nor shall an owner knowingly permit to be operated, upon a beach as defined by the coastal resources management council, any vehicle required to be registered by the coastal resources management council unless there has been issued a valid beach registration permit and unless there is attached on it and displayed on it a valid registration sticker issued by the coastal resources management council for the current registration year. Any violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not less that twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than seventy-five dollars ($75.00).History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 306, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-8-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-8 - Offenses Against Registration and Certificate of Title Laws|Section 31-8-2 - Operation of vehicle when registration canceled, suspended, or revoked.

§ 31-8-2. Operation of vehicle when registration canceled, suspended, or revoked.No person shall operate, nor shall an owner knowingly permit to be operated, upon any highway, a motor vehicle the registration of which has been canceled, suspended, or revoked. Any violation of this section is a civil violation.History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 101, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 6, § 3.
RI Gen L § 31-8-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-8 - Offenses Against Registration and Certificate of Title Laws|Section 31-8-3 - Improper use of evidences of registration or certificate of title.

§ 31-8-3. Improper use of evidences of registration or certificate of title.No person shall lend to another any certificate of title, registration card, registration plate, special plate, or permit issued to him or her if the person desiring to borrow it would not be entitled to its use. Nor shall any person knowingly permit its use by one not so entitled. Nor shall any person display upon a vehicle any registration plate or permit not issued for that vehicle or not otherwise lawfully used on it under chapters 3 — 9 of this title. Any violation of this section is a civil violation.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 13, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 31-8-3; P.L. 1971, ch. 101, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 6, § 3.
RI Gen L § 31-8-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-8 - Offenses Against Registration and Certificate of Title Laws|Section 31-8-4 - Suspension or revocation of registration or certificate of title.

§ 31-8-4. Suspension or revocation of registration or certificate of title.(a) The division of motor vehicles is authorized to suspend or revoke the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title, registration card, or registration plate, or any nonresident or other permit, in any of the following events:(1) When the division of motor vehicles is satisfied that the registration or that the certificate, card, plate, or permit was fraudulently or erroneously issued;(2) When the division of motor vehicles determines that a registered vehicle is mechanically unfit or unsafe to be operated or moved upon the highways;(3) When a registered vehicle has been dismantled or wrecked;(4) When the division of motor vehicles determines that the required fee has not been paid and the fee is not paid upon reasonable notice and demand;(5) When a registration plate or permit is knowingly displayed upon a vehicle other than the one for which issued;(6) When the division of motor vehicles determines that the owner has committed any offense under chapters 3 — 9 of this title involving the registration or the certificate, card, plate, or permit to be suspended or revoked;(7) When the division of motor vehicles is so authorized under any other provision of law; or(8) Upon receipt of notice the carrier and/or operator of a commercial motor vehicle has violated or is not in compliance with 49 C.F.R. 386.72 or 49 C.F.R. 390.5 et seq. of the motor carrier safety regulations or chapter 23 of this title.(b) Upon removal of cause for which the registration or certificate of title was revoked, denied, or suspended, the division of motor vehicles shall require the registrant or applicant to pay a restoration fee of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250), provided that no restoration fee shall be required if the revocation, denial, or suspension was issued pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section, §§ 31-38-2, 31-38-3, 31-38-4, or 31-47.1-3.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 13, § 5; P.L. 1952, ch. 2937, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 31-8-5; G.L. 1956, § 31-8-4; P.L. 1971, ch. 101, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 382, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 275, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 5, art. 9, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 47, art. 8, § 4.
RI Gen L § 31-8-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-8 - Offenses Against Registration and Certificate of Title Laws|Section 31-8-5 - Suspension or revocation of certificate or special plates of manufacturer, transporter, or dealer.

§ 31-8-5. Suspension or revocation of certificate or special plates of manufacturer, transporter, or dealer.The division of motor vehicles is also authorized to suspend or revoke a certificate or the special plates issued to a manufacturer, bailee, or dealer upon determining that this person is not lawfully entitled to it; has made or knowingly permitted any illegal use of those plates; has committed fraud in the registration of vehicles; or has failed to give notices of transfers when and as required by chapters 3 — 9 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 13, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 31-8-6; G.L. 1956, § 31-8-5; P.L. 1971, ch. 101, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-8-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-8 - Offenses Against Registration and Certificate of Title Laws|Section 31-8-6 - Owner to return evidences of registration upon cancellation, suspension, or revocation.

§ 31-8-6. Owner to return evidences of registration upon cancellation, suspension, or revocation.Whenever the division of motor vehicles as authorized pursuant to this title cancels, suspends, or revokes the registration of a vehicle, or a certificate of title, registration card or registration plate or plates, or any nonresident or other permit, or the license of any dealer or wrecker, that registration, certificate, or permit shall be invalid and the owner or person in possession of it shall immediately return the evidences of registration, title, or license so canceled, suspended or revoked to the division of motor vehicles. If the owner or person in possession fails to return it the division of motor vehicles may immediately direct any peace officer to secure possession of it and to return it to the division of motor vehicles.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 13, § 7; P.L. 1954, ch. 3277, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-8-7; G.L. 1956, § 31-8-6; P.L. 1971, ch. 101, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-8-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-8 - Offenses Against Registration and Certificate of Title Laws|Section 31-8-7 - [Omitted.]

§ 31-8-7. [Omitted.]
RI Gen L § 31-9-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-9 - Theft and Related Offenses|Section 31-9-1 - Driving without consent of owner or lessee.

§ 31-9-1. Driving without consent of owner or lessee.Any person who drives a vehicle, not his or her own, without the consent of its owner or lessee, and with intent temporarily to deprive the owner or lessee of his or her possession of the vehicle, without intent to steal the vehicle, is guilty of a felony. The consent of the owner or lessee of a vehicle to its taking or driving shall not in any case be presumed or implied because of the owner's or lessee's consent on a prior occasion to the taking or driving of that vehicle by the same or a different person. Any person who assists in, or is a party or accessory to or an accomplice in any unauthorized taking or driving, is guilty of a felony. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisoned for a term of not more than five (5) years, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 12, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-9-1; P.L. 1986, ch. 272, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 356, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 24; P.L. 1989, ch. 73, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 238, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-9-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-9 - Theft and Related Offenses|Section 31-9-2 - Possession of stolen vehicle or parts.

§ 31-9-2. Possession of stolen vehicle or parts.(a) Any person who, with intent to procure or pass title to a vehicle which he or she knows or has reason to believe has been stolen or unlawfully taken, receives or transfers possession of the vehicle from or to another, or who has in his or her possession any vehicle which that person knows or has reason to believe has been stolen or unlawfully taken, and who is not an officer of the law engaged at the time in the performance of his duty as an officer of the law, is guilty of a felony.(b) Any person who receives, barters, conceals, stores, sells, conveys, or disposes of stolen vehicle parts which that person knows or has reason to believe have been stolen or unlawfully taken is guilty of a felony. Conviction for a second and for subsequent convictions under this section may be punished by imprisonment for a term of not less than one year nor more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both fine and imprisonment.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 12, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 31-9-2; P.L. 1983, ch. 221, § 7.
RI Gen L § 31-9-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-9 - Theft and Related Offenses|Section 31-9-3 - Injuring or tampering with vehicles.

§ 31-9-3. Injuring or tampering with vehicles.Any person who either individually or in association with one or more other persons willfully injures or tampers with any vehicle or breaks or removes any part or parts of or from a vehicle without the consent of the owner is guilty of a misdemeanor.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 12, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 31-9-3.
RI Gen L § 31-9-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-9 - Theft and Related Offenses|Section 31-9-4 - Manipulating controls with malicious intent.

§ 31-9-4. Manipulating controls with malicious intent.Any person who with intent to commit any malicious mischief, injury, or other crime climbs into or upon a vehicle whether it is in motion or at rest, or with like intent attempts to manipulate any of the levers, starting mechanism, brakes, or other mechanisms or devices of a vehicle while the vehicle is at rest and unattended, or with like intent sets in motion any vehicle while the vehicle is at rest and unattended is guilty of a misdemeanor.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 12, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 31-9-4.
RI Gen L § 31-9-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-9 - Theft and Related Offenses|Section 31-9-5 - Alteration of identification number.

§ 31-9-5. Alteration of identification number.(a) (1) No person shall with fraudulent intent remove, deface, destroy, or alter the manufacturer's serial or engine number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark of a motor vehicle or any of its parts nor shall any person place or stamp any serial, engine, or other number or mark upon a motor vehicle or any part, except one assigned to it by the division of motor vehicles. Any violation of this provision is a felony.(2) The fact that a person removed, defaced, destroyed, or altered the manufacturer's serial or engine number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark of a motor vehicle or part, or that a person placed or stamped on a motor vehicle part any serial, engine, or other number or mark different from that originally assigned by the manufacturer to it, without first obtaining a permit from the division of motor vehicles, shall be prima facie evidence of that person's fraudulent intent.(b) This section shall not prohibit the restoration by an owner of an original serial, engine, or other number or mark when that restoration is made under a permit issued by the division of motor vehicles, nor prevent any manufacturer from placing in the ordinary course of business numbers or marks upon motor vehicles or their parts.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 12, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 31-9-5; P.L. 1978, ch. 196, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 221, § 7; P.L. 1984, ch. 264, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-9-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-9 - Theft and Related Offenses|Section 31-9-6 - Possession of any motor vehicle or part thereof with altered identification number.

§ 31-9-6. Possession of any motor vehicle or part thereof with altered identification number.Any individual, company, or corporation who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells, offers for sale, or has in his or her possession any motor vehicle, or its parts, from which the manufacturer's serial or engine number or derivative of that number which is ascribed to that vehicle or part by the manufacturer, the owner, or the division of motor vehicles, or from which any other distinguishing number or identification mark or number placed on it under assignment from the division of motor vehicles has been removed, defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the identity of that motor vehicle or its parts is guilty of a felony.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 12, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 31-9-6; P.L. 1978, ch. 197, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 221, § 7.
RI Gen L § 31-9-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-9 - Theft and Related Offenses|Section 31-9-7 - Reports by police officers of thefts and recoveries.

§ 31-9-7. Reports by police officers of thefts and recoveries.Every proper officer, upon receiving reliable information that any vehicle registered under this title has been stolen, shall immediately report the theft to the division of motor vehicles unless prior to this discovery information has been received of the recovery of the vehicle. Any officer, upon receiving information that any vehicle, which was previously reported as stolen, has been recovered, shall immediately report the fact of that recovery to his or her department and the division of motor vehicles.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 12, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-9-7; P.L. 1979, ch. 254, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-9-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-9 - Theft and Related Offenses|Section 31-9-8 - Notice by owner of theft or embezzlement.

§ 31-9-8. Notice by owner of theft or embezzlement.The owner of, or person having a lien or encumbrance upon, a registered vehicle which has been stolen or embezzled may notify the division of motor vehicles of the theft or embezzlement, but in the event of an embezzlement may make a report only after having procured the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the person charged with the embezzlement.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 12, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-9-8.
RI Gen L § 31-9-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-9 - Theft and Related Offenses|Section 31-9-9 - Filing and indexing of theft and embezzlement reports.

§ 31-9-9. Filing and indexing of theft and embezzlement reports.The division of motor vehicles, upon receiving a report of a stolen or embezzled vehicle as previously provided for in this chapter, shall file and appropriately index the report.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 12, § 3; P.L. 1952, ch. 2937, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 31-9-9.
RI Gen L § 31-9-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-9 - Theft and Related Offenses|Section 31-9-10 - Weekly lists of stolen vehicles.

§ 31-9-10. Weekly lists of stolen vehicles.The division of motor vehicles shall at least once each week compile and maintain at its headquarters office a list of all vehicles which have been stolen, embezzled, or recovered as reported to it during the preceding week. Those lists shall be sent to the various police departments in the state and shall be open to inspection by any person interested in any stolen or embezzled vehicle.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 12, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 31-9-10.
RI Gen L § 31-9-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-9 - Theft and Related Offenses|Section 31-9-11 - Sale, purchase, or possession of keys or manipulative devices for automobiles.

§ 31-9-11. Sale, purchase, or possession of keys or manipulative devices for automobiles.Any person who shall sell, offer for sale, purchase, or have in his or her possession keys or manipulative devices designed or adapted to operate the ignition switches, door locks, or trunk locks of two (2) or more motor vehicles, the ignition switches, door locks, and trunk locks of which are designed or intended to be operated with a different key or set of keys for each vehicle, and those vehicles are not owned or leased by that person or in his or her lawful possession and control, unless that person is a locksmith, a duly licensed automobile dealer, a duly licensed body repair shop, an officer or employee of an automobile club or association, or a member of a duly authorized law enforcement agency, shall be guilty of a felony.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 95, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 221, § 7.