§ 31-11-16. Unlawful use of license.
It is a civil violation for any person:
(1) To display, or cause or permit to be displayed, or have in his or her possession any cancelled, revoked, suspended, fictitious, or fraudulently altered operator’s or chauffeur’s license;
(2) To lend his or her operator’s or chauffeur’s license to any other person or knowingly permit the use of it by another;
(3) To display or represent as one’s own any operator’s or chauffeur’s license not issued to him or her;
(4) To fail or refuse to surrender to the division of motor vehicles upon its lawful demand any operator’s or chauffeur’s license which has been suspended, revoked, or cancelled;
(5) To use a false or fictitious name in any application for an operator’s or chauffeur’s license or to knowingly make a false statement or to knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application;
(6) To permit any unlawful use of an operator’s or chauffeur’s license issued to him or her; or
(7) To do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this title.
History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 17, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-11-1; G.L. 1956, § 31-11-16; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 6, § 5.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 31-11 - Suspension or Revocation of Licenses — Violations
Section 31-11-1. - Authority of division of motor vehicles to cancel license.
Section 31-11-2. - Driving privileges of nonresidents.
Section 31-11-3. - Resident’s conviction in another state.
Section 31-11-4. - Seizure of license in possession of unauthorized person.
Section 31-11-5. - Abstracts of court records — Recommendations of judge.
Section 31-11-6. - Offenses resulting in mandatory revocation of license.
Section 31-11-7. - Authority of division of motor vehicles to suspend license.
Section 31-11-8. - Recommendation of court — Violation of § 31-27-4.
Section 31-11-9. - Reexamination of licensees.
Section 31-11-10. - Reinstatement after revocation or suspension.
Section 31-11-11. - Return of license certificate.
Section 31-11-13. - Failure to surrender license certificate.
Section 31-11-15. - Appeal from administrator’s order.
Section 31-11-16. - Unlawful use of license.
Section 31-11-17. - False swearing.
Section 31-11-18.1. - Driving after denial, revocation, or suspension for certain violations.
Section 31-11-19. - Permitting child under the age of 16 to drive.
Section 31-11-20. - Permitting unauthorized person to drive prohibited.
Section 31-11-21. - Employment of unlicensed chauffeur prohibited.
Section 31-11-21.1. - Penalty for employing of unlicensed/unauthorized operator.
Section 31-11-22. - Rental to unauthorized person prohibited.
Section 31-11-23. - Inspection of license of person to whom vehicle rented required.