CHAPTER 31-3
Registration of Vehicles
Index Of Sections
§ 31-3-1 Operation of unregistered vehicle.
§ 31-3-2 Vehicles subject to registration.
§ 31-3-2.1 Out-of-state motorized bicycles.
§ 31-3-2.2 Registration of motorcycles, motorized bicycles, and motorized tricycles.
§ 31-3-3 Application for registration.
§ 31-3-3.1 Notice to division of motor vehicles of vehicle lease agreement.
§ 31-3-4 Proof of payment of sales or use tax.
§ 31-3-5 Grounds for refusal of registration.
§ 31-3-5.1 Repealed.
§ 31-3-6 List of vehicles on which taxes delinquent – Denial of registration.
§ 31-3-6.1 List of vehicles and licenses on which taxes delinquent – Denial of renewal of registration and licenses.
§ 31-3-6.2 List of vehicles and licenses on which court costs owed delinquent – Denial of renewal of registration and licenses.
§ 31-3-7 Registration – Indexing of records.
§ 31-3-8 Registration card – Contents.
§ 31-3-9 Registration card carried in vehicle.
§ 31-3-10 Issuance of registration plates.
§ 31-3-11 Contents of registration plate.
§ 31-3-11.1 Permanent registration and plates.
§ 31-3-12 Visibility of plates.
§ 31-3-13 Plates for rental or leased vehicles.
§ 31-3-14 Bailee and in transit plates.
§ 31-3-15 Special plates for state officers and mayors.
§ 31-3-16 General assembly plates.
§ 31-3-17 Volunteer fire company plates.
§ 31-3-17.1 Courtesy plates.
§ 31-3-17.2 Civil defense plates.
§ 31-3-17.3 Temporary plates.
§ 31-3-17.4 Firefighter plates.
§ 31-3-18 Display of plates – Penalties.
§ 31-3-19 Registration of race cars.
§ 31-3-20 Operation with manufacturer's or dealer's plates.
§ 31-3-20.1 Operation with auto body repair shop plates.
§ 31-3-21 Use of bailee, transporter, and in transit plates.
§ 31-3-22 Service vehicles owned by dealer.
§ 31-3-23 Application for dealer's plates.
§ 31-3-23.1 Limitation on number of plates.
§ 31-3-24 Dealer's certificate.
§ 31-3-25 Issuance of dealer's plates.
§ 31-3-25.1 Cost of dealer's plates.
§ 31-3-25.2 Issuance of motorcycle dealer's plates.
§ 31-3-25.3 Issuance of boat dealer's plates.
§ 31-3-26 Expiration of dealer's plates.
§ 31-3-27 Responsibility for use of dealer's plates.
§ 31-3-28 Rules and regulations as to plates.
§ 31-3-29 Licensing of tow cars and tow trucks.
§ 31-3-30 Accident chasing by tow trucks.
§ 31-3-31 Registration of farm vehicles.
§ 31-3-31.1 Registration of street rods and custom vehicles.
§ 31-3-31.2 Custom vehicles – Definition – Registration and fees.
§ 31-3-32 Expiration of registration.
§ 31-3-33 Renewal of registration.
§ 31-3-34 Notice of change of address.
§ 31-3-35 Notice of change of name.
§ 31-3-36 Replacement of lost or mutilated registration card or plates.
§ 31-3-37 Assignment of new identifying numbers.
§ 31-3-38 Change of engines.
§ 31-3-39 Amateur radio operator plates.
§ 31-3-40 Special use identification tags.
§ 31-3-41 Return of registration card and plates – Receipt.
§ 31-3-42 Camper plates.
§ 31-3-43 Sheriffs' department plates.
§ 31-3-44 Ambulance or rescue vehicles.
§ 31-3-45 Police motorcycle plates.
§ 31-3-45.1 Police registration plates.
§ 31-3-46 P.O.W. plates.
§ 31-3-47 Judiciary plates.
§ 31-3-48 Plates for recipients of Purple Heart.
§ 31-3-48.1 Plates for recipients of Distinguished Service Cross.
§ 31-3-49 Chief Judge Emeritus – Charles F. Trumpetto.
§ 31-3-50 Chief Judge Emeritus 8 – William R. Goldberg.
§ 31-3-51 Police Chief Emeritus – Matthew Lynch.
§ 31-3-52 Certificate of prior use.
§ 31-3-53 Veterans' plates.
§ 31-3-54 Police Chief Emeritus – John C. Beebe III.
§ 31-3-55 Repealed.
§ 31-3-56 Congressman Emeritus – Fernand J. St. Germain.
§ 31-3-57 Police Chief Emeritus – John T. Botelho.
§ 31-3-58 Judge Emeritus – Edward J. Plunkett.
§ 31-3-59 House Emeritus – Irving Levin.
§ 31-3-59.1 Congressman Emeritus – Edward Beard.
§ 31-3-60 Alternative design plates.
§ 31-3-61 Fire Chief Emeritus – Gerald Landry.
§ 31-3-62 National guard plates.
§ 31-3-63 High Sheriff Emeritus – Anthony A. Giorgio.
§ 31-3-64 Combination plates.
§ 31-3-65 Judge Emeritus – Paul DelNero.
§ 31-3-66 Repealed.
§ 31-3-67 Judge Emeritus – Carmine R. DiPetrillo.
§ 31-3-68 Police Chief Emeritus – Vincent A. Acciardo.
§ 31-3-69 Registration suspension based on federal determination.
§ 31-3-70 Police Lieutenant Emeritus – John J. Sinotte.
§ 31-3-71 Chief Justice Emeritus – Joseph R. Weisberger.
§ 31-3-72 Special plate for Mr. Potato Head.
§ 31-3-73 Police Major Emeritus, City of East Providence.
§ 31-3-74 Police chief emeritus.
§ 31-3-75 Senator Emeritus – William Zuccarelli.
§ 31-3-76 Special license plate decal.
§ 31-3-77 Adjutant General Emeritus – Reginald A. Centracchio.
§ 31-3-78 Special plate for Rotary International.
§ 31-3-79 Special plate for Audubon Society of Rhode Island/Save the Bay.
§ 31-3-80 Reserve Forces plates.
§ 31-3-81 General state officers emeritus.
§ 31-3-82 Special plate for WaterFire Providence.
§ 31-3-83 Judge Emeritus – Vincent A. Ragosta.
§ 31-3-84 Special plate in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
§ 31-3-85 Special plate for the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation.
§ 31-3-86 Special plate for Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc.
§ 31-3-87 Special plate for breast cancer support.
§ 31-3-88 Special plate in support of public education.
§ 31-3-89 Rhode Island law enforcement memorial benefit fund license plates.
§ 31-3-90 Special plate for the Red Sox Foundation.
§ 31-3-91 Special plate for the Bristol Fourth of July Committee.
§ 31-3-92 Judge Emeritus – Raymond E. Shawcross.
§ 31-3-93 Special plate for the Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation.