Rhode Island § 31-2-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles
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§ 31-2-2. Division of Motor Vehicles
R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-2-2
§ 31-2-2. Subordinates and investigators.
The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall appoint any subordinates that he or she may require for the proper performance of his or her duties. He or she shall appoint investigators who shall be empowered to investigate the application for any motor vehicle license or registration in order to ascertain the truth of the statements made in it, to seize or recover the license or registration certificate and number plates of any person whose license or registration shall have been suspended or revoked, and to perform any other duties not inconsistent with the law as the administrator may direct.
History of Section.
P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 23; P.L. 1939, ch. 678, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, §
2; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-2.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 31-2-2 ("Division of Motor Vehicles") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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