{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-39-14.2-9","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-14.2-9","heading":"Vehicles to be utilized to provide TNC services.","body":"TNC operators may utilize a personal vehicle to provide licensed TNC services, provided:\n(1) The vehicle is owned by, leased to, or otherwise authorized by the legal owner/lessee to be used by a TNC operator to provide TNC services: and\n(2) The vehicle is no older than fifteen (15) model years old and is designed to hold no more than seven (7) individuals, including the driver; and\n(3) The vehicle meets the vehicle-safety inspection requirements for a private motor vehicle in Rhode Island, or the state in which the vehicle is registered, performed by a facility licensed by the state to conduct such inspections, and shall display an according inspection sticker on the vehicle’s windshield if required to do so by applicable law; and\n(4) The vehicle shall have met or surpassed sanitary/acceptability standards established by the TNC with which the TNC operator has “partnered”; and\n(5) It shall be prohibited for a TNC operator to connect to a TNC’s digital network for the purpose of accepting solicitations and providing TNC services in a personal vehicle other than a personal vehicle that the TNC operator has registered with the TNC pursuant to § 39-14.2-11.","path":["Title 39 Public Utilities and Carriers","Chapter 14.2 Transportation Network Company Services"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE39/39-14.2/39-14.2-9.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:18Z","sha256":"e5b08b9d8acb8f56ea9cd818c4915e54c32910fa2d80b877ac95f85870eef19a","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-39-14.2-8","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-39-14.2-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}