Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-65 - Contractors’ Registration and Licensing Board

Section 5-65-1. - Definitions. - § 5-65-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Appurtenances”...

Section 5-65-2. - Exemptions from registration — Registered agent for service of process. - § 5-65-2. Exemptions from registration — Registered agent for service...

Section 5-65-3. - Registration for work on a structure required of contractor — Issuance of building permits to unregistered or unlicensed contractors prohibited — Evidence of activity as a contractor — Duties of contractors. - § 5-65-3. Registration for work on a structure required of...

Section 5-65-4. - Registration required to obtain judicial or administrative remedy — Exception. - § 5-65-4. Registration required to obtain judicial or administrative remedy...

Section 5-65-5. - Application for registration — Continuing education. - § 5-65-5. Application for registration — Continuing education. (a) A...

Section 5-65-6. - Contractor to notify of address change — Effect of mail to last known address. - § 5-65-6. Contractor to notify of address change — Effect...

Section 5-65-7. - Insurance required of contractors. - § 5-65-7. Insurance required of contractors. (a) Throughout the period...

Section 5-65-7.1. - Notice of cancellation or failure to renew policies. - § 5-65-7.1. Notice of cancellation or failure to renew policies....

Section 5-65-8. - Term of registration — Renewal. - § 5-65-8. Term of registration — Renewal. (a) A certificate...

Section 5-65-9. - Registration fee — Report. - § 5-65-9. Registration fee — Report. (a) Each applicant shall...

Section 5-65-10. - Grounds for discipline — Injunctions. - § 5-65-10. Grounds for discipline — Injunctions. (a) The board...

Section 5-65-11. - Submission of complaints. - § 5-65-11. Submission of complaints. (a) The board and office...

Section 5-65-12. - Procedure for making a complaint against a contractor — Investigation by board — Disciplinary action. - § 5-65-12. Procedure for making a complaint against a contractor...

Section 5-65-12.1. - Alternate procedure for making claims against a contractor — Private right of action. - § 5-65-12.1. Alternate procedure for making claims against a contractor...

Section 5-65-13. - Nonlawyer may represent corporation before board. - § 5-65-13. Nonlawyer may represent corporation before board. A corporation...

Section 5-65-14. - Contractors’ registration and licensing board — Members — Terms — Confirmation — Vacancies — Qualification. - § 5-65-14. Contractors’ registration and licensing board — Members —...

Section 5-65-15. - Officers — Quorum — Compensation and expenses. - § 5-65-15. Officers — Quorum — Compensation and expenses. (a)...

Section 5-65-15.1. - Staff. - § 5-65-15.1. Staff. (a) The office shall provide the board...

Section 5-65-16. - Powers and duties of the board — Investigatory powers of board — Use of city or county inspectors — Conduct of hearings. - § 5-65-16. Powers and duties of the board — Investigatory...

Section 5-65-17. - Rulemaking authority. - § 5-65-17. Rulemaking authority. The board shall promulgate rules and...

Section 5-65-18. - Mechanics’ lien notice. - § 5-65-18. Mechanics’ lien notice. As applicable to and in...

Section 5-65-19. - Penalty for operating without a registration — Failure to comply with a final order or decision — Repeat offenses. - § 5-65-19. Penalty for operating without a registration — Failure...

Section 5-65-20. - Administrative hearings. - § 5-65-20. Administrative hearings. (a) Contested cases, contested enforcement proceedings,...

Section 5-65-21. - Severability. - § 5-65-21. Severability. The provisions of this chapter are severable....

Section 5-65-22. - Display of certificate of registration. - § 5-65-22. Display of certificate of registration. All contractors subject...

Section 5-65-23. - Registration required as part of bidding process. - § 5-65-23. Registration required as part of bidding process. Whenever...

Section 5-65-24. - Limited applicability of chapter to nonresidential contractors. - § 5-65-24. Limited applicability of chapter to nonresidential contractors. (a)...

Section 5-65-25. - Violations — Notice. - § 5-65-25. Violations — Notice. The board shall provide, by...

Section 5-65-26. - Notice of final order — Service of process. - § 5-65-26. Notice of final order — Service of process....

Section 5-65-27. - Elderly person in-home solicitation — Right to cancel. - § 5-65-27. Elderly person in-home solicitation — Right to cancel....