Rhode Island § 31-42-2 § 31-42-2. Authority to take possession of abandoned motor vehicles and abandoned motor vehicles of no value.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 31-42-2 — § 31-42-2. Authority to take possession of abandoned motor vehicles and abandoned motor vehicles of no value.

Rhode Island § 31-42-2

Title 31Motor and Other vehicles

Ch. 31-42Abandoned Motor Vehicles

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-42-2 (2026).

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§ 31-42-2. Authority to take possession of abandoned motor vehicles and abandoned motor vehicles
               of no value.
(a) A police department may, upon completion of a vehicle survey report, take into custody
            any motor vehicle found abandoned on public or private property. A police department
            may employ its own personnel, equipment, and facilities or authorize persons, equipment,
            and facilities for the purpose of removing, preserving and storing abandoned motor
            vehicles.
         
(b) The police shall post or attach to the vehicle, forty-eight (48) hours prior to towing,
            a notification of an abandoned vehicle 

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§ 31-42-2. Authority to take possession of abandoned motor vehicles and abandoned motor vehicles of no value.

(a) A police department may, upon completion of a vehicle survey report, take into custody any motor vehicle found abandoned on public or private property. A police department may employ its own personnel, equipment, and facilities or authorize persons, equipment, and facilities for the purpose of removing, preserving and storing abandoned motor vehicles.

(b) The police shall post or attach to the vehicle, forty-eight (48) hours prior to towing, a notification of an abandoned vehicle indicating the vehicle will be towed.