R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-14-4
The applicant for a license shall make an application to the clerk, in writing and under oath, at least fourteen (14) days prior to the opening date of the sale, showing all the facts in regard to the "closing out sale"; "going-out-of-business sale"; "discontinuance-of-business sale"; "selling out"; "liquidation"; "lost our lease"; "must vacate"; "forced out"; "removal"; or other designation of like meaning, or in regard to the damage caused to the goods, wares, and merchandise by fire, smoke, water, or otherwise, and showing all the facts in regard to the sale that the applicant proposes to conduct and the place and manner of conducting the sale including an inventory of the goods, wares, and merchandise to be sold at the sale, which inventory shall contain only goods, wares, and merchandise actually in the place of business in or at which the sale is to be conducted at the time of the application together with the established retail price of the goods, wares, and merchandise, and a statement, as far as possible, of the names of the persons from whom the goods, wares, and merchandise to be sold were obtained; the date of the delivery of the goods, wares and merchandise to the person applying for the license; and the place from which the goods, wares, and merchandise were last taken; and all details to fully identify the goods, wares, and merchandise to be sold. The application shall specify the proposed period of time over which the sale shall continue, which period shall not exceed sixty (60) days; provided, that if it shall be made to appear upon sworn application to the city or town clerk, at any time during the period of sixty (60) days, that all of the goods, wares, and merchandise described and inventoried in the original application have not been sold and if upon the application it is accompanied by a statement of inventory of what remains, a license supplemental to the one provided for in § 6-14-6 shall be issued by the clerk upon the same terms and conditions as the original license granting authority to continue the sale for a period of only thirty (30) days. The original application shall also specify whether the applicant proposes to advertise or conduct the sale as a "closing out sale"; "going-out-of-business sale"; "discontinuance-of-business sale"; "selling out"; "liquidation"; "lost our lease"; "must vacate"; "forced out"; "removal"; or other designation of like meaning, or a sale of goods, wares, and merchandise damaged by fire, smoke, water, or otherwise.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-14-4