Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 31-25 - Size, Weight, and Load Limits
Section 31-25-20. - Refusal to submit to weighing or removal of excess load.

§ 31-25-20. Refusal to submit to weighing or removal of excess load.
Any driver of a vehicle who fails or refuses to stop and submit the vehicle and load to a weighing, or who fails or refuses when directed by a proper officer upon a weighing of the vehicle to stop the vehicle and otherwise comply with the provisions of §§ 31-25-18 and 31-25-19, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than two hundred-fifty dollars ($250).
History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 35, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 31-25-20; P.L. 1986, ch. 282, § 2; P.L. 1988, ch. 284, § 1.

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Rhode Island General Laws

Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles

Chapter 31-25 - Size, Weight, and Load Limits

Section 31-25-1. - Compliance with chapter required.

Section 31-25-2. - Vehicles exempt from limitations.

Section 31-25-3. - Maximum width.

Section 31-25-4. - Maximum height.

Section 31-25-5. - Maximum length of single vehicle and load.

Section 31-25-6. - Maximum number and length of coupled vehicles.

Section 31-25-7. - Front and rear extensions of load.

Section 31-25-8. - Pole trailers.

Section 31-25-9. - Prevention of leakage of load.

Section 31-25-10. - Fastening of load and covering.

Section 31-25-11. - Connections between coupled vehicles.

Section 31-25-12. - Flags on tow chains.

Section 31-25-12.1. - Vehicles to be towed in right lane.

Section 31-25-13. - Axle load limit.

Section 31-25-14. - Maximum weight and tandem axles.

Section 31-25-15. - Investigations as to safety of buses, trucks, and trailers.

Section 31-25-16. - Authorized weight shown in registration — Exceeding limit.

Section 31-25-17. - Identification of trucks and truck-tractors.

Section 31-25-18. - Weighing of suspected overweight vehicles.

Section 31-25-19. - Removal of excess from overweight vehicles.

Section 31-25-20. - Refusal to submit to weighing or removal of excess load.

Section 31-25-21. - Power to permit excess size or weight of loads.

Section 31-25-22. - Application for excess load permit.

Section 31-25-23. - Conditions and restrictions on excess load permits.

Section 31-25-24. - Carrying and inspection of permits.

Section 31-25-25. - Seasonal weight restrictions by local authorities.

Section 31-25-26. - Prohibition of commercial vehicles by local authorities.

Section 31-25-27. - Weight restrictions.

Section 31-25-27.1. - Weight restrictions on the Veterans Memorial Parkway — East Providence.

Section 31-25-27.2. - Weight restrictions on Route 114 — Bristol.

Section 31-25-27.3. - Weight restrictions on Route 114 — Johnston.

Section 31-25-27.4. - Weight restrictions on South Main Street — Coventry.

Section 31-25-27.5. - Weight restrictions on state roadways — East Providence.

Section 31-25-27.6. - Weight restrictions on Route 15 — Armistice Boulevard — Pawtucket.

Section 31-25-27.7. - Weight restrictions on route 114 — Warren.

Section 31-25-27.8. - Weight restrictions within North Smithfield town hall area.

Section 31-25-27.9. - Weight restrictions on Smith Avenue in Smithfield.

Section 31-25-27.10. - Weight restrictions on Forest Avenue and Turner Road — Middletown.

Section 31-25-27.11. - Weight restrictions on Limerock Road — Smithfield and Lincoln.

Section 31-25-27.12. - Commercial vehicles prohibited on Chases Lane in Middletown.

Section 31-25-28. - Liability for damages from oversize or overweight.

Section 31-25-29. - Refuse-hauling vehicles — Exemption from permit.

Section 31-25-30. - Repealed.