Rhode Island § 3-5-18 § 3-5-18. Signature on licenses — Posting and exhibition.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 3-5-18 — § 3-5-18. Signature on licenses — Posting and exhibition.

Rhode Island § 3-5-18

Title 3Alcoholic Beverages

Ch. 3-5Licenses Generally

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 3-5-18 (2026).

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§ 3-5-18. Signature on licenses — Posting and exhibition.
(a) All retail licenses issued under chapter 7 of this title shall bear the signature,
            or electronic signature, of the clerk of the licensing board, body, or officials issuing
            them, and shall not be printed, stamped, typewritten, engraved, photographed, or cut
            from one instrument and attached to another and shall be displayed by the licensee,
            on the premises, and shall be exhibited on demand to any deputy sheriff, to any city
            or town sergeant, constable, officer or member of the city or town police or to any
            member of the department of state police or agent of the department.
         

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§ 3-5-18. Signature on licenses — Posting and exhibition.

(a) All retail licenses issued under chapter 7 of this title shall bear the signature, or electronic signature, of the clerk of the licensing board, body, or officials issuing them, and shall not be printed, stamped, typewritten, engraved, photographed, or cut from one instrument and attached to another and shall be displayed by the licensee, on the premises, and shall be exhibited on demand to any deputy sheriff, to any city or town sergeant, constable, officer or member of the city or town police or to any member of the department of state police or agent of the department.

(b) All retail licenses shall be displayed within the premises but need not be posted. The license shall be exhibited to any deputy sheriff of the county, to any city or town sergeant, constable, officer or member of the city or town police or to any member of the department of state police or agent of the department who request proof that the establishment is duly licensed.

Legislative History

P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 29; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 16; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 120; G.L. 1956, § 3-5-18; P.L. 1970, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 638, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 255, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 8; P.L. 2018, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 289, § 1.