- (a) The registered owner of the motor vehicle shall be primarily responsible in all prosecutions brought pursuant to the provisions of this chapter except as otherwise provided in this section.
- (b) In all prosecutions of civil traffic violations based on evidence obtained from an automated traffic violation detection system, the registered owner of a vehicle which has been operated in violation of a civil traffic violation, may be liable for such violation. The registered owner of the vehicle may assume liability for the violation by paying the fine; or by defending the violation pursuant to the procedures in § 31-41.2-4.
- (c) The lessee of a leased vehicle shall be considered the owner of a motor vehicle for purposes of this section.
History of Section.
P.L. 2005, ch. 418, § 1.