Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-1-1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every act and omission which is an offense at common law, and for which no punishment is prescribed by the general laws, may be prosecuted and punished as an offense at common law. Every person who shall be convicted of any offense which is a misdemeanor at common law shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500). Every person who shall be convicted of any offense which is a felony at common law shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding five (5) years or be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1922, ch. 2233, § 2; P.L. 1975, ch. 283, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 284, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 350, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 402, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 621, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-1-2

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Unless otherwise provided, any criminal offense which at any given time may be punished by imprisonment for a term of more than one year, or by a fine of more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), is declared to be a felony; any criminal offense which may be punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both, is declared to be a misdemeanor; any criminal offense which may be punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both, is declared to be a petty misdemeanor; and any offense which may be punished by only a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) is declared to be a violation.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1941, ch. 983, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 3; P.L. 1971, ch. 115, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 173, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 222, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 462, § 3.

Codifications: G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 74.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-1-2.1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Conviction of a violation shall not give rise to any disability or legal disadvantage based on conviction of a criminal offense. Conviction of a violation shall be supported by evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1976, ch. 173, § 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-1-3

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall aid, assist, abet, counsel, hire, command, or procure another to commit any crime or offense, shall be proceeded against as principal or as an accessory before the fact, according to the nature of the offense committed, and upon conviction shall suffer the like punishment as the principal offender is subject to by this title.

CREDIT(S)

Court & Practice Act (1905), § 1178.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 284, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 350, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 402, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 623, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-1-4

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Except where subsection 11-37-8.2.1(d) applies, every person not standing in the relation of husband or wife, parent or grandparent, child or grandchild, or brother or sister, by consanguinity or affinity, to another who shall have committed any offense or been accessory before the fact to the commission of any offense, who shall be convicted of knowingly harboring or relieving the offender, with intent that he or she shall escape or avoid detection, arrest, trial, or punishment, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 2006, ch. 206, § 2, eff. June 28, 2006; P.L. 2006, ch. 207, § 2, eff. June 28, 2006.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-1-5

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall be convicted of having knowledge of the commission of any felony offense, and of taking any money, gratuity, or reward, or any engagement upon an agreement or understanding, express or implied, to compound or conceal that crime or offense, or not to prosecute for the offense, or not to give evidence relative to the offense, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years or be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), provided that the person shall not be subject to a fine or imprisonment exceeding the felony pertaining to this offense.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1981, ch. 177, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 20; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 20.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-1-5.1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

A person who knows that another person is a victim of sexual assault, murder, manslaughter, or armed robbery and who is at the scene of the crime shall, to the extent that the person can do so without danger of peril to the person or others, report the crime to an appropriate law enforcement official as soon as reasonably practicable. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1987, ch. 285, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-1-6

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Except as otherwise provided by law, every person who shall conspire with another to commit an offense punishable under the laws of this state shall be subject to the same fine and imprisonment as pertain to the offense which the person shall have conspired to commit, provided that imprisonment for the conspiracy shall not exceed ten (10) years.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1975, ch. 283, § 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-1-7

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall, within this state, conspire with another to engage in conduct in another state punishable under the laws of that state, which conduct would also be punishable under the laws of this state, shall be subject to the same fine and imprisonment as under the law of this state pertain to the offense which the person shall have conspired to commit, provided that imprisonment for the conspiracy shall not exceed ten (10) years.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1975, ch. 283, § 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-1-8

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person accused of a felony offense who, by court order, has been released from custody or allowed to remain at liberty, either upon the person's own recognizance or with surety or sureties, upon condition that he or she appear before the court where the felony is pending, or to which he or she may be bound over, to answer the felony whenever called upon to so do, who does not appear personally on the required date or voluntarily within thirty (30) days thereafter, or who fails to appear for any court session during the trial or on the day for sentencing, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be subject to the same fine and imprisonment as pertain to the offense for which he or she failed to answer, provided that imprisonment for the offense shall not exceed ten (10) years.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1979, ch. 35, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 195, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-1-9

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who solicits another to commit or join in the commission of a felony under the laws of this state shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be subject to the same fine and imprisonment as pertain to the offense which the person did solicit another to commit, provided that imprisonment for the solicitation shall not exceed ten (10) years.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1979, ch. 245, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-1-10

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who knowingly or willfully encourages, aids, contributes to, or in any way causes any person who as a result of mental and/or physical disability has had a guardian appointed for his or her person or estate to violate any law of this state or the ordinances of any town or city in the state, or who knowingly and willfully encourages, aids, contributes to, or in any way causes that disabled person to be guilty of any vicious or immoral conduct, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1987, ch. 82, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-1-11

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

No person: (1) who has been convicted of a felony violation of chapter 28 of title 21 involving the illegal manufacture, sale or delivery or possession with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II; or (2) who has been convicted of a felony in violation of chapter 8 of this title involving the burglary or breaking and entering of a dwelling house or apartment, whether the house or apartment is occupied or not, any business place, or public building, with the intent to commit larceny; shall carry, transport, or have in his or her possession, or under his or her control outside of his or her own home, any operational police radio, police scanner, or any other device capable of monitoring police broadcasts. Every person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1988, ch. 515, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 330, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, T. 11, Ch. 2, Refs & Annos

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-2-1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall abandon his or her spouse or children, leaving them in danger of becoming a public charge, or who shall neglect to provide according to his or her means for the support of his or her spouse or children, or who shall neglect or refuse to aid in the support of his or her spouse and/or children, except as otherwise provided for in § 11-2-1.1, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months.

[See § 2-1-15 of the General Laws.]

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1907, ch. 1447, § 2; P.L. 1979, ch. 304, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 1;P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 38; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 39; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 38; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 38.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-2-1.1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Every person who is obligated to pay child support pursuant to an order or decree established by or registered with the family court pursuant to chapter 11 of title 15, who has incurred arrearage of past-due child support in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), and who shall willfully thereafter, having the means to do so, fail to pay three (3) or more installments of child support in an amount previously set by the court, according to the terms previously set by the court, shall be guilty of a felony for each instance of failure to make the subsequent payments and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not to exceed five (5) years.

(b) Every person who has for a period of three (3) years willfully failed to pay any installments of child support in an amount previously set by the court, according to the terms previously set by the court, and who shall thereafter, having the means to do so, fail to pay three (3) or more installments of child support in an amount previously set by the court, according to the terms previously set by the court, shall be guilty of a felony for each instance of failure to make the subsequent payments and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not to exceed five (5) years.

(c) For purposes of this section, “subsequent payments” means those payments or installments due and owing after a person has incurred an arrearage of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) as specified in subsection (a) of this section or those payments or installments due and owing after a person has failed to pay an installment for a period of three (3) years.

(d) The court may in its discretion direct that the sentence be served pursuant to § 12-19-2(b).

[See § 12-1-15 of the General Laws.]

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 2;P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 2;P.L. 1996, ch. 404, § 7;P.L. 2003, ch. 208, § 1;P.L. 2003, ch. 367, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-2-2

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any husband or father who without just cause deserts his wife or minor child by going into another state, and leaves them or any or either of them without making reasonable provisions for their support, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or both. No civil proceeding in any court shall be held to be a bar to a prosecution pursuant to this section for desertion or nonsupport. In a prosecution pursuant to this section for desertion or nonsupport against a husband, a decree or judgment of any court in a proceeding in which the husband appeared or was personally served with process, establishing the right of the wife to live apart, or her freedom to convey and deal with her property, or the right to the custody of the children, shall be admissible and shall be prima facie evidence of that right.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1949, ch. 2238, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1938, ch. 423, § 9.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-2-3

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) The director of the department of human services or his or her designee, or chief of police, or director of public welfare of any city or town, or any officer that the town council of any town or the city council of any city may appoint for the purpose, may make a complaint against any person for any of the offenses mentioned in § 11-2-1; and whenever any complaint shall be made by any of the officers listed in this subsection on account of the violation of § 11-2-1, the officer complainant shall not be required to give surety for costs, but shall give his or her personal recognizance and be liable in his or her individual capacity.

(b) Pursuant to § 11-2-1.1, the department of human services, after an investigation to determine the extent of an arrearage and the ability of the obligor to pay the arrearage or some portion of it may refer the case to the attorney general for prosecution in the family court for the county in which the obligor resides, unless the person does not reside within the state, then the prosecution may be brought in the family court for Providence County.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1979, ch. 304, § 3; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 1;P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-3-1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-3-5

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-4-1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-4-2

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who knowingly causes, procures, aids, counsels or creates by means of fire or explosion a substantial risk of serious physical harm to any person or damage to any building the property of that person or another, whether or not used for residential purposes, which is occupied or in use for any purpose or which has been occupied or in use for any purpose during the six (6) months preceding the offense or to any other residential structure, shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than five (5) years and may be imprisoned for life, or shall be fined not less than three thousand dollars ($3,000) nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or both; provided, further, that whenever a death occurs to a person as a direct result of the fire or explosion or to a person who is directly involved in fighting the fire or explosion, imprisonment shall be for not less than twenty (20) years. In all such cases, the justice may only impose a sentence less than the minimum if he or she finds that substantial and compelling circumstances exist which justify imposition of the alternative sentence. That finding may be based upon the character and background of the defendant, the cooperation of the defendant with law enforcement authorities, the nature and circumstances of the offense, and/or the nature and quality of the evidence presented at trial. If a sentence which is less than imprisonment for the minimum term is imposed, the trial justice shall set forth on the record the circumstances which he or she found as justification for imposition of the lesser sentence.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1917, ch. 1473, § 1; P.L. 1927, ch. 1043, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 247, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 185, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 214, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-4-2.1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

.Any person who while under arrest or incarcerated knowingly causes, procures, aids, counsels or creates by means of fire or explosion the damage or destruction of any occupied or unoccupied building shall be guilty of arson in the first degree and shall be sentenced as provided in § 11-4-2.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1995, ch. 136, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-4-3

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who knowingly causes, aids, procures or counsels by means of fire or explosion the damage or destruction of any unoccupied building, structure or facility the property of that person or another shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two (2) years nor more than twenty (20) years, or shall be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or both; provided, that if death occurs to a person as a direct result of the fire or explosion or to a person who is directly involved in fighting the fire or explosion, imprisonment shall be for not less than twenty (20) years.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1917, ch. 1473, § 1; P.L. 1927, ch. 1043, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 247, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 185, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-4-4

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who knowingly causes, procures, aids or counsels or creates by means of fire or explosion the damage or destruction of any property of that person or another with the purpose to defraud an insurer shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two (2) years nor more than twenty (20) years or shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both; provided, that if death occurs to a person as a direct result of the fire or explosion or to a person who is directly involved in fighting the fire or explosion, imprisonment shall be for not less than twenty (20) years.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1927, ch. 1043, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 247, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 185, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 11-4-5.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-4-5

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who knowingly causes, procures, aids, counsels or creates by means of fire or explosion damage to or destruction of any personal property valued in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) and the property of another person shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than three (3) years, or shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1917, ch. 1473, § 1; P.L. 1927, ch. 1043, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 247, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 185, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 279, §§ 2, 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, §§ 2, 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, §§ 2, 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-4-4.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-4-6

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who knowingly attempts to cause, procure, aid, or counsel by fire or explosion the damage or destruction of any property mentioned in §§ 11-4-2 - 11-4-5 shall, upon conviction, be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than twenty (20) years.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1917, ch. 1473, § 1; P.L. 1927, ch. 1043, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 247, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 279, §§ 2-4; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, §§ 2-4; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, §§ 2-4; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 4.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-4-7

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who knowingly causes, procures, aids or counsels the destruction of woodlands by fire which shall run and spread at large shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned not exceeding two (2) years, or shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1980, ch. 247, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 185, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 11-4-8.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-4-8

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall make a bonfire in any public street, road, square, land or rotary, without special permission from the local governing body, shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100). No complaint for a violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be sustained unless it shall be brought within thirty (30) days after the commission of the offense, and all fines for the violation shall inure one-half ( 1/2) of the fine to the complainant and one-half ( 1/2) of the fine to the state. The local governing body may appoint a designee to grant permission under the provisions of this section.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1980, ch. 247, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-4-9

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-4-10

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who unlawfully and without just cause willfully or knowingly tampers with, interferes with or in any way impairs any public fire alarm apparatus, wire or associated equipment shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand ($1,000) nor more than five thousand ($5,000) dollars, or shall be imprisoned for not less than one nor more than five (5) years, or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1971, ch. 212, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall make an assault with intent to commit murder, robbery, sexual assault, burglary, or the abominable and detestable crime against nature, shall be imprisoned not exceeding twenty (20) years nor less than one year.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1981, ch. 76, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 18; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 18.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-2

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Every person who shall make an assault or battery, or both, with a dangerous weapon, or with acid or other dangerous substance, or by fire, or an assault or battery which results in serious bodily injury, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years.

(b) Where the provisions of “The Domestic Violence Prevention Act”, chapter 29 of title 12, are applicable, the penalties for violation of this section shall also include the penalties as provided in § 12-29-5.

(c) “Serious bodily injury” means physical injury that:

(1) Creates a substantial risk of death;

(2) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or

(3) Causes serious permanent disfigurement or circumcises, excises or infibulates the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of a person.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 6; P.L. 1925, ch. 657, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 76, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 539, § 8; P.L. 1990, ch. 241, § 1;P.L. 1991, ch. 324, § 1;P.L. 1996, ch. 81, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 19; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 19.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-2.1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Every person who shall make an assault or battery, or both, with any device manufactured and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to a firearm shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years if serious injury results, and in the event that serious bodily injury does not result, punishment shall be imprisonment for not more than three (3) years.

(b) “Serious bodily injury” means physical injury that:

(1) Creates a substantial risk of death;

(2) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or

(3) Causes serious permanent disfigurement.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1988, ch. 604, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 324, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-2.2

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) When serious bodily injury, as defined in § 11-5-2, of any person, occurs as a proximate result of criminal negligence, the person committing the criminal negligence shall be guilty of battery and shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years or fined not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.

(b) For the purposes of this section: (i) “Criminal negligence” shall mean: Conduct which is such a departure from what would be that of an ordinary prudent or careful person in the same circumstance as to be incompatible with a proper regard for human life or an indifference to consequences. Criminal negligence is negligence that is aggravated, culpable or gross; (ii) “Person” shall mean an individual or any business entity recognized by the laws of the state of Rhode Island including, but not limited to, corporations, limited liability corporations, partnerships or limited liability partnerships.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 2004, ch. 194, § 1;P.L. 2004, ch. 204, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-2.3

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Every person who shall make an assault or battery, or both, by strangulation, on a family or household member as defined in subsection 12-29-2(b), shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years.

(b) Where the provisions of “The Domestic Violence Prevention Act”, chapter 29 of title 12, are applicable, the penalties for violation of this section shall also include the penalties as provided in § 12-29-5.

(c) “Strangulation” means knowingly and intentionally impeding normal breathing or circulation of the blood by applying pressure on the throat or neck or by blocking the nose or mouth of another person, with the intent to cause that person harm.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 2012, ch. 278, § 1, eff. June 19, 2012; P.L. 2012, ch. 284, § 1, eff. June 19, 2012.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-3

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 11-5-2, every person who shall make an assault or battery or both shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

(b) Where the provisions of “The Domestic Violence Prevention Act”, chapter 29 of title 12, are applicable, the penalties for violation of this section shall also include the penalties as provided in § 12-29-5.

CREDIT(S)

Court & Practice Act (1905), § 1171; P.L. 1988, ch. 539, § 8; P.L. 1992, ch. 329, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 20; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 20.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-4

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Whoever, being armed with a dangerous weapon, assaults another with intent to rob or murder, shall, if the assault is committed within a dwelling house, be punished by imprisonment in the adult correctional institution for not less than ten (10) years to life.

CREDIT(S)

R.P.L. 1957, ch. 99, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 4.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-5

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who shall make an assault or battery, or both, by knowingly and willfully either (1) striking, or (2) spraying with a noxious chemical, commonly used as a personal defense weapon, including Mace and an oleoresin capsicum product or like products, a uniformed member of the state police or metropolitan park police, environmental police officer, state properties patrol officer, probation and parole officers, state government case worker or investigator, judge of the supreme, superior, family, district court, traffic tribunal or municipal court, deputy sheriff, city or town police officer or firefighter, member of the capitol police, member of campus security force of state colleges and universities, member of the Rhode Island airport police department, member of the Rhode Island fugitive task force, Rhode Island public transit authority bus driver, or on-duty plainclothes member of the town, city, or state police force, investigator of the department of the attorney general appointed pursuant to § 42-9-8.1, or member of the railroad police after proper identification is displayed, or uniformed dog officer, or out-of-state police officer called into Rhode Island under a cooperative agreement to provide mutual aid at the request of the state of Rhode Island pursuant to chapter 37 of title 42, or assistant attorney general or special assistant attorney general, or employees of the department of environmental management responsible for administrative inspections or any constable authorized by chapter 45-16 of the Rhode Island general law causing bodily injury while the officer or official is engaged in the performance of his or her duty, shall be deemed to have committed a felony, and shall be imprisoned not exceeding three (3) years, or fined not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1965, ch. 206, § 1; P.L. 1966, ch. 188, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 76, § 1; P.L. 1973, ch. 66, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 249, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 305, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 362, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 277, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 78, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 266, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 428, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 200, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 59, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 56, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 152, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 332, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 74, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 491, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 60, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 71, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 74, § 1, eff. June 20, 2011; P.L. 2011, ch. 81, § 1, eff. June 20, 2011; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 29, eff. June 20, 2012.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-6

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who commits an assault and battery upon another for the purpose of collecting any loan shall be punished upon the first conviction by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years and upon a second or subsequent conviction by imprisonment for not less than three (3) years nor more than ten (10) years.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1970, ch. 264, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-7

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who shall knowingly and willfully strike a schoolteacher, student teacher, school security officer or school administrator, causing bodily injury, while the teacher, student teacher, security officer, administrator, or school department employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duty, shall be deemed to have committed a felony, and shall be imprisoned not exceeding three (3) years, or fined not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1972, ch. 208, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 70, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 203, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-8

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who shall knowingly and willfully strike a uniformed member of the correctional officer staff at the adult correctional institutions causing bodily injury, or willfully strikes a member who is out of uniform, knowing the person to be such a member, while the member is engaged in the performance of his or her duty, or who knowingly and without consent removes or attempts to remove a firearm from a correctional officer engaged in the lawful performance of his or her duties, or who knowingly and willfully strikes a training school employee at the training school for youth, causing bodily injury to the employee while the employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duty, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1973, ch. 147, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 58, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 86, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 349, § 1;P.L. 1996, ch. 192, § 1;P.L. 1999, ch. 138, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-8.1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person incarcerated or in custody at a state correctional facility including the juvenile training school who shall knowingly and willfully commit an assault upon a correctional officer or any other employee of the department of corrections with any bodily fluid, while the employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duty, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1997, ch. 35, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-9

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-10

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who shall commit an assault and battery upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1980, ch. 158, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-10.1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Any person who shall commit an assault or battery, or both, upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing serious bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned for not less than three (3) years but not more than twenty (20) years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both. Every person so convicted shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work or attend violence counseling and/or substance abuse counseling, or any combination of them imposed by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. The restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence.

(b) “Serious bodily injury” means physical injury that:

(1) Creates a substantial risk of death;

(2) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or

(3) Causes serious permanent disfigurement.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1987, ch. 123, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 491, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 324, § 1;P.L. 1997, ch. 119, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-10.2

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Any person who shall commit an assault or battery, or both, upon a person, with severe impairments causing serious bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned for not less than two (2) years but not more than twenty (20) years, or fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both. Every person so convicted shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work, or both, or any combination of them imposed by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. The restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence.

(b) “Serious bodily injury” means physical injury that:

(1) Creates a substantial risk of death, serious disfigurement;

(2) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or

(3) Causes serious permanent disfigurement.

(c) For the purposes of this section:

(1) “Adult” means a person over the age of eighteen (18).

(2) “Major life activities” means: (i) mobility; (ii) self-care; (iii) communication; (iv) receptive and/or expressive language; (v) learning; (vi) self-direction; (vii) capacity for independent living; or (viii) economic self-sufficiency.

(3) “Person with severe impairments” means a child or adult who has a disability which is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments and results in substantial functional limitations in one or more major life activities.

(d) Violations of this section shall be reported to the local police department.

(e) After July 1, 2007 pursuant to § 40-8.5-2, the local police department may request the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals provide crisis intervention services for the adult victim with severe impairments when:

(1) Necessary to ensure the immediate health and safety of the adult victim;

(2) The adult victim relies on the person believed to have committed the assault and/or battery, for assistance in performing three (3) or more major life activities; and

(3) After the victim is informed of his or her right to refuse crisis intervention and/or supportive services.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1988, ch. 358, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 422, § 1;P.L. 1991, ch. 324, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 175, § 1, eff. June 26, 2006; P.L. 2006, ch. 268, § 1, eff. July 3, 2006; P.L. 2012, ch. 254, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012; P.L. 2012, ch. 264, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-10.3

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who shall commit an assault and battery upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing bodily injury, and who was, at the time of the assault and battery, responsible for the care and treatment of the victim, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or both. Further, if at the time of the assault and battery the person committing the act was employed by a health care facility that either condoned the act or attempted to conceal it, the health care facility shall be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1988, ch. 442, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-10.4

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Any person who shall commit an assault or battery, or both, upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing serious bodily injury, and who was, at the time of the assault and battery, responsible for the care and treatment of the victim, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned for not less than two (2) years but not more than twenty (20) years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both. Further, if at the time of the assault and battery the person committing the act was employed by a health care facility that either condoned the act or attempted to conceal it, the health care facility shall be fined not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). Every person so convicted shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work or attend violence counseling and/or substance abuse counseling, or any combination of them imposed by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. The restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence.

(b) “Serious bodily injury” means physical injury that:

(1) Creates a substantial risk of death;

(2) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or

(3) Causes serious permanent disfigurement.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1988, ch. 442, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 324, § 1;P.L. 1997, ch. 119, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-11

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) For the purposes of this section:

(1) “adult” means a person over the age of eighteen (18).

(2) “major life activities” means: (i) mobility; (ii) self-care; (iii) communication; (iv) receptive and/or expressive language; (v) learning; (vi) self-direction; (vii) capacity for independent living; or (viii) economic self-sufficiency.

(3) “person with severe impairments” means a child or adult who has a disability which is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments which results in a substantial limitation on the person's ability to function independently in the family or community and in one or more major life activities.

(b) Any person who shall commit an assault and battery upon a person who is severely impaired as defined in subsection (a) of this section, causing bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or both.

(c) Violations of this section shall be reported to the local police department.

(d) After July 1, 2007 pursuant to § 40-8.5-2, the local police department may request the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals provide crisis intervention services for the adult victim with severe impairments when:

(1) Necessary to ensure the immediate health and safety of the adult victim;

(2) The adult victim relies on the person believed to have committed the assault and/or battery, for assistance in performing three (3) or more major life activities; and

(3) After the victim is informed of his or her right to refuse crisis intervention and/or supportive services.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1982, ch. 445, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 374, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 423, § 1;P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 10;P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 10; P.L. 2006, ch. 175, § 1, eff. June 26, 2006; P.L. 2006, ch. 268, § 1, eff. July 3, 2006; P.L. 2012, ch. 254, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012; P.L. 2012, ch. 264, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-12

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Any person primarily responsible for the care of an adult with severe impairments who shall willfully and knowingly abuse, neglect or exploit that adult shall be subject to a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or imprisoned not more than five (5) years, or both, and ordered to make full restitution of any funds as the result of any exploitation which results in the misappropriation of funds. Every person convicted of or placed on probation for violation of this section shall be ordered by the sentencing judge to attend appropriate professional counseling to address his or her abusive behavior.

(b) As used in this section:

(1) “Abuse” means the subjection of an adult with a severe impairment to willful infliction of physical pain, willful deprivation of services necessary to maintain the physical or mental health of the person, or unreasonable confinement.

(2) “Adult with severe impairments” means a person over the age of eighteen (18) who has a disability which is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments and results in substantial functional limitations in one or more of the following areas of major life activity: (i) mobility; (ii) self-care; (iii) communication; (iv) receptive and/or expressive language; (v) learning; (vi) self-direction; (vii) capacity for independent living; or (viii) economic self-sufficiency.

(3) “Exploitation” means an act or process of taking pecuniary advantage of impaired persons by use of undue influence, harassment, duress, deception, false representation, false pretenses, or misappropriation of funds.

(4) “Neglect” means the willful refusal to provide services necessary to maintain the physical or mental health of an adult with severe impairments.

(5) “Person primarily responsible for care” or “caregiver” means any person who is for a significant period of time the primary caregiver or is primarily responsible for the management of the funds of an adult with severe impairments.

(c) Violations of this section shall be reported to the local police department.

(d) After July 1, 2007 pursuant to § 40-8.5-2, the local police department may request the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals provide crisis intervention services for the adult victim with severe impairments when:

(1) necessary to ensure the immediate health and safety of the adult victim;

(2) the adult victim relies on the person believed to have committed the abuse, neglect and/or exploitation, for assistance in performing three (3) or more major life activities; and

(3) After the victim is informed of his or her right to refuse crisis intervention and/or supportive services.

(e) Any person who fails to report known or suspected abuse or neglect shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).

(f) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to apply to the discontinuance of life-support systems or life-sustaining treatment for an adult for whom, if the treatment were terminated, death may result.

(g) Any person participating in good faith in making a report pursuant to this chapter, excluding any perpetrator or conspirator of the acts, shall have immunity from any civil liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed.

(h) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit the use of any medical or psychological treatment procedure designed and conducted in accordance with applicable professional standards when performed by appropriately trained personnel under the supervision of a person or facility licensed or approved by the state of Rhode Island and when any consent as is required by law has been obtained.

(i) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to mean a person is abused or neglected for the sole reason that the person is being furnished or relies upon treatment by spiritual means through prayer alone in accordance with the tenets and practices of a church or religious denomination recognized by the laws of this state.

(j) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to mean a person is abused or neglected when the parent or legal guardian of an adult with severe impairments, who is the person primarily responsible for care of the adult, (1) decides, in good faith, not to accept support services from a governmental agency, which in the opinion of the parent or legal guardian and the adult, is considered to be inappropriate or inconsistent with the best interests of that adult; or (2) decides, in good faith, to reduce or discontinue assistance to that adult who is developing, acquiring or practicing independent decision-making or living skills.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1990, ch. 210, § 1;P.L. 1993, ch. 456, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 169, § 1, eff. June 23, 2006; P.L. 2006, ch. 175, § 1, eff. June 26, 2006; P.L. 2006, ch. 196, § 1, eff. June 28, 2006; P.L. 2006, ch. 268, § 1, eff. July 3, 2006; P.L. 2012, ch. 254, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012; P.L. 2012, ch. 264, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-13

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-14

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any employee of the department of children, youth and families, or any employee of any public or private agency with which the department contracts for services in furtherance of the care or custody of children, who shall commit an assault and battery upon a child in the care of the department shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than three (3) years but not more than ten (10) years and a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1991, ch. 258, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-14.1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Any employee of the department of children, youth and families, or any employee of any public or private agency with which the department contracts for services in furtherance of the care or custody of children who shall commit an assault or battery upon a child in the care of the department, causing serious bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years but not more than twenty (20) years and a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).

(b) “Serious bodily injury” means physical injury that:

(1) Creates a substantial risk of death;

(2) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or

(3) Causes serious permanent disfigurement.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1991, ch. 258, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-14.2

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older who shall commit a battery upon a child ten (10) years of age or younger, causing serious bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years but not more than twenty (20) years and a fine of not less than five thousand ($5,000) dollars nor more than twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars.

(b)“Serious bodily injury” means physical injury that:

(1) Creates a substantial risk of death;

(2) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or

(3) Causes serious permanent disfigurement.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 90, § 1;P.L. 1996, ch. 109, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-15

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every prisoner confined in a custodial unit of the adult correctional institutions or in the custody of the warden or other correctional employee while outside the confines of the institutions who causes or attempts to cause any deputy sheriff to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine or feces, by throwing, tossing or expelling the fluid or material with the intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm, shall be imprisoned not exceeding two (2) years, or fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1999, ch. 467, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 29, eff. June 20, 2012.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-5-16

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Any person who shall knowingly and willfully assault a health care provider and/or emergency medical services personnel while that provider is engaged in providing health care services shall be deemed to have committed a felony, and may be imprisoned no more than three (3) years and fined not more than fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), or both.

(b) The following terms, as used in this section, are defined as follows:

(1) “Health care provider” has the same meaning as defined in section 5-37.3-3 and includes any personnel directed by them.

(2) “Emergency medical services personnel” means anyone who provides emergency medical transportation services and anyone directed by them.

(3) “Health care services” has the same meaning as defined in section 5-37.3-3 and includes any personnel directed by them.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 2001, ch. 74, § 1;P.L. 2001, ch. 201, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-6-1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall be convicted of being married to another, or of cohabiting with another as husband and wife, having at the time a former husband or wife living, shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000); provided, that this shall not extend to any person whose husband or wife shall be continually remaining without the limits of this state for the space of seven (7) years together, the party being married after the expiration of the seven (7) years, not knowing the other to be living within that time, nor to any person who shall be divorced at the time of the second marriage, nor to any person by reason of any former or prior marriage made when the man was less than fourteen (14) and the woman less than twelve (12) years of age.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1989, ch. 214, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-6-2

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall commit adultery shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500); and illicit sexual intercourse between any two (2) persons, where either of them is married, shall be deemed adultery in each.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1989, ch. 214, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-6-3

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-6-4

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-7-1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall give any sum of money or any bribe, present, reward or unsecured loan, or any promise or security for any, to obtain or influence the opinion, judgment, verdict, sentence, report or award of any judge, justice of the peace, warden, juror, auditor, referee, arbitrator, master in chancery, or person summoned as a juror, in any matter or cause pending or to be tried before him or her alone or before him or her with others, shall be imprisoned not exceeding seven (7) years or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1990, ch. 95, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 4.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-7-2

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every judge, justice of the peace, warden, juror, auditor, referee, arbitrator, master in chancery, or person summoned as a juror, who shall accept, receive, or agree for in any way any bribe, present, reward, or unsecured loan, to him or her offered, for the purpose of obtaining or influencing his or her opinion, judgment, verdict, sentence, report, or award in any matter or cause depending or to be tried before him or her alone or before him or her with others, shall be imprisoned not exceeding seven (7) years or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1990, ch. 95, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 5.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-7-3

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) No person in public or private employ, or public official shall corruptly accept, or obtain or agree to accept, or attempt to obtain from any person, for himself or herself or any other person, any gift or valuable consideration as an inducement or reward for doing or forbearing to do, or for having done or forborne to do, any act in relation to the business of his or her principal, master, employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official, or for showing or forbearing to show favor or disfavor to any person in relation to the business of his or her principal, master, employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official.

(b) It shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this section that the person did not have the power or authority to perform the act or omission for which the reward or inducement was offered, solicited, accepted, or agreed upon.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1905, ch. 1219, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 139, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 21.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-7-4

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) No person shall corruptly give or offer any gift or valuable consideration to any person in public or private employ, or any public official as an inducement or reward for doing or forbearing to do, or for having done or forborne to do, any act in relation to the business of his or her principal, master, or employer, or the state, city, or town of which he or she is an official, or for showing or forbearing to show favor or disfavor to any person in relation to the business of his or her principal, master, employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official.

(b) It shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this section that the person did not have the power or authority to perform the act or omission for which the reward or inducement was offered, solicited, accepted, or agreed upon.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1905, ch. 1219, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 136, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 22.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-7-5

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who violates any of the provisions of § 11-7-3 or 11-7-4 shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or three times the monetary equivalent of the gift or valuable consideration, whichever is greater, or imprisoned for not more than twenty (20) years, or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1905, ch. 1219, § 4; P.L. 1981, ch. 193, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 89, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 24.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-7-6

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person injured by any violation of the provisions of § 11-7-3 or 11-7-4 may recover from the person or persons inflicting the injury twice the amount of the injury.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1905, ch. 1219, § 5.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 25; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 25.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-7-7

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-7-8

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person obtaining anything of value from a spouse, parent, or other blood relative of any citizen of this state in the armed forces of the United States or subject to the Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 451 et seq., by claiming that he or she has obtained, can or will obtain for that citizen any exception, deferment, promotion, leave, furlough, preference, change of duty or place of service or the like, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned not less than five (5) nor more than twenty-five (25) years.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1943, ch. 1352, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 58.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-7-9

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Whoever corrupts or attempts to corrupt a player, coach, manager, trainer, umpire, referee, or other person engaged in playing, arranging, staging, officiating at, or promoting any amateur or professional athletic game or contest or jai alai match to be played or held within the state of Rhode Island, or who corrupts or attempts to corrupt any owner, trainer, groom, jockey, racing official, or other person in any manner engaged in or connected with the running, officiating at or promoting any horse race or dog race run or to be run within the state of Rhode Island by giving, offering, or promising any gift or gratuity whatever, directly or indirectly, with intent to improperly influence the conduct of the person in the playing, running, or carrying out of any athletic game or contest or jai alai match or any horse race, or officiating at the game or contest, whether the offer, promise, gift, or gratuity is made at or away from the playing field, boxing or ice arena, race course or fronton, or other place where the athletic game, contest, or horse race is scheduled to take place with intent to improperly influence the conduct of the person in connection with the proper playing or promoting of the athletic game or contest or jai alai match or officiating at the game, contest or match, or the proper running or promoting of any horse race or dog race or officiating at any horse or dog race, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment of not more than seven (7) years, or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1950, ch. 2556, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 193, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 24, § 3.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-7-10

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any player, coach, manager, official, or other person engaged in the playing, arranging, or promotion of any amateur or professional athletic game or contest or jai alai match or officiating at the game, contest or match, or any owner, trainer, groom, jockey, racing official or other person participating in any horse race or dog race or in any manner engaged in conducting, arranging, or promoting any horse race or officiating at any horse or dog race, who accepts any gift or gratuity, directly or indirectly, from any person who gives, offers, or promises any gift or gratuity with intent to improperly influence the conduct of the person in the arranging, holding, or playing of the athletic game or contest or jai alai match or officiating at the game, contest or match, or the running or promoting of the horse race or dog race or officiating at the horse or dog race, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment of not more than seven (7) years, or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1950, ch. 2556, § 2; P.L. 1981, ch. 193, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 24, § 3.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-7-11

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who shall corruptly give or offer to give any sum of money or any bribe, present, or reward, or any promise or security to obtain or influence the testimony of any witness to any crime or to induce the witness to absent himself or herself from, or otherwise avoid or seek to avoid appearing or testifying at, any hearing shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for not more than seven (7) years, or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both. Nothing in this section shall be construed to make an agreement between the victim and the defendant to dismiss a criminal charge unlawful.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1989, ch. 430, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-7-12

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who knows or has reason to know that corruption of a player, coach, manager, trainer, umpire, referee, or other person engaged in playing, arranging, staging, officiating at, or promoting any amateur or professional athletic game or contest or jai alai match to be played or held within the state of Rhode Island, or any owner, trainer, groom, jockey, racing official, or other person in any manner engaged in or connected with the running, officiating at, or promoting any horse race or dog race run or to be run within the state of Rhode Island by giving, offering or promising any gift or gratuity whatever, directly or indirectly, with intent to improperly influence the conduct of the person in the playing, running or carrying out of any athletic game or contest or jai alai match or any horse race or dog race has taken place in his or her presence or that any attempt to corrupt that person has taken place in his or her presence shall immediately notify the state police or the police department of the city or town in which the corruption or attempt to corrupt has taken place. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1991, ch. 24, § 4.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-7-13

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) No person who is an employee of the banking division of the department of business regulation or an employee of the department with jurisdiction over the banking division, shall accept a gratuity from a financial institution governed by title 19 or from any officer, director, or employee of the financial institution.

(b) If the gratuity, so accepted, is valued at less than one hundred dollars ($100), the person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned for not more than one year, or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

(c) If the gratuity, so accepted, is valued at one hundred dollars ($100) or more, or if the aggregate of the gratuities so accepted within a year equal or exceed one hundred dollars ($100), the person who violated this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned not more than three (3) years, or fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or three (3) times the amount of the gratuity so given, whichever is greater, or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1991, ch. 140, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-7-14

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) No person who is an officer, director, or employee of a financial institution governed by title 19 shall give any gratuity to any individual who is an employee of the banking division of the department of business regulation, or to any employee of the department with jurisdiction over the banking division.

(b) If the gratuity, so accepted, is valued at less than one hundred dollars ($100), the person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(c) If the gratuity, so accepted, is valued at one hundred dollars ($100) or more or if the aggregate of the gratuities, so accepted, within a year equals or exceeds one hundred dollars ($100), the person who violated this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned not more than three (3) years, or fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or three (3) times the amount of the gratuity so given, whichever is greater, or both fine and imprisonment.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1992, ch. 467, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-8-1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall commit burglary shall be imprisoned for life or for any term not less than five (5) years.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 7.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-8-1.1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Whoever attempts to commit the breaking and entering of any structure as set out in §§ 11-8-2, 11-8-2.1, 11-8-2.2, 11-8-2.3, 11-8-3, 11-8-4 or 11-8-5.1 by doing any overt act toward the commission of the offense while in the curtilage of the structure, but fails in its perpetration, shall, unless otherwise provided, suffer the same punishment which might have been imposed if the attempted offense had been committed.

(b) An “overt act” is defined as any act of an individual by which the individual physically attempts to gain entrance into a type of structure set forth in the sections listed in subsection (a) of this section.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1982, ch. 288, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 87, § 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-8-2

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Every person who shall break and enter at any time of the day or night any dwelling house or apartment, whether the dwelling house or apartment is occupied or not, or any outbuilding or garage attached to or adjoining any dwelling house, without the consent of the owner or tenant of the dwelling house, apartment, building, or garage, shall be imprisoned for not less than two (2) years and not more than ten (10) years for the first conviction, and for the second and subsequent conviction shall be imprisoned for not less than four (4) years and not more than fifteen (15) years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.

(b) Every person convicted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work, or both, or any combination of them approved by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. The restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1928, ch. 1209, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 288, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 154, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 426, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 171, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 9.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-8-2.1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall break and enter, at any time of the day or night, any dwelling house or apartment, whether it is occupied or not, or any outbuilding or garage attached to or adjoining any dwelling house or apartment, without the consent of the owner or tenant of the dwelling house, apartment, building, or garage, and who shall have in his or her possession any instrument or instrumentality or equipment of any kind that is reasonably related to the wrongful setting of fires shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than three (3) years and not more than fifteen (15) years. “Possession” means in the actual or constructive control or custody of the person while in the dwelling. “Wrongful” excludes those items which are ordinarily used for the lighting of smoking paraphernalia.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1975, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 109, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 536, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-8-2.2

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Every person who shall break and enter into any dwelling house or apartment without the consent of the owner or tenant at a time when the resident or residents of the dwelling house or apartment are on the premises, after having been previously convicted of such an offense, shall be imprisoned for not less than one year and not more than ten (10) years and shall not be afforded the provisions of suspension or deferment of sentence nor probation and may in addition be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(b) Every person convicted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense, or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work, or both, or any combination of them approved by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. Restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require the payment of restitution while the convicted person is imprisoned.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1985, ch. 426, § 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-8-2.3

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Every person who shall break and enter any dwelling house or apartment, without the consent of the owner or tenant at a time when a resident of the dwelling house or apartment who is sixty (60) years of age or older is on the premises, shall be imprisoned for not less than four (4) years and not more than twenty (20) years for the first conviction, and for the second and subsequent convictions shall be imprisoned for not less than six (6) years and not more than twenty (20) years, and may in addition be fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for a first conviction and not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for second and subsequent convictions.

(b) Every person convicted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense, or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work, or both, or any combination of them imposed by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. Restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require the payment of restitution while the convicted person is imprisoned.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1987, ch. 87, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 543, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-8-2.4

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Every person who shall break and enter any dwelling house or apartment, without the consent of the owner or tenant at a time when a resident of the dwelling house or apartment who is a person who is severely impaired as defined by the provisions of § 11-5-11 is on the premises, shall be imprisoned for not less than five (5) years and not more than twenty-five (25) years and may in addition be fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for a first conviction and not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for second and subsequent convictions.

(b) Every person convicted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense, or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work, or both, or any combination of them imposed by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. Restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require the payment of restitution while the convicted person is imprisoned.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1988, ch. 347, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 11;P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 11; P.L. 2011, ch. 356, § 1, eff. July 13, 2011.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-8-3

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who, with intent to commit murder, sexual assault, robbery, arson or larceny, shall enter any dwelling house or apartment at any time of the day or night, or who with such intent shall, during the daytime, enter any other building, or ship or vessel, shall be imprisoned not more than ten (10) years, or be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1922, ch. 2233, § 1; P.L. 1928, ch. 1209, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 288, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 50, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 9.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-8-4

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall break and enter any bank, shop, office or warehouse, not adjoining to or occupied as a dwelling house, any meeting house, church, chapel, courthouse, town house, college, academy, schoolhouse, library or other building erected for public use or occupied for any public purpose, or any ship or vessel, with intent to commit murder, sexual assault, robbery or larceny, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1987, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 314, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 8.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-8-5

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall break and enter or enter in the nighttime, with intent to commit larceny or any felony or misdemeanor in it, any barn, stable, carriage house, or other building, for the breaking and entering or entering of which with that intent no punishment is otherwise prescribed by this title, and every person who shall at any time break and enter or enter any railroad car or the trailer portion of a tractor trailer or break any lock or seal on it with intent to commit larceny or other crime, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1897, ch. 454, § 1; P.L. 1908, ch. 1568, § 1; P.L. 1922, ch. 2233, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 533, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 10.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-8-5.1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall break and enter any bank, shop, office, or warehouse, not adjoining to or occupied as a dwelling house, any meeting house, church, chapel, courthouse, town house, college, academy, schoolhouse, library, or other building erected for public use or occupied for any purpose, or any ship or vessel during the daytime, shall be imprisoned not more than three (3) years, or fined not more than three hundred dollars ($300), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1978, ch. 157, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-8-6

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who breaks and enters, or enters in the nighttime without breaking, any building or enclosure in which are kept or confined any kind of poultry, with intent to steal any of the poultry, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both. Every person who is discovered in the act of willfully entering any building or enclosure in which are kept or confined any kind of poultry, with intent to steal any of the poultry, may be arrested without a warrant by a deputy sheriff, constable, guard, police officer, or other person and detained in jail or otherwise until a complaint can be made against him or her for the offense, and until he or she is taken on a warrant issued upon the complaint, but detention without a warrant shall not continue more than twenty-four (24) hours. One-half (   1/2 ) of any fine imposed under this section shall inure to the complainant.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1912, ch. 853, § 1; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 11; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 30, eff. June 20, 2012.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 26.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-8-7

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Whoever makes or mends, or does any work connected with the making or reparation of, or has in his or her possession any engine, machine, tool, false key, pick lock, nippers, or implement of any kind adapted and designed for cutting through, forcing, breaking open, or entering a building, room, vault, safe, or other depository, in order to steal from it money or other property, or to commit any other crime, knowing the equipment to be adapted and designed for this purpose, with intent to use or employ, or allow the equipment to be used or employed, for this purpose, shall be imprisoned not more than ten (10) years.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1896, ch. 302, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 42; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 42; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 8.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-8-8

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

In the event that any person shall die or shall sustain a personal injury in any way or for any cause while in the commission of any criminal offense enumerated in §§ 11-8-2 - 11-8-6, it shall be rebuttably presumed as a matter of law in any civil or criminal proceeding that the owner, tenant, or occupier of the place where the offense was committed acted by reasonable means in self-defense and in the reasonable belief that the person engaged in the criminal offense was about to inflict great bodily harm or death upon that person or any other individual lawfully in the place where the criminal offense was committed. There shall be no duty on the part of an owner, tenant, or occupier to retreat from any person engaged in the commission of any offense enumerated in §§ 11-8-2--11-8-6.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1976, ch. 216, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 17, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 212, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-8-9

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Every person eighteen (18) years of age or older who shall aid, assist, abet, counsel, hire, command, or procure a person under the age of eighteen (18) years to commit any offense as set forth in this chapter shall be imprisoned for not less than four (4) years and not more than twenty (20) years and/or fined not less than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or both, for each such offense.

(b) Every person convicted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be ordered by the sentencing judge to perform up to one hundred (100) hours of public community restitution work. The court may not waive the obligation to perform public community restitution work. Public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1985, ch. 482, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 541, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 464, § 1;P.L. 1991, ch. 226, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Every person having the custody or control of any child under the age of sixteen (16) years who shall exhibit, use, or employ, or shall in any manner or under pretense sell, give away, let out or otherwise dispose of any child under the age of sixteen (16) years to any person for or in the vocation, occupation, service, or purpose of rope or wire walking, or as a gymnast, wrestler, contortionist, equestrian performer, acrobat, or rider upon any bicycle or mechanical contrivance, or in any dancing, theatrical, or musical exhibition unless it is in connection with churches, school or private instruction in dancing or music, or unless it is under the auspices of a Rhode Island society incorporated, or organized without incorporation for a purpose authorized by § 7-6-4; or for or in gathering or picking rags, or collecting cigar stumps, bones or refuse from markets, or in begging, or in any mendicant or wandering occupation, or in peddling in places injurious to the morals of the child; or for or in the exhibition of any child with a disability, or in any illegal, obscene, indecent, or immoral purpose, exhibition, or vocation, injurious to the health or morals or dangerous to the life or limb of the child, or who shall cause, procure or encourage any child under the age of sixteen (16) years to engage in that activity, or who, after being notified by an officer mentioned in § 11-9-3 to restrain the child from engaging in that activity, shall neglect or refuse to do so, shall be held guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, for every such offense, be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or be fined not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250), or both, and shall forfeit any right which he or she may have to the custody of the child; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any child, not a resident of this state, who is engaged in any dancing, theatrical, or musical performance in this state and is accompanied by a parent, guardian, or tutor, when a permit for the appearance of the child is granted by the mayor of the city or the president of the town council of the town, where the performance is to be given; provided, further, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any child, a resident of this state, who is engaged in any dancing, theatrical, or musical performance in this state on a day when the public schools are not in session in the town or city where the dancing, theatrical or musical performance shall be given (not however on Sunday) if the child is accompanied by a parent, guardian or tutor, when a permit for the appearance of the child is granted by the mayor of the city or the president of the town council of the town where the performance is to be given.

(b) Any person who shall in any manner or under any pretense sell, distribute, let out or otherwise permit any child under eighteen (18) years of age to be used in any book, magazine, pamphlet, or other publication, or in any motion picture film, photograph or pictorial representation, in a setting which taken as a whole suggests to the average person that the child has engaged in, or is about to engage in any sexual act, which shall include, but not be limited to, sodomy, oral copulation, sexual intercourse, masturbation, or bestiality, shall, upon conviction for the first offense be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both; upon conviction of a subsequent offense, be punished by imprisonment for not more than fifteen (15) years, a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or both.

(c) Every person who shall exhibit, use, employ or shall in any manner or under pretense so exhibit, use, or employ any child under the age of eighteen (18) years to any person for the purpose of prostitution or for any other lewd or indecent act shall be imprisoned not exceeding twenty (20) years, or be fined not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1897, ch. 475, § 1; P.L. 1926, ch. 845, § 1; P.L. 1931, ch. 1756, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 131, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 130, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 210, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 380, § 3; P.L. 1984, ch. 444, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 12;P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 12.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 115, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 139, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 142, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 425, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-1.1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person, firm, association, or corporation which shall publish, sell, offer for sale, loan, give away, or otherwise distribute any book, magazine, pamphlet, or other publication, or any photograph, picture, or film which depicts any child, or children, under the age of eighteen (18) years and known to be under the age of eighteen (18) years of age by the person, firm, association, or corporation in a setting which taken as a whole suggests to the average person that the child, or children, is about to engage in or has engaged in, any sexual act, or which depicts any child under eighteen (18) years of age performing sodomy, oral copulation, sexual intercourse, masturbation, or bestiality, shall, for the first offense, be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both; for any subsequent offense, by imprisonment for not more than fifteen (15) years, or by a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or both. Provided, that artistic drawings, sketches, paintings, sculptures, or other artistic renditions, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1977, ch. 131, § 2; P.L. 1978, ch. 130, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 210, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-1.2

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Whenever any person, firm, association or corporation is charged with a violation of the provisions of this chapter, testimony by a physician, duly authorized pursuant to the provisions of § 5-37-2, that based upon the physician's examination of the book, magazine, pamphlet, or other publication, or photograph, picture, or film which allegedly depicts any child or children under the age of eighteen (18) years, the physician is of the opinion, based upon a reasonable medical certainty, that any person depicted in it is under the age of eighteen (18) years, then there shall be created a rebuttable presumption of that fact.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1978, ch. 130, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 210, § 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-1.3

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Violations. It is a violation of this section for any person to:

(1) Knowingly produce any child pornography;

(2) Knowingly mail, transport, deliver or transfer by any means, including by computer, any child pornography;

(3) Knowingly reproduce any child pornography by any means, including the computer; or

(4) Knowingly possess any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, computer disk, computer file or any other material that contains an image of child pornography.

(b) Penalties.

(1) Whoever violates or attempts or conspires to violate subdivisions (a)(1), (a)(2) or (a)(3) of this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned for not more than fifteen (15) years, or both.

(2) Whoever violates or attempts or conspires to violate subdivision (a)(4) of this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned not more than five (5) years, or both.

(c) Definitions. For purposes of this section:

(1) “Child pornography” means any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct where:

(i) The production of such visual depiction involves the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct;

(ii) Such visual depiction is a digital image, computer image, or computer-generated image of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; or

(iii) Such visual depiction has been created, adapted, or modified to display an identifiable minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

(2) “Computer” has the meaning given to that term in section 11-52-1;

(3) “Minor” means any person not having reached eighteen (18) years of age;

(4) “Identifiable minor.”

(i) Means a person:

(A)(I) Who was a minor at the time the visual depiction was created, adapted, or modified; or

(II) Whose image as a minor was used in creating, adapting, or modifying the visual depiction; and

(ii) Who is recognizable as an actual person by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature; and

(B) Shall not be construed to require proof of the actual identity of the identifiable minor.

(5) “Producing” means producing, directing, manufacturing, issuing, publishing or advertising;

(6) “Sexually explicit conduct” means actual:

(i) Graphic sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, or lascivious sexual intercourse where the genitals, or pubic area of any person is exhibited;

(ii) Bestiality;

(iii) Masturbation;

(iv) Sadistic or masochistic abuse; or

(v) Graphic or lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of any person;

(7) “Visual depiction” includes undeveloped film and videotape and data stored on a computer disk or by electronic means, which is capable of conversion into a visual image;

(8) “Graphic,” when used with respect to a depiction of sexually explicit conduct, means that a viewer can observe any part of the genitals or pubic area of any depicted person or animal during any part of the time that the sexually explicit conduct is being depicted.

(d) Affirmative defenses.

(1) It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of violating subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(3) of this section that:

(i) The alleged child pornography was produced using an actual person or persons engaging in sexually explicit conduct; and

(ii) Each such person was an adult at the time the material was produced; and

(iii) The defendant did not advertise, promote, present, describe or distribute the material in such a manner as to convey the impression that it is or contains a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

(2) It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of violating subdivision (a)(4) of this section that the defendant:

(i) Possessed less than three (3) images of child pornography; and

(ii) Promptly and in good faith and without retaining or allowing any person, other than a law enforcement agency, to access any image or copy of it:

(A) Took reasonable steps to destroy each such image; or

(B) Reported the matter to a law enforcement agency and afforded that agency access to each such image.

(e) Severability. If any provision or provisions of this section, or the application of this section to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a court of competent authority, that invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this section which can be given effect without that invalid provision or provisions or application of the provision or provisions, and to this end the provisions of this section are declared to be separable and severable.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 2001, ch. 143, § 1;P.L. 2004, ch. 586, § 2;P.L. 2004, ch. 612, § 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-1.4

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Definitions as used in this section:

(1) “Minor” means any person not having reached eighteen (18) years of age;

(2) “Computer” has the meaning given to that term in § 11-52-1;

(3) “Telecommunication device” means an analog or digital electronic device which processes data, telephony, video, or sound transmission as part of any system involved in the sending and/or receiving at a distance of voice, sound, data, and/or video transmissions;

(4) “Indecent visual depiction” means any digital image or digital video of the minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, and includes data stored on any computer, telecommunication device, or other electronic storage media which is capable of conversion into a visual image;

(5) “Sexually explicit conduct” means actual masturbation or graphic focus on or lascivious exhibition of the nude genitals or pubic area of the minor.

(b) No minor shall knowingly and voluntarily and without threat or coercion use a computer or telecommunication device to transmit an indecent visual depiction of himself or herself to another person.

(c) A violation of this section shall be a status offense and referred to the family court.

(d) Any minor adjudicated under subsection (b) shall not be charged under § 11-9-1.3 and, further, shall not be subject to sex offender registration requirements set forth in § 11-37.1-1 et seq., entitled “Sexual Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.”

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 2011, ch. 270, § 1, eff. July 12, 2011; P.L. 2011, ch. 295, § 1, eff. July 12, 2011; P.L. 2012, ch. 415, § 1, eff. June 22, 2012.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-2

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall take, receive, hire, employ, exhibit, or have in custody, or who shall cause to be taken, hired, employed, exhibited, or held in custody, any child under the age of sixteen (16) years, for any of the purposes prohibited in § 11-9-1, shall be held guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished for every such offense in the manner provided in that section.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1897, ch. 475, § 2; P.L. 1926, ch. 844, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 15, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 139, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 142, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 425, § 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-3

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

The town sergeant of any town, the chief of police of any city, or any agent of the director of children, youth and families may enter any place where any child may be held, detained, or employed in violation of §§ 11-9-1--11-9-8, and without process of law, seize and detain the child and hold him or her as a witness to testify upon the trial of any person charged with violating the provisions of §§ 11-9-1--11-9-8; and, if prior to or upon conviction of the offender no person shall appear who is entitled to custody of the child, the officer having the child in custody may bring proceedings against the child as a neglected child under the provisions of chapter 1 of title 14.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1897, ch. 475, § 3; P.L. 1926, ch. 844, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2416, § 3; P.L. 1969, ch. 242, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 115, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 139, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 142, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 425, § 3.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-4

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who knowingly or willfully encourages, aids, contributes to, or in any way causes any child under the age of sixteen (16) years to violate any law of this state, or the ordinances of any town or city in this state, or who knowingly or willfully encourages, aids, contributes to, or in any way causes any child under the age of sixteen (16) years to be guilty of any vicious or immoral conduct, or who, being the parent, parents, legal guardian, or person having the custody or the control of any such child, permits or suffers the child to habitually associate with vicious, immoral, or criminal persons, or to grow up in ignorance, idleness, or crime, or to wander about the streets of any city or town in the nighttime without being in any lawful business or occupation, or to enter any house of ill fame, policy shop, or place where any gambling is carried on or gaming device is operated, or to enter any place where intoxicating liquors are sold, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned not exceeding one year.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1908, ch. 1544, § 1; P.L. 1926, ch. 844, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 139, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 142, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 425, § 6.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-5

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Every person having the custody or control of any child under the age of eighteen (18) years who shall abandon that child, or who shall treat the child with gross or habitual cruelty, or who shall wrongfully cause or permit that child to be an habitual sufferer for want of food, clothing, proper care, or oversight, or who shall use or permit the use of that child for any wanton, cruel, or improper purpose, or who shall compel, cause, or permit that child to do any wanton or wrongful act, or who shall cause or permit the home of that child to be the resort of lewd, drunken, wanton, or dissolute persons, or who by reason of neglect, cruelty, drunkenness, or depravity, shall render the home of that child a place in which it is unfit for that child to live, or who shall neglect or refuse to pay the reasonable charges for the support of that child, whenever the child shall be placed by him or her in the custody of, or be assigned by any court to, any individual, association, or corporation, shall be guilty of a felony and shall for every such offense be imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than three (3) years, or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both, and the child may be proceeded against as a neglected child under the provisions of chapter 1 of title 14.

(b) In addition to any penalty provided in this section, any person convicted or placed on probation for this offense may be required to receive psychosociological counseling in child growth, care and development as a part of that sentence or probation. For purposes of this section, and in accordance with § 40-11-15, a parent or guardian practicing his or her religious beliefs which differ from general community standards who does not provide specified medical treatment for a child shall not, for that reason alone, be considered an abusive or negligent parent or guardian; provided, the provisions of this section shall not: (1) exempt a parent or guardian from having committed the offense of cruelty or neglect if the child is harmed under the provisions of (a) above; (2) exempt the department from the provisions of § 40-11-5; or (3) prohibit the department from filing a petition, pursuant to the provisions of § 40-11-15, for medical services for a child, where his or her health requires it.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1910, ch. 550, § 1; P.L. 1922, ch. 2214, § 1; P.L. 1926, ch. 844, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 128, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 129, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 155, § 1;P.L. 1998, ch. 439, § 1;P.L. 2004, ch. 270, § 2;P.L. 2004, ch. 599, § 2.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 139, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 142, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 425, § 7.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-5.1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

In order to protect a child from cruelty or neglect, where any person has reasonable cause to believe that any child is being neglected or cruelly treated as defined in § 14-1-3 and reports such incident to the department of children, youth, and families, the department must cause an immediate investigation.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1975, ch. 199, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-5.2

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person participating in good faith in the making of a report pursuant to this chapter shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any such participant shall have the same immunity with respect to participation in any judicial proceeding resulting from a report.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1975, ch. 199, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-5.3

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) This section shall be known and may be referred to as “Brendan's Law”.

(b) Whenever a person having care of a child, as defined by § 40-11-2(2), whether assumed voluntarily or because of a legal obligation, including any instance where a child has been placed by his or her parents, caretaker, or licensed or governmental child placement agency for care or treatment, knowingly or intentionally:

(1) Inflicts upon a child serious bodily injury, shall be guilty of first degree child abuse.

(2) Inflicts upon a child any other physical injury, shall be guilty of second degree child abuse.

(c) For the purposes of this section, “serious bodily injury” means physical injury that:

(1) Creates a substantial risk of death;

(2) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily parts, member or organ, including any fractures of any bones;

(3) Causes serious disfigurement; or

(4) Evidences subdural hematoma, intercranial hemorrhage and/or retinal hemorrhages as signs of “shaken baby syndrome” and/or “abusive head trauma.”

(d) For the purpose of this section, “other physical injury” is defined as any injury, other than a serious bodily injury, which arises other than from the imposition of nonexcessive corporal punishment.

(e) Any person who commits first degree child abuse shall be imprisoned for not more than twenty (20) years, nor less than ten (10) years and fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Any person who is convicted of second degree child abuse shall be imprisoned for not more than ten (10) years, nor less than five (5) years and fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(f) Any person who commits first degree child abuse on a child age five (5) or under shall not on the first ten (10) years of his or her sentence be afforded the benefit of suspension or deferment of sentence nor of probation for penalties provided in this section; and provided further, that the court shall order the defendant to serve a minimum of eight and one-half (8    1/2 ) years or more of the sentence before he or she becomes eligible for parole.

(g) Any person who has been previously convicted of first or second degree child abuse under this section and thereafter commits first degree child abuse shall be imprisoned for not more than forty (40) years, nor less than twenty (20) years and fined not more than twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars and shall be subject to subsection (f) of this section if applicable. Any person who has been previously convicted of first or second degree child abuse under this section and thereafter commits second degree child abuse shall be imprisoned for not more than twenty (20) years, nor less than ten (10) years and fined not more than ten thousand ($10,000) dollars.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1995, ch. 211, § 1;P.L. 1996, ch. 130, § 1;P.L. 1996, ch. 134, § 1;P.L. 1997, ch. 139, § 1;P.L. 2001, ch. 109, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 271, § 1, eff. July 12, 2011; P.L. 2011, ch. 318, § 1, eff. July 12, 2011.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-6

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

No proceedings instituted under any of the provisions of §§ 11-9-1--11-9-8 shall in any manner affect or be affected by any proceedings which may be instituted under any of the provisions of chapter 9 of title 15.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1910, ch. 550, § 1; P.L. 1926, ch. 844, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 139, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 142, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 425, § 8.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-7

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Whenever any agent of the Children's Friend and Service shall make complaint against any person for any of the offenses mentioned in §§ 11-9-1 - 11-9-8, the agent shall not be required to enter into any recognizance for costs. All costs and expenses attending the making of any complaint by any agent of the service and the proceedings on it under the provisions of §§ 11-9-1 - 11-9-8, or under the provisions of chapter 1 of title 14, shall be paid by the state.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1897, ch. 475, § 4; P.L. 1908, ch. 1540, § 4; P.L. 1926, ch. 844, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2416, § 3.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 115, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 139, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 142, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 425, § 4.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-8

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that it may deem necessary, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended by the department of children, youth and families for the purpose of preventing cruelty to children, and the department may, in its discretion, pay the sum to the Children's Friend and Service for that purpose, and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the sum or so much of it as may be required upon receipt by the state controller of proper vouchers approved by the director of the department.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1923, ch. 431, § 2; P.L. 1926, ch. 844, § 1; P.L. 1929, ch. 1374, § 4; P.L. 1939, ch. 660, §§ 65, 80; P.L. 1950, ch. 2416, § 3.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 115, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 139, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 142, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 425, § 5.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-9

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Where in §§ 11-9-1 -- 11-9-8 any authority is vested in any court, the authority vested in the court or courts mentioned is transferred to the family court. The family court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over any and all complaints and offenses set forth in §§ 11-9-1 -- 11-9-8, 11-9-12, 11-9-14, and 11-9-15, and shall have the authority to impose sentence as set forth in chapter 1 of title 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, jurisdiction for violations of §§ 11-9-1, 11-9-1.1, 11-9-1.2, 11-9-1.3, 11-9-5.3 shall be vested in the superior court.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 36; P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 4; P.L. 2004, ch. 586, § 2;P.L. 2004, ch. 612, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 260, § 1, eff. July 3, 2006; P.L. 2006, ch. 290, § 1, eff. July 3, 2006.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-10

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Whoever, having been the owner of any refrigerator, icebox, chest, or other similar article, abandons that refrigerator, icebox, chest, or other similar article in any place accessible to children if the abandoned unit has an attached lid or door which cannot be opened easily from the inside, and who fails to remove the door or doors from it before abandoning the unit, unless the unit may be easily opened from the inside, shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1955, ch. 3523, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-11

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

The police commissioners of any city or town having a police commission, and the chief of police of any other city or town, may designate certain streets in the city or town as curfew streets. No minor under sixteen (16) years of age shall be allowed to loiter on any curfew street after 9 o'clock (9:00) p.m., unless accompanied by some adult person.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1911, ch. 718, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 43; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 43.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-12

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any minor under sixteen (16) years of age, not accompanied by an adult person, who shall loiter on any curfew street after being directed by any police constable to cease loitering, shall be fined not exceeding five dollars ($5.00).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1911, ch. 718, § 2.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 44; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 44.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall purchase, nor shall any person sell, give or deliver to any person under eighteen (18) years of age, any tobacco in the form of cigarettes, bidi cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, flavored cigars known as “blunts”, unflavored “blunts”, flavored and unflavored blunt wraps, cigarette rolling papers of any size or composition, cigarillos, and tiparillos, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, or snuff. Any person, firm, or corporation that owns, manages, or operates a place of business in which tobacco products are sold, including sales through cigarette vending machines, shall post notice of this law conspicuously in the place of business in letters at least three-eighths of an inch (   3/8 ”) high.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1987, ch. 84, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 159, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 124, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 149, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 88, § 1, eff. June 21, 2011; P.L. 2011, ch. 98, § 1, eff. June 21, 2011.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 28; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 29; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 28.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) No cigarettes nor any other tobacco product shall be sold from any device or vending machine which is in an area not continuously supervised and in direct line of sight of an authorized person employed by the person, firm, or corporation that owns the business occupying the premises in which the device or vending machine is located, nor shall any tobacco product be sold from any device or vending machine which is in an area supervised by such an authorized person unless the device or vending machine is equipped with an electronic locking device which will not allow the device or vending machine to dispense a pack of cigarettes, or any other tobacco product, unless it is electronically unlocked from a secured position inaccessible to the public and under the supervision of an authorized person employed by the person, firm, or corporation that owns the business occupying the premises in which the device or vending machine is located. “Direct line of sight” means that the vending machine and the purchaser of cigarettes must be visible to the authorized person pressing the unlock button while the unlock button is being activated. Provided, a locking device shall not be required in an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic beverages which limits access to persons over the age of twenty-one (21) years.

(b) No cigarettes nor any other tobacco product shall be sold from any device or vending machine from which non-tobacco products are sold.

(c) No cigarettes shall be sold in packs which contain less than twenty (20) cigarettes.

(d) Any person, firm, or corporation who owns a business occupying the premises in which a device or vending machine which dispenses cigarettes or any other tobacco product is located who shall violate any of the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall for the first offense be subject to a fine of seventy-five dollars ($75.00), for the second offense, be subject to a fine of one hundred fifty dollars ($150), and for the third and any subsequent offense, be subject to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500); provided, that in the event that there are no offenses in three (3) successive years from the date of the last offense, then the next offense shall be treated as the first offense.

(e) Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate subsection (c) of this section shall for the first offense be subject to a fine of seventy-five dollars ($75.00), for the second offense, be subject to a fine of one hundred fifty dollars ($150), and for the third and any subsequent offense, be subject to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500); provided, that in the event that there are no offenses in three (3) successive years from the date of the last offense, then the next offense shall be treated as the first offense.

(f) One-half (   1/2 ) of all the fines collected pursuant to this section shall be transferred to the municipalities in which the citations originated. One-half (   1/2 ) of all the fines collected pursuant to this section shall be transferred to the general fund.

(g) Severability. If any provision of this section or the application of it to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this section, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this section are declared to be severable.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1995, ch. 77, § 1;P.L. 2001, ch. 120, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.2

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Sections 11-9-13.2--11-9-13.19 shall be cited as “An Act to Stop the Illegal Sale of Tobacco Products to Children”.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.3

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) The use of tobacco by Rhode Island children is a health and substance abuse problem of the utmost severity. The legislature finds that tobacco product usage by children in Rhode Island is rampant and increasing with over thirty percent (30%) of high school students smoking. The present law prohibiting the sale of tobacco to children is being ignored by many retailers. Rhode Island tobacco retailers illegally sell four million eight hundred thousand (4,800,000) packs, over eleven million dollars ($11,000,000) in tobacco product sales, to children annually. Tobacco industry advertising targets children as the replacement smokers for the one thousand one hundred forty-five (1,145) adults who die daily from tobacco product usage. Approximately seventy percent (70%) of the Rhode Island high school seniors who are smoking today will be the addicted adult smokers of tomorrow. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), smoking-related direct medical costs in Rhode Island in 1990 climbed to one hundred eighty-six million dollars ($186,000,000). This is an ongoing, escalating financial burden borne by every business, large and small, and every person, smoker and nonsmoker, in Rhode Island. This is a health and economic drain created by each new generation of children who begin using tobacco products and become addicted to nicotine. It is the intent of this legislation to preserve and protect the health of children by: (1) stopping the illegal sale of tobacco to children, and (2) by severely punishing those who disregard the laws relating to the illegal sale of tobacco products to children.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.4

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Bidi cigarette” means any product that (i) contains tobacco that is wrapped in temburni or tender leaf or that is wrapped in any other material identified by rules of the Department of Health that is similar in appearance or characteristics to the temburni or tender leaf and (ii) does not contain a smoke filtering device.

(2) “Court” means any appropriate district court of the state of Rhode Island.

(3) “Dealer” is synonymous with the term “retail tobacco products dealer”.

(4) “Department of mental health, retardation and hospitals” means the state of Rhode Island mental health, retardation and hospitals department, its employees, agents or assigns.

(5) “Department of taxation” means the state of Rhode Island taxation division, its employees, agents, or assigns.

(6) “License” is synonymous with the term “retail tobacco products dealer license.”

(7) “License holder” is synonymous with the term “retail tobacco products dealer.”

(8) “Person” means any individual person, firm, association, or corporation licensed as a retail dealer to sell tobacco products within the state.

(9) “Retail tobacco products dealer” means the holder of a license to sell tobacco products at retail.

(10) “Retail tobacco products dealer license” means a license to sell tobacco products at retail as issued by the department of taxation.

(11) “Spitting tobacco” also means snuff, powdered tobacco, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, pouch tobacco or smokeless tobacco.

(12) “Tobacco product(s)” means any product containing tobacco, including bidi cigarettes, as defined in subdivision (1) of this section, which can be used for, but whose use is not limited to, smoking, sniffing, chewing or spitting of the product.

(13) “Underage individual” or “underage individuals” means any child under the age of eighteen (18) years of age.

(14) “Little cigars” means and includes any roll, made wholly or in part of tobacco, irrespective of size or shape and irrespective of whether the tobacco is flavored, adulterated or mixed with any other ingredient, where such roll has a wrapper or cover made of tobacco wrapped in leaf tobacco or any substance containing tobacco paper or any other material, except where such wrapper is wholly or in greater part made of tobacco and such roll weighs over three (3) pounds per thousand (1,000).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1;P.L. 2001, ch. 124, § 1;P.L. 2001, ch. 149, § 1;P.L. 2001, ch. 391, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 104, § 3, eff. June 27, 2008.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.5

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

The Rhode Island department of mental health, retardation and hospitals shall develop, monitor, and aggressively enforce health rules and regulations pertaining to stopping the illegal sale of tobacco products to children.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1;P.L. 2001, ch. 391, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.6

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

The department of mental health, retardation and hospitals shall:

(1) Coordinate and promote the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and serve as the primary liaison from this department to other state or local agencies, departments, or divisions on issues pertaining to stopping children's access to tobacco.

(2) Provide retail tobacco products dealers signs concerning the prohibition of sales to children under eighteen (18) years of age. The signs, conforming to the requirements of this chapter, shall be sold at cost. This sign, or an exact duplicate of it made privately, shall be displayed in all locations where tobacco products are sold.

(3) Investigate concurrently with other state and local officials violations of this chapter.

(4)(i) Utilize unannounced statewide compliance checks of tobacco product sales including retail tobacco over-the-counter sales, mail order sales initiated via mail, facsimile, telephone or internet ordering or other types of electronic communications, and tobacco vending machine sales as part of investigating compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Underage individuals, acting as agents for the department of mental health, retardation and hospitals and with the written permission of a parent or guardian, may purchase, with impunity from prosecution, tobacco products for the purposes of law enforcement or government research involving monitoring compliance with this chapter, provided that the underage individuals are supervised by an adult law enforcement official. Any individual participating in an unannounced compliance check of over-the-counter or vending machine sales, must state his or her accurate age if asked by the sales representative of the retail establishment being checked.

(ii) In fulfilling the requirement of unannounced statewide compliance checks, the department of mental health, retardation and hospitals shall maintain complete records of the unannounced compliance checks, detailing, at least, the date of the compliance check, the name and address of the retail establishment checked or the mail order company, the results of the compliance check (sale/no sale), whether the sale was made as an over-the-counter sale, a mail order purchase or a tobacco vending machine sale, and if a citation was issued for any violation found. The records shall be subject to public disclosure. Further, the department of mental health, retardation and hospitals shall report to the owner of each retail establishment checked or mail order company, the results of any compliance check (sale/no sale) whether the sale was made as an over-the-counter sale, a mail order purchase or a tobacco vending machine sale, and if a citation was issued for any violation found.

(5) Seek enforcement, concurrently with other state and local officials, of the penalties as detailed in this chapter.

(6) Develop and disseminate community health education information and materials relating to this chapter.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1;P.L. 2000, ch. 210, § 1;P.L. 2001, ch. 391, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.7

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Signs provided by the department of mental health, retardation and hospitals, or an exact duplicate of it made privately, shall:

(1) Contain in red bold lettering a minimum of three-eighths (3/8") inch high on a white background the following wording:

THE SALE OF CIGARETTES AND OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IS AGAINST RHODE ISLAND LAW (Section 11-9-13.8(1), Rhode Island Statutes) PHOTO ID FOR PROOF OF AGE IS REQUIRED FOR PURCHASE.

(2) Contain the phone number at the department of mental health, retardation and hospitals, where violations of §§ 11-9-13.2 - 11-9-13.19 can be reported, in addition to any other information required by the department of mental health, retardation and hospitals.

(3) Be displayed prominently for public view at each cash register, each tobacco vending machine, or any other place from which tobacco products are sold.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1;P.L. 2001, ch. 391, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.8

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

A person that holds a license issued under chapter 20 of title 44, or an employee or agent of that person, is prohibited from selling, distributing, or delivering a tobacco product:

(1) To any individual that is under eighteen (18) years of age; or

(2) In any form other than an original factory-wrapped package; or

(3) As a single cigarette sale (§ 44-20-31), or as a sale of cigarettes by the individual piece, known as “loosies.”

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.9

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

No person shall be liable under this chapter for more than one citation on any one day. However, a single citation may list one or more violations of this chapter.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.10

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

The distribution of free tobacco products or coupons or vouchers redeemable for free tobacco products to any person under eighteen (18) years of age shall be prohibited. Further, the distribution of free tobacco products or coupons or vouchers redeemable for free tobacco products shall be prohibited, regardless of the age of the person to whom the products, coupons, or vouchers are distributed, within five hundred (500) feet of any school. The attorney general shall bring an action for any violation of this section. Every separate free tobacco product or coupon or voucher redeemable for a free tobacco product in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense subject to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500). The penalty shall be assessed against the business or individual responsible for initiating the Rhode Island distribution of the free tobacco products or coupons or vouchers redeemable for free tobacco products.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.11

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) The distribution, or sale or conveyance of tobacco products to children under the age of eighteen (18) via the United States Postal Service, or by any other public or private postal or package delivery service, shall be prohibited.

(b) Any person selling or distributing tobacco products in the form of cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, or snuff directly to a consumer via the United States Postal Service, or by any other public or private postal or package delivery service, including orders placed by mail, telephone, facsimile, or internet, shall: (1) before distributing or selling the tobacco product through any of these means, receive both a copy of a valid form of government identification showing date of birth to verify the purchaser is age eighteen (18) years or over and an attestation from the purchaser certifying that the information on the government identification truly and correctly identifies the purchaser and the purchaser's current address, and (2) deliver the tobacco product to the address of the purchaser given on the valid form of government identification and by a postal or package delivery service method that either limits delivery to that purchaser and requires the purchaser to sign personally to receive the delivery or requires a signature of an adult at the purchaser's address to deliver the package.

(c) The attorney general shall bring an action for any violation of this chapter. Any distribution, or sale or conveyance of a tobacco product to a child under eighteen (18) years of age via the United States Postal Service, or by any other public or private postal or package delivery service, shall be subject to an action against the distributor, or seller or conveyor by the attorney general of the state of Rhode Island. A minimum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) shall be assessed against any distributor, or seller or conveyor convicted of distributing, or selling or conveying tobacco products via the United States postal service, or by any other public or private postal or package delivery service, for each delivery, or sale or conveyance of a tobacco product to a child under eighteen (18) years of age.

(d) For the purpose of this section, “distribution,” “distributing,” “selling” and “sale” do not include the acts of the United States Postal Service or other common carrier when engaged in the business of transporting and delivering packages for others or the acts of a person, whether compensated or not, who transports or delivers a package for another person without any reason to know of the package's contents.

(e) Any delivery sale of cigarettes shall be made pursuant to the provisions of chapter 20.1 of title 44. The provisions of this section shall apply to each tobacco product listed in subsection (b) herein, but shall not apply to any delivery sale of cigarettes.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1;P.L. 2000, ch. 210, § 1;P.L. 2005, ch. 346, § 1;P.L. 2005, ch. 392, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.12

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Any local or state of Rhode Island police department or the attorney general, their officers or agents, shall issue a citation for any violation of the requirements or prohibitions of this chapter.

(b) The license holder receiving the citation may elect to plead guilty to the violation(s) and pay the fine(s) through the mail within ten (10) days, or appear in court to answer to the citation.

(c) All recipients of third and subsequent citations within any thirty-six (36) month period shall appear in court for a hearing on the citation.

(d) The failure of a license holder to either pay the citation through the mail within ten (10) days, where permitted under this section, or to appear in court on the date specified shall be cause for the court to hold the license holder in contempt of court with the penalty assessed a suspension of license for six (6) months and a five hundred dollar ($500) fine.

(e) The court shall impose court costs and any other court fee(s) on anyone convicted in court of a violation of this section.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.13

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Any person or individual that violates a requirement of § 11-9-13.6(2), display of specific signage, shall be subject to a fine in court of not less than thirty-five dollars ($35.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) per civil violation.

(b) The license holder is responsible for all violations of this section that occur at the location for which the license is issued. Any license holder that violates the prohibition of § 11-9-13.8(1) and/or (2) shall be subject to civil fines as follows:

(1) A fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the first violation within any thirty-six (36) month period;

(2) A fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for the second violation within any thirty-six (36) month period;

(3) A fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and a fourteen (14) day suspension of the license to sell tobacco products for the third violation within any thirty-six (36) month period;

(4) A fine of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) and a ninety (90) day suspension of the license to sell tobacco products for each violation in excess of three (3).

(c) Any person that violates a prohibition of § 11-9-13.8(3), sale of single cigarettes; § 11-9-13.8(2), regarding factory-wrapped packs; shall be subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation.

(d) The department of taxation shall not issue a license to any individual, business, firm, association, or corporation the license of which has been revoked or suspended, to any corporation an officer of which has had his or her license revoked or suspended, or to any individual who is or has been an officer of a corporation the license of which has been revoked or suspended so long as such revocations or suspensions are in effect.

(e) The court shall suspend the imposition of a license suspension of the license secured from the Rhode Island tax administrator for violation of subdivisions (b)(3) and (b)(4) of this section if the court finds that the license holder has taken measures to prevent the sale of tobacco to minors and the license holder can demonstrate to the court that those measures have been taken and that employees have received training. No person shall sell tobacco products, at retail, without first being trained in the legal sale of tobacco products. Training shall teach employees what constitutes a tobacco product, legal age of purchase, acceptable identification, how to refuse a direct sale to a minor or secondary sale to an adult, and all applicable laws on tobacco sales and distribution. Dealers shall maintain records indicating that the provisions of this section were reviewed with all employees who conduct or will conduct tobacco sales. Each employee who sells or will sell tobacco products shall sign an acknowledgement form attesting that the provisions of this section were reviewed with him/her. Each form shall be maintained by the retailer for as long as the employee is so employed and for no less than one year after termination of employment. The measures to prevent the sale of tobacco to minors shall be defined by the department of mental health, retardation and hospitals in rules and regulations.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1;P.L. 2000, ch. 103, § 1;P.L. 2000, ch. 366, § 1;P.L. 2001, ch. 391, § 1;P.L. 2005, ch. 336, § 1;P.L. 2005, ch. 386, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.14

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

The court shall maintain records of any penalty, fine or suspension imposed under this chapter and notify within sixty (60) days the tax administrator of the penalty, fine or suspension imposed.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.15

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Any individual or business who violates this chapter by selling or conveying a tobacco product without a retail tobacco products dealer license shall be cited for that violation and shall be required to appear in court for a hearing on the citation.

(b) Any individual or business cited for a violation under this section of this chapter shall:

(1) Either post a five hundred dollar ($500) bond with the court within ten (10) days of the citation; or

(2) Sign and accept the citation indicating a promise to appear in court.

(c) An individual or business who has accepted the citation may:

(1) Pay the five hundred dollar ($500) fine, either by mail or in person, within ten (10) days after receiving the citation; or

(2) If that individual or business has posted a bond, forfeit the bond by not appearing at the scheduled hearing. If the individual or business cited pays the five hundred dollar ($500) fine or forfeits the bond, that individual or business is deemed to have admitted the cited violation and to have waived the right to a hearing on the issue of commission on the violation.

(d) The court after a hearing on a citation shall make a determination as to whether a violation has been committed. If it is established that the violation did occur, the court shall impose a five hundred dollar ($500) fine, in addition to any court costs or other court fees.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.16

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

The department of mental health, retardation and hospitals shall promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to fulfill the intent of sections 11-9-13.2--11-9-13.19.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1;P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 5;P.L. 2001, ch. 391, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.17

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) One-half (   1/2 ) of all the fines collected pursuant to §§ 11-9-13.2--11-9-13-19 shall be transferred to the municipalities in which the citation originated.

(b) One-half (   1/2 ) of all the fines collected pursuant to §§11-9-13.2--11-9-13.19 shall be transferred to the general fund.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.18

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

The division of taxation shall not sell or distribute cigarette excise tax stamps, or permit the use of a metering machine as described in § 44-20-20 for any cigarette product packaged with less than twenty (20) cigarettes per package. The sale or distribution of cigarettes in packages of less than twenty (20) is prohibited.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-13.19

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

If any provision of this chapter or the application of it to any individual or circumstances is held invalid in a court test, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-14

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall smoke or chew or possess when such possession is clearly visible tobacco in any public street, place or resort, any tobacco in any form whatsoever. Any person under eighteen (18) years of age violating the provisions of this section shall be required to perform up to thirty (30) hours of community service or shall be required to enter into a tobacco treatment program approved by any local substance abuse prevention task force, at the option of a minor charged with a violation of this section.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 2001, ch. 124, § 1;P.L. 2001, ch. 148, § 1;P.L. 2001, ch. 149, § 1;P.L. 2005, ch. 251, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 426, § 1, eff. July 7, 2007.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 29; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 30; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 29; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 29.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-15

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall tattoo any minor under the age of eighteen (18) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300). For purposes of this section, “tattooing” means the practice of marking the skin with indelible patterns or pictures by making punctures and inserting pigments. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the removal of tattoo markings from the body of any person of whatsoever age.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1932, ch. 1922, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3713, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 45; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 45.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-16

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) “Plastic bag” means a polyethylene bag, other than one used for food products that weighing not more than five pounds, intended for household use or for packaging articles intended for household use, which is larger than 5 inches (5") in diameter at the opened end, and is made of thin film less than 1 mil (0.001 inch) in thickness (according to standards established under the commodity standards division of the United States department of commerce).

(b) No person shall package, deliver, or sell any article for use in or around the household in a plastic bag, or shall sell or distribute any plastic bag for use in or around the household, unless the bag bears a warning against the hazard of suffocation by children in the following or substantially equivalent wording:

“Keep from children--may cause suffocation”

“WARNING: Keep this bag away from babies and children. Do not use in cribs, beds, carriages, or playpens. The thin film may cling to nose and mouth and prevent breathing.”

(c) The warning shall be printed on, attached to, or accompany each bag; provided, that it shall be permissible to print the warning on the outside wrapper of packages of bags intended only for home processing use, such as freezer bags and garbage disposal bags, in lieu of on each individual bag. The warning shall be conspicuously displayed in bold face type, in accordance with the following table:

Total of the length and width of the bag, combined:

	60 inches or more	24 points
	40 inches, but less than 60 inches	18 points
	30 inches, but less than 40 inches	14 points
	Less than 30 inches	10 points

(d) Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall upon conviction be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1959, ch. 82, § 1; P.L. 1960, ch. 171, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-17

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who performs or aids and abets in the performance of a sterilization procedure on any person under the age of eighteen (18), unless the sterilization is incidental to, or is rendered necessary or unavoidable by, some other medical treatment or procedure required to preserve the life or health of that person, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by up to five (5) years imprisonment and a fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1974, ch. 187, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-18

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person who knowingly and intentionally fails to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive in the course of an abortion shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or both. Any physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person who knowingly and intentionally fails to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive in the course of an abortion, and, as a result of that failure, the infant dies, shall be guilty of the crime of manslaughter.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1981, ch. 280, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-19

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) No person shall knowingly sell to any child under eighteen (18) years of age any aerosol container of paint capable of defacing property.

(b) For purposes of this section, bona fide evidence of majority, identity of majority and identity of the person is a document issued by a federal, state, county, or municipal government, or subdivision or agency of them, including, but not limited to, a motor vehicle operator's license, a registration certificate issued under the federal Selective Service Act, 50 App. U.S.C. § 451 et seq., or an identification card issued to a member of the armed forces.

(c) Proof that the defendant, or his employee or agent, demanded, was shown and acted in reliance upon bona fide evidence in any sale transaction forbidden by subsection (a) of this section, shall be a defense to any criminal prosecution for that violation.

(d) Any person who owns, manages or operates a place of business where aerosol containers of paint capable of defacing property are sold shall conspicuously post notice of this law in the place of business in letters at least three-eighths of an inch (3/8") high.

(e) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1981, ch. 394, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-19.1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall have in his or her possession or under his or her control any aerosol container of spray paint. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a requirement of up to fifty (50) hours of community restitution work.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to possession or use of aerosol spray paint containers on property owned or rented by the minor or his or her parent(s) or guardian(s).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1993, ch. 361, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-20

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) No person, firm or corporation that owns, manages or operates a place of business including vending machines shall knowingly sell, give or deliver matches to any child under the age of twelve (12) years. The owner, operator or manager of a place of business where matches are sold shall post a notice of this law conspicuously in the place of business in letters at least three-eighths of an inch (   3/8 ") high. Signs required by this section may be provided, at cost, by the department of health.

(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1988, ch. 159, § 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9-21

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) It shall be a misdemeanor for any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person, to sell, transfer, or otherwise furnish any of the following to a person under 18 years of age:

(1) A dietary supplement containing an ephedrine group alkaloid.

(2) A dietary supplement containing any of the following:

(A) Androstanedoil.

(B) Androstanedione.

(C) Androstenedione.

(D) Noradrostenediol.

(E) Norandrostenedione.

(F) Dehydroepiandrosterone.

(b) The seller shall request valid identification from any individual who attempts to purchase a dietary supplement set forth in subsection (a) if that individual reasonably appears to the seller to be under 18 years of age.

(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a retail clerk who fails to request identification pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall not be guilty of a misdemeanor, subject to any civil penalties, or subject to any disciplinary action or discharge by his or her employer.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 2005, ch. 244, § 2;P.L. 2005, ch. 246, § 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9.1-1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person selling merchandise on the installment plan shall give to every purchaser of the merchandise on the plan a receipt in writing for every installment paid on account of the price of the merchandise, and every such receipt shall show the balance of the price remaining unpaid after giving credit for the payment. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined twenty dollars ($20.00).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1908, ch. 1596, §§ 1, 2.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 184, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 210, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 384, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1956, § 6-15-1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9.1-2

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any officer, agent, or servant of a carrier who, with intent to defraud issues or aids in issuing a bill of lading knowing that all or any part of the goods for which the bill is issued have not been received by the carrier, or by an agent of the carrier or by a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control at the time of issuing the bill, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding than five (5) years, by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1914, ch. 1029, § 44.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 320, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 473, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 6-24-45.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9.1-3

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any officer, agent, or servant of a carrier who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a bill of lading for goods knowing that it contains any false statement, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1914, ch. 1029, § 45.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 320, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 473, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 6-24-46.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9.1-4

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any officer, agent, or servant of a carrier who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable bill of lading for goods without placing plainly upon the face of each bill the word “duplicate” or some other word or words indicating that the document is not an original bill of lading, knowing that a former negotiable bill of lading for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncanceled, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1914, ch. 1029, § 46.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 320, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 473, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 6-24-47.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9.1-5

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who ships goods to which he or she does not have title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for the goods a negotiable bill of lading which he or she afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his or her want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1914, ch. 1029, § 47.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 320, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 473, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 6-24-48.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9.1-6

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who, with intent to deceive, negotiates or transfers for value a bill of lading knowing that any or all of the goods which, by the terms of the bill, appear to have been received for transportation by the carrier which issued the bill of lading, are not in the possession or control of the carrier, or of a connecting carrier, without disclosing this fact, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1914, ch. 1029, § 48.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 320, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 473, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 6-24-49.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9.1-7

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who, with intent to defraud, secures the issue by a carrier of a bill of lading knowing that at the time of the issue any or all of the goods described in the bill, as received for transportation, have not been received by the carrier, or an agent of the carrier or a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control, by inducing an officer, agent, or servant of the carrier falsely to believe that the goods have been received by the carrier, or are under its control, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1914, ch. 1029, § 49.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 320, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 473, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 6-24-50.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9.1-8

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a nonnegotiable bill of lading without the words “not negotiable” placed plainly upon the face of it shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1914, ch. 1029, § 50.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 320, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 473, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 6-24-51.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9.1-9

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

A warehouse operator, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse operator, who issues or aids in issuing a warehouse receipt knowing that the goods for which the receipt is issued have not been actually received by the warehouse operator, or are not under his or her actual control at the time of issuing the receipt, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1908, ch. 1549, § 50.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 270, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 315, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 468, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 6-25-51.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9.1-10

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

A warehouse operator, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse operator, who fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a warehouse receipt for goods knowing that it contains any false statement, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1908, ch. 1549, § 51.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 270, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 315, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 468, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 6-25-52.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9.1-11

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

A warehouse operator, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse operator, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncanceled, without plainly placing upon the face of it the word “Duplicate,” except in the case of a lost or destroyed receipt after proceedings as provided for in § 6A-7-601, shall be guilty of a crime and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1908, ch. 1549, § 52.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 270, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 315, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 468, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 6-25-53.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9.1-12

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouse operator goods of which he or she is owner, either solely or jointly or in common with others, the warehouse operator, or any of his or her officers, agents, or servants who, knowing this ownership, issues or aids in issuing a negotiable receipt for the goods which does not state that ownership, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1908, ch. 1549, § 53.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 270, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 315, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 468, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 6-25-54.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9.1-13

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

A warehouse operator, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse operator, who delivers goods out of the possession of the warehouse operator, knowing that a negotiable receipt the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of the goods is outstanding and uncanceled, without obtaining the possession of the receipt at or before the time of the delivery, shall, except in the cases provided for in §§ 6A-7-210 and 6A-7-601, be found guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1908, ch. 1549, § 54.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 270, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 315, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 468, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 6-25-55.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9.1-14

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who deposits goods to which he or she does not have title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for those goods a negotiable receipt which he or she afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his or her want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1908, ch. 1549, § 55.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 270, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 315, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 468, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 6-25-56.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-9.1-15

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Whoever conducts or attempts to conduct a financial transaction: (1) with the intent to promote the carrying on of specified unlawful activity; or (2) with the intent to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, or control of property believed to be the proceeds of specified unlawful activity; or (3) with the intent to avoid a transaction reporting requirement under state law; or (4) knowing that the transaction is designed in whole or in part: (i) to conceal or disguise the nature, the location, the source, the ownership, or the control of the proceeds of specified unlawful activity; or (ii) to avoid a transaction reporting requirement under the laws of this state or of the United States; shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or twice the value of the property involved in the transaction, whichever is greater, or by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years, or both.

(b) Whoever conducts or attempts to conduct a financial transaction: (1) knowing that the property involved in the transaction represents the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity, or has been or is being used to conduct or facilitate some form of unlawful activity; or (2) involving property represented as the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity, by a law enforcement officer or other person working at the direction or with the approval of an official authorized to investigate or prosecute violations of this section; shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or twice the value of the property involved in the transaction, whichever is greater, or by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years, or both.

(c) Whoever is convicted of conducting or attempting to conduct a financial transaction described in subsection (a) or (b) of this section is liable to the state of Rhode Island for a civil penalty of not more than the greater of:

(1) The value of the property, funds, or monetary instruments involved in the transaction; or

(2) Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

(d) As used in this section:

(1) “Conducts” includes initiating, concluding, or participating in initiating or concluding a transaction;

(2) “Financial institution” means any institution organized under title 19, or any institution having the definition given that term in 31 U.S.C. § 5312, where applicable, including, but not limited to, banks, savings banks, bank associations, trust companies, loan and investment companies, savings and loan companies, building-loan associations, credit unions, deposit-insurance companies, and any other depository required by law to file reports with the Rhode Island department of business regulation;

(3) “Financial transaction” means a transaction involving the movement of funds;

(4) “Knowing that the property involved in a financial transaction represents the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity” means that the person knew the property involved in the transaction represented proceeds from some form, though not necessarily which form, of activity that constitutes a felony under state law, regardless of whether or not the activity is specified in subdivision (7) of this subsection.

(5) “Monetary instruments” means coin or currency of the United States or any other country, travelers' checks, personal checks, bank checks, money orders, investment securities in bearer form or in such form that title to them passes upon delivery, and negotiable instruments in bearer form or in such form that title to them passes upon delivery;

(6) “Specified unlawful activity” includes:

(A) Any act or activity declared a felony pursuant to title 19;

(B) Any act or activity declared a felony pursuant to chapter 28 of title 21;

(C) Any act or acts prohibited by the Rhode Island Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), chapter 15 of title 7;

(D) Any act constituting a felony pursuant to this title.

(7) “Transaction” includes a purchase, sale, loan, pledge, gift, transfer, delivery, or other disposition, and with respect to a financial institution includes a deposit, withdrawal, transfer between accounts, exchange of currency, loan, extension of credit, purchase or sale of any stock, bond, certificate of deposit, or other monetary instrument, or any other payment, transfer, or delivery by, through, or to a financial institution, by whatever means effected.

(e) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to duplicate or prevent the application or effect of 18 U.S.C. § 1956, or of any provision of state or other law imposing criminal penalties or affording civil remedies in addition to those provided for in this chapter.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1991, ch. 51, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 82, § 1, eff. June 13, 2006; P.L. 2006, ch. 95, § 1, eff. June 13, 2006.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-10-1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall be convicted of the abominable and detestable crime against nature, with any beast, shall be imprisoned not exceeding twenty (20) years nor less than seven (7) years.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1998, ch. 24, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 12.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-11-1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall willfully interrupt or disturb any town or ward meeting, any assembly of people met for religious worship, any military funeral or memorial service, any public or private school, any meeting lawfully and peaceably held for purposes of moral, literary or scientific improvement, or any other lawful meeting, exhibition or entertainment, either within or without the place where the meeting or school is held, shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 2007, ch. 183, § 1, eff. July 2, 2007; P.L. 2007, ch. 212, § 1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 278, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 344, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 396, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 607, § 8.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-11-2

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who shall willfully place in, on, about, or upon any theater, motion picture house, hall, or other building or place where people are assembled for the purpose of entertainment or instruction, any substance or thing that does or is liable to interrupt and disturb the peace and order of that place, or is liable to interrupt, disturb, or throw into confusion or endanger the life and limb of persons assembled in that place, or which is liable to or does cause injury to the property of the owner, lessee, tenant, or other occupant of the theater, motion picture house, hall, or other building or place, or whoever willfully throws into, against or upon, or puts, places, and explodes or causes to be placed or exploded in or upon any theater, motion picture house, hall, or any other building or place of public assemblage, any bomb, torpedo, or other instrument or package loaded or filled with any explosive or offensive substance with intent unlawfully to destroy or injure the theater, motion picture house, hall, or other building or place of public assemblage, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1932, ch. 1921, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 76; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 86.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-11-3

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Whenever any religious society shall hold any camp, tent, grove or other out-door meeting, or the Society of General Six-principle Baptists of Rhode Island and Massachusetts shall hold their annual “general meeting,” for any purpose connected with the object for which the religious society was organized, no person, without the consent of the religious society or of its proper officers, shall keep in any shop, tent, booth, wagon or carriage or other place, for sale, or expose for sale any spirituous or intoxicating liquors or other drinks or food or merchandise of any kind, or hawk or peddle any liquors or merchandise mentioned in this section within one mile of the place of the meeting, nor shall any person engage in gaming, horse racing, or exhibit or offer to exhibit any show or play within the like distance of one mile of a meeting; and every person violating any provision of this section shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) nor less than five dollars ($5.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be so construed as to prevent innkeepers, grocers, or other persons from pursuing their ordinary business at their usual place of doing business, nor to prevent any person from selling victuals in his or her usual place of abode.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 121, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 147, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 152, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 607, § 9.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-11-4

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who, by himself or herself or in concert with other persons, shall attempt by force, violence, threats or intimidation of any kind to prevent, or who shall prevent, any other person from entering upon and pursuing any employment, upon any terms and conditions as that person may think proper, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) or be imprisoned not exceeding ninety (90) days.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 278, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 344, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 396, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 607, § 10.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-11-5

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall be guilty of profane swearing and cursing shall be fined not exceeding five dollars ($5.00).

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 17.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-11-6

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-11-7

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) The occupant load permitted in any assembly building structure, or portion of it, shall be determined by dividing the net floor area or space assigned to that use by the square feet per occupant as follows:

(1) An assembly area of concentrated use without fixed seats such as an auditorium, gymnasium, church, chapel, dance floor, and lodge room, seven square feet (7 sq. ft.) per person.

(2) An assembly area of less concentrated use such as conference rooms, dining room, drinking establishments, exhibit room, or lounge, fifteen square feet (15 sq. ft.) per person.

(3) Standing room or waiting space, five square feet (5 sq. ft.) per person; provided, that aisle area, except rear cross aisles, shall not be considered in determining the number of standing patrons allowed.

(b) Any residential structure, or portion of it, that is used by persons to assemble for consumption of food or drink shall not exceed the occupant load as determined by dividing the net floor area or space assigned to that use by the square feet per occupant as follows:

(1) Any individual single family dwelling or any unit in a multi-family dwelling or apartment house, fifteen (15) net square feet per person;

(2) A public space associated with a single family dwelling or any multi-family dwelling or apartment house, fifteen (15) net square feet per person.

(c) Penalty. If any person in control or possession of a building or structure, or portion of it, fails to comply with the provisions of this section, the assembly shall be reduced to the limit set forth by this section and the person in control or possession of a building or structure shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor and fined an amount not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for the first offense with notice of the offense sent by certified mail to the owner of the building or structure. The fine shall double for the second offense and triple for the third offense with all notices of the offenses sent to the owner of the building by certified mail. In the event there are more than three (3) offenses at a building or structure, the owner shall also be guilty of a petty misdemeanor and fined an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 2001, ch. 79, § 1;P.L. 2001, ch. 219, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-12-1

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall voluntarily engage in a duel with any dangerous weapon, to the hazard of life, shall be imprisoned not exceeding seven (7) years nor less than one year.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 7.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-12-2

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall challenge another to fight a duel with any dangerous weapon, to the hazard of life, and every person who shall accept a challenge to fight such duel, although no duel be fought, shall be imprisoned not exceeding seven (7) years nor less than one year.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 8.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-12-3

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person, being an inhabitant of or resident in this state, who shall fight a duel outside the jurisdiction of this state, by previous appointment or engagement made within this state, and in the duel shall inflict a mortal wound upon any person of which the person so injured shall afterwards die within this state, shall be deemed to be guilty of murder within this state and may be indicted or charged by information, tried, convicted and sentenced in the county in which the death shall happen.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 4.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 9.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-12-4

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person being an inhabitant of or resident in this state who shall, by previous appointment or engagement made within this state, be the second of either party in any duel as is mentioned in § 11-12-3 and shall be present as the second when the mortal wound is inflicted, of which death shall ensue within this state, shall be deemed to be an accessory before the fact to the crime of murder within this state, and may be indicted or charged by information, tried, convicted and sentenced within the county where the death shall happen.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 4.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 10.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-12-5

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person indicted under either § 11-12-3 or 11-12-4 may plead a former conviction or acquittal of the same offense in the state or county in which the duel was fought, and that plea, if admitted or established, shall bar all further proceedings against the person for the same offense within this state.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 11.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-12-6

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall, by previous appointment or arrangement, meet another person and engage in a fight, shall be imprisoned not more than ten (10) years or be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000).

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 12.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-12-7

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall be present at any fight as provided in § 11-12-6 as an aid, second or surgeon, or who shall advise, encourage or promote the fight, shall be imprisoned not more than five (5) years or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 13.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-12-8

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall, by previous appointment or engagement, leave this state and engage in a fight with another person outside the limits of this state shall be imprisoned not more than five (5) years or be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), and may be indicted or charged by information, tried, convicted and sentenced in any county in this state.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 4.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 14.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-12-9

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

A deputy sheriff, town sergeant, constable or police officer shall immediately arrest in any county any person violating any of the provisions of §§ 11-12-6 -- 11-12-8, and shall detain the person until a warrant can be obtained for his or her arrest.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 31, eff. June 20, 2012.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 15.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-13-1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) No person shall offer for sale at retail or at wholesale, shall possess or have under his or her control, use or explode, or cause to explode for exhibition or amusement, display fireworks or aerial consumer fireworks unless permits are obtained pursuant to this chapter and chapter 23-28.11. Display fireworks are defined in the American pyrotechnic association standard 87-1 (APA 87-1) 2001 Edition section 2.7.2 and are classified as explosives 1.3G by the U.S. department of transportation (U.S. DOT), UN0335. Aerial consumer fireworks are defined in APA 87-1 2001 Edition section 3.1.2. and are classified 1.4G U.S. DOT, UN 0336. Certain fireworks and devices that are exempt from the definitions of display fireworks and aerial consumer fireworks shall include, but are not limited to, the following: ground-based and hand-held sparkling devices (non-aerial fireworks) as defined in APA 87-1 2001 Edition sections 3.1.1 and 3.5, and include the following: fountains, illuminating torches, wheels, ground spinners, flitter sparklers, sparkers; novelties, which are defined in the APA 87-1 2001 Edition section 3.2 and include the following: party poppers, snappers, toy smoke devices, snakes, glow worms, wire sparklers and dipped sticks; paper caps containing not more than twenty-five hundredths (0.025) grains of explosive mixture ammunition to be consumed by weapons used for sporting and hunting purposes, and model rockets and model rocket engines, designed, sold and used for the purpose of propelling recoverable aero models). The storage, possession, sale, transportation and use of the items in the above reference section that are not included in the definition of display fireworks and aerial consumer fireworks shall be allowed at all times throughout the state for persons at least sixteen (16) years of age. Permits for display fireworks and aerial consumer fireworks for commercial display may be issued in accordance with provisions of the Rhode Island Fire Safety Code, chapters 28.1 -- 28.39 of title 23. Fireworks display of display and aerial consumer fireworks by any municipality, fair association, amusement park, or other organization or group of individuals is permitted, on condition that the display shall be made by a competent operator approved by the local fire authority and shall be of such character as in the opinion of the fire authority will not be hazardous to persons or property; and, provided further, that the foregoing shall not apply the use of display fireworks and aerial consumer fireworks by common carriers for signal or illumination purposes, the use of blank cartridges in any show or theater, the use of explosives for blasting, the use of display fireworks and aerial consumer fireworks as signals in any athletic or sporting event, the use of display fireworks and aerial consumer fireworks for ceremonial or military purposes, the sale of fireworks for shipment out of this state, or the sale of fireworks for any use permitted pursuant to this section, provided the person who sells, stores or transports display fireworks and aerial consumer fireworks has a permit as required by the Rhode Island Fire Safety Code, chapters 28.1 -- 28.39 of title 23.

(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense and/or imprisoned for not more than one year for each offense; except that any person using or having in his or her possession without a permit with intent to use display fireworks and aerial consumer fireworks with a value of under five hundred dollars ($500) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense and/or imprisoned for not more than one year for each offense.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1942, ch. 1130, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 236, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 299, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 376, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 326, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 284, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 25, § 1, eff. June 11, 2010; P.L. 2010, ch. 28, § 1, eff. June 11, 2010.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 110, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 134, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 177, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 406, §§ 4, 5.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-13-1.1

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Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-13-2

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No complaint for a violation of any of the provisions of § 11-13-1 shall be sustained unless it shall be brought within thirty (30) days after the commission of the offense, and all fines for such violation shall enure one-half ( 1/2) to the complainant and one-half ( 1/2) to the state.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 110, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 134, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 177, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 406, § 7.

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Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-13-3

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) No person shall sell to any child under the age of fifteen (15) years, without the written consent of a parent or guardian of the child, any cartridge or fixed ammunition of which any fulminate is a component part, or any gun, pistol or other mechanical contrivance arranged for the explosion of the cartridge or of any fulminate. Nothing in this section shall authorize the sale of any blank cartridge except as provided in § 11-13-5.

(b) Every person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 110, §§ 7, 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 134, §§ 7, 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 177, §§ 7, 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 406, §§ 8, 9.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-13-4

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No person or persons shall sell, expose for sale, possess with intent to sell or use, or discharge or use, within this state, any repeating toy cane for discharging any explosive, any toy pistol, or any other toy device designed or used for the discharge of blank cartridges.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1905, ch. 1244, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 134, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 177, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 406, § 10.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-13-5

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No person shall sell or offer to sell blank cartridges to any person under twenty-one (21) years of age.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1905, ch. 1244, § 2.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 134, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 177, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 406, § 11.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-13-6

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Any person violating any of the provisions of § 11-13-4 or 11-13-5 shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1905, ch. 1244, § 3.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 134, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 177, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 406, § 12.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-13-7

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall sell, expose for sale, possess with intent to sell, use, or explode, or use or explode any firecracker containing any explosive other than gunpowder shall be fined not more than twenty dollars ($20.00).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1896, ch. 342, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 134, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 177, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 406, § 13.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-13-8

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall knowingly deliver or cause to be delivered to any person or carrier any box, can, or other package of nitroglycerine, gunpowder, naphtha, or other equally inflammable and explosive substance, material, or fluid, not marked with a plain and legible label describing its contents, or who shall remove or cause to be removed any such label or mark, or who shall carry or cause to be carried on any vessel, car, or vehicle operated in the transportation of passengers by a common carrier, which vessel, car, or vehicle is carrying passengers for hire, any box, can, or other package of nitroglycerine, gunpowder, naphtha, guncotton or substance or material containing guncotton, or any other equally inflammable and explosive material, substance, or fluid, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or imprisoned not more than five (5) years.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1926, ch. 857, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 47; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 50; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 50; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 50.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-13-9

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Every person who places a bomb or other explosive in any public or private building, or area where persons may lawfully assemble as provided in § 11-11-1 shall upon conviction be imprisoned not less than three (3) years nor more than twenty (20) years and fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

(b) Every person who threatens to place a bomb or other explosive in any public or private building, or area where persons may lawfully assemble as provided in § 11-11-1, or falsely reports the placing of a bomb or other explosive in the building or area, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned not less than one year nor more than ten (10) years and fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).

CREDIT(S)

R.P.L. 1957, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1971, ch. 215, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 100, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-14-1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall falsely assume or pretend to be a judge, justice of the peace, warden, deputy sheriff, alderman, member of any city or town council, city or town clerk, city sergeant, constable, correctional officer or any other officer of any city or town in this state as well as any out-of-state police, and shall act as such, shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1996, ch. 318, § 1;P.L. 2000, ch. 245, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 586, § 1, eff. July 14, 2006; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 32, eff. June 20, 2012.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 17.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-14-2

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall falsely assume or pretend to be a town sealer of weights and measures, auctioneer, corder of wood, or fence-viewer, and shall act as such, shall be fined not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 18; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 18.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-14-3

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Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-14-4

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Any person not a member, respectively, of the Society of Cincinnati; Society of the War of 1812; Aztec Club of 1847; Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; Grand Army of the Republic; National Association of Naval Veterans of the United States; Society of the Army of the Potomac; Society of the Army of the Cumberland; Society of the Army of Ohio; Society of the Army of Tennessee; Society of the Burnside Expedition; Society of the Ninth Army Corps; Sons of Veterans, United States of America; Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; Sons of the Revolution; United Spanish-American War Veterans; Women's Relief Corps; Ladies' Aid Society; Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States; Knights of Pythias; Dramatic Order of Knights of Khorassan; American Legion; Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States; Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; Fraternal Order of Police; International Brotherhood of Police Officers (IBPO), the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) whether it be IAFF windshield decals or IAFF license plate emblems or both; or any person not a member respectively of any other society or association or of any labor union which shall have registered in the office of the secretary of state a facsimile or duplicate or description of its name, badge, decoration, insignia, button, emblem, or rosette, who shall use or wear, respectively, the name, badge, decoration, insignia, button, emblem, or rosette of that organization, unless he or she shall be entitled to use or wear it, respectively under the constitution, bylaws, or rules and regulations of the societies or orders, respectively, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1900, ch. 742, § 1; P.L. 1906, ch. 1358, § 1; P.L. 1907, ch. 1448, § 1; P.L. 1909, ch. 439, § 1; P.L. 1918, ch. 1642, § 1; P.L. 1920, ch. 1833, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 117, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 259, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 474, § 1;P.L. 1996, ch. 390, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 283, § 22; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 31; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 31; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 30.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-14-5

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who willfully uses or displays the label or logo of the American Federation of Musicians without the written permission of, or in any manner not authorized by, the federation shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1976, ch. 70, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-14-6

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Every person who shall falsely assume or pretend to be an employee of a public utility company, or the employee of a nonregulated power producer, and act as such so as to gain or attempt to gain entry into any residence or business, for any purpose, shall be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months, or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1997, ch. 128, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-15-1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

“Flag,” “standard,” “color,” or “ensign,” as used in 11-15-1 - 11-15-3, includes any flag, standard, color, ensign, or any picture or representation of either of them, made of any substance, or represented on any substance, and of any size, evidently purporting to be either of the flag, standard, color, or ensign of the United States of America, or a picture or a representation of either of them, upon which shall be shown the colors, the stars, and the stripes, in any number of either of them, or by which the person seeing the picture or representation, without deliberation, may believe it to represent the flag, colors, standards, or ensign of the United States of America.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1902, ch. 986, § 2.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 40; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 40; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 39.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-15-2

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Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-15-3

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Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-15-4

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No person, firm, or corporation shall use the state seal, the state coat of arms, or a facsimile or imitation of them, for commercial purposes. The use of state seal, the state coat of arms, or a facsimile or imitation of them as a portion of any letterhead, or in any advertisement, creates a presumption that the use is for commercial purposes. Any person who violates any provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1946, ch. 1703, §§ 1, 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-15-5

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The attorney general of the state of Rhode Island shall, upon the submission of proof of any violation of the provisions of § 11-15-4, seek injunctive relief against further violation.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1946, ch. 1703, § 3.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-15-6

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Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-15-7

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It shall be unlawful to display the flag or emblem of any foreign country upon the flagstaff of any state, county, city or town building or public schoolhouse within this state; provided, that when any foreigner shall become the guest of the United States, or of this state, the flag of the country of which the public guest shall be a citizen or subject may be displayed upon public buildings, except public schoolhouses. Every person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 283, § 29; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 38; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 38; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 37.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-16-1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Except as otherwise provided, in respect to specific articles of meat or drink, every person who shall sell any kind of diseased, corrupted, or unwholesome provisions, whether for meat or drink, shall be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months or be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200).

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 282, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 348, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 400, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 611, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-16-2

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall kill or cause to be killed, for the purpose of sale, or who shall sell to any person engaged in the business of killing of animals to be used for food purposes, any calf less than four (4) weeks old and the weight of which is less than seventy-five (75) pounds, or shall sell, or possess with intent to sell, the flesh of any calf which he or she knows to have been killed when less than four (4) weeks old, or the weight of which calf before being killed he or she knows to have been less than seventy-five (75) pounds, shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1914, ch. 1055, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 282, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 348, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 400, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 611, § 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-16-3

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

No dealer in groceries, meats, provisions, or any articles of food whatsoever shall use or cause to be used newspapers, printed paper or other second-hand paper for the purpose of wrapping up such articles of food, unless the food shall first be placed in paper carton boxes, jars, tins, or other sanitary receptacles. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1911, ch. 708, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 348, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 400, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 611, § 4.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-16-4

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who sells, furnishes, or gives away wood alcohol or any preparation or compound containing wood alcohol, knowing that it is to be used for beverage purposes, shall be punished by imprisonment for life or any term of years, and he or she shall be liable to an action for damages for injuries to the person of anyone using the wood alcohol or the preparation or compound for beverage purposes, or if death results from that use, to an action for damages for the death of the person under the provisions of §§ 10-7-1 - 10-7-4.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1932, ch. 1857, § 12.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 34; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 34.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-16-5

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall mingle any poison with any food, drink, or medicine, with intent to kill or injure any person, and every person who shall willfully poison any spring, well or reservoir of water with that intent, shall be imprisoned for life or for any term of years.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 16.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-16-6

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall knowingly offer, give or entice any other person to take or accept any treat, candy, gift, or food for consumption which is poisonous shall be subject to imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than twenty (20) years and may be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1983, ch. 154, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-16-7

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who tampers with the contents of a package or container for sale to the public with the intent to injure a potential user of the contents shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than three (3) years nor more than ten (10) years, or a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1983, ch. 193, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-17-1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, any public record, or any writ, process, or proceeding in any court of justice in this state, any certificate or attestation of any judge, justice of the peace, warden, notary public, clerk of any court, town clerk, city clerk or other public officer, in any matter in which the certificate or attestation may be received as legal proof, any charter, deed, will, testament, bond, or writing obligatory, letter of attorney, policy of insurance, bill of exchange, bill of lading, railroad ticket, promissory note, order, acquittance, discharge for or upon the payment of money or delivery of goods, or any acceptance of a bill of exchange or any indorsement, assignment, or guaranty of any bill of exchange or promissory note, or any certificate, or accountable receipt for money, goods, or any other thing, or any warrant, order, or request for the payment of money or delivery of goods, or for the delivery of any note, bill, or other security for money or goods, or any lottery ticket, or part or share of any lottery ticket in any lottery authorized by the laws of any state, territory, or country, or any writing whatsoever purporting to contain evidence of any debt, contract, or promise, or of the discharge, payment of satisfaction of any debt, contract, or promise, with intent to defraud, or who shall utter and publish as true or shall procure to be uttered and published as true any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited record, deed, or other writing as provided in this section, knowing it to be false, forged, altered, or counterfeited, with intent to defraud, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 14.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 280, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 346, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 398, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 609, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-17-1.1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Any person who shall knowingly forge or cause to be forged one or more public assistance benefit check or authorization issued pursuant to chapter 6 of title 40, when the total value of the check or authorization so forged or caused to be forged in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months exceeds five hundred dollars ($500), shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

(b) Any person who shall knowingly forge or cause to be forged any public assistance benefit check or authorization issued pursuant to chapter 6 of title 40, when the value of the check or authorization forged or caused to be forged shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500), shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.

(c) All criminal actions for any violation of this section shall be prosecuted by the attorney general.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1989, ch. 234, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-17-1.2

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Every person who shall forge, counterfeit, or cause to be forged or counterfeited, any registration plate or special use identification tag, or knowingly possess any forged or counterfeited registration plate or special use identification tag, as provided in § 31-3-40, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 2012, ch. 128, § 1, eff. May 30, 2012; P.L. 2012, ch. 180, § 1, eff. June 8, 2012.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-17-2

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall falsely make, forge, counterfeit, or falsely alter any note, certificate, or other security, in imitation of and purporting to be a note, certificate, or other security, which has been or hereafter may be issued for any debt of this state, or any bank bill or note in imitation of or purporting to be a bank bill which has been or hereafter may be issued by any corporation which is or hereafter may be established as a bank, in this state or elsewhere, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 280, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 346, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 398, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 609, § 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-17-3

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall utter, publish, pass, or tender in payment as true, any false, forged, counterfeited, or altered certificate, security or bank bill or note, knowing it to be false, forged, counterfeited, or altered, with intent to defraud, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 280, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 346, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 398, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 609, § 3.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-17-4

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall bring into this state or have in his or her possession or custody within this state, any false, forged, counterfeited, or altered certificate or security, bank bill, or note, knowing it to be false, forged, counterfeited or altered, with intent to utter, pass or, tender it in payment the same as true, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 280, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 346, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 398, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 609, § 4.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-17-5

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall engrave, form, make, or mend, or begin to engrave, form, make, or mend any plate, stone, paper, rolling press, or other instrument or material devised, adapted, and designed for the stamping, forging, or making any false, forged, and counterfeited bank bill or note, in imitation of bank bills or notes which have been or shall be issued by any bank which is or hereafter may be established as a bank in this state or elsewhere, or shall have in his or her possession or custody any plate or stone engraved in any part, or any paper, rolling press, or other instrument or material devised, adapted, or designed as provided in this section, with intent to use and employ it or to cause or permit it to be used and employed in making any false and counterfeited bank bill or note, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 280, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 346, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 398, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 609, § 5.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-17-6

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

In no prosecutions for forging, counterfeiting, or altering any bank bill or note or for uttering, passing, or tendering in payment as true any false, forged, counterfeited, or altered bank bill or note, or for bringing into this state or for having in possession or custody any false, forged, counterfeited, or altered bank bill or note with intent to pass it as true, knowing it to be false, forged, counterfeited, or altered, shall the testimony of any person whose name is purported to be signed to the bill or note or his or her personal attendance as a witness be requisite, when he or she shall be absent from this state at the time of the trial or when his or her place of residence shall be outside the limits of this state or more than thirty (30) miles from the place of trial, but the testimony of any competent witness who is acquainted with the handwriting of the person or who has knowledge of the difference between true and counterfeit or altered bank bills and who is skilled in the difference shall be received as competent evidence to prove any bank bill or note to be false, forged, counterfeited, or altered.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 280, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 346, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 398, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 609, § 6.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-17-7

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall forge or counterfeit any coin in imitation or similitude of any gold or silver coin current within this state by law or usage shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 280, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 346, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 398, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 609, § 7.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-17-8

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall utter or tender in payment as true any false, forged or counterfeit coin, made and forged in imitation and similitude of any gold or silver coin current within this state by law or usage, knowing it to be false or counterfeit, with intent to defraud, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 280, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 346, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 398, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 609, § 8.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-17-9

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall bring into this state or have in his or her possession or custody any false or counterfeit coin, made and forged in imitation and similitude of any gold or silver coin current within this state by law or usage, knowing it to be false or counterfeit, with intent to utter or pass it in payment as true, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 280, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 346, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 398, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 609, § 9.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-17-10

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall cast, stamp, engrave, form, make, or mend or begin to cast, stamp, engrave, form, make, or mend, or have in his or her possession or custody any mould, pattern, die, punch, press, or other tool or instrument whatsoever, devised, adapted, and designed for the forging or making any false or counterfeit coin in imitation and similitude of any gold or silver coin current within this state by law or usage, with intent to use and employ it or to cause it to be used or employed in forging or making any false or counterfeit coin as provided in this section, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 280, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 346, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 398, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 609, § 10.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-17-11

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Whenever the existence of any false, forged, or counterfeit bank bills or notes, or any plates, dies, or other tools, instruments, or implements used by counterfeiters or designed for the forging or making of any false or counterfeit notes, coin, or bills, shall come to the knowledge of any deputy sheriff, constable or police officer in this state, the officers shall immediately seize and take possession of it and deliver it into the custody of the superior court for the county in which it shall be, and the court shall, as soon as the ends of justice will permit, cause it to be destroyed by an officer of the court, which officer shall make a return to the court of his or her doings in the premises.

CREDIT(S)

Court & Practice Act (1905), § 1222; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 33, eff. June 20, 2012.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 280, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 346, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 398, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 609, § 11.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-17-12

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Whenever the charter of any bank in this state shall expire or become forfeited, and whenever any bank in this state shall close its business for any cause whatsoever, the directors of the bank who shall have been last in office shall immediately deliver up all their plates and dies to the superior court for the county in which the bank shall have been located or established, and the court shall cause the plates and dies to be disposed of in any manner that the court shall deem expedient, in order to prevent their being afterwards used for any unlawful purpose. Every director who shall willfully neglect or refuse to comply with the requirements of this section shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).

CREDIT(S)

Court & Practice Act (1905), § 1222.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 280, §§ 12, 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 346, §§ 12, 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 398, §§ 12, 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 609, §§ 12, 13.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-17-13

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) As used in this chapter, “forged” or “counterfeited trademark”, “service mark”, or “identification mark” means any mark or design which is: (1) identical to, substantially indistinguishable from, or an imitation of a trademark, service mark, or identification mark which is registered for those types of goods or services with the secretary of state pursuant to chapter 2 of title 6 or registered on the principal register of the United States Patent and Trademark Office or registered under the laws of any other state or protected by the Federal Amateur Sports Act of 1978, Title 36 USC § 380, or if a registered or unregistered use of the trademark or design or data plate, serial number, or part identification number; and (2) which has not been authorized by the owner of it and is done for pecuniary gain and with the intent to defraud the holder of the trademark, service mark, or identification mark.

(b) Any person who knowingly and willfully forges or counterfeits any trademark, service mark, or identification mark, without the consent of the owner of the trademark, service mark or identification mark, or who knowingly possesses any tool, machine device, or other reproduction instrument or material with the intent to reproduce any forged or counterfeited trademark, service mark, or identification mark, shall be guilty of the offense of trademark counterfeiting.

(c)(1) Any person who knowingly and willfully sells, offer to sell, or possesses with the intent to sell goods which contain a counterfeit trademark, service mark, or identification mark or sells or offers for sale a service in conjunction with a service mark the person knows is counterfeit, shall be guilty of the offense of trafficking in trademark counterfeits.

(2) If the goods or service to which the forged or counterfeit trademarks, service marks, or identification marks are attached or affixed, or in connection with which they are used, or to which the offender intended they be attached or affixed, or in connection with which the offender intended they be used, have, in the aggregate, a retail value of the goods if they were not forged or counterfeited of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more, the person shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction may be imprisoned up to five (5) years and fined up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

(3) If the goods or service to which the forged or counterfeit trademarks, service marks, or registered designs are attached or affixed, or in connection with which they are used, or to which the offender intended they be attached or affixed, or in connection with which the offender intended they be used, have, in the aggregate, a retail value of the goods if they were not forged or counterfeited of less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be imprisoned up to one year and fined up to one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(4) Any person who knowingly: (i) uses an object, tool, machine, or other device to produce or reproduce a counterfeit mark, or (ii) has possession, custody, or control of any object, tool, machine, or device with intent to produce or reproduce a counterfeit mark, is guilty of a felony and may be imprisoned up to five (5) years and fined up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(5) The possession, custody, or control of more than twenty-five (25) items having a counterfeit mark used on or in connection with them creates a presumption that the person having possession, custody, or control of the items intended to sell those items.

(6) If a person who violates this section previously has been convicted of violating this section, the person shall be guilty of a felony and may be imprisoned up to five (5) years and fined up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(d)(1) Any personal property, including any item, object, tool, machine, device, or vehicle of any kind, employed as an instrumentality in the commission of, or in aiding or abetting in the commission of a violation of this section, or proceeds derived directly from a violation of this section, is subject to seizure and forfeiture and further proceedings shall be had for their forfeiture as is prescribed by law in chapter 21 of title 12; provided, that no property used by any person shall be forfeited under the provisions of this section unless it shall appear that the owner of the property had knowledge, actual or constructive, and was a consenting party to the illegal act.

(2) Property taken or detained under this section shall not be repleviable, but shall be deemed to be in the custody of the law enforcement agency making the seizure and whenever property is forfeited under this chapter it shall be utilized as follows:

(i) Where the seized property is a vessel, vehicle, aircraft, or other personal property, it may be retained and used by the law enforcement agency that seized that property where the use of the property is reasonably related to the law enforcement duties of the seizing agency. If the seized property is a motor vehicle which is inappropriate for use by the law enforcement agency due to style, size or color, the seizing agency shall be allowed to apply the proceeds of sale or the trade-in value of the vehicle for activities reasonably related to law enforcement duties.

(ii) Eighty percent (80%) of the proceeds shall be divided among the state and local law enforcement agencies proportionately based upon their contribution to the investigation of the criminal activity related to the asset being forfeited; the balance shall go to the department of attorney general for purposes related to law enforcement.

(3) At the conclusion of any criminal matter brought under this chapter any property seized pursuant to this chapter containing a counterfeit trademark, service mark, copyrighted or registered design shall be destroyed unless the owner of the trademark, service mark, or identification mark gives prior written consent to the use or sale of the property and the trademark, service mark, or identification mark is obliterated or removed from the property prior to the disposition of it.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1997, ch. 53, § 1;P.L. 1997, ch. 100, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) No person shall knowingly give to any agent, employee, servant in public or private employ, or public official any receipt, account, or other document in respect of which the principal, master, or employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official is interested, which contains any statement which is false or erroneous, or defective in any important particular, and which, to his or her knowledge, is intended to mislead the principal, master, employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official.

(b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for a term not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1905, ch. 1219, §§ 3, 4.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 349, §§ 23, 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, §§ 23, 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, §§ 23, 24.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-1.1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who knowingly and with criminal intent shall file a fraudulent claim with an insurance company for the purpose of securing money based on a claim of a stolen motor vehicle when, in fact, the motor vehicle did not exist or was not stolen, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1983, ch. 221, § 13.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-1.2

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who shall knowingly and intentionally file or cause to be filed with the department of human services, or any employee or agent of the department, any statement or affidavit in writing which is false or erroneous, or defective in any important particular, and which, to his or her knowledge, is intended to report that one or more public assistance benefit checks or authorizations issued pursuant to chapter 6 of title 40, has been lost, destroyed, or stolen and is intended to induce or cause the department or its employees or agents, to issue a replacement check or authorization, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both, if the total value of the replacement checks or authorization(s) so issued in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months shall exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both, if the value of the replacement check or authorization so issued shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500). All criminal actions for any violation of this section shall be prosecuted by the attorney general. The statement or affidavit shall contain language notifying the signer, in conspicuous language, that any false statement on the statement or affidavit is punishable by up to five (5) years imprisonment and a five thousand dollar ($5,000) fine.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1989, ch. 237, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-1.3

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who shall knowingly and intentionally prepare, file or cause to be filed with the division of motor vehicles, or any employee or agent of the division of motor vehicles, any application, statement or affidavit in writing which is knowingly false in any important particular, and which, to his or her knowledge, is intended to fraudulently induce or cause the department or its employees or agents, to issue a registration or license, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 2010, ch. 148, § 1, eff. June 25, 2010; P.L. 2010, ch. 150, § 1, eff. June 25, 2010.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-2

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall knowingly furnish or cause to be furnished to the registrar of vital statistics of any city or town false information concerning any birth, marriage, death and/or divorce shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1949, ch. 2310, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 46.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-3

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who shall willfully send to the publishers of any newspaper, for the purpose of publication, a fraudulent notice of the birth of a child or of the marriage of any persons or of the death of any person, shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 27; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 27.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-4

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every woman who shall conceal the birth of any issue of her body, which, if it were born alive, would be born out of wedlock, so that it may not be known whether it was born dead or alive, or shall conceal the death of any infant child born of her body out of wedlock, so that it may not be known whether the child was murdered or not, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) months or be fined not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1926, ch. 858, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 10.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-5

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every proprietor or publisher of a newspaper or periodical, or any agent or employee of the proprietor or publisher, who shall knowingly misrepresent the circulation of the newspaper or periodical for the purpose of securing advertising or other patronage, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1905, ch. 1251, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 43; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 43; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 41.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-6

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

No person shall knowingly make or cause to be made, either directly or indirectly, or through any agency whatsoever, any false statement in writing, with intent that it shall be relied upon, respecting the financial condition, or means or ability to pay, of himself or herself, or any other person, firm, or corporation in whom he or she is interested, or for whom he or she is acting, for the purpose of procuring in any form whatsoever, either the delivery of personal property, the payment of cash, the making of a loan or credit, the extension of a credit, the discount of an account receivable, or the making, acceptance, discount, sale, or endorsement of a bill of exchange, or promissory note, for the benefit of either himself or herself or of such person, firm, or corporation.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1912, ch. 809, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 53; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 50.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-7

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

No person knowing that a false statement in writing has been made, respecting the financial condition or means or ability to pay, of himself or herself, or the person, firm, or corporation in which he or she is interested, or for whom he or she is acting, shall procure, upon the faith of the statement, for the benefit either of himself or herself, or of such person, firm, or corporation, either or any of the things of benefit as provided in § 11-18-6.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1912, ch. 809, § 2.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 54; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 51.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-8

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

No person knowing that a statement in writing has been made, respecting the financial condition or means or ability to pay, of himself or herself or the person, firm, or corporation, in which he or she is interested, or for whom he or she is acting, shall represent on a later day, either orally or in writing, that the statement previously made, if then again made on that day, would be then true, when in fact, that statement if then made would be false, and procure upon the faith of it, for the benefit either of himself or herself or of the person, firm, or corporation, either or any of the things of benefit as provided in § 11-18-6.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1912, ch. 809, § 3.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 55; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 52.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-9

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person violating the provisions of §§ 11-18-6 - 11-18-8 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1912, ch. 809, § 4.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 56; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 53.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-10

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) No person, firm, corporation, or association with intent to sell or in any way dispose of merchandise, securities, service or anything offered by that person, firm, corporation or association, directly or indirectly, to the public for sale or distribution, or with intent to increase the consumption of or to induce the public in any manner to enter into any obligation relating to the merchandise or service, or to acquire title to it or an interest in it, shall make, publish, disseminate, circulate, or place before the public, or cause directly or indirectly to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public, in this state, in a newspaper or other publication, or in the form of a book, notice, handbill, poster, sign, billboard, bill, circular, pamphlet, or letter, or by means of a photograph, motion pictures, radio, loudspeaker, television, telephone, telegraph, or in any other way, an advertisement of any sort regarding merchandise, securities, service or anything so offered to the public, which advertisement contains any assertion, representation, or statement of fact which is untrue and designed to be deceptive or misleading or is intended or designed not to sell the merchandise, securities, service, or anything so advertised at the price stated in it, or otherwise communicated or with intent not to sell the merchandise, securities, service, or anything so advertised.

(b) Any person, firm, corporation, or association who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or be imprisoned not more than ninety (90) days, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1914, ch. 1073, § 1; P.L. 1928, ch. 1199, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3761, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 57; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 54.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-11

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

The provisions of § 11-8-10 shall not apply to any radio station, television station, publisher of a newspaper, magazine or other publication or any other recognized advertising media or printer who publishes or prints the advertisement without actual knowledge of its falsity. The fact of the publishing or printing of the advertisement shall not be prima facie evidence of actual knowledge of falsity or deceptiveness.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1956, ch. 3761, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 54.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-12

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

When it appears to the director of business regulation of the state of Rhode Island that any person, firm, corporation, or association is violating any of the provisions of § 11-18-10, the director of business regulation may cause to be instituted an action, commenced in the name of the director of business regulation in his capacity as director of business regulation, to enjoin the violation in the superior court and the court shall have jurisdiction to enjoin and/or restrain any person, firm, corporation or association from violating any of the provisions of § 11-18-10 without regard to whether criminal proceedings have been or may be instituted.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1956, ch. 3761, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 54.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-13

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, to store, sell, expose for sale, or offer for sale, any liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or other similar products, in any manner whatsoever, so as to deceive or tend to deceive the purchaser as to the nature, quality, and identity, of the product so sold or offered for sale.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1928, ch. 1189, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 51.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-14

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, to store, keep, expose for sale offer for sale, or sell, from any tank or container, or from any pump, or other distributing device or equipment, any liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or other similar products other than those indicated by the name, trade name, symbol, sign, or other distinguishing mark, or device, of the manufacturer or distributor, appearing upon the tank, container, pump, or other distributing equipment, from which the products are sold, offered for sale, or distributed.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1928, ch. 1189, § 2.

Codifications: G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 52.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-15

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, to disguise or camouflage that person's or firm's own equipment, by imitating the design, symbol or trade name of the equipment under which recognized brands of liquid fuels, lubricating oils, and similar products are generally marketed.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1928, ch. 1189, § 3.

Codifications: G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 53.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-16

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, to expose for sale, offer for sale, or sell under any trademark or trade name in general use, any liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or other like products, except those manufactured or distributed by the manufacturer or distributor marketing liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or other like products, under the trademark or trade name, or to substitute, mix, or adulterate, the liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or other similar products, sold, offered for sale, or distributed, under the trademark or trade name.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1928, ch. 1189, § 4.

Codifications: G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 54.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-17

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, to aid or assist any other person, firm, or corporation, in the violation of §§ 11-18-13 - 11-18-16 by depositing or delivering into any tank, receptacle, or other container, any other liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or like products, than those intended to be stored in and distributed from it, as indicated by the name of the manufacturer or distributor or the trademark or trade name of the product displayed on the container itself, or on the pump or other distributing device used in connection with it.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1928, ch. 1189, § 5.

Codifications: G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 55.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-18

West's General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated Currentness

Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person, firm, or corporation or any officer, agent, servant, or employee who shall violate any provision of §§ 11-18-13 - 11-18-17 shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300), or be imprisoned ninety (90) days, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment, and each separate sale or attempt to sell in violation of these provisions shall be deemed a separate offense.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1928, ch. 1189, § 6.

Codifications: G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 56.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-19

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-20

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) By trick or false representation. Whoever with intent to defraud the owner or any person lawfully possessing any motor vehicle obtains the custody of the motor vehicle by trick, deceit, fraudulent or willful false representation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in this section.

(b) Hiring with intent to defraud. Whoever with intent to defraud the owner or any person lawfully possessing any motor vehicle, or the rental of a motor vehicle, hires a vehicle from the owner, or the owner's agents or any person in lawful possession of it, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. The absconding without paying or offering to pay the hire shall be prima facie evidence of fraudulent intent.

(c) Failure to redeliver hired vehicle. Whoever, after hiring a motor vehicle under an agreement to redeliver the vehicle to the person letting the motor vehicle or that person's agent, at the termination of the period for which it was let, shall, without the consent of that person or those persons and with intent to defraud, abandon, or willfully refuse or neglect to redeliver the vehicle as agreed shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor. The failure to return the motor vehicle within seventy-two (72) hours of the time agreed shall be prima facie evidence of fraudulent intent and the vehicle shall be considered “stolen” for purposes of reporting the offense to the local police.

(d) Tampering with mileage device. Whoever, after hiring a motor vehicle from any person or persons under an agreement to pay for the use of the motor vehicle a sum of money determinable either in whole or in part upon the distance the motor vehicle travels during the period for which hired, removes, attempts to remove, tampers with, or attempts to tamper with or otherwise interfere with any odometer or other mechanical device attached to the hired motor vehicle for the purpose of registering the distance the vehicle travels, with the intent to deceive the person or persons letting the vehicle or their lawful agent as to the actual distance traveled, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who shall knowingly aid, abet or assist another in violating the provisions of this subsection shall be proceeded against as a principal or as an accessory before the fact, and, upon conviction, shall suffer the same punishment as that to the principal offender is subject. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection may be charged with a violation in the city or town or county, as the case may be, where the odometer or other mechanical device:

(1) Is removed, or attempted to be removed, or tampered with; or attempted to be tampered with, or is otherwise interfered with;

(2) Where the persons knowingly aid, abet, or assist another to so remove, tamper with or otherwise interfere with the odometer or other mechanical device; or

(3) Where any part of the motor vehicle upon which is attached the odometer or other mechanical device is removed or attempted to be removed.

(e) Penalty. Any person convicted of violation of any provision of subsection (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this section shall be imprisoned for a term of not more than one year, or by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1965, ch. 179, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 78, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 40; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 44; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 44; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 44.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-20.1

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

The possession of a motor vehicle operator's license card or other documents commonly used to identify the bearer containing a photograph of the possessor, but with the name, or date of birth of a person other than that of the possessor, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 2002, ch. 106, § 2;P.L. 2002, ch. 148, § 2.

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Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-21

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Whoever: (1) operates or causes to be operated, or attempts to operate or to cause to be operated, any automatic vending machine, slot machine, turnstile, meter, register, coin-box telephone, or other receptacle designed to receive lawful coin of the United States in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property, transportation, or other service, by means of a slug or any false, counterfeited, mutilated, or sweated coin or by any means, method, trick, or device whatsoever not lawfully authorized by the owner, lessee, or licensee of the machine, turnstile, meter, register, coin-box telephone, or receptacle; or (2) takes, obtains, or receives from or in connection with any automatic vending machine, slot machine, turnstile, meter, register, coin-box telephone, or other receptacle designed to receive lawful coins of the United States in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, any goods, wares, merchandise, transportation, gas, electric current, article of value, or the use or enjoyment of any transportation or any telephone or telegraph facilities or service, or of any musical instrument, phonograph, or other property, without depositing in and surrendering to the machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other receptacle lawful coin to the amount required by the owner, lessee, or licensee of the machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or receptacle, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1932, ch. 1891, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 76; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 84.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-22

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Whoever manufactures for sale, advertises for sale, sells, offers for sale, or gives away any slug, device, or substance whatsoever, designed or calculated to be placed or deposited in any automatic vending machine, slot machine, turnstile, meter, register, coin-box telephone, or other receptacle, depository, or contrivance, designed to receive lawful coin of the United States in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, with the intent that the slug, device, or substance shall be used to cheat or defraud the person entitled to the contents of the machine, turnstile, meter, register, coin-box telephone, or other the receptacle, depository, or contrivance, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1932, ch. 1891, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 77; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 85.

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Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-23

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person is guilty of a misdemeanor who:

Any person who: (1) willfully removes, defaces, covers, alters, or destroys the manufacturer's serial number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark on any machine or any electrical or mechanical device for the purpose of preventing the detection of a crime or defrauding the manufacturer or any seller or any purchaser of the machine or the electrical or mechanical device; or (2) being a dealer in merchandise or the agent, employee, or representative of a dealer, knowingly buys, sells, receives, disposes of, conceals, or knowingly has in his or her possession any machine or any electrical or mechanical device from which the manufacturer's serial number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark has been removed, defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed for a purpose specified in subdivision (1) of this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1951, ch. 2704, § 1.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-24

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person convicted of a misdemeanor for the violation of any provision of § 11-18-23 shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both fine and imprisonment.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1951, ch. 2704, § 2.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-25

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who, while insolvent, shall, with intent to defraud his or her creditors, remove from out of the state, secrete, or unlawfully transfer or otherwise dispose of any property belonging to his or her estate, which is not exempt from attachment by law, or who, having made an assignment for the benefit of creditors, shall secrete, destroy, or withhold from his or her assignee any books, deeds, documents, or writings relating to the property, shall, upon conviction of the offense, be imprisoned not exceeding two (2) years.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1902, ch. 1000, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 67; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 70; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 70; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 77.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-26

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) Every person who shall obtain credit or accommodation at any hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house, or lodging house by means of any false pretense, or who, with intent to defraud the proprietor, or the proprietor's agent or servant, obtains any credit or accommodation at a hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house or lodging house, without paying, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days.

(b) Proof that lodging, food or other accommodation was obtained by false or fictitious showing or pretense of baggage, or that the person refused or neglected to pay for the food, lodging, or other accommodation, or removed or caused to be removed his or her baggage from the premises, without paying for the food, lodging, or other accommodation, shall be presumptive evidence of the fraudulent intent referred to in subsection (a) of this section; but this provision shall not apply where there has been a special agreement for delay in payment.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1927, ch. 1047, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 51; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 54; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 54; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 62.

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Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-27

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Any person who unlawfully sells, buys, creates, duplicates, alters, gives, or obtains or attempts to buy, sell, create, duplicate, alter, give, or obtain a diploma or certificate of enrollment, conferred by an accredited institution of education in any country, with the intent to use fraudulently the document or to allow the fraudulent use of the document, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be sentenced for not more than two (2) years in jail or fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1952, ch. 2895, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 104, § 1.

Codifications: G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 62.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-28

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every person who by any false pretense shall obtain from any club, association, society, or company for improving the breed of cattle, horses, sheep, swine, or other domestic animals, the registration of any animal in the herd register or other register of the club, association, society or company, or who knowingly shall obtain a transfer of that registration, and every person who shall knowingly give a false pedigree of any animal, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or both.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 19; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 19.

Current through chapter 491 of the January 2012 session

Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-29

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

Every president, secretary, cashier, treasurer, or other officer or agent of any incorporated company or institution, who shall fraudulently issue any stock or certificate of stock of the company or institution, shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years, nor less than one year.

CREDIT(S)

Codifications: G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 20; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 20.

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Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-30

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

No person may arrange, promote, enter into, or sell any funeral service contract on behalf of a funeral service establishment unless the person is an embalmer or funeral director licensed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 33.2 of title 5. All monies received under these contracts shall be placed into segregated escrow accounts and marked accordingly. Any funeral director or licensed employee who receives monies under the contracts with intent to defraud the purchaser shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). Failure to hold such monies under the contract in segregated escrow accounts shall be prima facie evidence of the intent to defraud.

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1982, ch. 382, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 103, § 2.

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Gen.Laws 1956, § 11-18-31

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Title 11. Criminal Offenses

(a) No professional solicitor shall solicit money from any individual or business in the name of any law enforcement agency or any organization which would reasonably appear to be affiliated in any way with any law enforcement agency or personnel. For the purposes of this section, “professional solicitor” means any firm or corporation or any person other than a sworn police officer or retired police officer in the agency or organization for which the solicitation is being made, who, for compensation or other consideration, solicits contributions for or on behalf of another.

(b) No person shall solicit money in the name of any law enforcement agency or any organization which would reasonably appear to be affiliated in any way with any law enforcement agency or personnel, unless notification is given to the superintendent of the state police and the police chief of the municipality in which solicitations shall be conducted.

(c) Only sworn police officers and retired police officers shall solicit money in the name of any law enforcement agency or any organization which would reasonably appear to be affiliated in any way with any law enforcement agency or personnel. Every sworn police officer and retired police officer so soliciting shall identify himself or herself by name, rank, department and status as an active or retired police officer to each person solicited. If the solicitation is done by telephone, the same officer or retired officer who makes the telephone solicitation shall personally appear before the donor to accept the donation.

(d) Any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding two (2) years and/or fined in an amount not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000).

CREDIT(S)

P.L. 1983, ch. 208, § 1.