(a)  Whenever an application is received from a person previously licensed in another jurisdiction, the division of motor vehicles may request a copy of the operator’s record from that other jurisdiction. When received, the operator’s record shall become a part of the operator’s record in this state with the same force and effect as though entered on the operator’s record in this state in the original instance.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 31-10-13

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

(b)  Whenever the division of motor vehicles receives a request for an operator’s record from another licensing jurisdiction the record shall be forwarded without charge.

History of Section.
P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 371, § 1.