Section 31-31-9 Failure to deposit security

Section 31-31-9 Failure to deposit security - Suspensions.

RI Gen L § 31-31-9 (2019) (N/A)

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§ 31-31-9. Failure to deposit security - Suspensions. (a) In the event that any person required to deposit security under this chapter fails to deposit the security within ten (10) days after the division of motor vehicles has sent the notice as provided in this chapter, the division of motor vehicles shall suspend:

(1) The license of each driver in any manner involved in the accident;

(2) The registrations of all vehicles owned by the owner of each vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state involved in the accident;

(3) If the driver is a nonresident, the privilege of operating within this state a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state;

(4) If the owner is a nonresident, the privilege of the owner to operate or permit the operation within this state of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state.

(b) The suspensions shall be made in respect to persons required by the division of motor vehicles to deposit the security who fail to deposit the security, except as otherwise provided under succeeding sections of this chapter.

History of Section. (P.L. 1993, ch. 4, § 2.)

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