Whenever the owner of a motor vehicle rents a vehicle without a driver to another it shall be unlawful for the lessee to permit any other person to operate the vehicle without the permission of the owner.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-34-3
Operation by person other than lessee
P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 20, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-34-3.
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