(a) Whenever a motor vehicle as defined in § 31-1-3 is burned, the owner of record of the vehicle shall submit to the fire department for the city or town in which the vehicle is located a statement signed under the penalties of perjury containing any information concerning the burning of the vehicle that the state fire marshal or the marshal’s designee shall require.
(b) The state fire marshal or the marshal’s designee is empowered and directed to develop and adopt an appropriate form upon which to enter the owner’s statement, which form shall contain the requisite information as provided in § 27-8.1-3.