§ 9-19-40. Records of the division of motor vehicles.
In any administrative, civil, or criminal proceeding in which the status of the license of any person who drives a motor vehicle on any highway of this state is an issue, certified copies of relevant documents on file with the division of motor vehicles or with the official custodian of relevant documents of another state or subdivision thereof, and the certified statement of the administrator, his or her equivalent, or his or her duly appointed designee as to the status of the license, shall be admissible as evidence of the status of the license subject to the right of the defendant to subpoena the records in rebuttal. Upon request, copies shall be provided to the person or his or her counsel at least three days before the proceeding.
History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 323, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally
Section 9-19-1, 9-19-2. - Repealed.
Section 9-19-3. - Judicial notice of law of other states.
Section 9-19-4. - Information as to foreign law.
Section 9-19-5. - Determination made by court — Review.
Section 9-19-6. - Evidence of foreign law.
Section 9-19-7. - Law of foreign countries.
Section 9-19-8. - Uniformity of construction.
Section 9-19-10. - Entries and memoranda of decedent introduced for successor in title to decedent.
Section 9-19-12. - Statements and releases by patients in personal injury cases.
Section 9-19-12.1. - Releases for personal injuries.
Section 9-19-13, 9-19-14. - Repealed.
Section 9-19-15. - Stenographic transcripts of testimony in superior court.
Section 9-19-16 - — 9-19-18. Repealed.
Section 9-19-19. - Finding of presumed death under federal Missing Persons Act.
Section 9-19-20. - Other documents under Missing Persons Act.
Section 9-19-21. - Prima facie validity of federal findings and certified copies.
Section 9-19-22. - Severability.
Section 9-19-23, 9-19-24. - Repealed.
Section 9-19-25. - Illegally seized evidence inadmissible.
Section 9-19-26. - Testimony in divorce, separation, and annulment proceedings.
Section 9-19-27.1. - Repealed.
Section 9-19-28. - Evidence of damage to property.
Section 9-19-32. - Informed consent a preliminary question.
Section 9-19-33. - Res ipsa loquitur in medical malpractice actions.
Section 9-19-34.1. - Collateral source rule in medical malpractice actions.
Section 9-19-35. - Failure to bill inadmissible in medical malpractice cases.
Section 9-19-36. - Advance payments inadmissible in medical malpractice cases.
Section 9-19-38. - Proof of life or work life expectancy.
Section 9-19-39. - Use of photostatic copies.
Section 9-19-40. - Records of the division of motor vehicles.
Section 9-19-41. - Expert witnesses in malpractice cases.
Section 9-19-42. - The Rhode Island rules of evidence.
Section 9-19-43. - Report of laboratory test.
Section 9-19-44. - Mediator confidentiality in mediation proceedings.