{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-7-2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-7-2","heading":"Vehicles transporting persons or property for compensation.","body":"A nonresident owner of a foreign vehicle operated within this state for the transportation of persons or property for compensation or for the transportation of merchandise, either regularly according to a schedule or for a consecutive period exceeding thirty (30) days, shall register the vehicle and pay the same fees for it as is required for like vehicles owned by residents of this state.","path":["Title 31 Motor and Other Vehicles","Chapter 7 Foreign Vehicles"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE31/31-7/31-7-2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:17Z","sha256":"66c01037b2ebbe3316cb5b96b5c4d0ce55ac86663ef30f2a0cbb68bdbdac10ae","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-7-1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-7-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}