Section 31-40-3. – Transcript or abstract of conviction record.
§ 31-40-3. Transcript or abstract of conviction record. The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall certify three (3) transcripts or abstracts of the conviction record as maintained in the office of the division of motor vehicles of any person whose record brings him or her within the definition of an habitual offender, as […]
Section 31-40-4. – Complaint to be filed by attorney general.
§ 31-40-4. Complaint to be filed by attorney general. The attorney general upon receiving the habitual offender transcripts or abstracts from the administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall immediately file a complaint against the person named in it in the district court having jurisdiction of criminal offenses in the city or town in […]
Section 31-40-5. – Show cause order — Service — Procedure where conviction denied.
§ 31-40-5. Show cause order — Service — Procedure where conviction denied. (a) The court in which the complaint is filed shall enter an order, which incorporates the habitual offender transcript or abstract and is directed to the person named in it, to show cause why he or she should not be barred from operating […]
Section 31-40-6. – Order of court.
§ 31-40-6. Order of court. If the court finds that the person is not the same person named in the habitual offender transcript or abstract, or that the person is not an habitual offender under this chapter, the proceeding shall be dismissed. But if the court finds that the person is the person named in […]
Section 31-40-7. – Period during which habitual offender not to be licensed.
§ 31-40-7. Period during which habitual offender not to be licensed. No license to operate motor vehicles in Rhode Island shall be reissued to an habitual offender, subsequent to an order of the court as provided in § 31-40-6: (1) For a period of not less than one year nor more than five (5) years […]
Section 31-40-8. – Operation of motor vehicle by habitual offender prohibited — Penalty — Enforcement of section.
§ 31-40-8. Operation of motor vehicle by habitual offender prohibited — Penalty — Enforcement of section. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle in this state while the order of the court prohibiting the operation is in effect. The operation may be punished by imprisonment of not more than […]
Section 31-40-9. – Restoration of privilege of operating motor vehicle.
§ 31-40-9. Restoration of privilege of operating motor vehicle. At the expiration of the time of suspension set by the court under § 31-40-7 after the date of any final order of a court entered under the provisions of this chapter, finding a person to be an habitual offender and directing him or her not […]
Section 31-40-10. – Appeals.
§ 31-40-10. Appeals. An appeal may be had from any final action or order of a court entered under the provisions of this chapter in the same manner and form as such an appeal would be claimed and adjudicated in any criminal case. History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 77, § 1.
Section 31-40-11. – Construction of chapter.
§ 31-40-11. Construction of chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as amending, modifying, or repealing any existing law of Rhode Island or any existing ordinance of any city or town relating to the operation of motor vehicles, the licensing of persons to operate motor vehicles, or providing penalties for the violation of provisions […]
Section 31-40-12. – Authority of administrator of the division of motor vehicles.
§ 31-40-12. Authority of administrator of the division of motor vehicles. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting, modifying, or reducing the authority of the administrator of the division of motor vehicles in any way, and nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as affecting any of the provisions of chapter 11 […]