{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-19-26-1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 19-26-1","heading":"Businesses subject to chapter.","body":"Every person, partnership, or corporation, except a national bank or bank or trust company duly incorporated under the laws of this state, engaged in the business of loaning money on the security of a deposit of any personal property other than choses in action, whether or not a note or other evidence of indebtedness be given by the borrower, shall be deemed to be carrying on the business of a pawnbroker, within the meaning of this chapter, and shall be subject to all the provisions contained in this chapter.","path":["Title 19 Financial Institutions","Chapter 26 Pawnbrokers"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE19/19-26/19-26-1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:15Z","sha256":"06ece4bb9fe67a937cd33858d29a2013f2c40bf4df614bc8725fcf4da2044d5a","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-19-25.4-1-19-25.4-30","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-19-26-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}