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RI Gen L § 31-3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles|Section 31-3-4 - Proof of payment of sales or use tax.

§ 31-3-4. Proof of payment of sales or use tax.Each person, before obtaining an original or transferral registration for a motor vehicle in this state, shall furnish evidence that any tax due with reference to the motor vehicle pursuant to the provisions of chapters 18 and 19 of title 44 has been paid in accordance with regulations prescribed by the tax administrator, and on any forms that are approved by the tax administrator and the state administrator of the division of motor vehicles. The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall, upon the request of the tax administrator, and after due hearing by the tax administrator, suspend or revoke a motor vehicle registration of any person who fails to pay any tax due in connection with the sale, storage, use, or other consumption of the motor vehicle pursuant to the provisions of chapters 18 and 19.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1887, art. 2, § 57; P.L. 1956, ch. 3740, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-3-4.
RI Gen L § 31-3-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles|Section 31-3-5 - Grounds for refusal of registration.

§ 31-3-5. Grounds for refusal of registration.The division of motor vehicles shall refuse registration or any transfer of registration upon any of the following grounds:(1) That the application contains any false or fraudulent statement, or that the applicant has failed to furnish required information, or reasonable additional information requested by the division of motor vehicles, or that the applicant is not entitled to the issuance of registration of the vehicle under chapters 3 — 9 of this title;(2) That the vehicle is mechanically unfit or unsafe to be operated upon the highways;(3) That the division of motor vehicles has reasonable ground to believe that the vehicle is a stolen or embezzled vehicle, or that the granting of registration would constitute a fraud against the rightful owner;(4) That the registration of the vehicle stands suspended or revoked for any reason as provided in the motor vehicle laws of this state;(5) That the vehicle has been reported by any city or town to the division of motor vehicles as having unpaid fines in the aggregate amount of two hundred dollars ($200) or more, including any and all interest, penalties, or other monetary amount that may be imposed for failure to pay the fines by a specified date; provided, the registration shall be issued upon presentation of proof of payment of the outstanding fines, including any and all interest, penalties, or other monetary amount owed to the cities or towns reporting the unpaid fines. When the division of motor vehicles denies a registration to any person pursuant to this subsection, the city or town requesting the denial of registration shall add a five-dollar ($5.00) fee to the aggregate value of the sum of the fines and, upon payment, shall transmit the fee to the division of motor vehicles. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any vehicle owned by a rental company, as defined in § 31-34.1-1;(6) That the vehicle does not comply with regulations promulgated pursuant to § 23-23-5(18);(7) That the vehicle does not comply with the provisions of chapter 47.1 of this title and any rules and regulations promulgated under that chapter;(8) That a commercial motor vehicle is being operated by a commercial motor carrier that has been prohibited from operating in interstate commerce by a federal agency with authority to do so under federal law; or(9) That the registered owner of a vehicle failed to pay the required toll amounts, administrative fees, and fines as prescribed in § 24-12-37.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 3, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-3-5; P.L. 1980, ch. 312, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 250, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 221, § 8; P.L. 1987, ch. 448, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 361, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 254, § 3; P.L. 2000, ch. 276, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 193, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 383, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 397, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 217, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 349, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-3-5.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles|Section 31-3-5.1 - Repealed.

§ 31-3-5.1. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1964, ch. 163, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1978, ch. 341, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-3-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles|Section 31-3-6 - List of vehicles on which taxes delinquent - Denial of registration.

§ 31-3-6. List of vehicles on which taxes delinquent — Denial of registration.(a) On or before October 31 in each year, the collector of taxes of each city or town shall furnish the division of motor vehicles, with a listing showing the registration plate numbers, names, and addresses of the taxpayers of the city or town whose personal property and/or excise tax on motor vehicles, the assessment of which were made the prior December 31 in the case of the property tax, and the tax levied in the current year in the case of the excise tax, remained unpaid as of the date of the list. Subsequently, the collector of taxes in each city or town shall, at the times and in the manner prescribed by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles, furnish to the division of motor vehicles the names and addresses of those persons whose names appeared on that list who have subsequently paid the personal property, and/or excise taxes on motor vehicles, and the division shall remove from the list the names and addresses of those persons. No city or town treasurer or tax collector shall refuse to accept personal property, and/or excise taxes on a motor vehicle, or refuse to remove the names and addresses of the owners of the vehicle from the list because of any other taxes owing the city or town. No person, corporation, partnership, joint stock company, or association whose name appears on the list and whose name has not been subsequently removed from the list shall be permitted to register any motor vehicle until all the excise and attendant penalties have been paid in full and the payment has been certified to the division of motor vehicles by the tax collector. The provisions of this section shall not be construed so as to prevent the payment of taxes on motor vehicles in quarterly installments as provided in chapter 5 of title 44. The provisions of this section shall apply in all respects in the case of taxes assessed upon motor vehicles by any fire district.(b) The division of motor vehicles (the "division") shall provide a written notice to those persons or other taxpayers (the "person") whose name appears on the list generated in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a). This notice shall include:(1) The name of the municipality or other entity providing the person's name to the division; and(2) A statement that the person identified on the list shall not be permitted to register any motor vehicle until the tax matter has been resolved and the person's name is removed from the list as provided for under subsection (a).History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 7; P.L. 1956, ch. 3714, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3714, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 31-3-6; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 142, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 341, § 6; P.L. 1979, ch. 379, § 2; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 61; P.L. 2018, ch. 175, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 293, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-3-6.1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles|Section 31-3-6.1.1 - Denial of registration - Denial of transfer of registration - Failure to file tax returns and/or pay taxes.

§ 31-3-6.1.1. Denial of registration — Denial of transfer of registration — Failure to file tax returns and/or pay taxes.(a) On or before October 31 in each year and at least quarterly thereafter, the tax administrator shall furnish the division of motor vehicles, with a list of the names, addresses and social security numbers of persons who have neglected or refused to file a tax return(s) and/or to pay any tax administered by the tax administrator and that there is no administrative or appellate review pending regarding such tax matter.(b) Thereafter, the tax administrator, at the times and in the manner mutually agreed to by the tax administrator and the administrator of the division of motor vehicles, shall furnish to the division of motor vehicles the names, addresses and social security numbers of those persons whose names appear on that list but who have subsequently filed all required returns and paid all required taxes, interest and attendant penalties in full or entered into a time payment agreement satisfactory to the tax administrator. Upon receipt of said information, said names, addresses and social security numbers of said persons shall be removed from the list.(c) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall not register any motor vehicle or transfer the registration of any motor vehicle for any person whose name appears on a list provided by the tax administrator pursuant to subsection (a) above until all state taxes, interest and attendant penalties have been paid in full and the payment has been certified to the division of motor vehicles by the tax administrator.(d) If the person thereafter files an overdue return and/or remits past taxes due or enters into a satisfactory time payment agreement with respect to any and all returns due and taxes payable, the tax administrator shall, within five (5) business days of the person's request, provide the division of motor vehicles with a certificate of good standing specified in § 5-76-5. Within five (5) business days of receiving such a certificate, the division of motor vehicles shall register or transfer the person's registration.(e) If a person files an overdue return and/or remits past due taxes in order to register a motor vehicle or transfer the registration of a motor vehicle, said late filing and/or payment shall not be an admission of a violation of any criminal tax statute regarding late filing and/or late payment. The tax administrator shall not refer such person to the attorney general for prosecution based solely upon said late filing and/or payment of past due taxes.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 12, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-3-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles|Section 31-3-7 - Registration - Indexing of records.

§ 31-3-7. Registration — Indexing of records.The division of motor vehicles shall file each application received and when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity, and that the applicant is entitled to register the vehicle, shall register the vehicle and keep a record of it in suitable books or on index cards as follows:(1) Under a distinctive regulation number assigned to the vehicle;(2) Alphabetically, under the name of the owner;(3) Under the motor number if available, otherwise any other identifying number of the vehicle; and(4) In the discretion of the division of motor vehicles, in any other manner it may deem desirable.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 3, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 31-3-7; P.L. 2010, ch. 239, § 26.
RI Gen L § 31-3-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles|Section 31-3-8 - Registration card - Contents.

§ 31-3-8. Registration card — Contents.The division of motor vehicles, upon registering a vehicle, shall issue a registration card. The registration card shall be delivered to the owner and shall contain upon the its face, the date issued, the name and address of the owner, the registration number assigned to the vehicle, and such description of the vehicle as determined by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles, and, upon its reverse side, a form for endorsement of notice to the division of motor vehicles upon transfer of the vehicle.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 3, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 31-3-8.
RI Gen L § 31-3-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles|Section 31-3-9 - Registration card carried in vehicle.

§ 31-3-9. Registration card carried in vehicle.(a) Every registration card shall at all times be carried in the vehicle to which it refers, or shall be carried by the person driving or in control of such vehicle who shall display it upon demand of a proper officer.(b) The provisions of this section requiring that a registration card be carried in the vehicle to which it refers or by the person driving the vehicle shall not apply to vehicles bearing dealer or bailee registration plates, or when the card is used for the purpose of making a transfer of registration of the vehicle.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 3, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 31-3-9.
RI Gen L § 31-3-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles|Section 31-3-10 - Issuance of registration plates.

§ 31-3-10. Issuance of registration plates.The division of motor vehicles, upon registering a vehicle, shall issue to the owner one fully reflective registration plate for each motorcycle, trailer, semi-trailer, in-transit vehicle, transporter, bailee vehicle, or a dealer vehicle and two (2) fully reflective registration plates for every other motor vehicle. Application for and issuance of so-called commercial registration plates shall be provided at all offices maintained by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles under § 31-2-6.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 3, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 31-3-10; P.L. 1970, ch. 108, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 179, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 135, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-3-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles|Section 31-3-11 - Contents of registration plate.

§ 31-3-11. Contents of registration plate.(a) Every registration plate shall have displayed upon it the registration number assigned to the vehicle for which it is issued, the name of the state of Rhode Island, which may be abbreviated "R.I.", and the year number for which it is issued or the date of its expiration. Registration plates shall also have printed on them the words, "ocean state".(b) The provision requiring the printing of the words "ocean state" on these plates shall not pertain to commercial plates or to plates issued to recipients of the Purple Heart.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 3, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 31-3-11; P.L. 1971, ch. 190, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 345, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-3-11.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles|Section 31-3-11.1 - Permanent registration and plates.

§ 31-3-11.1. Permanent registration and plates.(a) Every vehicle owned by the state of Rhode Island and any fire apparatus for which no fee is assessed shall be issued permanent registration and registration plates. The permanent registration and plates shall remain on the vehicles to which they are assigned without expiration until the vehicle is replaced or disposed of.(b) This section does not apply to certain vehicles owned by state law enforcement agencies.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-3-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles|Section 31-3-12 - Visibility of plates.

§ 31-3-12. Visibility of plates.Each registration plate and the required letters and numerals on it, except the year number for which issued, shall be of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a distance of one hundred feet (100′) during daylight. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 3, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 31-3-12; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 103.
RI Gen L § 31-3-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles|Section 31-3-13 - Plates for rental or leased vehicles.

§ 31-3-13. Plates for rental or leased vehicles.The division of motor vehicles shall issue for every passenger motor vehicle rented or leased without a driver, the same type of registration plates as the type of plates issued for private passenger vehicles. However, if the renter or lessee uses his or her own registration plate on the rented or leased vehicle, that registration plate shall be promptly returned to him or her upon termination of the rental or lease agreement. Should the registration plate not be returned, the division of motor vehicles may be notified by the renter or lessor and the registration shall be cancelled by the division of motor vehicles and the registration plate shall be reissued to the person who rented or leased the motor vehicle.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 3, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 31-3-13; P.L. 1986, ch. 223, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-3-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles|Section 31-3-14 - Bailee and in transit plates.

§ 31-3-14. Bailee and in transit plates.(a) Bailee plates. The division of motor vehicles shall issue plates designated as "bailee plates" to garages, automobile repairers, or any person in the business requiring repossession of motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers.(b) In transit plates. The division of motor vehicles shall issue plates designated as "in transit" plates for use on special mobile equipment.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 3, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 31-3-14; P.L. 1959, ch. 123, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-3-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles|Section 31-3-15 - Special plates for state officers and mayors.

§ 31-3-15. Special plates for state officers and mayors.(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles has the right to issue a special registration plate for the use of the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the attorney general, the state treasurer, the president pro tem of the senate, the speaker of the house, and mayors of Rhode Island cities. The plates will be furnished without additional cost. If mayors of Rhode Island cities choose to use city motor vehicle registration plates, the mayors may place on the plates the official seals of the respective city in a manner that does not obstruct the numbering or lettering.(b) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is authorized and directed to issue, in addition to a regular registration plate, a special registration plate for the private passenger motor vehicle of each former speaker of the house of representatives, each former majority and minority leader of the house of representatives, and of each former majority and minority leader of the senate and president of the senate. Each of these plates is to bear the identification "house speaker emeritus", "house majority leader emeritus", "house minority leader emeritus", "senate majority leader emeritus", "senate minority leader emeritus", or "senate president emeritus" with a seal of the state imprinted on the plate and shall be financed without additional registration charge for a period of time as each former speaker and senate majority leader and president of the senate desires.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 3, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 31-3-15; P.L. 1974, ch. 208, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 430, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 350, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 65; P.L. 2006, ch. 310, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-3-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles|Section 31-3-16 - General assembly plates.

§ 31-3-16. General assembly plates.(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is directed to make available to each duly elected member of the senate and of the house of representatives of the general assembly of the state of Rhode Island, so long as the member is serving during the term for which he or she has been elected as a member of the general assembly and no longer, two (2) special motor vehicle registration plates carrying on the first plate as a courtesy the word "senate" in the case of the senate, and the word "house" in the case of the house of representatives. On the second set of plates, in addition to the wording above, the letter "a" denoting auxiliary shall be placed on the plates. The plates are to have special identifying numbers corresponding to the number of the senatorial or representative district from which the member was elected.(b) The special motor vehicle registration plates shall carry thereon the design and the seal of the state of Rhode Island and shall be designed, sold, and attached to the motor vehicle without cost to the state.(c) Each member of any general assembly, at the expiration of his or her term as member, unless reelected, may retain the special motor vehicle registration plates in his or her own keeping, provided he or she does not display the plates upon any motor vehicle or any other form of transportation owned or operated by the member.(d) Any violation of the provisions of subsection (c) of this section shall be deemed a civil violation, and any person displaying a special motor vehicle registration plate upon any vehicle shall, upon conviction, be fined ten dollars ($10.00) for each offense.(e) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall reserve for the future use of each member of the general assembly the private registration plates which he or she turns into the division of motor vehicles in return for legislator's plates. The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall annually, during the month of January, submit a written notice to each member of the general assembly notifying him or her of the private registration plates which are being reserved for his or her future use. The notice shall indicate the registration plate designation and the legislator for which it is being reserved.(f) In a state of emergency, any member of the general assembly driving a vehicle bearing a special motor vehicle registration plate shall be authorized and empowered to travel upon the highways of the state notwithstanding any driving ban imposed by any state or municipal authority.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 3, § 8; P.L. 1951, ch. 2826, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 31-3-16; P.L. 1967, ch. 6, § 1; P.L. 1969, ch. 13, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 381, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 310, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 6, § 1.