§ 31-6-5. Reduced fees for portion of year.
(a) If an application for registration of any motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer shall be made in the first quarter of the year appropriate to the individual’s registration expiration, or in the second quarter or the third quarter in any year, the fee for registration shall be three-fourths (¾), two-fourths (2/4), or one-fourth (¼) respectively of the fee required for a full year.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of the registration of motor vehicles used for racing, or for motor vehicles, trailers, or semi-trailers owned by any department or agency of the state of Rhode Island, or by any city, town, or district of this state.
History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 14, § 2; P.L. 1951, ch. 2826, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 31-6-5; P.L. 1981, ch. 327, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 31-6 - Registration Fees
Section 31-6-1. - Amount of registration and miscellaneous fees.
Section 31-6-2. - Computation of gross weight.
Section 31-6-3. - Gross weight of tractors to be used with semi-trailers.
Section 31-6-4. - Fees payable by jitney operators in interstate commerce.
Section 31-6-5. - Reduced fees for portion of year.
Section 31-6-6. - Vehicles exempt from fees.
Section 31-6-7. - Motorized wheel chairs.
Section 31-6-8. - Disabled veterans.
Section 31-6-9. - Blind veterans.
Section 31-6-10. - Police vehicles — Fire apparatus — Trackless trolleys.
Section 31-6-11. - Transfer of registration.
Section 31-6-12. - Business and special license fees.
Section 31-6-13. - Disposition of fees.
Section 31-6-14. - Return of rejected or erroneously collected fees.
Section 31-6-15. - Payment of fees by credit card. [Contingent effective date; see note.]