R.I. Gen. Laws § 3-2-7: Records of the department.

All records of the department relating to liquor control are declared to be public records and are open to public inspection under any rules that the department of business regulation makes. The governor and attorney general are authorized to require the department to furnish to them any record, information, copy of any document, paper, book or other thing in their possession. Certified copies of any part of the records of the department are prima facie evidence of the matters contained in the records.