| Chapter 144 |
| 2024 -- S 2480 AS AMENDED Enacted 06/17/2024 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES |
Introduced By: Senators Felag, DiPalma, F. Lombardi, Britto, and Ciccone |
| Date Introduced: February 12, 2024 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 31-38-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-38 entitled "Inspection |
| of Motor Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 31-38-1. Vehicles without required equipment or in unsafe condition — Inspection |
| sticker for used cars for sale required. |
| (a) No person shall sell at retail, drive, or move on any highway any motor vehicle, trailer, |
| semitrailer, or pole trailer or any combination of them unless the equipment upon the vehicle is in |
| good working order and adjustment as required in this title, and the vehicle is in such safe |
| mechanical condition as not to endanger the driver or other occupant or any person upon the |
| highway. |
| (b) No dealer of used vehicles, as defined by § 31-1-19(b), shall sell at retail a used motor |
| vehicle unless a new inspection of the vehicle conforming to the standards set pursuant to this |
| chapter and chapter 47.1 of this title has been conducted and the vehicle has a new certificate of |
| inspection affixed to the windshield at the time of sale, except used cars sold: |
| (1) Sold “for parts only” and clearly identified accordingly on the bill of sale: or |
| (2) Purchased at the end of the lease term by the current lessee with a valid certificate of |
| inspection affixed to the windshield at the time of sale that is issued by the state of Rhode Island. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect six (6) months after the effective date of this act. |
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