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RI Gen L § 5-38-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38 - Automobile Body Repair Shops|Section 5-38-25 - [Repealed.]

§ 5-38-25. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 349, § 9; Repealed by P.L. 1980, ch. 226, § 20.
RI Gen L § 5-38-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38 - Automobile Body Repair Shops|Section 5-38-26 - Inspection by lienholders.

§ 5-38-26. Inspection by lienholders.(a) For the purpose of inspecting repaired vehicles, a lienholder or lienholders shall be allowed forty-eight (48) hours or two (2) working days after notification by the body shop to inspect the vehicle at the body shop. The agent for the lienholder or lienholders inspecting the vehicle must be located within the state of Rhode Island and have the authority to sign the insurance check or draft.(b) If the lienholder(s) fails to inspect within the time frame specified in subsection (a), it must endorse the insurance company check or draft to the body shop.History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 206, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 102, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38 - Automobile Body Repair Shops|Section 5-38-27 - Maximum storage fees.

§ 5-38-27. Maximum storage fees.The director of the department of business regulation shall promulgate rules and regulations to establish reasonable, maximum storage fees that may be charged by licensees under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 392, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38 - Automobile Body Repair Shops|Section 5-38-28 - Repair certification.

§ 5-38-28. Repair certification.The automobile body repair shop shall include in the documentation of each repair, a repair bill executed by the automobile body repair shop and certifying under the penalties of perjury, the repairs to a particular vehicle that have actually been made.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 168, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 405, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 298, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 329, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38 - Automobile Body Repair Shops|Section 5-38-29 - Repair bills.

§ 5-38-29. Repair bills.Each repair bill shall contain an itemized listing of the manufactured parts, used parts, and generic parts installed by the licensee in the repair of the vehicle.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 170, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38 - Automobile Body Repair Shops|Section 5-38-30 - Notices required to be displayed.

§ 5-38-30. Notices required to be displayed.A sign in boldfaced type letters at least two (2) inches high, must be displayed in a conspicuous location in every licensed auto body repair facility reading as follows:"PURSUANT TO RHODE ISLAND LAW, THE CONSUMER HAS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE THE REPAIR FACILITY TO COMPLETE REPAIRS TO A MOTOR VEHICLE; AND AN INSURANCE COMPANY MAY NOT INTERFERE WITH THE CONSUMER'S CHOICE OF REPAIRER."History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 43, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-38-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38 - Automobile Body Repair Shops|Section 5-38-31 - Reimbursement fee.

§ 5-38-31. Reimbursement fee.The director of the department of business regulation may assess an automobile body shop for reimbursement of the department's actual expenses for the investigation and hearing of significant auto body shop matters. An assessment may be sought in the event that an automobile body shop does not prevail after a final judicial appeal.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 100, art. 33, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-38.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.1 - Pawtucket - Motor Vehicle Repair Businesses|Section 5-38.1-1 - Local licensing - Fees - Penalties.

§ 5-38.1-1. Local licensing — Fees — Penalties.The city council of the city of Pawtucket is authorized to provide, by ordinance, for the issuing and revocation in its discretion of licenses to all persons, partnerships, corporations, or establishments doing any repairs or repair work to any type of motor vehicle or motor vehicle parts, exclusive of auto body repairs, within the city of Pawtucket, subject to the listed conditions and restrictions contained in this chapter and for a term not exceeding one year; and also for charging and collecting fees for those licenses; provided, that the prescribed fees do not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for any qualified licensee; and also to fix a penalty for doing motor vehicle repairs without a license or in violation of any ordinance or regulation made as authorized by this section, not exceeding for any one offense a fine of five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 313, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.1 - Pawtucket - Motor Vehicle Repair Businesses|Section 5-38.1-2 - Hearings and objections by neighboring landowners.

§ 5-38.1-2. Hearings and objections by neighboring landowners.(a) The city council of the city of Pawtucket, before granting a license under this chapter to operate a motor vehicle repair business, defined in § 5-38.1-3, in any location not lawfully occupied for that purpose at the time of the application for the license, shall hold a public hearing, notice of which shall be given by advertisement published once a week for at least two (2) weeks prior to the hearing in the manner provided by law. The advertisement shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city of Pawtucket; provided, that before the local licensing authority publishes notice of a hearing, it shall collect from the applicant for the license a fee of ten dollars ($10.00), plus the cost of posting and publishing the notice. The notice shall state that remonstrants are entitled to be heard and shall name the date, time, and place of the hearing.(b) The local licensing authority, before granting a license under this ordinance, shall provide notice of the application, by mail, to all owners of property whose property in whole or in part falls within two hundred feet (200′) of the property line of the place of business seeking the application. The manner and method of notification of property owners shall be done in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the local licensing authority.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 354, § 9.
RI Gen L § 5-38.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.1 - Pawtucket - Motor Vehicle Repair Businesses|Section 5-38.1-3 - "Motor vehicle repair business" defined.

§ 5-38.1-3. "Motor vehicle repair business" defined.As used in this chapter, "motor vehicle repair business" means any place, establishment, garage, or work area enclosed within a building where repairs are made or caused to be made to motor vehicles, including engines, carburetors, brakes, transmissions, muffler systems, electrical systems, and general running gear of motor vehicles exclusive of auto body repairs; and including any used automobile dealership, but excluding any new automobile dealership.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 313, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 37, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.1 - Pawtucket - Motor Vehicle Repair Businesses|Section 5-38.1-4 - Conditions to licensing of motor vehicle repair business.

§ 5-38.1-4. Conditions to licensing of motor vehicle repair business.No license shall be granted for a motor vehicle repair business under § 5-38.1-1 unless:(1) It is located within a lawfully authorized zoning district within the city of Pawtucket;(2) It is to be operated and maintained entirely within a building;(3) The applicants and principals of applicant corporations have no prior criminal record; and(4) The licensed business is being operated, or will operate, in a lawful manner, and in conformity with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 313, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.1 - Pawtucket - Motor Vehicle Repair Businesses|Section 5-38.1-5 - Enforcement of § 5-38.1-4.

§ 5-38.1-5. Enforcement of § 5-38.1-4.(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter except § 5-38.1-6, the penalties provided for in § 5-38.1-1 shall be imposed whenever anyone is found to be in violation of § 5-38.1-4.(b) It is the duty of the state police and the police of the city of Pawtucket to enforce this section.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 313, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.1 - Pawtucket - Motor Vehicle Repair Businesses|Section 5-38.1-6 - Existing motor vehicle repair businesses.

§ 5-38.1-6. Existing motor vehicle repair businesses.The provisions of § 5-38.1-4(1), (2), and (3) do not apply to any person, partnership, corporation, or establishment presently in existence, but shall apply to all motor vehicle repair businesses established after July 7, 1989.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 313, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.1 - Pawtucket - Motor Vehicle Repair Businesses|Section 5-38.1-7 - Severability.

§ 5-38.1-7. Severability.If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this chapter or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstance is, for any reason, adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter or its application to other persons or circumstances.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 313, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.2 - Providence - Motor Vehicle Repair Businesses|Section 5-38.2-1 - Local licensing - Fees - Penalties.

§ 5-38.2-1. Local licensing — Fees — Penalties.The council of the city of Providence is authorized to provide, by ordinance, for the issuing and revocation in its discretion of licenses to all motor vehicle repair businesses within the city of Providence, subject to the listed conditions and restrictions contained in this chapter and for terms not exceeding one year; and also for charging and collecting fees for those licenses, provided that the prescribed fees do not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for any qualified licensee; and also to fix a penalty for doing motor vehicle repairs without a license or in violation of any ordinance or regulation made as authorized by this section, not exceeding for any one offense a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 53, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.2 - Providence - Motor Vehicle Repair Businesses|Section 5-38.2-2 - Hearings and objections by neighboring landowners.

§ 5-38.2-2. Hearings and objections by neighboring landowners.(a) The city council of the city of Providence, before granting a license under this chapter to operate a motor vehicle repair business, defined in § 5-38.2-3, in any location not lawfully occupied for that purpose at the time of the application for the license, shall hold a public hearing, notice of which shall be given by advertisement published once a week for at least two (2) weeks prior to the hearing in the manner provided by law. The advertisement shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city of Providence; provided, that before the local licensing authority publishes notice of a hearing, it shall collect from the applicant for the license a fee of ten dollars ($10.00), plus the cost of posting and publishing the notice. The notice shall state that remonstrants are entitled to be heard and shall name the date, time, and place of the hearing.(b) The local licensing authority, before granting a license under this ordinance, shall provide notice of the application, by mail, to all owners of property whose property in whole or in part falls within two hundred feet (200′) of the property line of the place of business seeking the application. The manner and method of notification of property owners shall be done in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the local licensing authority.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 53, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 354, § 10.
RI Gen L § 5-38.2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.2 - Providence - Motor Vehicle Repair Businesses|Section 5-38.2-3 - "Motor vehicle repair business" defined.

§ 5-38.2-3. "Motor vehicle repair business" defined.As used in this chapter, "motor vehicle repair business" means any place, establishment, garage, outdoor work area, or work area enclosed within a building where repairs are made or caused to be made to motor vehicles, including engines, carburetors, brakes, transmissions, muffler systems, electrical systems, and general running gear of motor vehicles including auto body repairs; and including any used automobile dealership, but excluding any new automobile dealership.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 53, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.2 - Providence - Motor Vehicle Repair Businesses|Section 5-38.2-4 - Conditions to licensing of motor vehicle repair business.

§ 5-38.2-4. Conditions to licensing of motor vehicle repair business.No license shall be granted for a motor vehicle repair business under § 5-38.2-1 unless:(1) It is located within a lawfully authorized zoning district within the city of Providence;(2) It is to be operated and maintained entirely within a building; and(3) The licensed business is being operated, or will operate, in a lawful manner, and in conformity with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 53, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 396, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38.2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.2 - Providence - Motor Vehicle Repair Businesses|Section 5-38.2-5 - Enforcement of § 5-38.2-4.

§ 5-38.2-5. Enforcement of § 5-38.2-4.(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the penalties provided for in § 5-38.2-1 shall be imposed whenever anyone is found to be in violation of § 5-38.2-4.(b) It is the duty of the state police and the police of the city of Providence to enforce this section.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 53, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38.2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.2 - Providence - Motor Vehicle Repair Businesses|Section 5-38.2-6 - Criminal records of applicants.

§ 5-38.2-6. Criminal records of applicants.Before granting a license under this chapter, the local licensing authority shall consider the prior criminal record of the applicants and principals of applicant corporations.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 396, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-38.3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.3 - Motor Vehicle Repair Shop Act|Section 5-38.3-1 - Statement of purpose.

§ 5-38.3-1. Statement of purpose.The purposes of this chapter are to further highway safety by promoting the proper and efficient repair of malfunctioning or disabled motor vehicles and to protect consumers from dishonest, deceptive, and fraudulent practices in the repair of motor vehicles. The purpose of this chapter is to protect the motoring public from improper repairs made to its vehicles; to set standards for quality repairs to be made to motor vehicles for fair and reasonable fees; and to eliminate unqualified automotive repair shops from engaging in the business of automotive repair to malfunctioning or disabled vehicles.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 371, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38.3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.3 - Motor Vehicle Repair Shop Act|Section 5-38.3-4 - Powers and duties of the attorney general.

§ 5-38.3-4. Powers and duties of the attorney general.(a) Under this chapter, the department of attorney general's consumer protection unit has the power to make and conduct any investigations that it deems proper to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. The consumer protection unit will accept complaints against a repair shop up to ninety (90) days or three thousand (3,000) miles after completion of the repairs, whichever comes first. All complaints that are signed shall be reviewed or investigated except those that fall outside the jurisdiction of this chapter. The consumer protection unit may assist in settlement of disputes between the repair shop and the complainant.(b) The attorney general may establish, by rule or regulation, criteria upon which the necessity for investigation or complaints is determined. This criteria may include, but not be limited to, the alleged financial loss to the complainant; the indication of a recurring incidence of fraud or deceptive practices; or the essential nature of the service provided to the safe operation of the vehicle.(c) The attorney general may prescribe any rules and regulations that he or she deems necessary to effectuate the purpose of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 371, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38.3-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.3 - Motor Vehicle Repair Shop Act|Section 5-38.3-6 - Injunctive relief and civil penalties.

§ 5-38.3-6. Injunctive relief and civil penalties.(a) The superior court of this state has jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this chapter. In addition to granting prohibitory injunctive and other restraints for a period of time and upon terms and conditions necessary to deter and insure against the committing of future violations of this chapter, the court may grant injunctive relief reasonably necessary to dissipate the ill effects of the violation. The court may issue appropriate decrees upon consent and stipulation by the parties. The court may also issue restraining orders. Under no circumstances is the state required to post bond in any action under this section.(b) The attorney general may institute proceedings to prevent and restrain violations of this chapter as provided in subsection (a).(c) Any person may institute proceedings for injunctive relief, temporary or permanent, as provided in subsection (a), against threatened loss or damage to his or her property by a violation of this chapter. A preliminary injunction may be issued upon a showing that the danger of irreparable loss or damage is immediate and, within the court's discretion, the execution of property bond against damages for an injunction improvidently granted. If the court issues a permanent injunction, the plaintiff shall be awarded reasonable attorney's fees, filing fees, and reasonable costs of the suit. Reasonable costs for the suit may include, but shall not be limited to, the expenses of discovery and document production.(d) In addition to injunctive relief authorized pursuant to subsection (a), any person, firm, corporation, or other entity in violation of this chapter may be liable for a civil penalty in a suit by the attorney general of this state of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 371, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38.3-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.3 - Motor Vehicle Repair Shop Act|Section 5-38.3-7 - Severability.

§ 5-38.3-7. Severability.If any part or provision of this chapter or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, this judgment is confined in its operation to the part, provision, or application directly involved in the controversy in which this judgment had been rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this chapter or the application of this chapter to other persons or circumstances.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 371, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38.3-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.3 - Motor Vehicle Repair Shop Act|Section 5-38.3-8 - Notices required to be displayed.

§ 5-38.3-8. Notices required to be displayed.(a) Any person operating a motor vehicle repair shop and/or motor vehicle body and frame repair shop shall display in a conspicuous place in the shop a sign in boldfaced type in letters at least two (2) inches high reading substantially as follows:"PURSUANT TO RHODE ISLAND INSURANCE LAW, AN INSURANCE COMPANY MAY NOT REQUIRE THAT REPAIRS BE MADE TO A MOTOR VEHICLE BY A PARTICULAR PERSON OR REPAIR SHOP."(b) The failure to display a sign as required by this section shall be deemed to be an unfair sales practice pursuant to the provisions of chapter 13 of title 6, "Unfair Sales Practices," and a deceptive trade practice pursuant to the provisions of chapter 13.1 of title 6, "Deceptive Trade Practices."History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 278, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38.4-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.4 - Cranston - Motor Vehicle Repair Businesses|Section 5-38.4-1 - Local licensing - Fees - Penalties.

§ 5-38.4-1. Local licensing — Fees — Penalties.The city council of the city of Cranston is authorized to provide, by ordinance, for the issuing and revocation in its discretion of licenses to all motor vehicle repair businesses within the city of Cranston, subject to the listed conditions and restrictions provided in this chapter and for terms not exceeding one year and also for charging and collecting fees for those licenses; provided, that the prescribed fees do not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for any qualified licensee; and, also, to fix a penalty for doing motor vehicle repairs without a license or in violation of any ordinance or regulation made as authorized by this section, not exceeding for any one offense a fine of five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 375, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-38.4-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-38.4 - Cranston - Motor Vehicle Repair Businesses|Section 5-38.4-2 - Hearings and objections by neighboring landowners.

§ 5-38.4-2. Hearings and objections by neighboring landowners.(a) The city council of the city of Cranston, before granting a license under this chapter to operate a motor vehicle repair business, defined in § 5-38.4-3, in any location not lawfully occupied for that purpose at the time of the application for the license, shall hold a public hearing, notice of which shall be given by advertisement published once a week for at least two (2) weeks prior to the hearing in the manner provided by law. The advertisement shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city of Cranston; provided, that before the local licensing authority publishes notice of a hearing, it shall collect from the applicant for the license a fee of ten dollars ($10.00), plus the cost of posting and publishing the notice. The notice shall state that remonstrants are entitled to be heard and shall name the date, time, and place of the hearing.(b) The local licensing authority, before granting a license under this ordinance, shall provide notice of the application, by mail, to all owners of property whose property in whole or in part falls within two hundred feet (200′) of the property line of the place of business seeking the application. The manner and method of notification of property owners shall be done in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the local licensing authority.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 375, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 354, § 11.