Section 31-5-7. – Duration of license.
§ 31-5-7. Duration of license. (a) Application for license shall be made to the department. Licenses shall be valid, unless sooner revoked or suspended, until December 31st of each year for one year and shall be renewable on or before expiration, upon application and payment of the fee required by this chapter. (b) Commencing January […]
Section 31-5-8. – License — Fee.
§ 31-5-8. License — Fee. (a) The license fee for each year shall be as follows: the fee for the license to each motor vehicle dealer shall be three hundred dollars ($300) plus a fee in like amount for each office or branch. (b) Commencing January 1, 2015, the license fee for the three-year (3) […]
Section 31-5-9. – Location specified — Display of license.
§ 31-5-9. Location specified — Display of license. The licenses of dealers shall specify the location of the office or branch and must be conspicuously displayed there, and in case the location is changed, an application shall be filed with the licensor requesting the change in location and the permission of the licensor shall be […]
Section 31-5-10. – License required for dealers’ plates.
§ 31-5-10. License required for dealers’ plates. (a) No motor vehicle dealer, unless licensed in accordance with §§ 31-5-1 — 31-5-20, shall be permitted to register or receive or use dealers’ license plates as limited by the number approved by the department for the dealer. (b) Whenever the department revokes or suspends a dealer’s license […]
Section 31-5-11. – Grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of license.
§ 31-5-11. Grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of license. The department may deny an application for a license, or suspend or revoke a license after it has been granted, for the following reasons: (1) On proof of unfitness of applicant to do business as a motor vehicle dealer. (2) For any material misstatement by […]
Section 31-5-12. – Responsibility of licensee for acts of agents.
§ 31-5-12. Responsibility of licensee for acts of agents. It shall be sufficient cause for the denial, suspension, or revocation of any license issued under this chapter, that any officer, director, partner, trustee, or agent, including independent salespersons of the licensee, has been found by the department of revenue to have engaged in any conduct, […]
Section 31-5-13. – Procedure for suspension or revocation of license.
§ 31-5-13. Procedure for suspension or revocation of license. No license shall be suspended or revoked, except after a hearing in accordance with the administrative procedures act, §§ 42-35-1 — 42-35-18. History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 7, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 31-5-13; P.L. 1981, ch. 219, § 1.
Section 31-5-1. – Definitions.
§ 31-5-1. Definitions. (a) Whenever the words “licensor” and/or “department” are used in chapters 5 and 5.1 of this title, they shall mean the “department of revenue”. (b) For the purposes of this section, an electric motorized bicycle as defined in § 31-1-3(g) is not considered a motor vehicle. History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, […]
Section 31-5-2. – Duties of department of revenue.
§ 31-5-2. Duties of department of revenue. The department of revenue shall issue the licenses provided for in §§ 31-5-5 — 31-5-9 and § 31-5-34. The department of revenue shall have supervision over the licenses in respect to all the provisions of §§ 31-5-1 — 31-5-20 and §§ 31-5-33 — 31-5-39, and shall have power […]
Section 31-5-2.1. – Motor vehicle dealers license and hearing board.
§ 31-5-2.1. Motor vehicle dealers license and hearing board. (a) A board composed of a total of five (5) members, two (2) of which shall be licensed automobile dealers, one new car Rhode Island licensed automobile dealer, and one used car Rhode Island licensed automobile dealer, each to serve a three (3) year term; one […]