Title 31, Title 31 and Other Vehicles

(a) Whenever an application is received from a person previously licensed in another jurisdiction, the division of motor vehicles may request a copy of the operator’s record from that other jurisdiction. When received, the operator’s record shall become a part of the operator’s r…

The application of any person under the age of eighteen (18) years for a limited instruction permit, a limited provisional license, or a full operator’s license shall be signed and verified, before a person authorized to administer oaths, by one or more of the following individua…

Any negligence or willful misconduct of a minor under the age of eighteen (18) years when driving a motor vehicle upon a highway shall be imputed to the person who has signed the application of that minor for a permit or license, which person shall be jointly and severally liable…

In the event a minor deposits or there is deposited upon the minor’s behalf proof of financial responsibility in respect to the operation of a motor vehicle owned by the minor, or if not the owner of a motor vehicle, then with respect to the operation of any motor vehicle, in for…

Any person who has signed the application of a minor for a license may later file with the division of motor vehicles a verified written request that the license granted to the minor be cancelled. On receipt of the request the division of motor vehicles shall cancel the license o…

The division of motor vehicles upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death of the person who signed the application of a minor for a license shall cancel the license and shall not issue a new license until such time as a new application, duly signed and verified, is made a…

(a) The community college of Rhode Island shall provide thirty-three (33) hours of classroom instruction for applicants or prospective applicants, not more than twenty-one (21) years of age, for a limited-instruction permit or license. The instruction shall include eight (8) hour…

The following persons are exempt from the licensing requirements of this chapter: (1) Any employee of the United States government while operating a motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States government and being operated on official business; (2) A nonresident who is …

(a) No limited-instruction permit or license shall be issued to any person not more than eighteen (18) years of age unless that person shall have successfully completed a course of instruction as provided in § 31-10-19, or a similar course of instruction recognized by the state b…

(a) Every applicant for a license to operate a motor vehicle upon the public highways shall be required by the division of motor vehicles to show, by examination or otherwise, the ability to read and understand highway signs regulating, warning, and directing traffic, the proper …

(a) All applicants for a motor vehicle license shall pass a motor vehicle road test as prescribed by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles in a motor vehicle supplied by the applicant or in a dual-controlled motor vehicle supplied by the state. In the case of the ex…

The investigators or examiners in the employ of the division of motor vehicles shall not be liable for the acts of any person who is being examined by the investigators or examiners.

The provisions of § 31-10-22 shall not apply in the case of an applicant who already has been granted a valid operator’s license issued by a state or federal agency which has a reciprocal agreement with the state of Rhode Island in the matter of requirements for operator’s licens…

(a) The division of motor vehicles shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every qualifying applicant an operator’s or chauffeur’s license. The license shall be approximately two and one-half inches (2½″) wide and three and one-half inches (3½″) long and shall bear on i…

(a) The division of motor vehicles shall cause to be sent to each person applying for or renewing a license, as provided for in § 31-10-26, a document containing a summary description and explanation of the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, chapter 18.6.1 of title 23. (b) The …

(a) Every licensee shall have his or her operator’s or chauffeur’s license in his or her immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall display the license upon the demand of any peace office or inspector of the division of motor vehicles and shall, up…

(a) The division of motor vehicles, upon issuing an operator’s or chauffeur’s license, shall have the authority whenever good cause appears to impose restrictions suitable to the licensee’s driving ability with respect to the type of, or special mechanical control devices require…

In the event that an instruction permit or operator’s or chauffeur’s license issued under the provisions of this chapter is lost or destroyed, the person to whom the permit or license was issued may apply for the permit or license, and upon payment of the required fee of ten doll…

(a) The division of motor vehicles shall not issue any license under this chapter: (1) To any person, as an operator, who is under the age of sixteen (16) years; (2) To any person, as a chauffeur, who is under the age of eighteen (18) years; (3) To any person, as an operator or c…

Every operator’s and chauffeur’s first license to operate a motor vehicle shall be by the issuance of a temporary license for the period beginning at the date of issuance and expiring on the birthday of the licensee in the second year following the issuance of the temporary licen…

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 …

Whenever any person after applying for or receiving an operator’s or chauffeur’s license shall move from the address named in his or her application or in the license issued to him or her, or when the name of a licensee is changed by marriage or otherwise, that person shall withi…

(a) The division of motor vehicles shall file every application for a license received by it and shall maintain suitable indexes containing, in alphabetical order: (1) All applications denied and on each application shall note the reasons for the denial; (2) All applications gran…

On May 4, 2005 all functions, services performed, responsibilities and duties formerly of the drivers’ training school licensing board are hereby transferred to the administrator of the division of motor vehicles.

No person, unless licensed under the provisions of this chapter, shall engage in the business of giving instruction for compensation in the driving of motor vehicles and motorcycles. However, no license shall be required of a person who is engaged in teaching in a regularly recog…

An application for a commercial drivers’ school license shall be made upon the form prescribed by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles and shall contain the name and address of the applicant, the location or locations of the proposed school, and any other pertinent…

The fee for each application for a commercial drivers’ school license shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). The license shall be granted or denied by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles within thirty (30) days after the application has been filed. The license shall exp…

The administrator of the division of motor vehicles may deny an application for a license or suspend or revoke a license after it has been granted for any of the following reasons: (1) A material misstatement by the applicant in his or her application for a license or the conceal…

No person, unless licensed by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles, shall be employed by any commercial drivers’ school licensee to give instruction to drive a motor vehicle or motorcycle. An application for an instructor’s license shall contain the name and addres…

The division of motor vehicles upon issuing a chauffeur’s license shall indicate on it the class of license so issued and shall appropriately examine each applicant according to the class of license applied for and may impose any rules and regulations for the exercise of that lic…

The fee for each application for an instructor’s license shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00). The license shall be granted or denied by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles within thirty (30) days after the application and shall expire, unless sooner revoked or suspe…

The administrator of the division of motor vehicles may deny an application for an instructor’s license or suspend or revoke an instructor’s license after it has been granted for the following reasons: (1) Any reason set forth in subdivisions (1) — (9) of § 31-10-38. (2) The appl…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall notify an applicant for a driver’s school or instructor’s license of the denial of his or her application and a licensee of the proposed suspension or revocation of his or her license by mailing to the applicant or lic…

Any person violating the provisions of § 31-10-6, 31-10-35, or 31-10-39 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) or be imprisoned not exceeding three (3) months.

(a) There shall be established within the division of motor vehicles a medical advisory board to function solely as an advisory panel to the administrator of the division of motor vehicles on the subjects of physical and mental fitness standards for licensure to operate a motor v…

Each licensee of a driver school shall equip the front seats of school training vehicles with safety belts for the instructor and the student, and the student shall wear a safety belt during road instruction.

A driver education student who passes the driver education course but fails the learner’s permit examination shall be given credit for passing the driver education course and need not retake it provided the student within ten (10) days retakes the learner’s permit examination at …

(a) Any male, United States citizen or immigrant who is at least eighteen (18) years of age, but less than twenty-six (26) years of age shall be registered in compliance with the requirements of section 3 of the “Military Selective Service Act”, 50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq., when a…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall, upon presentation of a United States Department of Defense (DD) FORM 214 or other acceptable documentation of military service and verification of an honorable discharge, issue a motor vehicle operator’s license or co…

The administrator of the division of motor vehicles, in consultation with the Rhode Island Police Chiefs’ Association and the Governor’s Commission on Disabilities, shall develop and institute a “Blue Envelope Program” to enhance communications between police officers and persons…

(a) No person who is under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall drive any school bus transporting school children or any motor vehicle when in use for the transportation of persons or property for compensation nor in either event until the person has been licensed as a chauffeu…

(a) The department of revenue shall promulgate any rules and regulations that it deems necessary to ensure that a ten-hour (10) training course is provided for all new school bus drivers (hereinafter sometimes referred to as an “applicant”) and a three-hour (3) retraining course …

(a) A person who is a resident of a state which borders Rhode Island, and which person possesses a valid commercial driver’s license and a license to operate a school bus in the person’s state of residence, may apply for a temporary school bus certificate or pupil transportation …

(a) Purpose. To ensure that license holders have sufficient training and experience and to promote safe, responsible driving, persons under the age of eighteen (18) shall be granted driving privileges on a limited basis as follows: (1) Level 1 — Limited instruction permit. (2) Le…

A supervising driver must be the parent, guardian, licensed foster parent or adult or a certified driver education instructor. A supervising driver must be a licensed driver who has been licensed to drive for five (5) years.

A nonresident who is at least seventeen (17) years old but less than eighteen (18) years old, who has an unrestricted drivers license issued by that state, and who becomes a resident of this state may apply for and obtain within thirty (30) days of establishing residency one of t…