§ 31-3.2-1. Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the following meanings ascribed to them: (1) “Dealer” means a person, partnership, or corporation engaged in the business of selling snowmobiles or recreational vehicles at wholesale or retail. (2) “Director” means the director of the department of environmental management […]
§ 31-3.2-10. Penalties. Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter or any regulation of the director of the department of environmental management or the administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for a first offense and be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred […]
§ 31-3.2-11. Liability for negligence. Negligence in the use of operation of a recreational vehicle shall be attributable to the owner. Every owner of a recreational vehicle used or operated in this state shall be liable and responsible for injury or death or damage to property resulting from negligence in the use or operation of […]
§ 31-3.2-2. Registration. (a) General requirements. Except as provided in this chapter, no person shall operate any snowmobile or recreational vehicle within the state unless the snowmobile or recreational vehicle has been registered in accordance with this chapter. Any operator of any snowmobile or recreational vehicle not registered in accordance with this chapter shall be […]
§ 31-3.2-3. Disposition of fees. All fees from registration of snowmobiles or recreational vehicles shall be deposited as general revenues. History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 117, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 387, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 102.
§ 31-3.2-4. Transfer or termination of ownership. Within fifteen (15) days after the transfer of ownership, or any part of it, other than a security interest, or the destruction or abandonment of any snowmobile or recreational vehicle, written notice of that transfer or destruction shall be given to the director in any form that he […]
§ 31-3.2-4.1. Operation of snowmobile or recreational vehicle without permission — Penalty. (a) No person shall operate any snowmobile or recreational vehicle upon any property or premises owned by another person without the consent in writing of the owner of the property or premises. (b) No person shall operate any snowmobile or recreational vehicle which […]
§ 31-3.2-5. Licensing by political subdivisions. No political subdivision of this state shall require licensing or registration of snowmobiles or recreational vehicles. History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 117, § 1.
§ 31-3.2-6. Rules and regulations. (a) With a view of achieving maximum use of snowmobiles and/or recreational vehicles, the director of natural resources shall adopt rules and regulations for the following purposes: (1) Registration of snowmobiles and recreational vehicles and display of registration numbers. (2) Use of snowmobiles and recreational vehicles insofar as game and […]
§ 31-3.2-7. Operation. Operation on streets and highways. (a)(1) No person shall operate a snowmobile or recreational vehicle upon the roadway shoulder, on the inside bank or slope on any highway in this state, or elsewhere within the right of way, except as provided in this chapter. No snowmobile or recreational vehicle shall be operated […]
§ 31-3.2-7.1. Operation prohibited within valley marshes. No person shall operate a motorcycle, recreational vehicle or other motorized vehicle within the Blackstone Valley Flood Plains or Marshes, also known as the “Valley Marshes.” History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 77, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 127, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 179, § 1.
§ 31-3.2-8. Mufflers. Except as provided in this section, every snowmobile or recreational vehicle shall be equipped at all times with a muffler in good working order which blends the exhaust noise into the overall snowmobile or recreational vehicle noise and is in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise. The exhaust system shall […]
§ 31-3.2-9. Crossing of highways by youthful operators — Prohibitions. (a) No person under sixteen (16) years of age shall make a direct crossing of a state highway as the operator of a snowmobile or recreational vehicle. A person sixteen (16) years of age or older, but less than eighteen (18) years of age, may […]
