Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

No municipal police department of the state shall have in force any regulation or policy that requires a twenty-four (24) hour waiting period prior to conducting an investigation of a complaint of a missing child.

The police departments of the various towns and cities of the state shall immediately enter the information on the missing person into the National Crime Information Center computer of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and inform the National Center for Missing and Exploited Ch…

The division of the state police shall establish a statewide 1-800 telephone line to receive reports on missing children.

A law enforcement agency in which a complaint of a missing child has been filed shall prepare a report on a missing person. That report shall include, but is not limited to, the following: (1) All information contained in the complaint on a missing person on forms prescribed by t…

The director of the department of children, youth and families shall provide statewide educational and public informational seminars for the purpose of developing public awareness of the problems regarding missing children and encourage the development of community programs to ai…

(a) Upon notification by the missing children’s information center of a person’s disappearance, the commissioner of education shall cause any school in which the person is currently or was previously enrolled to flag the record of that person in such a manner that whenever a copy…

(a) Upon receipt of information by the missing children’s information center that a person born in this state is missing, the state registrar of vital statistics shall transmit such information to the local registrar. Both the state registrar and the local registrars shall flag t…

The general assembly recognizes alcohol-related traffic fatalities require special legislative initiatives. Over one million (1,000,000) people are either killed or injured every year due to alcohol-related crashes. About three (3) out of five (5) Americans will be affected by an…

The purpose of this chapter is to provide greater access to state law enforcement to video surveillance cameras to reduce alcohol-related traffic fatalities.

The state shall provide ten (10) mounted video/audio surveillance cameras annually to the Rhode Island state police for each of the next five (5) years and those devices shall be utilized by the state police consistent with the intent of this chapter. Should other funding become …

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Law on Notarial Acts.

(a) A notarial act performed in another state has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if the act performed in that state is performed by: (1) A notary public of that state; (2) A judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of a court…

(a) A notarial act performed under federal law has the same effect under the law of this state as if performed by a notarial officer of this state, if the act performed under federal law is performed by: (1) A judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of a court; (2) An individual in militar…

(a) In this section, “foreign state” means a government other than the United States or a state. (b) If a notarial act is performed under authority and in the jurisdiction of a foreign state or constituent unit of the foreign state, or is performed under the authority of a multin…

(a) A remotely located individual may comply with § 42-30.1-5 by using communication technology to appear before a notary public. (b) A notary public located in this state may perform a notarial act using communication technology for a remotely located individual if: (1) The nota…

(a) A notarial act for a remotely located individual pursuant to § 42-30.1-12.1 shall be evidenced by a certificate. The certificate shall: (1) Be executed contemporaneously with the performance of the notarial act; (2) Be signed and dated by the notarial officer and, if the nota…

The official stamp of a notary public must: (1) Include the notary public’s name, the words “notary public,” jurisdiction, and other information required by the rules of the commissioning agency; and (2) Be capable of being copied together with the record to which it is affixed o…

(a) A notary public may select one or more tamper-evident technologies to perform notarial acts with respect to electronic records. A person may not require a notary public to perform a notarial act with respect to an electronic record with a technology that the notary public has…

(a) A notarial act may be performed in this state by: (1) A notary public of this state; (2) An individual qualified under subsection (b) of this section may apply to the commissioning officer for a commission as a notary public. The applicant shall comply with the information re…

(a) The commissioning officer may deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend, or impose a condition on a commission as notary public for any act or omission that demonstrates the individual lacks the honesty, integrity, competence, or reliability to act as a notary public, including …

The commissioning agency shall maintain an electronic database of notaries public: (1) Through which a person may verify the authority of a notary public to perform notarial acts; and (2) That indicates whether a notary public has notified the commissioning agency that the notary…

(a) A commission as a notary public does not authorize an individual to: (1) Assist persons in drafting legal records, give legal advice, or otherwise practice law; (2) Act as an immigration consultant or an expert on immigration matters; (3) Represent a person in a judicial or a…

Except as otherwise provided in § 42-30.1-3(b), the failure of a notarial officer to perform a duty or meet a requirement specified in this chapter does not invalidate a notarial act performed by the notarial officer. The validity of a notarial act under this chapter does not pre…

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) “Acknowledgment” means a declaration by an individual before a notarial officer that the individual has signed a record for the purpose stated in the record and, if the record is signed in a representative capacit…

A fee of five dollars ($5.00) shall be charged and collected by the office of the secretary of state for the authentication or certification of the signature of a notary public. In any event where the office of the secretary of state shall authenticate or certify the signatures o…

(a) A notary public may charge a fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per document or notarization. All fees must be disclosed to any person utilizing the services of the notary public prior to performance of the notarial act. (b) In performing a notarial act for a remo…

A notary public who, in the exercise of the powers or in the performance of the duties of the office, shall practice any fraud or deceit, the punishment for which is not otherwise provided for by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than one thousand dollars (…

A commission as a notary public in effect on January 1, 2019, continues until its date of expiration. A notary public who applies to renew a commission as a notary public on or after January 1, 2019, is subject to and shall comply with this chapter. A notary public, in performing…

This chapter does not affect the validity or effect of a notarial act performed before January 1, 2019.

This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices …

(a) A notarial officer may perform a notarial act authorized by this chapter or by law of this state other than this chapter. (b) A notarial officer may certify that a tangible copy of an electronic record is an accurate copy of the electronic record.

(a) A notarial officer who takes an acknowledgment of a record shall determine, from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the individual, that the individual appearing before the officer and making the acknowledgment has the identity claimed and that the…

If a notarial act relates to a statement made in, or a signature executed upon, a record, the individual making the statement or executing the signature shall appear personally before the notarial officer. For purposes of this section, personal appearance means that the principal…

(a) A notarial officer has personal knowledge of the identity of an individual appearing before the notarial officer if the individual is personally known to the notarial officer through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty that the individual has the identity clai…

(a) A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act if the notarial officer is not satisfied that: (1) The individual executing the record is competent or has the capacity to execute the record; or (2) The individual’s signature is knowingly and voluntarily made. (b) A no…

If an individual is physically unable to sign a record, the individual may direct an individual other than the notarial officer to sign the individual’s name on the record. The notarial officer shall insert “Signature affixed by (name of other individual) at the direction of (nam…

The signature and title of an individual performing a notarial act in this state are prima facie evidence that the signature is genuine and that the individual holds the designated title.

The general assembly finds and declares that: (1) A vibrant and growing small business sector is critical to creating jobs in a dynamic economy; (2) Small businesses bear a disproportionate share of regulatory costs and burdens; (3) Fundamental changes that are needed in the regu…

As used in this section: (1) “Agency” means each state board, commission, department, or officer authorized by law to make regulations or to determine contested cases. (2) “Proposed regulation” means a proposal by an agency for a new regulation or for a change in, addition to, or…

(a) Prior to the adoption of any proposed regulation that may have an adverse impact on small businesses, with the exception of emergency regulations adopted in accordance with § 42-35-2.10 and excluding those businesses defined in subsection (c) of this section, each agency shal…

(a) Notwithstanding any general or public law to the contrary, prior to the adoption of any proposed regulation on and after January 1, 2010, each agency shall prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis in which the agency shall, where consistent with health, safety, environmental…

(a) The director of the department of business regulation shall designate an existing staff member as a “small business regulatory enforcement ombudsperson,” who shall report to the director of business regulation. (b) The ombudsperson shall: (1) Work with each agency with regula…

For any regulation subject to this section, a small business that is adversely affected or aggrieved by final agency action is entitled to judicial review of agency compliance with the requirements of this section. Proceedings for review shall be conducted in accordance with § 42…

The director of administration shall annually appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall, for any reason, be judged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this ch…

It is the finding of the general assembly that the health, safety, and welfare of many of the people of the state are being jeopardized by the failure of individual sewage disposal systems and the irremediable contamination of private drinking water wells; that these septic syste…