Skip to main content

Official State of Rhode Island website

  • Change the visual color theme between light or dark modes
  • Adjust the font size from the system default to a larger size
    Original
    Larger
  • Adjust the space between lines of text from the system default to a larger size
    Original
    More
  • Adjust the space between words from the system default to a larger size
    Original
    More
State of Rhode Island, Department of Business Regulation ,
  • Follow us on Facebook
  • Follow us on LinkedIn
  • Follow us on Twitter
Home
  • Home
  • Insurance Toggle child menu
    • Overview
    • Consumers
    • Insurance Professionals
    • Insurance Companies
    • Legal Information
    • About Us
  • Banking, Securities and Charitable Organizations Toggle child menu
    • Overview
    • Banking
    • Securities and Charities
  • Contractors and Building, Design, Fire Professionals & Board of Accountancy Toggle child menu
    • Overview
    • Contractors' Registration and Licensing Board
    • Building Code Commission
    • Design Professionals
    • Office of the State Fire Marshal
    • Fire Safety Code Board of Appeal & Review
    • Rehabilitation Code
    • Board of Accountancy
  • Office Of Cannabis Regulation Toggle child menu
    • Overview
    • Bulletins and Guidance
    • Applications and Forms
    • Patient and Caregiver Resources
    • Hybrid Licensing
    • Compassion Centers
    • Cultivators
    • Industrial Hemp Program
    • Hemp-Derived (CBD) Consumable Products
    • Data
    • Statutory & Regulatory Authority
    • About OCR
    • Contact Us
    • Cannabis Enforcement Actions
  • Real Estate and Commercial Licensing Toggle child menu
    • Overview
    • Short-Term Rentals
    • Real Estate
    • Real Estate Appraisers
    • Mobile Food Establishments (Food Trucks)
    • Auto Body Licensing
    • Auto Salvage Rebuilder Licensing
    • Motor Vehicle Glass Repair Licensing
    • Auto Wrecking and Salvage Yards
    • Bedding and Upholstered Furniture
    • Constables
    • Liquor
    • Mobile, Manufactured Homes & Parks
    • Commercial Licensing Enforcement Actions
    • Municipal Liquor Appeals
    • Unit Pricing
    • Health Clubs
  • Gaming and Athletics Toggle child menu
    • Overview
    • Bally's Twin River Lincoln Casino Resort / Bally's Tiverton Casino & Hotel
    • Professional Athletics
    • Gaming and Athletics Enforcement Actions
  • About DBR Toggle child menu
    • Overview
    • Mission Statement
    • About the Director
    • Directions
    • Contact Us

Agency Announcements

RIBridges Alert

If you may be impacted by the RIBridges data breach, take 5 important steps to protect your personal information today. Please follow this link to find out how to protect your personal information.

Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act, 2024 P.L. Ch. 67 & 68

Pursuant to the recently-enacted Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act, 2024 P.L. Ch. 67 & 68, the Department of Business Regulation will begin licensing retailers, sales representatives, and other entities involved with the sale or lease of residential solar energy systems on March 1, 2025. The Department is currently preparing regulations and guidance necessary to implement the provisions of this Act. If you have any questions or complaints relating to the regulation of solar retailers, please email the Department at DBR.Solar@dbr.ri.gov. Stay tuned for further updates.

  1. Home
  2. Insurance Banking Securities and Charitable Organizations
  3. Securities and Charities
  4. Public Records
  • Banking, Securities and Charitable Organizations
  • Banking
    • Consumers
      • File a Complaint
      • Financial Institutions & Credit Unions Chartered in Rhode Island
      • Banking Enforcement Actions
    • Credit Unions & Financial Institutions
      • Bulletins: Banking Division
      • Banks & Financial Institutions
      • Credit Unions
      • Bank Holding Companies
      • Rules & Regulations: Banking Division
      • Licensee Letters and Guidance
      • Nationwide Multistate Licensing System
    • All Other Licensees
  • Securities and Charities
    • Securities
    • Franchising
    • Timeshares
    • Charitable Organizations
    • Senior or Vulnerable Adult Financial Exploitation
    • Securities Enforcement Actions

Public Records

Access to Public Records Regulation PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes
Access to Public Records Form PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes

Department of Business Regulation 
1511 Pontiac Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
Directions
Contact Us

Office Hours
Monday – Friday 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Email us
Phone: (401) 462-9500
Fax: (401) 462-9532

Department of Business Regulation
Building, Design, & Fire Professionals 
560 Jefferson Blvd
Warwick, RI 02886
Directions
Contact Us

Office Hours
Monday – Friday: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Email us
Phone: (401) 921-1590 (Building);
(401) 889-5555 (Fire)
Fax: (401) 889-5533

Policies
Public Records Request
ADA Policy
State of Rhode Island Transparency Portal

Related Sites
RI Commerce Corporation
Health Insurance Commissioner
Department of Health
RI Attorney General's Office
Department of Env. Management
Department of Labor & Training
RI Division of Taxation
RI Secretary of State

Rhode Island General laws

State of Rhode Island
Office of the Governor
RI.gov
Elected Officials
State Agencies (A-Z)

© 2024 RI.gov. This page last updated on January 12th, 2022. Accessibility, data, and privacy policies | Top of page