Title VI Program | RI Division of Motor Vehicles

RHODE ISLAND’S TITLE LAW HAS CHANGED Effective March 1, 2024

The Rhode Island DMV will no longer be accepting photocopies, images, or electronic copies of titles.
All new registration and/or new title transactions will now REQUIRE THE ORIGINAL TITLE to be submitted to the RI DMV at the time the transaction takes place.
Your lienholder or leasing company can send the original title to the RI DMV, ATTN: Research Office, 600 New London Avenue, Cranston, RI 02920 or to you directly. We highly recommend that the title and other documents are sent with tracking information to enable customers and lienholders to know when the title was received.
As long as your contact information (name, address, phone and e-mail) is included with the title, the RI DMV will contact you once your original title has been received so you can complete your transaction. Be advised that this process can take several weeks for the original title to be sent to the RI DMV. Please also be advised that the RI DMV cannot request a title from a lienholder or lease company.
A VIN check is required for all transactions involving an Out-of-State title/vehicle.
Reservations are required for all visits. PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
For more information on RI’s new title laws, and new requirements for registration and title transactions, CLICK HERE and scroll down.

Title VI Program

The Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles conducts all programs and activities without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability, including income-level and Limited English Proficiency status. For additional information regarding the RI DMV’s nondiscrimination obligations, please contact the RI DMV at the address and phone number listed below.

If you feel that you have been subjected to discrimination by the RI DMV on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability, including income-level and Limited English Proficiency status, you may file a complaint. Please click here to download the RI DMV Title VI Complaint Form, or obtain a copy of the Title VI Complaint Form from any DMV branch office. The Title VI Complaint Form must be completed and submitted to the RI DMV as soon as possible by:

Submission through the DMV web site (using the “Feedback & Questions” link); or

Submission in person at any RI DMV branch office; or

Mail addressed to the DMV at:

Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles

ATTN: Administration Office, 3rd Floor

600 New London Avenue

Cranston, RI 02920

(401) 462-5705

You will be contacted by the RI DMV as soon as possible, but no later than 90 days after the RI DMV receives your complaint.