Title 31, Title 31 and Other Vehicles

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Boston Bruins Foundation. The plates shall be designed to reference The Boston Bruins Foundation. (b) The special plate shall be displayed upon…

The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is authorized and directed to issue a special registration plate for the motor vehicles of all present and former Olympic medal winners. This plate is to bear the identification “Olympic Medal Winner” along with an appropriate d…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates in honor of César E. Chávez. The plate shall be designed to reference the “César E. Chávez Committee of Rhode Island” and shall bear the seal of the st…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for passenger vehicles based upon the various independent, nonprofit institutions of higher education (Brown University, Bryant University, Johnson & W…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Dorian J. Murray Foundation. The plates shall be designed to reference the Dorian J. Murray Foundation. (b) The special plate shall be displaye…

The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is authorized and directed to issue a special registration plate for the private passenger motor vehicle of the former police chief of the town of North Providence, Ernest Spaziano. This plate is to bear the identification of “P…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for The Rocky Point Foundation, Inc. (hereafter referred to as “Rocky Point Foundation”). The plates shall be designed to reference Rocky Point Foundat…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for passenger vehicles based upon the various public, nonprofit institutions of higher education (Community College of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Colle…

(a) Every registration plate shall have displayed upon it the registration number assigned to the vehicle for which it is issued, the name of the state of Rhode Island along the top, which may be abbreviated “R.I.”, and the year number for which it is issued or the date of its ex…

(a) Every vehicle owned by the state of Rhode Island and any fire apparatus for which no fee is assessed shall be issued permanent registration and registration plates. The permanent registration and plates shall remain on the vehicles to which they are assigned without expiratio…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Lupus Foundation New England. The plates shall be designed to reference the Lupus Foundation New England. (b) The special plate shall be displa…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is authorized and directed to issue a special registration plate for the motor vehicles of all eligible members of a Gold Star Family. (b) For the purpose of this section, “Gold Star Family” means a person eligible to receiv…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Gaspee Days Committee (hereafter referred to as “the Gaspee Days committee”). The plates shall be designed to reference the Gaspee Days committ…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for passenger vehicles based upon the not-for-profit entity Operation Stand Down RI. (b) The special plate shall be displayed upon the same registratio…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Rhode Island Agricultural Council. The plates shall be designed to reference Rhode Island agriculture and shall feature a barn and silo. (b) Th…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Rhode Island Salt Water Anglers Foundation. The plates shall be designed to reference the Rhode Island Salt Water Anglers Foundation and shall …

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available a special motor vehicle registration plate for the Ocean State Animal Coalition. (b) The special plate shall be displayed upon the same registration number assigned to the vehicle for which it …

(a) As to any special motor vehicle registration plates that have been authorized pursuant to this chapter but that have not been issued or printed as of July 2, 2018, because the minimum number of prepaid orders for the plates has not been reached, the minimum number of plates t…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit Day of Portugal and Portuguese Heritage in RI, Inc. The plates shall be designed to reference Day of Portugal and Portuguese Her…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit corporation Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America. The plates shall be designed to reference Narragansett Council, Boy Sco…

Each registration plate and the required letters and numerals on it, except the year number for which issued, shall be of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a distance of one hundred feet (100′) during daylight. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated …

The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is authorized and directed to issue a special registration plate for the motor vehicle of the former police chief of the town of West Greenwich, Gary Malikowski. This plate is to bear the identification “Police Chief Emeritus,” …

The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is authorized and directed to issue a special registration plate for the motor vehicle of the former judge of the Rhode Island family court, Stephen J. Capineri. This plate is to bear the identification “Judge Emeritus,” along w…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse. The plates shall be designed to reference Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse. (b) The specia…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit corporation Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (“RISPCA”). The plates shall be designed to reference …

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. The plates shall be designed to reference The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association. The plates shall be designed to reference the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association. (b) The speci…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the nonprofit Atlantic Shark Institute. The plates shall be designed to reference Atlantic Shark Institute. (b) The special plate shall be displaye…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit entity Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island. The plates shall be designed to reference the not-for-profit entity Dyslexia Advocacy Rho…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit entity, Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. The plates shall be designed to reference the not-for-profit entity, Newport Festival…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit entity Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation. The plates shall be designed to reference the not-for-profit entity Commercial …

The division of motor vehicles shall issue for every passenger motor vehicle rented or leased without a driver, the same type of registration plates as the type of plates issued for private passenger vehicles. However, if the renter or lessee uses his or her own registration plat…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association. The plates shall be designed to reference the American Hellenic Educational Progressive …

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit entity Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. The plates shall be designed to reference the not-for-profit entity Blackstone Va…

(a) Bailee plates. The division of motor vehicles shall issue plates designated as “bailee plates” to garages, automobile repairers, or any person in the business requiring repossession of motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers. (b) In transit plates. The division of motor veh…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles has the right to issue a special registration plate for the use of the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the attorney general, the state treasurer, the president pro tem of the senate, the speaker of…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is directed to make available to each duly elected member of the senate and of the house of representatives of the general assembly of the state of Rhode Island, so long as the member is serving during the term for which he …

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall, upon approved application, issue annually to any member of any duly incorporated volunteer fire company in this state, so long as he or she remains a member of the volunteer fire company, a special identifying number …

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall design and issue under regulations that he or she deems appropriate, special courtesy automobile, motorcycle, and commercial registration plates to be used on passenger motor vehicles, motorcycles, and all commercial v…

The administrator of the division of motor vehicles may issue to the civil defense preparedness director of each city and town, for as long as such person remains a civil defense preparedness director, a special identifying number plate in place of any regular number plate assign…

(a) The administrator of motor vehicles may design and issue, under such regulations as he or she shall deem appropriate, temporary registration plates. Any vehicle issued a temporary plate may be operated on the public highways for a period of five (5) days from the date of issu…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered and authorized to make available to all active firefighters and retired firefighters a special motor vehicle registration plate for any motor vehicle eligible for registration as an automobile, or commercial veh…

(a) Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, trailer, transporter vehicle, in-transit vehicle, or a bailee engaged in a business as defined in § 31-1-17(a), or other than a motor vehicle owned by a duly authorized dealer in motor vehicles and which …

The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is authorized to issue a special registration certificate and marker for any motor vehicle constructed to be used for racing, and that must be towed over the public highways to and from such places where those vehicles are to be…

Every motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer, pole trailer, motorized camper, tent trailer, travel trailer, pick-up coach, and pick-up camper, owned by a resident of this state when operated or drawn upon a highway within this state for a period of thirty (30) days, shall be subjec…

Out-of-state residents owning motorized bicycles, whose state of residence does not require the registration of those vehicles, shall register the vehicles in the state of Rhode Island and upon payment of the registration fee shall be issued stickers to be placed on the vehicle e…