{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-20-2-22","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-2-22","heading":"Nonresident’s noncommercial shellfish license.","body":"(a) Every nonresident over the age of twelve (12) years may obtain a nonresident, noncommercial annual shellfish license for a fee of two hundred dollars ($200).\n(b) A nonresident may obtain one noncommercial limited license per calendar year covering fourteen (14) days, including the date of issue, for eleven dollars ($11.00).\n(c) A nonresident must obtain a shellfish landing license, for a fee of two hundred dollars ($200), to land shellfish (surf clams, blue mussels, ocean quahaugs, sea scallops) harvested outside Rhode Island waters.\n(d) A nonresident landowner, as defined in § 20-1-3(a)(5), who owns residential real estate in Rhode Island assessed for taxation at a valuation of not less than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) may, with proof of residential property ownership in the form of a current tax bill from a town or city hall showing that the nonresident landowner is current in his or her property tax obligation, obtain an annual, noncommercial, nonresident shellfish license for a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).","path":["Title 20 Fish and Wildlife","Chapter 2 Licensing"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE20/20-2/20-2-22.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:17Z","sha256":"665929ff474f46b41a695bea1f63ab76286b97616e5e76619c083edfbf7ec005","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-20-2-21","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-20-2-23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}