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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES - MISSING TITLES FOR OLDER VEHICLES | |
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Introduced By: Senators Quezada, Cano, Nesselbush, Picard, and Metts | |
Date Introduced: January 31, 2019 | |
Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 31-3.1-38 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3.1 entitled |
2 | "Certificates of Title and Security Interests" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 31-3.1-38. Effective dates -- Applicability. |
4 | This chapter shall apply to all model vehicles designated as 2001 models and all |
5 | subsequent model year vehicles. All vehicles designated as model years prior to 2001 shall be |
6 | excluded from these provisions, provided that no title certificate shall be required once a vehicle |
7 | is twenty (20) years old. Provided, however, that for all vehicles that are older than ten (10) years, |
8 | but less than twenty (20) years old, and whose title certificate cannot be located, the owner may |
9 | apply for a registration certificate pursuant to ยง 31-6-1(a)(13) which should state that the vehicle |
10 | is at least ten (10) years old and identify the current registered owner of that vehicle for a fee of |
11 | fifty dollars ($50.00). |
12 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES - MISSING TITLES FOR OLDER VEHICLES | |
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1 | This act would allow the owner of a vehicle that cannot locate a certificate of title for |
2 | their vehicle, which is over ten (10) years, but less than twenty (20) years old to apply for a |
3 | registration certificate which would state that the vehicle is at least ten (10) years old and identify |
4 | the current registered owner(s) of that vehicle for a fifty dollar ($50.00) fee. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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