{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-5.1-7","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-5.1-7","heading":"License to conduct business — Violation.","body":"No person, whether or not he or she is a resident of the state, shall engage in the private security guard business without first obtaining from the attorney general a license to conduct the business, as subsequently provided. No person shall conduct the business under the license of another person nor shall any person lease or sublease a license to another person; provided, that this provision does not apply to any person conducting the business under the license of another person, or who is the lessee or sublessee of a license of another person as of July 10, 1989. A license entitles the holder to conduct the businesses defined in § 5-5.1-2(a) and (b). Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony.","path":["Title 5 Businesses and Professions","Chapter 5.1 Private Security Guard Businesses"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE5/5-5.1/5-5.1-7.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:18:11Z","sha256":"c3c6388393da92353e4e30e6f980e5bbe3d49de85fc8fae309bc420433359f90","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-5.1-6","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-5.1-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}