2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other vehicles
Chapter 31-31 - Safety Responsibility Administration – Security Following Accident
Chapter 31-31-22 - Matters not to be evidenced in civil suits.
§ 31-31-22 Matters not to be evidenced in civil suits. – The report required following an accident, the action taken by the division of motor vehicles upon which the action is based, and the security filed as provided in this chapter, shall not be referred to in any way, and shall not be any evidence of the negligence or due care of either party, at the trial of any action at law to recover damages; provided, that the reports, division action findings, and the security filed shall be admissible in any civil action based upon the uninsured motorist provision of an automobile insurance policy as evidence in proof of the existence of an uninsured motorist.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1993, ch. 4, § 2.)
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