If you cannot find the OPU, call the Elevator Unit district office for your area and explain the situation. Be sure to have the State ID number for the device in question as well as the street address where the device is located.
Rhode Island has 3 tax rates: 3.75%, 4.75% and 5.99%. More on the Ocean State's taxes can be found in the tabbed pages below. In 2011, Rhode Island's tax system underwent the most sweeping changes since the state tax was enacted in 1971. Most notable was the reduction of the top tax rate from 9.9% to 5.99%.
Instead of taxing the sale of tangible property which takes place outside of Rhode Island's jurisdiction (and thus cannot be taxed), the Rhode Island Use Tax taxes the use or consumption of tangible property bought in other jurisdictions with a lower sales tax rate and brought back into Rhode Island.