§ 31-11-1. Authority of division of motor vehicles to cancel license. (a) The division of motor vehicles is authorized to cancel any operator’s or chauffeur’s license upon determining that the licensee was not entitled to its issuance pursuant to this title or that the licensee failed to give the required or correct information in his […]
§ 31-11-10. Reinstatement after revocation or suspension. (a) Any person whose license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways has been revoked or suspended shall not be entitled to have a license or privilege renewed or restored unless the revocation or suspension was for a cause which has been removed. After […]
§ 31-11-11. Return of license certificate. Upon the cancellation, suspension, or revocation of any license issued under chapter 10 of this title, the license shall be and become invalid for any purposes whatsoever and the license certificate shall be returned immediately to the division of motor vehicles. History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 16, […]
§ 31-11-12. Operation under foreign license during suspension or revocation in this state prohibited. Any resident or nonresident whose operator’s or chauffeur’s license, or right or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state, has been suspended or revoked as provided in this chapter, shall not operate a motor vehicle in this state under […]
§ 31-11-13. Failure to surrender license certificate. If any person whose license has been cancelled, suspended, or revoked neglects or refuses to surrender the license certificate to the division of motor vehicles immediately upon demand by it or by any of its authorized agents, the person, in addition to being subject to the other penalties […]
§ 31-11-14. Retention of suspended, cancelled, or revoked license — Seizure by peace officer. The division of motor vehicles upon suspending, canceling, or revoking a license shall require that the license be surrendered to and be retained by the division of motor vehicles. At the end of the period of suspension the license so surrendered […]
§ 31-11-15. Appeal from administrator’s order. Any person aggrieved by any order of the administrator of the division of motor vehicles may appeal that order to the sixth division of the district court by filing, within ten (10) days from the date of the notice to that person of the issuance of the order, a […]
§ 31-11-16. Unlawful use of license. It is a civil violation for any person: (1) To display, or cause or permit to be displayed, or have in his or her possession any cancelled, revoked, suspended, fictitious, or fraudulently altered operator’s or chauffeur’s license; (2) To lend his or her operator’s or chauffeur’s license to any […]
§ 31-11-17. False swearing. Any person who makes any false affidavit, or knowingly swears or affirms falsely to any matter or thing required by the terms of this title to be sworn to or affirmed, is guilty of perjury, and upon conviction shall be punishable by fine or imprisonment as applicable to other perjuries. History […]
§ 31-11-18. Driving after denial, suspension, or revocation of license. [Effective until January 1, 2023.] (a) Any person who drives a motor vehicle on any highway of this state who never applied for a license, or who drives after his or her application for a license has been refused, or after his or her license […]
§ 31-11-18.1. Driving after denial, revocation, or suspension for certain violations. (a) Any person who drives a motor vehicle on any highway of this state who never applied for a license or who drives after his or her application for a license has been refused, or after his or her license has expired or who […]
§ 31-11-19. Permitting child under the age of 16 to drive. No person shall cause or knowingly permit his or her child or ward under the age of sixteen (16) years to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway. History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 17, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-11-4; G.L. 1956, […]
§ 31-11-2. Driving privileges of nonresidents. (a) The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a nonresident pursuant to this title shall be subject to suspension or revocation by the division of motor vehicles in the same manner and for the same cause as an operator’s or chauffeur’s […]
§ 31-11-20. Permitting unauthorized person to drive prohibited. No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by him or her or under his or her control to be driven upon any highway by any person who is not authorized under this title or in violation of any of the provisions of this […]
§ 31-11-21. Employment of unlicensed chauffeur prohibited. No person shall employ as a chauffeur of a motor vehicle any person not then licensed as provided in chapter 10 of this title. History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 17, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 31-11-6; G.L. 1956, § 31-11-21; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 1.
§ 31-11-21.1. Penalty for employing of unlicensed/unauthorized operator. (a) The registered owner of any school bus used for the transportation of school children shall be responsible for insuring that any person operating the school bus is licensed as provided in chapter 10 of this title, and the failure of any driver to have the proper […]
§ 31-11-22. Rental to unauthorized person prohibited. No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any other person unless the latter person is then duly licensed under this title or, in the case of a nonresident, then duly licensed under the laws of the state or country of his or her residence, except a nonresident […]
§ 31-11-23. Inspection of license of person to whom vehicle rented required. No person shall rent a motor vehicle to another until he or she has inspected the operator’s or chauffeur’s license of the person to whom the vehicle is to be rented, and compared and verified the signature on it with the signature of […]
§ 31-11-24. Records of rentals. Every person renting a motor vehicle to another shall keep a record of the registration number of the motor vehicle so rented, the name and address of the person to whom the vehicle is rented, the number of the license of the latter person, and the date and place when […]
§ 31-11-25. Suspension for failure to pay fine. (a) The division of motor vehicles shall suspend the license of a person to operate a motor vehicle upon certification of the clerk of any county of the superior court or any supervising deputy clerk of the district court or a clerk of the traffic tribunal that […]
