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RI Gen L § 5-20.9-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.9 - Real Estate Appraisal Management Company Registration Act|Section 5-20.9-11 - Controlling person and review appraiser employees.

§ 5-20.9-11. Controlling person and review appraiser employees.(a) Each appraisal management company applying to the department for a registration in this state shall designate one controlling person who will be the principal contact for all communication between the department and the appraisal management company.(b) Any employee of the appraisal management company who has the responsibility to review the work of independent fee appraisers must have a current USPAP certification.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 14, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 26, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-20.9-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.9 - Real Estate Appraisal Management Company Registration Act|Section 5-20.9-12 - Verification of appraiser licensure or certification.

§ 5-20.9-12. Verification of appraiser licensure or certification.An appraisal management company registered in this state pursuant to this chapter may not enter into contracts or agreements with an independent fee appraiser for the performance of residential real estate appraisal services unless that person is licensed or certified and in good standing pursuant to chapter 20.7 of this title.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 14, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 26, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-20.9-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.9 - Real Estate Appraisal Management Company Registration Act|Section 5-20.9-14 - Prohibited practices.

§ 5-20.9-14. Prohibited practices.An appraisal management company registered in this state shall not:(a) Require an independent fee appraiser to collect the appraisal fee from a borrower, homeowner, or other person;(b) Require an independent fee appraiser to provide the company with the appraiser's digital signature;(c) Alter, amend, or change an appraisal report submitted by an independent fee appraiser in any fashion, including removing the appraiser's signature or adding information to or removing information from the report;(d) Transmit an appraisal to the appraisal management company's client if the appraisal has been altered in any fashion after it was transmitted to the appraisal management company; or(e) Require an independent fee appraiser to sign any indemnification agreement that would require the independent fee appraiser to defend and hold harmless the appraisal management company or any of its agents, employees, or independent contractors for any liability, damage, losses, or claims arising out of the services performed by the appraisal management company.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 14, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 26, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-20.9-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.9 - Real Estate Appraisal Management Company Registration Act|Section 5-20.9-15 - Adjudication of disputes between an appraisal management company and an appraiser.

§ 5-20.9-15. Adjudication of disputes between an appraisal management company and an appraiser.(a) Except within the first thirty (30) days after an independent appraiser is added to the appraiser panel of an appraisal management company, an appraisal management company may not remove an appraiser from its appraiser panel, or otherwise refuse to assign requests for real estate appraisal services to an independent appraiser without:(1) Notifying the appraiser in writing of the reasons why the appraiser is being removed from the appraiser panel of the appraisal management company, including the alleged statutory or USPAP violation, if any; and(2) Providing an opportunity for the appraiser to respond to the notification of the appraisal management company.(b) An appraiser that is removed from the appraiser panel of an appraisal management company for alleged illegal conduct, violation of the USPAP, or violation of state licensing statutes, may file a complaint with the department for a review of the decision of the appraisal management company. The review of the department in any such case is limited to determining whether the appraisal management company has complied with subsection (a) of this section and whether the appraiser has committed a violation of state law, state licensing standards, or a violation of the USPAP.(c) If, after opportunity for hearing and review, the department determines that an appraisal management company acted improperly in removing an appraiser from the appraiser panel, or that an appraiser did not commit a violation of law, a violation of the USPAP, or a violation of state licensing standards, the department may order that an appraiser be restored to the appraiser panel of the appraisal management company that was the subject of the complaint, or impose any other administrative penalties set forth in regulations.(d) Hearings will be conducted in accordance with § 5-20.9-17, chapter 35 of title 42, and the department's rules of procedure for administrative hearings.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 14, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 26, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-20.9-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.9 - Real Estate Appraisal Management Company Registration Act|Section 5-20.9-16 - Investigations.

§ 5-20.9-16. Investigations.(a) If the department has reasonable grounds to believe that an appraisal management company has violated the provisions of this chapter or that facts exist that would be the basis for an order against an appraisal management company, the department may at any time investigate or examine the books, accounts, records, and files of any registrant or other person relating to the complaint or matter under investigation. The department may require any registrant or other person to submit a criminal history record check in connection with any examination or investigation. Refusal to submit the requested criminal history record check shall be grounds for disciplinary action. The reasonable cost of this investigation or examination shall be charged against the registrant.(b) The department shall have the power to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of persons and the production of papers and records before the department in any hearing, investigation, inquiry, or other proceeding conducted by it. Upon the production of any papers, records, or documents, the department shall have the power to authorize true copies thereof to be substituted in the permanent record of the matter in which the books, records, or documents shall have been introduced in evidence.(c) The department may from time to time conduct routine examinations of the books and records of an appraisal management company registered with the department in order to determine the compliance with this chapter and any rules promulgated thereunder.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 14, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 26, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-20.9-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.9 - Real Estate Appraisal Management Company Registration Act|Section 5-20.9-17 - Order to cease and desist.

§ 5-20.9-17. Order to cease and desist.(a) If the director has reason to believe that any person, firm, corporation, or association is conducting any activities requiring registration under this chapter without obtaining registration or, after the denial, suspension, or revocation of a registration conducts any activities requiring registration under this chapter, the department may issue an order to that person, firm, corporation, or association commanding them to appear before the department at a hearing to be held no sooner than ten (10) days nor later than twenty (20) days after issuance of that order to show cause why the department should not issue an order to that person to cease and desist from any violations of this chapter.(b) The order to show cause may be served on any person, firm, corporation, or association named in the order in the same manner that summons in a civil action may be served, or by mailing a copy of the order to that person at any address at which he or she has done business or at which he or she lives. If, upon that hearing, the department is satisfied that the person is in fact violating any provision of this chapter, the department may order that person, in writing, to cease and desist from that violation.(c) All hearings shall be governed in accordance with chapter 35 of title 42, the "administrative procedures act." If that person fails to comply with an order of the department after being afforded a hearing, the superior court has jurisdiction upon complaint of the department to restrain and enjoin that person from violating this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 14, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 26, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-20.9-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.9 - Real Estate Appraisal Management Company Registration Act|Section 5-20.9-18 - Hearing before revocation or suspension or refusal of registration.

§ 5-20.9-18. Hearing before revocation or suspension or refusal of registration.(a) Before refusing to issue a registration or suspending or revoking a registration, the director shall notify the applicant or registrant of his or her intended action and the grounds for the action. The applicant or registrant may, within twenty (20) days, file with the director a request for a hearing setting out an answer to the grounds specified in the notification. The director shall consider the answer and set a date for the hearing, notifying the applicant or registrant of that date at least twenty (20) days prior to the hearing date.(b) Before refusing to issue a registration or suspending or revoking a registration upon the verified written complaint of any person setting out a cause of action under this chapter, the director shall, in writing, notify the accused applicant or registrant of its receipt of the complaint, enclosing a copy of the complaint. The accused applicant or registrant shall, within twenty (20) days, file with the department its answer to the complaint or complaints.(c) The department shall transmit a copy of the answer to the complainant or complainants and set a time and place for a hearing, which shall be at least twenty (20) days prior to the hearing date.(d) All notices and answers required or authorized to be made or filed under this section shall be satisfied by personal service on the controlling person of the registrant, or the registrant's agent for service of process in this state, or by sending the notice to the controlling person of the registrant or to the applicant to the last-known address on file with the department. If served personally, the time runs from the date of service; if served by mail, from the postmarked date of the letter enclosing the document.(e) The director shall render a decision on any application or complaint after the final hearing in the matter and shall immediately notify the parties to the proceedings, in writing, of its rulings, orders, or decisions. If the matter contained in the complaint has been filed or made a part of a case pending in any court in this state, the director may then withhold its decision until the court action has been concluded.(f) Hearings shall be held in accordance with rules promulgated by the department in conformity with the provisions of the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42 ("APA"). Any party aggrieved by a final administrative decision of the director may appeal the decision in accordance with the provisions of the APA.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 14, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 26, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-20.9-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-20.9 - Real Estate Appraisal Management Company Registration Act|Section 5-20.9-19 - Rulemaking authority.

§ 5-20.9-19. Rulemaking authority.The department shall create and adopt rules that promote and effectuate the purposes of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 14, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 26, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-21-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-21 - Second-Hand Dealers|Section 5-21-1 - Local licensing - Fees - Penalty - Record of transaction.

§ 5-21-1. Local licensing — Fees — Penalty — Record of transaction.(a) The city or town council of any city or town is authorized to provide by ordinance for the issuing and revocation at pleasure of licenses to all persons selling, purchasing, bartering, and dealing in junk, old metals, and any other second-hand articles, and to all persons establishing, operating, or maintaining automobile junkyards, subject to any conditions and restrictions and for a term not exceeding one year that may be in the like manner prescribed; and also for charging and collecting fees for those licenses. The fees in the like manner prescribed shall not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for the keeper of a shop or storehouse for the reception of any junk, old metals, or second-hand articles that is not an automobile junkyard; the sum of five dollars ($5.00) for any foundryperson or other person receiving the same for the purpose of melting or converting the junk, old metals, or second-hand articles into castings; the sum of five dollars ($5.00) for any gatherer of these items in any bag, wagon, or cart; or the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for any person establishing, operating, or maintaining an automobile junkyard; and also to fix a penalty for carrying on that business without a license, or in violation of any ordinance or regulation made as authorized in this chapter, not exceeding for any one offense a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months.(b) The ordinance shall provide that each person purchasing or receiving old or used metals other than junked automobiles or automobile parts shall maintain a record of each purchase or receipt. The record shall include the date of the transaction, the name, address, telephone number, and signature of the person from whom the old or used metals are purchased or received; a description of the old or used metals; and the price paid for the old or used metals. The records so kept shall be produced at the request of law enforcement officials.History of Section.P.L. 1902, ch. 1058, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 197, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 224, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 398, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-21-1; P.L. 1965, ch. 138, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 521, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 216, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-21-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-21 - Second-Hand Dealers|Section 5-21-2 - Hearing and objections by neighboring landowners.

§ 5-21-2. Hearing and objections by neighboring landowners.(a) The local licensing authority of a city or town, before granting a license under this chapter to keep a shop or storehouse for the reception of any junk, old metals, or other second-hand articles or to establish, operate, or maintain an automobile junkyard, in any location not lawfully occupied for that purpose at the time of the application for that license, shall hold a public hearing, notice of which shall be posted at least seven (7) days but not more than fourteen (14) days prior to the hearing in not less than two (2) public places in that city or town and in a newspaper of general circulation in that city or town where the shop, storehouse, or junkyard is to be established, operated, or maintained. Before the local licensing authority posts or publishes a notice of a hearing, the local licensing authority shall collect from the applicant for the license a fee of ten dollars ($10.00), plus the cost of posting and publishing the notice.(b) No license shall be granted under this chapter to the keeper of any shop or storehouse for the reception of any junk, old metals, or other second-hand articles or to a person establishing, operating, or maintaining an automobile junkyard, in any location not lawfully occupied for that purpose at the time of the application for the license, where the owners or occupants of the greater part of the land within two hundred feet (200′) of that building or place file with the board, city or town council, respectively, having jurisdiction to grant licenses, their objection to the granting of the license. This subsection does not apply to any applicant who is the keeper of a shop or storehouse, or automobile junkyard, that is being acquired under eminent domain proceedings, who is applying for licensing within § 5-21-1 within the same city or town in which he or she was formerly licensed.History of Section.P.L. 1902, ch. 1058, § 2; P.L. 1903, ch. 1097, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 197, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 224, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 398, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 5-21-2; P.L. 1963, ch. 208, § 1; P.L. 1965, ch. 138, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-21-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-21 - Second-Hand Dealers|Section 5-21-3 - "Automobile junkyard" defined.

§ 5-21-3. "Automobile junkyard" defined.As used in this chapter, "automobile junkyard" means a place where one or more unserviceable, discarded, worn-out, or junked automobiles, or bodies, engines, tires, parts, or accessories of junked automobiles are gathered together.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 138, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-21-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-21 - Second-Hand Dealers|Section 5-21-4 - Conditions to licensing of automobile junkyard.

§ 5-21-4. Conditions to licensing of automobile junkyard.No license shall be granted for an automobile junkyard under § 5-21-1 unless:(1) It is to be operated and maintained entirely within a building;(2) It is to be operated and maintained exclusively for the purpose of salvaging the value as scrap of the material collected, as opposed to reselling parts to be used for the purpose for which they were originally manufactured, and is to be located in a built-up industrial area, or contiguous to a railroad siding, or on or contiguous to docking facilities; or(3) It is:(i) More than one thousand feet (1,000′) from the nearest edge of any highway on the interstate or primary system;(ii) More than six hundred feet (600′) from any other state highway;(iii) More than three hundred feet (300′) from any park, bathing beach, playground, school, church, or cemetery and is not within ordinary view from those places; and(iv) Screened from view either by natural objects or well-constructed and properly maintained fences at least six feet (6′) high acceptable to that city or town and in accordance with regulations as promulgated by the director of public works and as specified on the license.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 138, § 1; P.L. 1966, ch. 118, § 2.
RI Gen L § 5-21-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-21 - Second-Hand Dealers|Section 5-21-5 - Misdemeanor to operate automobile junkyard in violation of § 5-21-4 - Enforcement.

§ 5-21-5. Misdemeanor to operate automobile junkyard in violation of § 5-21-4 — Enforcement.(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter except § 5-21-6, it is a misdemeanor to operate or maintain an automobile junkyard unless:(1) It is to be operated and maintained entirely within a building;(2) It is to be operated and maintained exclusively for the purpose of salvaging the value as scrap of the material collected, as opposed to reselling parts to be used for the purpose for which they were originally manufactured, and is to be located in a built-up commercial or industrial area, or contiguous to a railroad siding, or on or contiguous to docking facilities; or(3) It is:(i) More than one thousand feet (1,000′) from the nearest edge of any highway on the interstate or primary system;(ii) More than six hundred feet (600′) from any other state highway;(iii) More than three hundred feet (300′) from any park, bathing beach, playground, school, church, or cemetery and is not within ordinary view from those places; and(iv) Is screened from view either by natural objects or well-constructed and properly maintained fences at least six feet (6′) high.(b) It is the duty of the state police and the police of the cities and towns to enforce this section, and any person violating this section shall, upon conviction for the first offense, be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment for not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days, or by both the fine and imprisonment, and shall for a second or subsequent conviction be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, or by both the fine and imprisonment.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 138, § 1; P.L. 1966, ch. 118, § 3.
RI Gen L § 5-21-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-21 - Second-Hand Dealers|Section 5-21-6 - Existing licensed automobile junkyards.

§ 5-21-6. Existing licensed automobile junkyards.The provisions of §§ 5-21-4(1), (2), (3)(ii), and (3)(iii) and 5-21-5(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3)(ii), and (a)(3)(iii) do not apply to any automobile junkyard in existence and having a valid license issued pursuant to § 5-21-1 on May 6, 1966.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 138, § 1; P.L. 1966, ch. 118, § 4.
RI Gen L § 5-21-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-21 - Second-Hand Dealers|Section 5-21-7 - Severability.

§ 5-21-7. Severability.If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this chapter or their application to any person or circumstance is, for any reason, adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment does not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter or its application to other persons or circumstances.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 138, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-21-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-21 - Second-Hand Dealers|Section 5-21-8 - Warranty to accompany sales of electrical appliances.

§ 5-21-8. Warranty to accompany sales of electrical appliances.Any dealer licensed under this chapter to sell second-hand electrical appliances is required to provide the purchaser of the electrical appliance with a three-day warranty of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose as defined by title 6A. The dealer is not allowed to exclude that warranty by expressions like "as is," "with all faults," or other language that, in common understanding, calls the buyer's attention to the exclusion of warranties.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 417, § 1.
RI Gen L § 5-22-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 5 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 5-22 - Shows and Exhibitions|Section 5-22-1 - City and town regulatory powers.

§ 5-22-1. City and town regulatory powers.The city and town councils may license, regulate, and in those certain cases specifically set forth in § 5-22-5, prohibit and suppress theatrical performances, rope, and wire dancing and all other shows and performances in their respective towns or cities, conforming to law.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 40, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 50, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 51, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 333, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 5-22-1; P.L. 1966, ch. 260, § 1.