Each town and city shall, at the time of issuing a license, enter upon a list kept for that purpose the name of the licensed person, the kind of license, and the time of the expiration of the license, and also furnish to any person who may request it a statement, copied from that list, of all licenses that may be or may have been in force during any period designated by the person requesting the statement.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-11-5