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A Rhode Island motor vehicle power of attorney form is a document that lets a vehicle owner appoint another person to handle registration, title transfer and other vehicle matters. It helps when the owner cannot take care of these tasks in person, for example because of health, travel or other commitments. This page gives you a ready-made template to fill in online or download as a PDF.
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A Rhode Island motor vehicle power of attorney is a document in which the vehicle owner, called the principal, names an agent to act for them on one vehicle. The FormsPal template lists the powers it gives your agent. The template text covers registering, licensing, selling, transferring ownership, repairing, maintaining and retitling the vehicle. It also covers dealing with the Rhode Island Department of Motor Vehicles on those matters.
Rhode Island also has power of attorney forms for healthcare decisions, financial management and other tasks. You can browse all of the Rhode Island POA forms in one place.
| Document Name | Rhode Island Motor Vehicle Power of Attorney Form |
| State Form Name | None |
| Relevant Link | Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles |
| Avg. Time to Fill Out | 15 minutes |
| # of Fillable Fields | 25 |
| Available Formats | Adobe PDF |
Three roles appear in this document. The principal is the vehicle owner. The agent, also called the attorney-in-fact, is the person the owner appoints to act for them. The form ends with an acknowledgment page for a notary public.
To execute a valid power of attorney form in Rhode Island, the following requirements must be met:
Filling in the template goes faster when the paperwork is already on the table. Gather the items below before you open the PDF, so you do not have to stop halfway through a line to look something up.
Follow these seven steps to fill in the FormsPal Rhode Island motor vehicle power of attorney template that this page hands out. The steps follow the form from the opening paragraph on page 1 to the acknowledgment on page 3, so you can work through it from top to bottom.
The screenshots under each step show the FormsPal Rhode Island Rhode Island Motor Vehicle Power of Attorney template filled with sample entries in blue, so you can see where each answer goes. The names, addresses, dates and amounts are examples only.
Principal and agent
In the opening paragraph on page 1, enter your name and address. Then enter the name and address of the person you appoint as your agent (attorney-in-fact).
The motor vehicle
Fill in the Make, Model, Year, VIN Number and Odometer lines. Use Other Identifying Characteristics for anything else that sets this vehicle apart.
Social Security Number/Tax ID Number and date of birth
Enter your Social Security Number or Tax ID Number and your date of birth. The EFFECTIVE DATE line just below is printed text with nothing to fill in. Note that this document remains effective until it is formally revoked.
Successor Attorney-in-Fact
Add a backup if you want one. On page 2, write the agent's name in the first blank, then the alternate agent's name and address. This person will assume power if the primary attorney-in-fact is unable or unwilling to serve.
Date, signature and printed name
Fill in the day, month and year after the words Signed this. Then sign on the signature line and print your name beneath it.
Acknowledgment: county, date and officer
Page 3 is the acknowledgment. Fill in the county, the date, the officer's name and title, and the name of the person appearing. Your notary can help with these blanks.
Officer signature and seal
The last line of page 3 holds the officer's signature and a seal mark. This line is for the notary public or other officer.
Small slips are easy to miss when you fill in a form quickly. Read through this short list before you print the final copy, and check each entry against your vehicle title or registration.
Printing the finished template and signing it are the last stages. Print the filled-in form on clean paper and read each entry once more before anyone signs. Then work through the short list below in order.
Revoking the power of attorney ensures that all actions taken under it are appropriately ceased and that no further actions can be legally taken by the attorney-in-fact under the revoked document.
The attorney-in-fact is the agent the principal appoints on the form. The agent handles the vehicle matters the template lists, such as registration and title transfer, and acts for the owner when the owner cannot be there in person.
The template asks for the make, model, year, VIN and odometer reading. It also has a line for other identifying characteristics, such as the color or body style.
Yes. The template has a Successor Attorney-in-Fact section on page 2 with space for an alternate agent's name and address.
The template runs three pages. Page 1 holds the principal, agent and vehicle details, page 2 holds the successor section, and page 3 is the acknowledgment page.
Yes. You can type your answers into the PDF with the FormsPal PDF editor, then print the form for signing.
General information, not legal or tax advice.
