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2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-60 - Battery Deposit and Control
Section 23-60-3 - Deposit on vehicle batteries.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 23-60-3 (2017)
§ 23-60-3. Deposit on vehicle batteries.
(a) A dealer shall not refuse to accept from any consumer any used vehicle battery, in reasonably clean and substantially unbroken condition as an exchange with the purchase of a new vehicle battery.
(b) A dealer may add a core charge to the sale of a battery. The core charge shall be waived when a used vehicle battery is delivered to the dealer at the time of purchase. The deposit shall be returned to the consumer when a used vehicle battery is delivered to the dealer by the consumer within seven (7) days of date of purchase of the new battery.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1987, ch. 325, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 254, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 82; P.L. 2000, ch. 179, § 1.)
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