(a)  The license fee for each year shall be as follows: the fee for the license to each motor vehicle dealer shall be three hundred dollars ($300) plus a fee in like amount for each office or branch.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 31-5-8

  • Motor vehicle: means any vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power for use on the public streets, roads, and highways;

    (2)  "Odometer" means an instrument for measuring and recording the actual distance a motor vehicle travels while in operation;

    (3)  "Person" means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or business trust including, but not limited to, private individuals and motor vehicle dealers, both wholesale and retail, whether the private individual or dealer is a dealer in the ordinary course of business or not;

    (4)  "Repair and replacement" means to restore to a sound working condition by replacing the instrument or any part thereof or by correcting what is inoperative;

    (5)  "Transfer" means to acquire ownership by purchase, gift, bequest, or any other means. See Rhode Island General Laws 31-23.2-2

(b)  Commencing January 1, 2015, the license fee for the three-year (3) license duration shall be nine hundred dollars ($900) payable in installments of three hundred dollars ($300) per year.

History of Section.
P.L. 1950, ch. 2959, art. 7, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 31-5-8; P.L. 1960, ch. 75, § 5; P.L. 1986, ch. 219, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 369, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 23, art. 9, § 3; P.L. 2014, ch. 356, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 409, § 1.