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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
It is a civil violation for any person:
(1) To display, or cause or permit to be displayed, or have in his or her possession any cancelled, revoked, suspended, fictitious, or fraudulently altered operator's or chauffeur's license;
(2) To lend his or her operator's or chauffeur's license to any other person or knowingly permit the use of it by another;
(3) To display or represent as one's own any operator's or chauffeur's license not issued to him or her;
(4) To fail or refuse to surrender to the division of motor vehicles upon its lawful demand any operator's or chauffeur's license which has been suspended, revoked, or cancelled;
(5) To use a false or fictitious name in any application for an operator's or chauffeur's license or to knowingly make a false statement or to knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application;
(6) To permit any unlawful use of an operator's or chauffeur's license issued to him or her; or
(7) To do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this title.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Rhode Island General Laws Title 31. Motor and Other Vehicles § 31-11-16. Unlawful use of license - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ri/title-31-motor-and-other-vehicles/ri-gen-laws-sect-31-11-16/
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