It is a civil violation for any person to operate, or for an owner knowingly to permit to be operated, upon any highway any vehicle of a type required to be registered under this chapter which is not registered and for which the appropriate fee has not been paid or not registered as required in any other state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-3-1
Operation of unregistered vehicle
P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 3, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-3-1; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 6, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 201, § 1.
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