§ 5-38-1. “Automobile body shop” defined. Automobile body shop, referred to as “auto body shop,” includes any establishment, garage, or work area enclosed within a building where repairs are made or caused to be made to motor vehicle bodies, including fenders, bumpers, chassis, and similar components of motor vehicle bodies as distinguished from the seats, […]
§ 5-38-10. Grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses. The department of business regulation may deny an application for license or suspend or revoke a license after it has been granted, for the following reasons: (1) On proof of unfitness of the applicant to do business as an automobile body repair shop; (2) For […]
§ 5-38-10.1. Civil penalties for violations. In addition to every other power granted the department of business regulation, the department may fine a licensee not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for any violation or failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or with any rule or regulation promulgated by the department. History […]
§ 5-38-11. Responsibility of licensee for acts of agents. If a licensee is a firm or corporation, it is sufficient cause for the suspension or revocation of a license that any officer, director, or trustee of the firm or corporation or any member, in the case of a partnership, has been found by the department […]
§ 5-38-12. Procedure for suspension or revocation of license. No license shall be suspended or revoked except after a hearing before the department of business regulation or a hearing officer appointed by the department. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42. The order to suspend […]
§ 5-38-13, 5-38-14. [Repealed.]
§ 5-38-15. Right to appeal. Any licensee or applicant for license or other person in interest being aggrieved by the final order or decision of the department of business regulation has the right to appeal, pursuant to the administrative procedures act, chapter 35 of title 42. History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 111, § 2; P.L. […]
§ 5-38-16, 5-38-17. [Repealed.]
§ 5-38-18. Purchase of used vehicle parts — Records of transactions to be maintained. The purchase of used vehicle parts shall be from entities licensed pursuant to chapter 21 of this title or similar provision by another state. Every licensee shall maintain up-to-date records in the form prescribed by the department of business regulation: (1) […]
§ 5-38-19. Criminal penalties for violations — Injunctive relief. (a) Any person, firm, or corporation required to be licensed under this chapter who conducts an automobile body repair shop business without obtaining a license, or who after the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license conducts that business, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, […]
§ 5-38-2. Duties of department of business regulation — Advisory board. (a) The department of business regulation shall issue licenses as provided for in § 5-38-6; and shall authorize the transfer of licenses and the establishment of new offices for previously licensed auto body repair shops. In addition to licensing, the department’s oversight of auto […]
§ 5-38-20. Persons exempt. This chapter does not prohibit the registered owner of any motor vehicle, or any person related by blood or marriage to that registered owner, from performing any type of work usually performed in an auto body shop, upon the vehicle that is registered in his or her own name; provided, that […]
§ 5-38-21. Severability. The provisions of this chapter are severable; and if any of the provisions are held to be invalid, the decision of the court respecting that provision or provisions shall not affect the validity of any other provision that can be given effect without that invalid provision. History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 111, […]
§ 5-38-22. Appropriations. The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of this sum or so much of this sum as may […]
§ 5-38-23. Auto body repair shop special use identification tags. Any automobile body repair shop licensed under this title has the right to issue special use identification tags in accordance with the provision of § 31-3-40. History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 210, § 1.
§ 5-38-24. Duration of licenses — Fee for part of year. All licenses shall be issued for the twelve-month (12) period commencing on January 1 of each year, and the fee thereafter shall be at the full annual rate specified in § 5-38-8, regardless of the date of application or issuance of that license. History […]
§ 5-38-25. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 349, § 9; Repealed by P.L. 1980, ch. 226, § 20.
§ 5-38-26. Inspection by lienholders. (a) For the purpose of inspecting repaired vehicles, a lienholder or lienholders shall be allowed forty-eight (48) hours or two (2) working days after notification by the body shop to inspect the vehicle at the body shop. The agent for the lienholder or lienholders inspecting the vehicle must be located […]
§ 5-38-27. Maximum storage fees. The director of the department of business regulation shall promulgate rules and regulations to establish reasonable, maximum storage fees that may be charged by licensees under this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 392, § 1.
§ 5-38-28. Repair certification. The automobile body repair shop shall include in the documentation of each repair, a repair bill executed by the automobile body repair shop and certifying under the penalties of perjury, the repairs to a particular vehicle that have actually been made. History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 168, § 1; P.L. 1993, […]
