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RI Gen L § 31-38-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-38 - Inspection of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-38-9 - False certificates.

§ 31-38-9. False certificates.(a) No person shall make, issue, or knowingly use any imitation or counterfeit of an official certificate of inspection.(b) No person shall display or cause or permit to be displayed, upon any vehicle any certificate of inspection and approval knowing the certificate to be fictitious or issued for another vehicle or issued without an inspection having been made.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 14, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-38-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-38 - Inspection of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-38-10 - Grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of permit.

§ 31-38-10. Grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of permit.The director may deny an application for a permit or suspend or revoke a permit after it has been granted for any of the following reasons:(1) On proof of unfitness of the applicant to do business as a motor vehicle inspection station;(2) For any misstatement by the applicant in the application for the permit;(3) For any failure to comply with the provisions of this section or with any rule or regulation promulgated by the director of the department of revenue;(4) For defrauding any customer;(5) For dismantling any vehicle for repair without the authorization of the owner;(6) For refusal to surrender any vehicle to its owner upon tender of payment of the proper charges for towing and/or work done on the vehicle;(7) For having indulged in any unconscionable practice relating to the business as a motor vehicle inspection station;(8) For willful failure to perform work as contracted for;(9) For failure to comply with the safety standards of the industry;(10) For failure to properly equip and/or conduct the inspection station;(11) For failure to pay the required fees as provided in this chapter;(12) For providing an inspection sticker to a motor vehicle which is equipped with a sunscreening device which does not comply with the provisions of chapter 23.3 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 14, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 250, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 408, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 26; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 26.
RI Gen L § 31-38-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-38 - Inspection of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-38-11 - Penalty for violation.

§ 31-38-11. Penalty for violation.Any person violating any of the provisions of §§ 31-38-1 — 31-38-10 of this chapter, or of the rules and regulations established by the director of the department of revenue as provided in this chapter, shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment of not more than thirty (30) days or by both a fine and imprisonment. The director of the department of revenue shall revoke the permit of any inspection station who shall be convicted more than once for violations.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 14, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 26; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 26.
RI Gen L § 31-38-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-38 - Inspection of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-38-12 - Fee for inspection certificates.

§ 31-38-12. Fee for inspection certificates.(a) The director of the department of revenue, or his or her designee, shall collect a fee of four dollars ($4.00) for each certificate of inspection issued, and the monies received shall be turned over to the general treasurer to be deposited in the general funds of the state.(b) Unused inspection stickers purchased by inspection stations shall be re-purchased by the state if returned in good condition to the director of the department of revenue or his or her designee within three (3) months of the inspection year for which the sticker was issued.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 14, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 97, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 13, § 5; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 26; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 26.
RI Gen L § 31-38-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-38 - Inspection of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-38-13 - Fleet operators.

§ 31-38-13. Fleet operators.Every person who shall provide maintenance facilities for the servicing of vehicles used in his or her business, except licensed motor vehicle dealers, which facilities shall be approved by the director of the department of revenue, and shall maintain any records and follow any procedures that shall be established by the director, shall be qualified as an official inspection station for the vehicles. The person shall not issue inspection certificates for any vehicle not used in the operation of the business.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 14, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 26; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 26.
RI Gen L § 31-38-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-38 - Inspection of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-38-14 - Vehicles exempt from inspections.

§ 31-38-14. Vehicles exempt from inspections.(a) The following vehicles shall be exempt from inspections:(1) All trailers or semi-trailers having a gross weight of one thousand pounds (1,000 lbs.) or less;(2) Any special mobile equipment which is not required to be registered; and(3) Vehicles that are limited in their scope of operation as determined by the director of the department of revenue.(b) The exemption in this section does not relieve the owner of the vehicle from the obligation of having a safe vehicle on the public highways.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 14, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 26; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 26.
RI Gen L § 31-38-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-38 - Inspection of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-38-15 - [Repealed.]

§ 31-38-15. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 14, § 2; P.L. 1981, ch. 349, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 68; P.L. 2006, ch. 14, § 5; P.L. 2006, ch. 16, § 5; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 26; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 26; Repealed by P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 4, § 8, effective July 5, 2019.
RI Gen L § 31-38-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-38 - Inspection of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-38-16 - [Repealed.]

§ 31-38-16. [Repealed.]History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 14, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 4, § 8, effective July 5, 2019.
RI Gen L § 31-38-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-38 - Inspection of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-38-17 - Procedure for a review of an order of the director of revenue.

§ 31-38-17. Procedure for a review of an order of the director of revenue.(a) Any person aggrieved by an order of the director of revenue pertaining to either a suspension, revocation, or denial of an application for a permit may appeal from the order of the director by filing a notice of request for review of the director's order with the sixth division of the district court pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 42-35-15.(b) The filing of a petition to review shall not operate as a stay of the order of the director of revenue and the order shall remain in full force and effect during the pendency of the review.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 14, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 453, § 12; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 5, § 14; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 26; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 26.
RI Gen L § 31-38-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-38 - Inspection of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-38-18 - Conduct of hearings.

§ 31-38-18. Conduct of hearings.The director of the department of revenue shall hold and conduct hearings in accordance with § 31-38-17. These hearings shall be governed by rules to be adopted by the director of the department of revenue, and the director of the department of revenue shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence. The director of the department of revenue may subpoena witnesses and require the producing of documental evidence in order to make decisions affecting the interest of the motor vehicle inspection owner and/or operator.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 14, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 4, § 7.
RI Gen L § 31-38-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-38 - Inspection of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-38-19 - Severability.

§ 31-38-19. Severability.The provisions of this chapter will be severable and if any of the provisions shall be held to be invalid the decision of the court respecting the provision or provisions shall not affect the validity of any other provision which can be given effect without the invalid provision.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 14, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-38-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-38 - Inspection of Motor Vehicles|Section 31-38-20 - Appropriations and disbursements.

§ 31-38-20. Appropriations and disbursements.The general assembly shall annually appropriate, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, any sums that it may deem necessary for the purpose of this chapter. The state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the sum, or so much of it that may be required from time to time, upon receipt by him or her of properly authenticated vouchers approved by the director of the department of revenue.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 14, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 26; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 26.
RI Gen L § 31-39-1 - 31-39-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-39 - Auto Wrecking and Salvage Yards|Section 31-39-1 - 31-39-22 - Repealed.

§ 31-39-1 — 31-39-22. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 213, § 3; P.L. 1972, ch. 203, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 349, §§ 3, 5; Repealed by P.L. 1980, ch. 225, § 3. For present comparable provisions, see § 42-14.2-1 et seq.
RI Gen L § 31-40-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-40 - Habitual Offenders|Section 31-40-1 - Declaration of policy.

§ 31-40-1. Declaration of policy.It is declared to be the policy of Rhode Island:(1) To provide maximum safety for all persons who travel or otherwise use the public highways of the state;(2) To deny the privilege of operating motor vehicles on the highways to persons who, by their conduct and record have demonstrated their indifference for the safety and welfare of others and their disrespect for the laws of the state of Rhode Island, the orders of its courts, and the statutorily required acts of its administrative agencies; and(3) To discourage the repetition of criminal acts by individuals against the peace and dignity of the state of Rhode Island and its political subdivisions, and to impose increased and added deprivation of the privilege to operate motor vehicles upon habitual offenders who have been convicted repeatedly of violations of traffic laws.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 77, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-40-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-40 - Habitual Offenders|Section 31-40-3 - Transcript or abstract of conviction record.

§ 31-40-3. Transcript or abstract of conviction record.The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall certify three (3) transcripts or abstracts of the conviction record as maintained in the office of the division of motor vehicles of any person whose record brings him or her within the definition of an habitual offender, as defined in § 31-40-2, to the attorney general. The transcript or abstract shall be prima facie evidence that the person named in it was duly convicted or found delinquent or wayward in the case of a juvenile, by the court wherein the conviction or finding was made, of each offense shown by the transcript or abstract. If the person shall deny any of the facts as stated in it, he or she shall have the burden of proving that the fact is untrue.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 77, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-40-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-40 - Habitual Offenders|Section 31-40-4 - Complaint to be filed by attorney general.

§ 31-40-4. Complaint to be filed by attorney general.The attorney general upon receiving the habitual offender transcripts or abstracts from the administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall immediately file a complaint against the person named in it in the district court having jurisdiction of criminal offenses in the city or town in which the person resides. In the event the person is a nonresident of this state, the attorney general shall file a complaint against the accused person in the district court of the sixth judicial district.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 77, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-40-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-40 - Habitual Offenders|Section 31-40-5 - Show cause order - Service - Procedure where conviction denied.

§ 31-40-5. Show cause order — Service — Procedure where conviction denied.(a) The court in which the complaint is filed shall enter an order, which incorporates the habitual offender transcript or abstract and is directed to the person named in it, to show cause why he or she should not be barred from operating a motor vehicle on the highways of this state. A copy of the show cause order and the transcript or abstract shall be served on the person named in it in the manner prescribed by law for the service of a complaint. Service on any nonresident of this state may be made on the administrator of the division of motor vehicles in the same manner as in any action or proceeding arising out of a collision on the highways of this state.(b) If the person denies having been convicted, or in the case of a juvenile denies that he or she was found delinquent or wayward, of any offense necessary for a holding that he or she is an habitual offender, and if the court cannot, on the evidence available to it, make the determination, the court may certify the decision of the issue to the court in which the conviction or finding of delinquency or waywardness was made. The court to which the certification is made shall immediately conduct a hearing to determine the issue and send a certified copy of its final order determining the issue to the court in which the complaint was filed.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 77, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-40-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-40 - Habitual Offenders|Section 31-40-6 - Order of court.

§ 31-40-6. Order of court.If the court finds that the person is not the same person named in the habitual offender transcript or abstract, or that the person is not an habitual offender under this chapter, the proceeding shall be dismissed. But if the court finds that the person is the person named in the habitual offender transcript or abstract and that the person is an habitual offender, the court shall find and by appropriate order direct the person not to operate a motor vehicle on the highways of the state of Rhode Island, and to surrender to the court all licenses or permits to operate a motor vehicle on the highways of this state. The clerk of the court shall file with the division of motor vehicles a copy of the order which shall become a part of the permanent records of the division of motor vehicles.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 77, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-40-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-40 - Habitual Offenders|Section 31-40-7 - Period during which habitual offender not to be licensed.

§ 31-40-7. Period during which habitual offender not to be licensed.No license to operate motor vehicles in Rhode Island shall be reissued to an habitual offender, subsequent to an order of the court as provided in § 31-40-6:(1) For a period of not less than one year nor more than five (5) years from the date of the order of the court finding the person to be an habitual offender; and(2) Until the privilege of the person to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been restored by an order of the court of record entered in a proceeding as provided in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 77, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 173, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-40-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-40 - Habitual Offenders|Section 31-40-8 - Operation of motor vehicle by habitual offender prohibited - Penalty - Enforcement of section.

§ 31-40-8. Operation of motor vehicle by habitual offender prohibited — Penalty — Enforcement of section.(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle in this state while the order of the court prohibiting the operation is in effect. The operation may be punished by imprisonment of not more than five (5) years. No portion of the sentence shall be suspended or deferred, except that in cases where the operation is necessitated in situations of apparent extreme emergency which require the operation to save life or limb, the sentence, or any part of it may be suspended or deferred.(b) For the purpose of enforcing this section, in any case in which the accused is charged with driving a motor vehicle while his or her license, permit, or privilege to drive is suspended or revoked, or who is charged with driving without a license, the court before hearing the charge shall determine whether the person has been held an habitual offender and by reason of the holding, is barred from operating a motor vehicle on the highways of this state.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 77, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 219, § 2.
RI Gen L § 31-40-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-40 - Habitual Offenders|Section 31-40-9 - Restoration of privilege of operating motor vehicle.

§ 31-40-9. Restoration of privilege of operating motor vehicle.At the expiration of the time of suspension set by the court under § 31-40-7 after the date of any final order of a court entered under the provisions of this chapter, finding a person to be an habitual offender and directing him or her not to operate a motor vehicle in this state, the person may petition that court, or any district court having criminal jurisdiction in the political subdivision in which the person then resides, for restoration of his or her privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state. Upon the petition, and for good cause shown, the court may, in its discretion, restore to the person the privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state upon any terms and conditions that the court may prescribe, subject to other provisions of law relating to the issuance of operators' or chauffeurs' licenses.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 77, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 224, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-40-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-40 - Habitual Offenders|Section 31-40-10 - Appeals.

§ 31-40-10. Appeals.An appeal may be had from any final action or order of a court entered under the provisions of this chapter in the same manner and form as such an appeal would be claimed and adjudicated in any criminal case.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 77, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-40-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-40 - Habitual Offenders|Section 31-40-11 - Construction of chapter.

§ 31-40-11. Construction of chapter.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as amending, modifying, or repealing any existing law of Rhode Island or any existing ordinance of any city or town relating to the operation of motor vehicles, the licensing of persons to operate motor vehicles, or providing penalties for the violation of provisions regarding them, or shall be construed to preclude the exercise of the regulatory powers of any division, agency, department, or political subdivision of the state having the statutory power to regulate this operation and licensing.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 77, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-40-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-40 - Habitual Offenders|Section 31-40-12 - Authority of administrator of the division of motor vehicles.

§ 31-40-12. Authority of administrator of the division of motor vehicles.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting, modifying, or reducing the authority of the administrator of the division of motor vehicles in any way, and nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as affecting any of the provisions of chapter 11 of this title entitled "Suspension or revocation of licenses — Violations," or as affecting the provisions of § 31-27-2.1.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 77, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-40-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-40 - Habitual Offenders|Section 31-40-13 - Short title.

§ 31-40-13. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Rhode Island Habitual Offender Act".History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 77, § 1.
RI Gen L § 31-41-1 - 31-41-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-41 - Administrative Payment of Certain Traffic Offenses|Section 31-41-1 - 31-41-6 - Repealed.

§ 31-41-1 — 31-41-6. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 147, § 1; P.L. 1971, ch. 177, §§ 1, 3; P.L. 1975, ch. 78, § 1; P.L. 1975, ch. 177, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 77, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 217, § 3; P.L. 1978, ch. 383, § 2; P.L. 1978, ch. 385, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 386, § 2; P.L. 1979, ch. 189, §§ 2, 3; P.L. 1980, ch. 143, § 3; P.L. 1980, ch. 159, § 2; P.L. 1980, ch. 267, § 3; P.L. 1982, ch. 326, § 2; P.L. 1984, ch. 161, § 3; P.L. 1984, ch. 228, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 254, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 150, § 40; P.L. 1986, ch. 336, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 344, § 3; P.L. 1986, ch. 403, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 541, § 2; P.L. 1987, ch. 228, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 375, § 3; P.L. 1988, ch. 88, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 569, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 72, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 486, § 2; P.L 1989, ch. 542, § 86; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 57, § 3; P.L. 1990, ch. 322, § 4; P.L. 1991, ch. 303, § 3; P.L. 1992, ch. 364, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 488, § 2; P.L. 1994, ch. 134, § 20; P.L. 1996, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 36, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 2, § 1, effective July 1, 1999, except for § 31-41-4, which was repealed effective October 1, 1999.
RI Gen L § 31-41.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 31-41.1 - Adjudication of Traffic Offenses|Section 31-41.1-1 - Form of summons.

§ 31-41.1-1. Form of summons.(a) The summons and complaint to be issued to an offending operator shall contain any information, and be in any form that may be required by the rules of procedure promulgated by the chief magistrate of the traffic tribunal. Every summons shall provide notice of:(1) The charge or charges against the operator; and(2) A date to appear in the traffic tribunal and answer the charges against him or her.(b) The form for the summons and complaint authorized by this section shall be used for all violations specified in §§ 8-8.2-2, 8-18-3 and 8-18-9. The summons may be the same as the summons provided for in § 31-27-12. The chief executive officer of each local police force which is required to use the summons and complaint provided for in this chapter shall prepare or cause to be prepared any records and reports that may be prescribed by the rules of the traffic tribunal.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 1, § 12; P.L. 2010, ch. 239, § 30.