Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 280 - Department of Revenue › Chapter 30 - Division of Motor Vehicles › Subchapter 10 - Registration › Part 3 - Rules of Practice and Procedure for Insurance Verification Program › Section 280-RICR-30-10-3.2 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The following words used in these Rules
				 and Regulations shall have the following meaning, except when the context
				 otherwise requires:
1. "Administrator" means
				 the Administrator of the Division of Motor Vehicles or his/her
				 designee.
2. "Account" means the
				 Uninsured Motorist Identification Restricted Account created in R.I. Gen. Laws
				 §
											31-47.4-2.
3. "Contested case" means an adjudicatory
				 proceeding before a hearing officer of the Division of Motor Vehicles wherein
				 the legal rights, duties or privileges of a party are determined.
4. "Database" means the Uninsured Motorist
				 Identification Database created in R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-7.4-2.
5. "Designated agent" means the third party
				 the Division of Motor Vehicles contracts with under R.I. Gen. Laws §
											31-47.4-2.
6. "Division" means the Division of Motor
				 Vehicles, a division that exists within the State of Rhode Island Department of
				 Revenue, pursuant to the requirements of R.I. Gen. Laws §
											42-142-1,
				 or any successor Department.
7.
				 "Hearing" means any contested case that is brought before the Administrator of
				 the Division of Motor Vehicles.
8.
				 "Hearing officer" means the person authorized by law or duly designated by the
				 Administrator to conduct hearings and to recommend decisions, or render final
				 determinations in contested cases.
9. "Insurer" means every property and
				 casualty insurance company that is licensed to issue motor vehicle insurance
				 policies or is authorized to do business in Rhode Island.
10. "Owner" means a person who holds the
				 legal title of a motor vehicle. If a motor vehicle is the subject of an
				 agreement for conditional sale or lease with the right of purchase upon
				 performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate
				 right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, the vendee or
				 lessee is the owner. If a mortgagor of a motor vehicle is entitled to
				 possession, the mortgagor is the owner.
11. "Personal information" as defined in 18
				 U.S.C. § 2753(3) and R.I. Gen. Laws §
											27-49-3.1 meaning "information that identifies an individual, including an individual's
				 photograph, social security number, driver identification number, name, address
				 (but not the 5-digit zip code), telephone number, and medical or disability
				 information, but does not include information on vehicular accidents, driving
				 violations, and driver's status."
12. "Program" means the Uninsured Motorist
				 Identification Database Program created in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											31-47.4-2.
13. "Proof of insurance" means proof of
				 financial security to respond in damages for liability arising out of the
				 ownership of a motor vehicle as evidenced by an owner's policy of liability
				 insurance, a financial security bond, a financial security deposit, or
				 qualification as a self-insurer under this title. Proof of financial security
				 may be produced in either paper or electronic format. Acceptable electronic
				 formats include display of documentation on any mobile electronic device. Said
				 proof to be equivalent to the Rhode Island required minimum limits for each
				 motor vehicle as set in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											31-47-2(13)(i)(A).
14. "Registration" means registration
				 certificates and registration plates issued under the laws of this state
				 pertaining to the registration of motor vehicles.
15. "Revocation proceedings" means the
				 process by which the DMV notifies a vehicle owner of an impending revocation of
				 registration. The process is initiated by a notice mailed to the owner. The
				 notice includes the date the revocation goes into effect, explains the owner's
				 right to a hearing, how to request a hearing, and explains that no revocation
				 goes into effect if the owner timely requests a hearing. The actual date of
				 revocation will be no less than (10) ten days from the date the notice is
				 mailed.
16. "VIN" means vehicle
				 identification number.