§ 31-3.1-6 - Issuance and records. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 31-3.1-6

   § 31-3.1-6  Issuance and records. –(a) The division of motor vehicles shall file each application received and,when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and that the applicant isentitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue, upon paymentof a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), a certificate of title of the vehicle.

   (b) The division of motor vehicles shall maintain a record ofall certificates of title issued by it:

   (1) Under a distinctive title number assigned to the vehicle;

   (2) Under the identifying number of the vehicle;

   (3) Alphabetically, under the name of the owner; and

   (4) At the discretion of the division of motor vehicles, inany other method it determines.

   (c) Title searches, lien searches, and other transactions notcited and involving titles shall be conducted upon payment of a fee of fiftydollars ($50.00).