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§ 8-18-3 — § 8-18-3. Jurisdiction for certain violations. [Effective until January 15, 2027.]

Rhode Island § 8-18-3
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Ch. 8-18State and Municipal Court Compact

This text of Rhode Island § 8-18-3 (§ 8-18-3. Jurisdiction for certain violations. [Effective until January 15, 2027.]) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Rhode Island primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-18-3 (2026).

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§ 8-18-3. Jurisdiction for certain violations. [Effective until January 15, 2027.]

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, jurisdiction over the adjudication of matters relating to violations enumerated in the following sections of the general laws is hereby conferred upon the municipal courts and the traffic tribunal:

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31-13-4 31-13-9 31-13-11 31-14-3 31-14-9 31-15-1 31-15-3
31-15-4 31-15-5 31-15-6 31-15-7 31-15-9 31-15-11 31-15-12
31-15-13 31-16-1 31-16-2 31-16-4 31-16-5 31-16-7 31-16-9
31-17-1 31-17-2 31-17-4 31-17-6 31-17-7 31-18-12 31-20-1
31-20-2 31-20-9 31-21-4 31-22-2 31-22-4 31-22-5 31-22-6
31-22-7 31-22-8 31-22-9 31-23-1 31-23-8 31-23-13 31-23-14
31-23-15 31-24-1 31-24-4 31-24-5 31-24-7 31-24-12 31-38-4
31-12-12 37-15-7 31-3-29 31-3-30 31-3-34 31-3-35 31-8-1
31-10-32 31-10.1-1 31-10.1-4 31-10.1-5 31-10.1-6 31-13-6 31-15-8
31-23-45 31-14-1 31-17-3 31-23-4 31-23-10 31-23-17 31-23-19
31-23-20 31-23-26 31-23-27 31-23-40 31-23-42.1 31-3-18 31-10-27
31-18-3 31-10.1-7 31-38-3 31-14-12 31-17-5 31-25-9 31-25-11
31-25-12 31-25-12.1 31-25-10 31-22-1 31-24-34 31-27-9 31-3-9
31-15-10 31-18-8 31-25-17 31-10.1-4 31-23-43 31-23-29 31-24-45
31-17-8 31-24-10 31-23-47 31-12-9 31-15-16 24-10-18 31-19-5
31-3-12 31-24-9 31-22-22 31-28-7 31-28-7.1 31-3-32 31-18-4
24-10-18 31-18-5 31-18-15 31-18-18 31-21-14 31-22-3 31-23-16
31-24-6 31-24-8 31-24-31 31-27-16 31-22-23 31-10-30 31-10-10
31-19-3 31-3-40 31-22-24 31-23-51 31-7-1 31-15-2 31-15-12.1
31-16-8 31-20-17 31-24-16 31-24-17 31-24-20 31-24-22 31-24-23
31-24-24 31-24-25 31-24-26 31-24-27 31-24-28 31-24-29 31-24-30
31-24-32 31-24-33 31-24-36 31-24-38 31-24-39 31-24-40 31-24-41
31-24-42 31-24-43 31-24-46 31-24-49 31-24-51 31-24-53 31-26-3.1
31-27-17 31-27-19 31-33-2 31-45-1 4-1-26 31-10.1-2 31-20-10
31-22-13 31-24-13 31-27-10 31-41.1-4 (Speeding (A)) 31-41.2-3 Chapter 31-51

(b) Except as provided in §§ 8-18-9, 8-18-10, and 31-41.1-11 jurisdiction over violations enumerated in subsection (a) shall be exercised as follows:

(1) By the traffic tribunal over all violations for which the summons is issued by a state agency;

(2) By the traffic tribunal over all violations for which the summons is issued by a city or town which has not established a municipal court; and

(3) By the municipal court over all violations for which the summons is issued by a city or town which has established a municipal court.

Notes

Compiler's Notes.

Section 31-10.1-2, referred to in the table in subsection (a) of this section, is repealed by P.L. 2024, ch. 41, § 3 and P.L. 2024, ch. 42, § 3, effective August 31, 2024.

P.L. 2025, ch. 253, § 2, and P.L. 2025, ch. 254, § 2 enacted identical amendments to this section.

Legislative History

P.L. 1992, ch. 488, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 5, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 650, § 1; P.L. 2024, ch. 412, § 1, effective June 28, 2024; P.L. 2025, ch. 253, § 2, effective June 26, 2025; P.L. 2025, ch. 254, § 2, effective June 26, 2025.

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