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RI Gen L § 31-32-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-32 - Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|Section 31-32-26 - Chapter not to affect other policies.

§ 31-32-26. Chapter not to affect other policies.(a) This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability which may now or subsequently be required by any other law of this state, and the policies, if they contain an agreement or are endorsed to conform with the requirements of this chapter, may be certified as proof of financial responsibility under this chapter.(b) This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies insuring solely the insured named in the policy against liability resulting from the maintenance or use by persons in the insured's employ or on his or her behalf of vehicles not owned by the insured.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 23; G.L. 1956, §§ 31-32-42, 31-32-43; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-26.
RI Gen L § 31-32-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-32 - Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|Section 31-32-27 - Bond as proof.

§ 31-32-27. Bond as proof.Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the bond of a surety company duly authorized to transact business within this state, or a bond with at least two (2) individual sureties each owning real estate within this state, and together having equities equal in value to at least twice the amount of the bond, which real estate shall be scheduled in the bond approved by a judge of a court of record, which bond shall be conditioned for payment of the amounts specified in § 31-32-2. The bond shall be filed with the division of motor vehicles and shall not be cancelable except after ten (10) days' written notice to the division of motor vehicles.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-44; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-27.
RI Gen L § 31-32-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-32 - Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|Section 31-32-28 - Recorded bond constitutes a lien.

§ 31-32-28. Recorded bond constitutes a lien.The bond shall constitute a lien in favor of the state upon the real estate so scheduled of any surety, which lien shall exist in favor of any holder of a final judgment against the person who has filed the bond, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use of it, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use, or operation of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state after the bond was filed, upon the filing of notice to that effect by the division of motor vehicles in the office of the town clerk or recorder of deeds in the town or city where the real estate shall be located.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-44; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-28.
RI Gen L § 31-32-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-32 - Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|Section 31-32-29 - Action on bond.

§ 31-32-29. Action on bond.If a judgment, rendered against the principal on the bond, shall not be satisfied within sixty (60) days after it has become final, the judgment creditor may, for his or her own use and benefit and at his or her sole expense, bring an action or actions in the name of the state against the company or persons executing the bond, including an action or proceeding to foreclose any lien that may exist upon the real estate of a person who has executed the bond.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-44; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-29.
RI Gen L § 31-32-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-32 - Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|Section 31-32-30 - Money or securities as proof.

§ 31-32-30. Money or securities as proof.Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the certificate of the general treasurer that the person named in it has deposited with him or her sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) in cash, or securities, that may be legally purchased by savings banks or for trust funds of a market value of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000). The general treasurer shall not accept any deposit and issue a certificate for it and the division of motor vehicles shall not accept the certificate unless accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments of any character against the depositor in the county where the depositor resides.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-45; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-30; P.L. 1968, ch. 7, § 3; P.L. 1976, ch. 314, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-32-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-32 - Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|Section 31-32-31 - Application of deposit.

§ 31-32-31. Application of deposit.The deposit shall be held by the general treasurer to satisfy, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, any execution on a judgment issued against the person making the deposit, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use of it, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use, or operation of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state after the deposit was made. Money or securities so deposited shall not be subject to attachment or execution unless the attachment or execution shall arise out of a suit for damages.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-45; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-31.
RI Gen L § 31-32-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-32 - Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|Section 31-32-32 - Owner may give proof for others.

§ 31-32-32. Owner may give proof for others.The owner of a motor vehicle may give proof of financial responsibility on behalf of his or her employee or a member of his immediate family or household in lieu of the furnishing of proof by any person. The furnishing of proof shall permit the person to operate only a motor vehicle covered by the proof. The division of motor vehicles shall endorse appropriate restrictions on the face of the license held by the person or may issue a new license containing the restrictions.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-46; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-32.
RI Gen L § 31-32-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-32 - Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|Section 31-32-33 - Substitution of proof.

§ 31-32-33. Substitution of proof.The division of motor vehicles shall consent to the cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance, or the division of motor vehicles shall direct and the general treasurer shall return any money or securities to the person entitled to it upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequate proof of financial responsibility pursuant to this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 27; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-47; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-33.
RI Gen L § 31-32-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-32 - Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|Section 31-32-34 - Requiring additional proof.

§ 31-32-34. Requiring additional proof.Whenever any proof of financial responsibility filed under the provisions of this chapter no longer fulfills the purposes for which it is required, the division of motor vehicles shall, for the purpose of this chapter, require other proof as required by this chapter and shall suspend the license and registration or the nonresident's operating privilege pending the filing of other proof.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 28; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-48; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-34.
RI Gen L § 31-32-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-32 - Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|Section 31-32-35 - Duration of proof - Cancellation or return.

§ 31-32-35. Duration of proof — Cancellation or return.(a) The division of motor vehicles shall upon request consent to the immediate cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance, or the division of motor vehicles shall direct and the general treasurer shall return to the person entitled to it any money or securities deposited pursuant to this chapter as proof of financial responsibility, or the division of motor vehicles shall waive the requirement of filing proof, in any of the following events:(1) At any time after one year from the date the proof was required when, during the one year period preceding the request, the division of motor vehicles has not received record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail which would require or permit the suspension or revocation of the license, registration, or nonresident's operating privilege of the person by or for whom the proof was furnished;(2) In the event of the death of the person on whose behalf the proof was filed or the permanent incapacity of the person to operate a motor vehicle; or(3) In the event the person who has given proof surrenders his or her license and registration to the division of motor vehicles.(b) Provided, that the division of motor vehicles shall not consent to the cancellation of any bond or the return of any money or securities in the event any action for damages upon a liability covered by the proof is then pending or any judgment upon any liability is then unsatisfied, or in the event the person who has filed the bond or deposited the money or securities has within one year immediately preceding the request been involved as a driver or owner in any motor vehicle accident resulting in injury or damage to the person or property of others. An affidavit of the applicant as to the non-existence of such facts, or that he or she has been released from all of his or her liability, or has been finally adjudicated not to be liable, for the injury or damage, shall be sufficient evidence of it in the absence of evidence to the contrary in the records of the division of motor vehicles.(c) Whenever any person whose proof has been cancelled or returned under subsection (a)(3) of this section applies for a license or registration within a period of the one year from the date proof was originally required, the application shall be refused unless the applicant shall reestablish the proof for the remainder of the one year period.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 29; P.L. 1953, ch. 3111, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-49; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-35; P.L. 1978, ch. 309, § 2; P.L. 1986, ch. 494, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-32-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-32 - Proof of Financial Responsibility for the Future|Section 31-32-36 - Three-year requirement construed.

§ 31-32-36. Three-year requirement construed.Whenever in the general laws there is a reference to a three (3) year requirement for financial responsibility, it shall be construed to be a one year requirement except as provided in § 31-32-4(d) of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 309, § 3; P.L. 1986, ch. 494, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 377, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-33-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-33 - Safety Responsibility Violations - General Provisions|Section 31-33-1 - Accident reports.

§ 31-33-1. Accident reports.The operator of every motor vehicle which is in any manner involved in an accident within this state, in which any person is killed or injured, or in which damage to the property of any one person, including the operator, in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) is sustained, shall, within twenty-one (21) days after the accident, report the matter in writing to the division of motor vehicles. The report, the form of which shall be prescribed by the division of motor vehicles, shall contain information to enable the division of motor vehicles to determine whether the requirements for the deposit of security under chapters 31 and 32 of this title are inapplicable by reason of the existence of insurance or other exceptions specified in the chapters, and the administrator of the division of motor vehicles may regard the information given as true, until the contrary reasonably appears. If that operator is physically incapable of making the report, the owner of the motor vehicle involved in the accident shall, within twenty-one (21) days after learning of the accident, make the report. The operator or the owner shall furnish any additional relevant information that the division of motor vehicles shall require.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-1; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-33-1; P.L. 1968, ch. 185, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 40, § 2; P.L. 1987, ch. 48, § 2; P.L. 2000, ch. 274, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-33-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-33 - Safety Responsibility Violations - General Provisions|Section 31-33-2 - Failure to file accident report.

§ 31-33-2. Failure to file accident report.Failure to report an accident as required in § 31-33-1 shall be punished by a fine as provided for in § 31-41.1-4, and the division of motor vehicles shall suspend the license of the person failing to make report, or the nonresident's operating privilege of the person, until a report has been filed and for any further period not to exceed thirty (30) days that the division of motor vehicles may fix.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 32; G.L. 1956, § 31-33-3; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-33-2; P.L. 2002, ch. 58, § 8; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 124; P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 12, § 12.
RI Gen L § 31-33-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-33 - Safety Responsibility Violations - General Provisions|Section 31-33-3 - Falsification of reports or proof of responsibility.

§ 31-33-3. Falsification of reports or proof of responsibility.Any person who gives information required in a report or otherwise as provided for in § 31-33-1, knowing or having reason to believe that the information is false, or who shall forge or, without authority, sign any evidence of proof of financial responsibility for the future as required by chapter 32 of this title or who files or offers for filing any evidence of proof knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged or signed without authority, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 32; G.L. 1956, § 31-33-4; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-33-3.
RI Gen L § 31-33-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-33 - Safety Responsibility Violations - General Provisions|Section 31-33-4 - Transfer of registration to defeat purpose.

§ 31-33-4. Transfer of registration to defeat purpose.(a) If an owner's registration has been suspended under the provisions of chapter 31 or 32 of this title, the registration shall not be transferred, nor the vehicle in respect to which the registration was issued, be registered in any other name until the division of motor vehicles is satisfied that the transfer of registration is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purposes of these chapters.(b) Nothing in this section shall in any way affect the rights of any conditional vendor, chattel mortgagee, or lessor of a vehicle registered in the name of another as owner who becomes subject to the provisions of this section.(c) The division of motor vehicles shall suspend the registration of any vehicle transferred in violation of the provisions of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 30; G.L. 1956, § 31-33-1; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-33-4.
RI Gen L § 31-33-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-33 - Safety Responsibility Violations - General Provisions|Section 31-33-5 - Surrender of license and registration.

§ 31-33-5. Surrender of license and registration.(a) Any person whose license or registration shall have been suspended under any provision of chapter 31 or 32 of this title, or whose policy of insurance or bond, when required under it, shall have been canceled or terminated, shall immediately return his or her license and registration to the division of motor vehicles. If any person shall fail to return to the division of motor vehicles the license or registration as provided in these chapters, the division of motor vehicles shall immediately direct any peace officer to secure possession of it and to return the same to the division of motor vehicles.(b) Any person willfully failing to return a license or registration as required in subsection (a) of this section, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, §§ 31, 32; G.L. 1956, § 31-33-2; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-33-5.
RI Gen L § 31-33-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-33 - Safety Responsibility Violations - General Provisions|Section 31-33-6 - Owner's liability for acts of others.

§ 31-33-6. Owner's liability for acts of others.Whenever any motor vehicle shall be used, operated, or caused to be operated upon any public highway of this state with the consent of the owner, lessee, or bailee, expressed or implied, the driver of it, if other than the owner, lessee, or bailee, shall in the case of an accident be deemed to be the agent of the owner, lessee, or bailee, of the motor vehicle unless the driver shall have furnished proof of financial responsibility in the amount set forth in chapter 32 of this title, prior to the accident. For the purposes of this section, the term "owner" includes any person, firm, copartnership, association, or corporation having the lawful possession or control of a motor vehicle under a written sale agreement.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 38; G.L. 1956, § 31-31-3; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-33-6; P.L. 2003, ch. 115, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 117, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 219, § 5; P.L. 2004, ch. 224, § 5; P.L. 2005, ch. 137, § 5.
RI Gen L § 31-33-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-33 - Safety Responsibility Violations - General Provisions|Section 31-33-7 - Prima facie evidence of consent of owner.

§ 31-33-7. Prima facie evidence of consent of owner.In all civil proceedings, evidence that at the time of the accident or collision the motor vehicle was registered in the name of the defendant, shall be prima facie evidence that it was being operated with the consent of the defendant, and the absence of consent shall be an affirmative defense to be set up in the answer and proved by the defendant.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 38; G.L. 1956, § 31-31-4; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-33-7; P.L. 1982, ch. 350, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-33-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-33 - Safety Responsibility Violations - General Provisions|Section 31-33-8 - Assigned risk plans.

§ 31-33-8. Assigned risk plans.(a) After consultation with the insurance companies authorized to issue automobile liability and/or physical damage policies in this state, the insurance commissioner shall approve a reasonable plan or plans, fair to the insurers and equitable to their policyholders, for the apportionment among the companies of applicants for motor vehicle liability and/or physical damage insurance who are in good faith entitled to but are unable to procure insurance through ordinary methods.(b) The plan or plans shall provide coverage for liability imposed by law for damages arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of the vehicle or vehicles within the United States or the Dominion of Canada, up to a limit of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident and, up to a limit of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) because of bodily injury to or death of two (2) or more persons in any one accident.(c) When any plan or plans have been approved, all the insurance companies shall subscribe to it or them and participate with respect to those types of insurance which they write in the state. Licensed non-resident insurance producers shall be allowed to submit applications to the plan or plans, provided that the state in which they hold a resident brokers license allows Rhode Island resident producers access to their respective plan or plans, or similar residual market mechanism.(d) Any applicant for insurance, any person insured under the plan, and any insurance company affected, may appeal to the insurance commissioner from any ruling or decision of a manager or committee designated to operate the plan or plans. Any order or act of the insurance commissioner under the provisions of this section shall be subject to review on petition filed by an aggrieved party in the superior court for the counties of Providence and Bristol within ten (10) days after notice of it is given. The court shall determine whether the filing of the petition shall operate as a stay of any order or act of the insurance commissioner, and the court shall summarily hear the matter. The court may, in disposing of the issue before it, modify, affirm, or reverse the order or act of the insurance commissioner in whole or in part.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 35; G.L. 1956, § 31-31-9; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-33-8; P.L. 1982, ch. 378, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 207, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 337, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 265, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 158, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 274, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-33-8.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-33 - Safety Responsibility Violations - General Provisions|Section 31-33-8.1 - Joint distribution of accident reports.

§ 31-33-8.1. Joint distribution of accident reports.Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, nothing shall prevent insurers providing automobile insurance coverage in the state from establishing and maintaining a common system for obtaining publicly filed accident reports and distributing the reports to the insurer or insurers identified on the form as providing coverage to one or more persons, whether through the assigned risk plan or otherwise.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 185, § 1.