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RI Gen L § 31-1-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-1 - Definitions and General Code Provisions|Section 31-1-25 - Crosswalk.

§ 31-1-25. Crosswalk."Crosswalk" means:(1) That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs, or in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway; or(2) Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 1, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 31-1-25.
RI Gen L § 31-1-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-1 - Definitions and General Code Provisions|Section 31-1-26 - Safety zone.

§ 31-1-26. Safety zone."Safety zone" means the area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians, and which is protected or is marked or indicated by adequate signs to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 1, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 31-1-26.
RI Gen L § 31-1-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-1 - Definitions and General Code Provisions|Section 31-1-27 - Business and residence districts.

§ 31-1-27. Business and residence districts.(a) "Business district" means the territory contiguous to and including a highway when within any six hundred feet (600′) along that highway there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes, including but not limited to hotels, banks or office buildings, railroad stations, and public buildings which occupy at least three hundred feet (300′) of frontage on one side or three hundred feet (300′) collectively on both sides of the highway.(b) "Residence district" means the territory, contiguous to and including a highway but not comprising a business district, when for a distance of three hundred feet (300′) or more the property is in the main improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 1, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 31-1-27.
RI Gen L § 31-1-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-1 - Definitions and General Code Provisions|Section 31-1-28 - Types of traffic control devices.

§ 31-1-28. Types of traffic control devices.(a) "Official traffic control devices" means all signs, signals, markings, and devices not inconsistent with chapters 1 — 27 of this title placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic.(b) "Railroad sign or signal" means any sign, signal, or device erected by authority of a public body or official or by a railroad and intended to give notice of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train.(c) "Traffic control signs" means any device, whether manually, electrically, or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 1, § 27; G.L. 1956, § 31-1-28.
RI Gen L § 31-1-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-1 - Definitions and General Code Provisions|Section 31-1-29 - Traffic.

§ 31-1-29. Traffic."Traffic" means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for purposes of travel.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 1, § 28; G.L. 1956, § 31-1-29.
RI Gen L § 31-1-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-1 - Definitions and General Code Provisions|Section 31-1-30 - Right-of-way.

§ 31-1-30. Right-of-way."Right-of-way" means the privilege of the immediate use of the highway.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 1, § 29; G.L. 1956, § 31-1-30.
RI Gen L § 31-1-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-1 - Definitions and General Code Provisions|Section 31-1-31 - Types of stops.

§ 31-1-31. Types of stops.(a) "Park" means, when prohibited, the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading.(b) "Stop" means, when required, a complete cessation from movement.(c) "Stop, stopping or standing" means, when prohibited, any stopping or standing of a vehicle whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 1, § 30; G.L. 1956, § 31-1-31.
RI Gen L § 31-1-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-1 - Definitions and General Code Provisions|Section 31-1-32 - Severability.

§ 31-1-32. Severability.If any part or parts of this title are held to be unconstitutional that unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2295, art. 39, § 2; P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 44; G.L. 1956, § 31-1-32; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 3; P.L. 1992, ch. 324, § 9.
RI Gen L § 31-2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-1 - Establishment - Duties - Chief of division.

§ 31-2-1. Establishment — Duties — Chief of division.Within the department of revenue there shall be a division of motor vehicles. The division will be responsible for activities assigned to it by law, including, but not limited to, motor vehicle registration, testing and licensing of motor vehicle operators, inspection of motor vehicles, and enforcement of laws relating to the issuance, suspension and revocation of motor vehicle registrations and drivers' licenses. The division shall administer the financial responsibility law. The chief of the division shall use the title and designation "registrar" or "administrator" on all licenses, registrations, orders of suspensions, financial responsibility notices or orders, or any other official documents issued or promulgated by the division. He or she shall exercise all powers and duties prescribed by chapters 1 — 27 of this title and shall supervise and direct the promotion of highway traffic safety.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 22; P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-1; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 77; P.L. 2006, ch. 246, art. 38, § 4.
RI Gen L § 31-2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-2 - Subordinates and investigators.

§ 31-2-2. Subordinates and investigators.The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall appoint any subordinates that he or she may require for the proper performance of his or her duties. He or she shall appoint investigators who shall be empowered to investigate the application for any motor vehicle license or registration in order to ascertain the truth of the statements made in it, to seize or recover the license or registration certificate and number plates of any person whose license or registration shall have been suspended or revoked, and to perform any other duties not inconsistent with the law as the administrator may direct.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 23; P.L. 1939, ch. 678, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-2.
RI Gen L § 31-2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-3 - Enforcement duties of administrator.

§ 31-2-3. Enforcement duties of administrator.(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is vested with the power and is charged with the duty of observing, administering, and enforcing the provisions of chapters 1 — 50 of this title and of all laws regulating the operation of vehicles, or the use of the highways, the enforcement or administration of which is now or hereafter vested in the division of motor vehicles.(b) The administrator shall appoint any subordinates he or she may require for the proper performance of his or her duties. The administrator, and any subordinates designated by the administrator, shall have and exercise throughout this state the same authority to make arrests for violations of statutes relating to motor vehicles and to enforce those statutes as police or town constables have in their respective jurisdictions, including the power of arrest without warrant for any violation of title 31. The administrator, and any subordinates designated by the administrator, may serve all process lawfully issued by the administrator. Whenever a complaint is made of any violation of the provisions of the aforementioned chapters by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles, or those subordinates designated by him or her to enforce these provisions, he or she shall not be required to furnish surety for cost or be liable for cost upon any complaint. The administrator, and any subordinates he or she may designate, may bear and use firearms and may be equipped with uniforms as prescribed by the administrator of motor vehicles in accordance with the policing and enforcing provisions as prescribed by this section.(c) The administrator may provide for training for those persons designated with authority to make arrests and shall issue to each such person credentials showing his or her identity and these credentials shall be carried upon their person while in the discharge of his or her duties.(d) At no time may any subordinate authorized to make arrests stop a motorist for any violation of the motor vehicle law while the motorist is operating a vehicle upon any highway of this state, unless that subordinate is operating or riding in a division of motor vehicles vehicle that is plainly marked "Division of motor vehicles" or unless the motorist is fleeing from pursuit by a division of motor vehicles officer.(e) The administrator may adopt any further regulations that he or she may deem necessary to implement this section.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-3; P.L. 1975, ch. 121, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 32; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 32.
RI Gen L § 31-2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-4 - Rules and regulations - Exception to authority.

§ 31-2-4. Rules and regulations — Exception to authority.The administrator of the division of motor vehicles, department of revenue is authorized to adopt and enforce those rules and regulations that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of chapters 1 — 27 of this title, and any other laws the enforcement and administration of which are vested in the division of motor vehicles, including rules and regulations concerning specialized testing and standards for operators of commercial vehicles; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to authorize the administrator to charge any monetary fee for a license or permit to utilize a flashing light by any volunteer fire department or volunteer ambulance squad.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-4; P.L. 1979, ch. 321, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 398, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 3; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 3.
RI Gen L § 31-2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-5 - Official seal.

§ 31-2-5. Official seal.The administrator may adopt an official seal for the use of the division of motor vehicles.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-5.
RI Gen L § 31-2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-6 - Offices.

§ 31-2-6. Offices.The administrator shall maintain offices in those places in the state that he or she may deem necessary to properly carry out the powers and duties vested in the division of motor vehicles. The administrator shall maintain branch offices in the towns of Warren and Westerly and keep the Warren office open for business at least three (3) days per week and keep the Westerly office open at least one day per week.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-6; P.L. 1976, ch. 157, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 37, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 322, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 215, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 391, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-7 - Forms.

§ 31-2-7. Forms.The administrator shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, registration cards, operators' and chauffeurs' licenses, and all other forms requisite or deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of chapters 1 — 50 of this title and any other laws, the enforcement and administration of which are vested in the division of motor vehicles.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-7.
RI Gen L § 31-2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-8 - Oaths and acknowledgments.

§ 31-2-8. Oaths and acknowledgments.Officers and employees of the division of motor vehicles designated by the administrator are, for the purpose of administering the motor vehicle laws, authorized to administer oaths and acknowledge signatures, and shall do so without fee.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-8.
RI Gen L § 31-2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-9 - Certified copies of licenses, applications and certificates.

§ 31-2-9. Certified copies of licenses, applications and certificates.The administrator and any officers of the division of motor vehicles that he or she may designate are authorized to prepare under the seal of the division of motor vehicles and deliver upon request a certified copy of the application for operator's license or registration, or operator's license or registration, charging a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for each document so authenticated, and every such certified copy shall be admissible in any proceeding in any court in like manner as the original.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-9; P.L. 1960, ch. 75, § 3; P.L. 1980, ch. 114, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 10, art. 4, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-2-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-10 - Abstracts of operator's records.

§ 31-2-10. Abstracts of operator's records.The administrator shall upon request furnish a certified abstract of the record of any operator on file fully designating the motor vehicles, if any, registered in the name of the operator, the record of all convictions of the operator of any of the provisions of this title, and the record of all the operator's involvements in accidents required to be reported under the provisions of § 31-33-1. If the operator has no such record, the administrator shall so certify. The administrator shall collect for each certificate the sum of sixteen dollars ($16.00); however, if the request for the certificate is made by any governmental agency, bureau, or department for use in its official capacity, the administrator shall collect no fee. The requirement of this section that the certificate shall be furnished shall not make the certificate admissible as evidence in any legal proceeding or in any trial, whether criminal or civil.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-10; P.L. 1960, ch. 75, § 3; P.L. 1960, ch. 188, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 15, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 50, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 10, art. 2, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 453, § 8; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 85, § 7; P.L. 1994, ch. 70, art. 35, § 6; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 10, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-2-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-11 - Records open for inspection - Admissibility of certified copies of records as evidence.

§ 31-2-11. Records open for inspection — Admissibility of certified copies of records as evidence.(a) All records of the division of motor vehicles, other than those declared by law to be confidential for the use of the division of motor vehicles, shall be open to public inspection during office hours. Any copies or photostatic copies of any records, books, papers, documents, and rulings of the division of motor vehicles when certified to be correct by an employee of the division of motor vehicles who is designated for this purpose by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall be acceptable as evidence in the courts of this state with the same force and effect as the originals, in all cases where such original records, books, papers, documents, and rulings would be admitted in evidence.(b) Whenever any subpoena duces tecum is issued to the administrator of the division of motor vehicles for the production in court of the records, books, papers, documents, or rulings of the division of motor vehicles it shall not be necessary for the administrator of the division of motor vehicles to whom the subpoena is issued to appear personally, and a copy or photostat duly certified under the seal of the department by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles of the records, books, papers, documents, or rulings of the division of motor vehicles submitted as described in this section shall be full compliance with the subpoena. Under the application to the court and for good cause shown, the court may compel the attendance of the administrator of the division of motor vehicles or the supervisor or an assistant who is charged with the care and custody of the official records or any investigator of the division of motor vehicles to answer the subpoena duces tecum.(c) For the purposes outlined in this section, the person designated by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall be the official "keeper of records" for the division.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-11; P.L. 1968, ch. 155, § 1; P.L. 1969, ch. 133, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-2-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-12 - Destruction of obsolete records.

§ 31-2-12. Destruction of obsolete records.The administrator of the division of motor vehicles may destroy any records of the division of motor vehicles that have been maintained on file for three (3) years which are obsolete and of no further service in carrying out the powers and duties of the division of motor vehicles.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-12.
RI Gen L § 31-2-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-13 - Report to tax assessors of vehicles registered.

§ 31-2-13. Report to tax assessors of vehicles registered.(a) As soon as practical after January 1 in every year, the division of motor vehicles shall furnish, without charge, to the tax assessors of each city or town in this state, a statement of the motor vehicles registered from that city or town on and after January 1 and through the thirty-first day of December of the previous year and the inclusive dates of their registration within this period.(b) The provisions of this section shall apply in all respects in the case of taxes assessed upon motor vehicles by any fire district.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 7; P.L. 1950 (s.s.), ch. 2639, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3714, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-13; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 142, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 341, § 5.
RI Gen L § 31-2-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-14 - Investigation of applications - Rejection.

§ 31-2-14. Investigation of applications — Rejection.The division of motor vehicles shall examine and determine the genuineness, regularity, and legality of every application for registration of a vehicle, and for an operator's or chauffeur's license and of any other application lawfully made to the division of motor vehicles, and may in all cases make investigation as may be deemed necessary or require additional information, and shall reject any application if not satisfied of the genuineness, regularity, or legality of the application or the truth of any statement contained in it, or for any other reason, when authorized by law.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-14.
RI Gen L § 31-2-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-15 - Seizure of documents and plates.

§ 31-2-15. Seizure of documents and plates.The division of motor vehicles is authorized to take possession of any registration card, permit, license, or registration plate issued by it upon expiration, revocation, cancellation, or suspension, or which is fictitious, or which has been unlawfully or erroneously issued.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-15.
RI Gen L § 31-2-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-16 - Publication of laws.

§ 31-2-16. Publication of laws.The division of motor vehicles may publish a synopsis or summary of the laws of this state regulating the operation of vehicles and may deliver a copy of the summary without charge with each original vehicle registration and with each original operator's or chauffeur's license.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-16.
RI Gen L § 31-2-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-17 - Summons of witnesses - Taking of testimony.

§ 31-2-17. Summons of witnesses — Taking of testimony.(a) In the performance of their duties under this title, the administrator of the division of motor vehicles, or any duly authorized assistant, or hearing officer or officers appointed by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles, may summon witnesses in behalf of the state and may administer oaths and take testimony.(b) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles, assistant, or hearing officer may also cause depositions to be taken and may order the production of books, papers, agreements, and documents. Failure, without justifiable cause, to appear and testify when summoned in accordance with this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor.(c) The fees for the attendance and travel of witnesses shall be the same as for witnesses before the district court. The sixth division of the district court shall have jurisdiction in equity upon application of the division of motor vehicles to enforce all lawful orders of the division of motor vehicles under this section. A party aggrieved by an order of the court may appeal the order to the supreme court in accordance with the procedures contained in the rules of appellate procedure of the supreme court.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-17; P.L. 1976, ch. 140, § 12.
RI Gen L § 31-2-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-2-18 - Service of notice.

§ 31-2-18. Service of notice.Whenever, by virtue of § 31-2-17, notice to any person, firm, or corporation is required, or in any other instance when notice may be required, the notice shall consist of personal delivery to the person, firm, or corporation involved, or by mailing of a registered or certified letter.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 12; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3717, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-18.