Rhode Island · RI · Vehicles
Rhode Island: Do you need a front license plate?
Front and rear plates
Rhode Island requires license plates on both the front and rear of a passenger car.
Rhode Island issues two reflective plates for ordinary motor vehicles. The law requires one on the front and one on the rear. Motorcycles, trailers, and dealer vehicles display a single plate on the rear.
What the law says
Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, trailer, transporter vehicle, in-transit vehicle, or a bailee engaged in a business as defined in § 31-1-17(a), or other than a motor vehicle owned by a duly authorized dealer in motor vehicles and which is used in the dealer's business shall be attached thereto one in the front and the other in the rear.
Sources
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-3-18(a) Official · webserver.rilegislature.gov
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-3-10 Official · webserver.rilegislature.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles
- Website
- dmv.ri.gov
How bordering states compare
- Connecticut Front and rear platesConnecticut issues two plates for passenger cars and requires them on the front and rear.
- Massachusetts Front and rear platesMassachusetts requires passenger cars to display plates on both the front and the rear.
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