{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-39-12-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-12-3","heading":"Exemption from regulations.","body":"There shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter:\n(1) Motor vehicles while engaged exclusively in the delivery of United States mail;\n(2) Motor vehicles owned and operated by the government of the United States;\n(3) Motor vehicles owned and operated by a cooperative group and used exclusively for the transportation of the property of the cooperative group or its members;\n(4) Motor vehicles used exclusively in the transportation of agricultural commodities or horticultural commodities or products from a farm, or farm supplies to a farm;\n(5) Motor vehicles engaged in the plowing or removal of snow from the publicly used highways within this state;\n(6) Motor vehicles engaged in the transportation of garbage, ashes, and debris removed from private dwellings, commercial, and industrial establishments;\n(7) Motor vehicles engaged exclusively in transporting newspapers.","path":["Title 39 Public Utilities and Carriers","Chapter 12 Motor Carriers of Property"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE39/39-12/39-12-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:17Z","sha256":"976b9377cc884ce4d9179bade4b2cc29866c3107e5da39b7da95234c74a934dd","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-39-12-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-39-12-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}