{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6-14-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-14-3","heading":"License required for sale.","body":"No person shall offer for sale a stock of goods, wares, and merchandise under the description of “closing-out sale”; “going-out-of-business sale”; “discontinuance-of-business sale”; “selling-out”; “liquidation”; “lost our lease”; “must vacate”; “forced out”; “removal”; or other designation of like meaning, or a sale of goods, wares, and merchandise damaged by fire, smoke, water, or otherwise, unless he or she shall have first obtained a license to conduct a sale from the clerk of the city or town in which he or she proposes to conduct a sale.","path":["Title 6 Commercial Law — General Regulatory Provisions","Chapter 14 Closing Out Sales"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE6/6-14/6-14-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:08:34Z","sha256":"3dcba2dfb16ffa88438749df88fe20b45ed3e044dd9a9540f7d2518d4cbc04ba","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6-14-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6-14-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}