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. - § 31-3.1-1. Certificate of title required. (a) Except as provided...

Section 31-3.1-2. - Exclusions. - § 31-3.1-2. Exclusions. No certificate of title need be obtained...

Section 31-3.1-3. - Optional certificate of title. - § 31-3.1-3. Optional certificate of title. The owner of an...

Section 31-3.1-4. - Application for first certificate of title. - § 31-3.1-4. Application for first certificate of title. (a) The...

Section 31-3.1-5. - Examination of records. - § 31-3.1-5. Examination of records. The division of motor vehicles,...

Section 31-3.1-6. - Issuance and records. - § 31-3.1-6. Issuance and records. (a) The division of motor...

Section 31-3.1-7. - Contents and effect of certificate. - § 31-3.1-7. Contents and effect of certificate. (a) Each certificate...

Section 31-3.1-8. - Delivery. - § 31-3.1-8. Delivery. The certificate of title shall be mailed...

Section 31-3.1-9. - Registration without certificate of title — Bond. - § 31-3.1-9. Registration without certificate of title — Bond. If...

Section 31-3.1-10. - Refusing certificate of title. - § 31-3.1-10. Refusing certificate of title. The division of motor...

Section 31-3.1-11. - Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates. - § 31-3.1-11. Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates. (a) If a...

Section 31-3.1-12. - Transfer. - § 31-3.1-12. Transfer. (a) If the owner transfers his or...

Section 31-3.1-13. - Transfer to or from dealer — Records. - § 31-3.1-13. Transfer to or from dealer — Records. (a)...

Section 31-3.1-14. - Transfer by operation of law. - § 31-3.1-14. Transfer by operation of law. (a) If the...

Section 31-3.1-15. - Fees — Registration cards. - § 31-3.1-15. Fees — Registration cards. (a) An application for...

Section 31-3.1-16. - Issuance of new certificate. - § 31-3.1-16. Issuance of new certificate. (a) The division of...

Section 31-3.1-16.1. - Electronic recording of security interests. - § 31-3.1-16.1. Electronic recording of security interests. The registrar is...

Section 31-3.1-17. - Scrapping, dismantling or destroying vehicle. - § 31-3.1-17. Scrapping, dismantling or destroying vehicle. Any individual, company,...

Section 31-3.1-18. - Excepted liens and security interests. - § 31-3.1-18. Excepted liens and security interests. This chapter does...

Section 31-3.1-19. - Perfection of security interests. - § 31-3.1-19. Perfection of security interests. (a) Unless excepted by...

Section 31-3.1-20. - Security interest — Change of certificate. - § 31-3.1-20. Security interest — Change of certificate. If an...

Section 31-3.1-21. - Assignment by lienholder. - § 31-3.1-21. Assignment by lienholder. (a) A lienholder may assign,...

Section 31-3.1-22. - Release of security interest. - § 31-3.1-22. Release of security interest. (a) Upon the satisfaction...

Section 31-3.1-23. - Duty of lienholder. - § 31-3.1-23. Duty of lienholder. A lienholder named in a...

Section 31-3.1-24. - Exclusiveness of procedure. - § 31-3.1-24. Exclusiveness of procedure. The method provided in this...

Section 31-3.1-25. - Suspension or revocation of certificates. - § 31-3.1-25. Suspension or revocation of certificates. (a) The division...

Section 31-3.1-26. - Powers of division of motor vehicles. - § 31-3.1-26. Powers of division of motor vehicles. (a) The...

Section 31-3.1-27. - Vehicle leases that are not sales or security interests. - § 31-3.1-27. Vehicle leases that are not sales or security...

Section 31-3.1-28 - — 31-3.1-35. [Obsolete.] - § 31-3.1-28 — 31-3.1-35. [Obsolete.]

Section 31-3.1-36. - Court review. - § 31-3.1-36. Court review. A person aggrieved by an act...

Section 31-3.1-37. - Passage of title upon death of owner. - § 31-3.1-37. Passage of title upon death of owner. Unless...

Section 31-3.1-38. - Effective dates — Applicability. - § 31-3.1-38. Effective dates — Applicability. This chapter shall apply...