R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-7-8: Application for license.

Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation, regularly engaged in the business of buying, selling and/or transporting livestock to be sold or used for any purpose, shall annually apply to the director for a license to buy, sell and/or transport livestock to be sold or used for any purpose. The application for that license shall be made upon a form prescribed by the director who may, if he or she is satisfied as to the responsibility and character of the application, issue a license to the applicant to buy, sell and/or transport livestock.