Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 3-7-24 (2026)

Certificate of payment of state taxes

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Every licensee under this chapter, upon filing an application for renewal or transfer of a license, shall submit with the application a certificate executed by the tax administrator, or some employee designated by the tax administrator, that taxes due the state have been paid. For the purposes of this section, “taxes due the state” shall include contributions due including taxes, interest and penalties due to the department of labor and training pursuant to the employment security act, chapters 42-44 of title 28, and temporary disability insurance act, chapters 39-41 of title 28. No license under this chapter shall be renewed or transferred without that certificate.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1985–1991 · leading case: 632 Metacom Assocs. v. Pub Dennis of Warren, Inc., 591 A.2d 379 (R.I. 1991).
632 Metacom Assocs. v. Pub Dennis of Warren, Inc., 591 A.2d 379 (R.I. 1991). · cites it 43× “” The District Court stated that the “substantial question which confronts this court reduces to a black-or-white determination of whether R.I.Gen.Laws § 3-7-24 qualifies as an exercise of the state’s police or regulatory power.”
In Re Hoffman, 65 B.R. 985 (D.R.I. 1986). · cites it 33× “, R.I. Gen.Laws § 3-7-24, which provides as follows: Every licensee under this chapter, upon filing an application for renewal or transfer of such license, shall submit with such application a certificate executed by the tax administrator, or some employee designated by the tax…”
In Re Hoffman, 53 B.R. 874 (Bankr. D.R.I. 1985). · cites it 2× “LAWS § 3-7-24 1 prohibits this Court from authorizing the transfer of a liquor license unless a certificate of good standing has first been issued by the State Division of Taxation stating that all taxes have been paid.”
PUB Dennis of Mineral Spring Avenue, Inc. v. Town of North Providence (In Re PUB Dennis of Mineral Spring Avenue, Inc.), 126 B.R. 903 (Bankr. D.R.I. 1991). · cites it 3× “LAWS § 3-7-24 (requiring payment of delinquent taxes prior to the license transfer) falls within the “police or regulatory power” exception to the automatic stay.”
Gillson v. Town of Middletown (In re Gillson), 134 B.R. 702 (D.R.I. 1991). · cites it 2× “Instead, we ORDER the Town of Middle-town to renew and to issue the liquor license to the Greenhouse Inn, or however styled, effective December 1,1991, notwithstanding the absence of a certificate of payment by the Rhode Island Division of Taxation, as required by R.I.Gen. Laws…”
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