Title 31
Motor and Other Vehicles

Chapter 10
Operators’ and Chauffeurs’ Licenses

R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-10-31

§ 31-10-31. Fees.

The following fees shall be paid to the division of motor vehicles:

(1) For every operator’s first license to operate a motor vehicle, twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

(2) For every chauffeur’s first license, twenty-five dollars ($25.00); provided, that when a Rhode Island licensed operator transfers to a chauffeur’s license, the fee for the transfer shall be two dollars ($2.00);

(3) For every learner’s permit to operate a motorcycle, twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

(4) For every operator’s first license to operate a motorcycle, twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

(5) For every renewal of an operator’s or chauffeur’s license, thirty dollars ($30.00); with the exception of any person seventy-five (75) years of age or older for whom the renewal fee will be eight dollars ($8.00);

(6) For every duplicate operator’s or chauffeur’s license and every routine information update, i.e., name change or address change, twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

(7) For every certified copy of any license, permit, or application issued under this chapter, ten dollars ($10.00);

(8) For every duplicate instruction permit, ten dollars ($10.00);

(9) For every first license examination, five dollars ($5.00);

(10) For surrender of an out-of-state license, in addition to the above fees, five dollars ($5.00).

History of Section.
P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 18, § 1; P.L. 1952, ch. 2937, § 10; P.L. 1954, ch. 3337, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-10-31; P.L. 1960, ch. 63, § 2; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 439, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 10, art. 1, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 98, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 117, art. 24, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 159, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 195, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 23, art. 9, § 6; P.L. 2012, ch. 164, § 3; P.L. 2012, ch. 249, § 3; P.L. 2018, ch. 47, art. 8, § 2.