§ 31-42-9. Unidentifiable motor vehicles and/or parts.
Notwithstanding the age of a motor vehicle and/or part from which all identifying numbers have been removed so that the identity of the motor vehicle and/or part and its owner cannot be determined, the motor vehicle and/or part shall be subject to a forfeiture hearing before a judge sitting in the district court. After this hearing, the motor vehicle and/or part shall be forfeited to the unit of government that recovered it. The court may also order the division of motor vehicles to issue a special vehicle identification number and an appropriate title certificate for a forfeited motor vehicle.
History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 221, § 12; P.L. 1984, ch. 263, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 31-42 - Abandoned Motor Vehicles
Section 31-42-1. - Definitions.
Section 31-42-3. - Notification of owner and lienholders.
Section 31-42-3.1. - Repealed.
Section 31-42-4. - Auction of abandoned motor vehicles.
Section 31-42-5. - Garage keepers and abandoned motor vehicles.
Section 31-42-6. - Unlicensed junkyards.
Section 31-42-7. - Disposal to demolishers.
Section 31-42-8. - Duties of demolishers.
Section 31-42-9. - Unidentifiable motor vehicles and/or parts.