Rhode Island General Laws Title 31. Motor and Other Vehicles § 31-40-4. Complaint to be filed by attorney general

The attorney general upon receiving the habitual offender transcripts or abstracts from the administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall immediately file a complaint against the person named in it in the district court having jurisdiction of criminal offenses in the city or town in which the person resides. In the event the person is a nonresident of this state, the attorney general shall file a complaint against the accused person in the district court of the sixth judicial district.