{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-4-5","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-4-5","heading":"Dealers exempt from new registration.","body":"When the transferee of a vehicle is a dealer who holds the vehicle for resale and lawfully operates the vehicle under dealers’ number plates or when the transferee does not drive the vehicle or permit it to be driven upon the highways, the transferee shall not be required to obtain a new registration of the vehicle.","path":["Title 31 Motor and Other Vehicles","Chapter 4 Transfer of Vehicles"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE31/31-4/31-4-5.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:16Z","sha256":"c89f17f06baa6dff433649626923ff30392518fd880f3f9ad84fe616d1a36551","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-4-4","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-4-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}