Rhode Island § 31-2-10 - Division of Motor Vehicles
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§ 31-2-10. Division of Motor Vehicles
R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-2-10
§ 31-2-10. Abstracts of operator’s records.
The administrator shall upon request furnish a certified abstract of the record of any operator on file fully designating the motor vehicles, if any, registered in the name of the operator, the record of all convictions of the operator of any of the provisions of this title, and the record of all the operator’s involvements in accidents required to be reported under the provisions of § 31-33-1. If the operator has no such record, the administrator shall so certify. The administrator shall collect for each certificate the sum of sixteen dollars ($16.00); however, if the request for the certificate is made by any governmental agency, bureau, or department for use in its official capacity, the administrator shall collect no fee. The requirement of this section that the certificate shall be furnished shall not make the certificate admissible as evidence in any legal proceeding or in any trial, whether criminal or civil.
History of Section.
P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 2, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 31-2-10; P.L. 1960, ch. 75, § 3; P.L.
1960, ch. 188, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 15, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 50, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch.
10, art. 2, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 453, § 8; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 85, § 7; P.L. 1994,
ch. 70, art. 35, § 6; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 10, § 1.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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