Rhode Island General Laws 31-32-10. Suspension for nonpayment of judgment
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The division of motor vehicles upon receipt of a certificate copy of a judgment shall immediately suspend the license and registration and any nonresident’s operating privilege, of any person against whom the judgment was rendered, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1952, ch. 3002, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-18; P.L. 1962, ch. 204, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-32-10.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 31-32-10
- Judgment: means any judgment which shall have become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States, upon a cause of action arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of any vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use of it, or upon a cause of action on an agreement of settlement for the damages. See Rhode Island General Laws 31-32-3
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6