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CURRENT RULERhode IslandLicensing / registration✓ Human reviewed

Is your Rhode Island body-shop license current and displayed everywhere required?

Rhode Island requires the appropriate Department of Business Regulation license before a person or business engages in motor vehicle body work or salvage vehicle repairing. The active rule requires the license to be conspicuously displayed at the licensed location, and the license number must appear on business communications, estimates, signs, business cards, and other written documentation related to the business. Licensees must remain in compliance throughout the license term.

Quick check

Verify the correct license is active and conspicuously displayed, and that its license number appears on estimates, signs, business cards, and other required written communications.

At a glance
JurisdictionRhode Island
TopicLicensing / registration
VerifiedOct 5, 2026
Review cadenceReview at renewal, when services or location change, and when Rhode Island DBR's active/proposed body-shop rule changes.
When this applies

Your Rhode Island business performs motor vehicle body work or salvage vehicle repairing.

Confirm the correct body/salvage license is current and displayed, and audit estimates, signs, business cards, and other written business communications to make sure the license number appears where required.

Official evidence

Source and verification

Verified
Oct 5, 2026
Applies to
Collision / body, Mixed services, Dealership fixed ops

Quick-reference compliance planning only; not legal advice or an exhaustive statement of every applicable Federal, state, or local rule. Always verify the official source.

Regulatory history

Related Rhode Island changes

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