{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-60-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-60-3","heading":"Deposit on vehicle batteries.","body":"(a) A dealer shall not refuse to accept from any consumer any used vehicle battery, in reasonably clean and substantially unbroken condition as an exchange with the purchase of a new vehicle battery.\n(b) A dealer may add a core charge to the sale of a battery. The core charge shall be waived when a used vehicle battery is delivered to the dealer at the time of purchase. The deposit shall be returned to the consumer when a used vehicle battery is delivered to the dealer by the consumer within seven (7) days of date of purchase of the new battery.","path":["Title 23 Health and Safety","Chapter 60 Battery Deposit and Control"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-60/23-60-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:57:09Z","sha256":"250a39ca2fb6284db5bfc0685e03358f05f10ca89f827fe701497a65b984677a","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-60-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-60-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}