§ 31-3.1-2. Exclusions.
No certificate of title need be obtained for:
(1) A vehicle owned by the United States unless it is registered in this state;
(2) A vehicle owned by a manufacturer or dealer and held for sale, even though incidentally moved on the highway, or used for purposes of testing or demonstration; or a vehicle used by a manufacturer solely for testing;
(3) A vehicle owned by a nonresident of this state and not required by law to be registered in this state;
(4) A vehicle regularly engaged in the interstate transportation of persons or property for which a currently effective certificate of title has been issued in another state;
(5) A vehicle moved solely by human or animal power;
(6) An implement of husbandry;
(7) Special mobile equipment;
(8) A self-propelled wheelchair or tricycle for a person with a disability;
(9) A trailer without motive power and designed for carrying property, to be drawn by a motor vehicle and having a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of three thousand pounds (3,000 lbs.) or less. As used herein, the term “trailer” does not include a travel trailer, a fifth-wheel trailer, or park trailer, as defined in § 31-1-3;
(10) Motorized bicycles; and
(11) A mobile home or other nonmotorized dwelling unit built on a chassis greater than eight feet six inches (8′ 6″) in width or sixty feet (60′) in length and containing complete electrical, plumbing, and sanitary facilities, and designed to be installed on a temporary or permanent foundation for permanent living quarters.
History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 100, § 1; P.L. 1975, ch. 123, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 58, § 4; P.L. 1978, ch. 382, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 219, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 13, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 21, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 308, art. 2, § 8.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 31-3.1 - Certificates of Title and Security Interests
Section 31-3.1-1. - Certificate of title required.
Section 31-3.1-2. - Exclusions.
Section 31-3.1-3. - Optional certificate of title.
Section 31-3.1-4. - Application for first certificate of title.
Section 31-3.1-5. - Examination of records.
Section 31-3.1-6. - Issuance and records.
Section 31-3.1-7. - Contents and effect of certificate.
Section 31-3.1-9. - Registration without certificate of title — Bond.
Section 31-3.1-10. - Refusing certificate of title.
Section 31-3.1-11. - Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates.
Section 31-3.1-12. - Transfer.
Section 31-3.1-13. - Transfer to or from dealer — Records.
Section 31-3.1-14. - Transfer by operation of law.
Section 31-3.1-15. - Fees — Registration cards.
Section 31-3.1-16. - Issuance of new certificate.
Section 31-3.1-16.1. - Electronic recording of security interests.
Section 31-3.1-17. - Scrapping, dismantling or destroying vehicle.
Section 31-3.1-18. - Excepted liens and security interests.
Section 31-3.1-19. - Perfection of security interests.
Section 31-3.1-20. - Security interest — Change of certificate.
Section 31-3.1-21. - Assignment by lienholder.
Section 31-3.1-22. - Release of security interest.
Section 31-3.1-23. - Duty of lienholder.
Section 31-3.1-24. - Exclusiveness of procedure.
Section 31-3.1-25. - Suspension or revocation of certificates.
Section 31-3.1-26. - Powers of division of motor vehicles.
Section 31-3.1-27. - Vehicle leases that are not sales or security interests.
Section 31-3.1-28 - — 31-3.1-35. [Obsolete.]
Section 31-3.1-36. - Court review.