Rhode Island § 19-26-1 § 19-26-1. Businesses subject to chapter.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 19-26-1 — § 19-26-1. Businesses subject to chapter.

Rhode Island § 19-26-1

Title 19Financial institutions

Ch. 19-26Pawnbrokers

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 19-26-1 (2026).

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§ 19-26-1. Businesses subject to chapter.
Every person, partnership, or corporation, except a national bank or bank or trust
            company duly incorporated under the laws of this state, engaged in the business of
            loaning money on the security of a deposit of any personal property other than choses
            in action, whether or not a note or other evidence of indebtedness be given by the
            borrower, shall be deemed to be carrying on the business of a pawnbroker, within the
            meaning of this chapter, and shall be subject to all the provisions contained in this
            chapter.
         

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§ 19-26-1. Businesses subject to chapter.

Every person, partnership, or corporation, except a national bank or bank or trust company duly incorporated under the laws of this state, engaged in the business of loaning money on the security of a deposit of any personal property other than choses in action, whether or not a note or other evidence of indebtedness be given by the borrower, shall be deemed to be carrying on the business of a pawnbroker, within the meaning of this chapter, and shall be subject to all the provisions contained in this chapter.