ARTICLE IV. - DRIVERS' LICENSES, VEHICLE REGISTRATION, ETC.
Part of the Code of Ordinances of Central Falls, RI.
The text
Sec. 36-106. - Operation of vehicle without evidence of registration.#
No person shall operate, nor shall an owner knowingly permit to be operated, upon any roadway, street, highway, bicycle path or trail, any vehicle required to be registered under this article unless there has been issued a valid registration card therefor, and unless there shall be attached thereto, and displayed, a valid registration plate therefor by the registry of motor vehicles for the current year.
(Code 1973, § 16-3-8; Code 1994, § 38-16)
State Law reference— Similar provisions, G.L. 1956, § 31-3-1.
Sec. 36-107. - Display of plates.#
(a)
Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle or other conveyance, other than a motorcycle, trailer, transporter vehicle, in-transit vehicle or bailee engaged in business, or a motor vehicle owned by a duly authorized dealer in motorcycles and which is used in such dealer's business, shall be attached thereto one in the front and the other in the rear. The registration plate issued for a motorcycle, trailer, bailee, and a dealer's motor vehicle shall be attached to the rear thereof.
(b)
Every registration plate shall at all times be securely fastened in a horizontal position to the vehicle for which it was issued, so as to prevent the plate from swinging at a height of not less than 12 inches from the ground measured from the bottom of such plate, in a place and position to be clearly visible, and shall be maintained free from foreign materials and in a condition to be clearly legible.
(c)
All vehicles registered as passenger, commercial, trailer, motorcycle, suburban, farm, combination, taxi, radio operator, camper, public, racer tow, jitney, and antique must have displayed on them the registration plate commonly known as the general issuance "wave plate." This subsection does not apply to those registrants in possession of an alternative design plate as described in G.L. 1956, § 31-3-60 or any other specially authorized plate described in this article.
(Code 1973, § 16-9-28; Code 1994, § 38-107)
State Law reference— Similar provisions, G.L. 1956, § 31-3-18.
Sec. 36-108. - Driver's license.#
(a)
Every licensee shall have his operator's or chauffeur's license in his or her immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall display the license upon the demand of any peace office or inspector of the state division of motor vehicles and shall, upon request by any proper officer, write his name in the presence of that officer for the purpose of being identified. However, no person charged with violating this section shall be convicted if he produces in court or the office of the arresting officer an operator's or chauffeur's license previously issued to him and valid at the time of his arrest.
(b)
Every school bus operator shall display in a prominent place in the bus he is operating both a valid chauffeur's license or a reasonable facsimile of it, and a valid school bus driver's certificate, both of which have been issued by this state under the provisions of this article. A display case shall be provided to display these documents by the registered owner.
(Code 1973, § 16-3-19; Code 1994, § 38-19)
State Law reference— Similar provisions, G.L. 1956, § 31-10-27.
Sec. 36-109. - Notice of change of address or name to the state.#
Whenever any person, after applying for and receiving an operator's or chauffeur's license, shall move from the address named in such application or in the license issued to him, or when the name of the licensee is changed due to marriage or otherwise, such person shall, within ten days thereafter, notify the state division of motor vehicles, in writing, of his old and new addresses, or of such former and new names, and of the number of any license then held by him.
(Code 1973, § 16-9-29; Code 1994, § 38-108)
State Law reference— Similar provisions, G.L. 1956, § 31-10-32.
Sec. 36-110. - Permitting unauthorized persons to drive.#
No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by him or under his control to be driven upon any roadway, street or highway of the city by any person who is not authorized to drive such vehicle as set forth by state statutes.
(Code 1973, § 16-3-17; Code 1994, § 38-18)