{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-10-2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-10-2","heading":"Persons exempt from licensing requirements.","body":"The following persons are exempt from the licensing requirements of this chapter:\n(1) Any employee of the United States government while operating a motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States government and being operated on official business;\n(2) A nonresident who is at least sixteen (16) years of age and who has in his or her immediate possession a valid operator’s license issued to him or her in his or her home state or country may operate a motor vehicle in this state only as an operator;\n(3) A nonresident who is at least eighteen (18) years of age and who has in his or her immediate possession a valid chauffeur’s license issued to him or her in his or her home state or country may operate a motor vehicle in this state either as an operator or chauffeur. Subject to the age limits applicable to chauffeurs in this state, that license shall be accepted as a chauffeur class I license. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a nonresident must submit an application for a chauffeur class I license which must be approved before a nonresident may be employed as a chauffeur in this state;\n(4) Any nonresident who is at least eighteen (18) years of age, whose home state or country does not require the licensing of operators, may operate a motor vehicle as an operator only, for a period of not more than ninety (90) days in any calendar year, if the motor vehicle so operated is duly registered in the home state or country of that nonresident;\n(5) Any operator of any traction engine, road roller, farm tractor, crane, power shovel, well-borer, and any other road and building construction machinery and equipment, other than a truck used for the transportation of materials.","path":["Title 31 Motor and Other Vehicles","Chapter 10 Operators’ and Chauffeurs’ Licenses"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE31/31-10/31-10-2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:18Z","sha256":"64fbcce8a2dff3abe4a9a285ba907d412e262c9a1995e71030bc459960bbf4e1","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-10-1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-10-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}