R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-11 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-17 / Section 11-17-11
§ 11-17-11. Seizure and destruction of counterfeits and counterfeiting devices.
Status: in_force

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, town 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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-58 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-58
§ 11-47-58. Firearms  State preemption.
Status: in_force

The control of firearms, ammunition, or their component parts regarding their ownership, possession, transportation, carrying, transfer, sale, purchase, purchase delay, licensing, registration, and taxation shall rest solely with the state, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-20.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-20.1
§ 11-18-20.1. Possession of false identification.
Status: in_force

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).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-2-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-2 / Section 11-2-3
§ 11-2-3. Complaints for nonsupport  Liability for costs.
Status: in_force

(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.

[See §12-1-15 of the General Laws.]
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-51.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-51.1
§ 11-47-51.1. Discharge of firearm or incendiary or explosive substance or device from motor vehicle.
Status: in_force

(a)(1) No person shall unlawfully discharge a firearm or incendiary or explosive substance or device from a motor vehicle in a manner which creates a substantial risk of death or serious personal injury to another person. Every person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten (10) years nor more than twenty (20) years and shall be fined not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), or both.

(2) In all cases under this subsection, the justice imposing sentence shall impose not less than the minimum sentence of ten (10) years imprisonment and may only impose a sentence less than that minimum if he or she finds that substantial and compelling circumstances exist which justify imposition of the alternative sentence. The 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 a term of ten (10) years 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.

(b) Any person injured as a result of a violation of this section shall be entitled to the civil remedies provided by § 7-15-4.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-11 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19 / Section 11-19-11
§ 11-19-11. Stamps and coupons as inducement to purchase goods.
Status: in_force

No person or corporation shall, either directly or indirectly, give, sell, or distribute any stamp, trading-stamp, cash discount stamp, amusement stamp, check, coupon, or other similar device with the promise, expressed or implied, as an inducement to the purchase of some article of goods, wares, or merchandise, that the holder of the stamp, trading-stamp, cash discount stamp, amusement stamp, check, coupon, or other similar device is to receive in return, on presentation, some gift, prize, or gratuity, the nature and value of which are unknown to the purchase of the goods, wares, or merchandise at the time of their purchase, the promise to be fulfilled only upon the presentation of the stamp, trading-stamp, cash discount stamp, amusement stamp, check, coupon, or other similar device, together with the number of like stamps, trading-stamps, cash discount stamps, amusement stamps, checks, coupons, or other similar devices, as the issuer or redeemer may elect shall be redeemed at any one time.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-48-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-48 / Section 11-48-2
§ 11-48-2. Sale, possession, and use.
Status: in_force

No person shall intentionally smell or inhale the fumes of any substance having the property of releasing toxic vapors for the purpose of causing a condition of intoxication, euphoria, excitement, exhilaration, stupefaction, or dulled senses or nervous system, nor possess, buy, or sell any substance for the purpose of violating or aiding another to violate this chapter; provided, that this chapter shall not apply to the inhalation of anesthesia for medical or dental purposes.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-20.3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-20.3
§ 11-47-20.3. Injury or death of law enforcement officer.
Status: in_force

Any person who uses bullets as defined in § 11-47-20.1 in the shooting of any law enforcement officer acting in the performance of his or her official duties so as to cause injury or death to the officer shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to life imprisonment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-5.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-5.1
§ 11-47-5.1. Larceny of a firearm.
Status: in_force

(a) Every person who shall steal any firearm shall be deemed guilty of larceny. Firearm, as utilized in this section only, shall not apply to an air rifle, air pistol, blank gun, or BB gun. Every person violating the provisions of this section shall be sentenced, upon conviction, to not less than one year nor more than ten (10) years.

(b) No person shall steal any firearm as defined in this section and then sell, lend, or transfer the firearm or firearms. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this subsection shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten (10) years nor more than twenty (20) years, and the sentence shall be consecutive to any other sentence he or she may receive or is serving.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-15 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-25 / Section 11-25-15
§ 11-25-15. Imprisonment for failure to appear at a court ordered hearing.
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply to every person who has been or shall be detained at or in the adult correctional institutions for failure to appear at a court ordered ability to pay hearing. After that person has completed his or her detention for lack of bail for failure to appear at an ability to pay hearing, he or she shall receive a reduction in fines and fees owed to the court, if any, in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) per day served (or any fraction thereof) to be applied against the amount of his/her outstanding fines or costs, or both.

(b) Provided further, any person detained at the adult correctional institution for failure to appear who also claims an inability to pay his or her fines or costs shall be entitled to an evidentiary hearing in the district court within forty-eight (48) hours of the detention on the issue of ability to pay. Should the forty-eight (48) hours fall on a weekend or holiday, the hearing shall be scheduled on the next available court date. If, after the hearing, it is determined there is no ability to pay, then that person shall immediately be released from detention. This section shall not deter or preclude any available alternatives to payment of the fines or costs.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-35-26 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-35 / Section 11-35-26
§ 11-35-26. Automatic telephone dialing systems failing to disconnect.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who operates an automatic telephone dialing system in this state which fails within five (5) seconds after the called party hangs up to automatically create a disconnect signal or an on-hook condition which allows the called partys line to be released shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200) for each occurrence.

(b) As used in this section, automatic telephone dialing system means any automatic terminal equipment which is capable of storing numbers to be called or producing numbers to be called, using a random or sequential number generator, and with the ability to call those numbers, and which is capable of delivering a prerecorded message to the number called with or without manual assistance.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-23-4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-23 / Section 11-23-4
§ 11-23-4. Joinder of murder count with count for concealment of birth.
Status: in_force

Any woman, who shall be indicted or charged by information for the murder of her infant child born out of wedlock, may also be charged in the same indictment or information with either or both of the offenses mentioned in § 11-18-4, and if, upon trial, the jury shall acquit her on the charge of murder and find her guilty of the other offenses, or either of them, judgment and sentence may be awarded against her accordingly.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-33-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-2
§ 11-33-2. Penalty for perjury.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall be guilty of perjury or of subornation of perjury by procuring another to commit perjury, shall be imprisoned not exceeding twenty (20) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-18 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19 / Section 11-19-18
§ 11-19-18. Keeping of gambling places or devices  Acting as dealer, banker, or lookout.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall keep or suffer to be kept any building, room, booth, shed, tent, arbor, or any other place, or any automobile, bus, coach, van, truck, trainer, railway or railroad car, or any other vehicle in any city or town of this state, or in any vessel, boat, or raft upon any of the waters of Narragansett Bay, to be used or occupied for the purpose of gambling, or playing at any game or games of chance of any kind whatsoever, for money or other valuable consideration, or shall keep, exhibit, or suffer to be kept or exhibited upon premises or in a vehicle belonging to that person under his or her control, any cards, dice, table, bowls, wheel of fortune, shuffleboard, or billiard table, or any device, implement, or apparatus whatsoever to be used in gambling or playing at any game or games of chance for money or other valuable consideration, or who shall be guilty of dealing Faro, or banking for others to deal Faro, or acting as lookout, gamekeeper, or assistant for the game of Faro or any other banking game where money or property is dependent on the result, shall be taken and held to be a common gambler and shall be imprisoned not exceeding two (2) years or be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor less than five hundred dollars ($500).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-4
§ 11-18-4. Concealment of birth out of wedlock.
Status: in_force

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).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-3.5 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-3.5
§ 11-37-3.5. Duty to report sexual misconduct conviction.
Status: in_force

If a public school teacher or employee is convicted of a new violation of this chapter, the chief of police of the arresting department shall notify the appropriate school district, superintendent of schools, the department of public safety, and the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-6 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-6
§ 11-37-6. Third degree sexual assault.
Status: in_force

(a) Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, position of authority means and includes, but is not limited to, any person who is acting in the place of a parent and charged with any of a parents rights, duties, or responsibilities to a person under the age of eighteen (18) years, or a person who is charged with any duty or responsibility for the health, welfare, or supervision of a person under the age of eighteen (18) years, either independently or through another, no matter how brief, at the time of the act.

(b) A person is guilty of third-degree sexual assault if:

(1) He or she is over the age of eighteen (18) years and engaged in sexual penetration with another person over the age of fourteen (14) years and under the age of consent, sixteen (16) years of age; or

(2) He or she is over the age of eighteen (18) years and engaged in sexual penetration or sexual contact with another person over the age of fourteen (14) years and under the age of eighteen (18) years, under circumstances whereby:

(i) The accused has supervisory or disciplinary power over the victim by virtue of the accuseds legal, professional, or occupational status; or

(ii) The accused is otherwise acting in a position of authority with respect to the victim.

(iii) It shall not be a violation of subsection (b)(2) of this section if the parties are:

(A) Engaging in sexual penetration or contact consensually;

(B) Between the ages of sixteen (16) and twenty (20) years; and

(C) No more than thirty (30) months apart in age.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-1
§ 11-44-1. Vandalism  Obstruction of lawful pursuits.
Status: in_force

(a) Every person who shall willfully and maliciously or mischievously injure or destroy or write upon, paint, or otherwise deface the property of another, or obstruct the use of the property of another, or obstruct another in the prosecution of his or her lawful business or pursuits, in any manner, the punishment of which is not specifically provided for by statute, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) and/or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, and shall be liable to make restitution for the injury or damage caused. Every person convicted of a first offense under this section shall be required to perform up to one hundred (100) hours of public community restitution work, and for a second or subsequent conviction shall be required to perform up to two hundred (200) hours of public community restitution work. Provided, further that every person who shall willfully and maliciously or mischievously injure or destroy or write upon, paint or otherwise deface government property, or obstruct the use of that property, shall be punished in accordance with this statute. Jurisdiction for matters involving government property shall be concurrent with the district court or the respective city or town police or municipal court.

(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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-34 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19 / Section 11-19-34
§ 11-19-34. Use of name of charitable organization to conduct permitted games of chance.
Status: in_force

A charitable organization, within the provisions of § 11-19-30 or 11-19-31, shall not allow or permit any individual, partnership, corporation, or any other entity to utilize the name of the charitable organization for the purpose of conducting or promoting bingo or other permitted games of chance.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-35-24 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-35 / Section 11-35-24
§ 11-35-24. Possession, sale, distribution, manufacture and advertising of intercepting device.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who willfully and knowingly possesses, sells, distributes, manufactures, assembles, or places in any publication any advertisement of, an intercepting device, the design of which renders it primarily useful for the purpose of the surreptitious interception of a wire or oral communication shall be imprisoned not more than five (5) years and fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000);

(b) It shall not be unlawful under this section for a communication common carrier or an officer, agent, or employee of, or a person under contract with, a communication common carrier, in the usual course of the communication common carriers business, or a person under contract with the United States or a state or a political subdivision of it, or an officer, agent, or employee of a state or a political subdivision of it, to possess, sell, distribute, manufacture, assemble, or advertise any intercepting device, while acting in furtherance of the appropriate activities of the United States or a state or political subdivision of it or a communication common carrier.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-8-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-8 / Section 11-8-2
§ 11-8-2. Unlawful breaking and entering of dwelling house.
Status: in_force

(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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-60-4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-60 / Section 11-60-4
§ 11-60-4. Acts and omissions exempted.
Status: in_force

(a) A licensed health care professional who administers, prescribes, or dispenses medications or procedures to relieve another persons pain or discomfort, even if the medication or procedure may hasten or increase the risk of death, does not violate the provision of this chapter unless the medications or procedures are knowingly administered, prescribed, or dispensed to cause death.

(b) A licensed health care professional who withholds or withdraws a life-sustaining procedure in compliance with chapter 4.10 of title 23 does not violate the provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-5 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-5
§ 11-44-5. Willful damage while hunting, trapping or fishing.
Status: in_force

Whoever shall enter upon land of another for the purpose of hunting, trapping or fishing, and while upon the land shall do any willful damage to the property of the owner of the land, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00). The owner of the property may recover from any person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section, in an action of the case, twice the amount of the damages so sustained; and the license to pursue, hunt, and kill game in the state of Rhode Island during the open season issued under the provisions of chapter 13 of title 20 to any persons who shall thereafter be convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be forfeited and no license shall be issued to him or her under the provisions of title 20 for a period of one year after that conviction.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-6 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-5 / Section 11-5-6
§ 11-5-6. Assault and battery in the collection of a loan.
Status: in_force

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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-45-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-45 / Section 11-45-2
§ 11-45-2. Indecent exposure  Disorderly conduct.
Status: in_force

(a) A person commits indecent exposure/disorderly conduct when for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification or stimulation, such person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly:

(1) Exposes his or her genitals to the view of another under circumstances in which his or her conduct is likely to cause affront, distress, or alarm to that person;

(b) Any person may be a complainant for the purposes of instituting action for any violation of this section. This act shall not apply to any conduct between consenting adults where the complainant is an unintended witness;

(c) Any person found guilty of, or who pleads nolo contendere to the crime of indecent exposure/disorderly conduct, shall be imprisoned for a term of not more than one year, or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both. Any subsequent offense shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to three (3) years;

(d) Counseling. Every person convicted of, or placed on probation for a violation of this section, may be ordered to attend appropriate professional counseling to address his or her behavior;

(e) In no event shall the provisions of this section be construed to apply to breastfeeding in public.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-8-2.2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-8 / Section 11-8-2.2
§ 11-8-2.2. Breaking and entering of a dwelling when resident on premises.
Status: in_force

(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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-9 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-9
§ 11-47-9. Persons exempt from restrictions.
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of § 11-47-8 shall not apply to sheriffs; deputy sheriffs; the superintendent and members of the state police; members of the Rhode Island airport police department; members of the Rhode Island capitol police; Rhode Island state fire marshal; chief deputy state fire marshals; deputy state fire marshals assigned to the bomb squad, and those assigned to the investigation unit; Providence fire department arson investigators, provided that the investigator receiving the permit is a graduate of a police-training academy; correctional officers, chief inspector and inspectors within the office of inspections, within the department of corrections; members of the city or town police force; capitol police investigators of the department of attorney general appointed pursuant to § 42-9-8.1; the witness protection coordinator for the witness protection review board as set forth in chapter 30 of title 12 and subject to the minimum qualifications of § 42-9-8.1; automobile theft investigators of the Rhode Island state police pursuant to § 31-50-1; railroad police while traveling to and from official assignments or while on assignments; conservation officers; or other duly appointed law enforcement officers; nor to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Marine Corps of the United States, the National Guard, or organized reserves, when on duty; nor to members of organizations by law authorized to purchase or receive firearms from the United States or this state, provided these members are at, or going to or from, their places of assembly or target practice; nor to officers or employees of the United States authorized by law to carry a concealed firearm; nor to any civilian guard or criminal investigator carrying sidearms or a concealed firearm in the performance of their official duties under the authority of the commanding officer of the military establishment in the state of Rhode Island where they are employed by the United States; nor to any civilian guard carrying sidearms or a concealed firearm in the performance of their official duties under the authority of the adjutant general where they are employed guarding a national guard facility, provided, that the commanding officer of the military establishment shall have on file with the attorney general of this state a list of the names and addresses of all civilian guards and criminal investigators so authorized; nor to duly authorized military organizations when on duty; nor to members when at, or going to or from, their customary places of assembly; nor to any individual employed in the capacity of warden, associate warden, major, captain, lieutenant, sergeant, correctional officer or investigator at any project owned or operated by a municipal detention facility corporation, including the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility; nor to the regular and/or ordinary transportation of pistols or revolvers as merchandise; nor to any person while transporting a pistol, or revolvers, unloaded from the place of purchase to their residence, or place of business, from their residence to their place of business or from their place of business to their residence, or to a federal firearms licensee for the purpose of sale, to or from a bona fide gunsmith, or firearms repair facility, to any police station or other location designated as a site of a bona fide gun buy-back program, but only if said pistol or revolver is unloaded and any ammunition for said pistol or revolver is not readily or directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such vehicle while transporting same and further provided, that in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the passenger compartment, the firearm or the ammunition shall be stored in a locked container.

(b) Persons exempted by the provisions of this section from the provisions of § 11-47-8 shall have the right to carry concealed firearms everywhere within this state; provided, that this shall not be construed as giving the right to carry concealed firearms to a person transporting firearms as merchandise or as household or business goods.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-7-13 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-7 / Section 11-7-13
§ 11-7-13. Acceptance of gratuity by employees of banking division of department of business regulation.
Status: in_force

(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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-24-3.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-24 / Section 11-24-3.1
§ 11-24-3.1. Sex discrimination  Limitation on prohibition.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter that refers to sex shall be construed to mandate joint use of restrooms, bath houses, and dressing rooms by males and females.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-49-7 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-49 / Section 11-49-7
§ 11-49-7. Receipt of money, goods and services obtained by fraudulent use of credit cards.
Status: in_force

A person who receives money, goods, services, or anything else of value obtained in violation of § 11-49-4, knowing or believing that it was so obtained, violates this section and is subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-49-10(a). A person who obtains at a discount price a ticket issued by an airline, railroad, steamship, or other transportation company, which was acquired in violation of § 11-49-4 without reasonable inquiry to ascertain that the person from whom it was obtained had a legal right to possess it, shall be presumed to know that the ticket was acquired under circumstances constituting a violation of § 11-49-4.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-35-22 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-35 / Section 11-35-22
§ 11-35-22. Offenses in connection with authorized interception of communications.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise specifically provided in chapter 5.1 of title 12, any person: (1) who willfully edits, alters, or tampers with any tape, transcription, or other sound recording, or knows of the editing, altering, or tampering, and presents the recording in any judicial proceeding or proceeding under oath, without fully indicating the nature of the changes made and the original state of the recording; or (2) who willfully discloses to any person any information concerning or contained in the application for or the granting or denial of orders for interception, renewals, notice, or return on an ex parte order granted pursuant to this section, or the contents of any document, tape, or recording kept in accordance with chapter 5.1 of title 12; shall be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-12-6 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-12 / Section 11-12-6
§ 11-12-6. Fighting by appointment.
Status: in_force

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).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-9 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-17 / Section 11-17-9
§ 11-17-9. Importation or possession of counterfeit coin with intent to pass.
Status: in_force

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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-39-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-39 / Section 11-39-2
§ 11-39-2. Robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle.
Status: in_force

(a) Every person who shall unlawfully seize a motor vehicle from its lawful owner, lessor, or occupant by use or threat of use of a dangerous weapon against the owner, lessor, or occupant resulting in serious bodily injury, as defined in § 11-5-10.2, shall be guilty of first degree robbery and shall be imprisoned for not less than ten (10) years and may be imprisoned for life, or fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or both. In all such cases, the justice imposing sentence shall impose a minimum sentence of ten (10) years imprisonment and 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 a term of ten (10) years 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. A person sentenced to prison for violation of this subsection shall not be eligible for parole until at least one-half (Â½) of the sentence has been served in prison.

(b) Every person who shall unlawfully seize a motor vehicle from its lawful owner, lessor, or occupant by force or threat of force against the owner, lessor, or occupant shall be guilty of second degree robbery and shall be imprisoned for not less than five (5) years nor more than thirty (30) years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.

(c) Every person who shall commit robbery of a motor vehicle by seizing it from its lawful owner, lessor, or occupant under the circumstances set forth in subsection (a) or (b) of this section, resulting in the death of the owner, lessor or occupant, shall be guilty of first degree murder and shall be sentenced to life imprisonment, and may be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole if ordered by the court pursuant to chapter 19.2 of title 12. A person sentenced to life imprisonment for violation of this subsection shall not be eligible for parole until at least twenty (20) years of the sentence has been served in prison.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-17 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-17
§ 11-18-17. Delivery of fuels and lubricants into container bearing false trade name.
Status: in_force

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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-51-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-51 / Section 11-51-1
§ 11-51-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) Gambling includes, but is not limited to, pool-selling, bookmaking, maintaining slot-machines, roulette wheels or dice tables, and conducting lotteries, Policy, Bolita, or numbers games or selling chances in them.

(b)(1) Organized criminal gambling business as used in this chapter means a gambling business which involves three (3) or more persons who conduct, finance, manage, supervise, direct, operate, or own all or part of the business and which has been or remains in substantially continuous operation for a period in excess of fifteen (15) days, or which has conducted operations on at least two (2) days in each of two (2) consecutive weeks, or which has a combined gross revenue of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000) in any single day, or which has entered into a total of at least one hundred (100) gambling transactions in any single day.

(2) Organized criminal gambling business does not refer to betting specifically authorized by chapter 4 of title 41 or any act in amendment of that chapter, nor to any form of gambling otherwise licensed or permitted by specific statutory enactment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-10 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19 / Section 11-19-10
§ 11-19-10. Distribution of illegal stamps or coupons.
Status: in_force

No person or corporation shall sell, give, or distribute any stamp, trading-stamp, cash discount stamp, amusement stamp, check, coupon or other similar device, to any purchaser of goods, wares, or merchandise, which will entitle the holder of the stamp, trading-stamp, cash discount stamp, amusement stamp, check, coupon, or other similar device, on presentation of it, either singly or in definite numbers, to receive either directly from the vendor or indirectly through any other person or corporation, some indefinite and undescribed article, the nature and value of which are unknown to the purchaser of the goods, wares, and merchandise at the time of their purchase.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-30-13 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-30 / Section 11-30-13
§ 11-30-13. Burning of decaying and waste substances.
Status: in_force

No owner, lessee, or occupant of any land used or suffered to be used as a dumping ground shall burn or suffer to be burned on it, and no other person shall ignite or burn on it, any refuse or decaying animal, fish or vegetable substances, or any waste materials or substances of any kind, in any manner that the burning shall be a nuisance to any person or persons owning or occupying any adjoining or neighboring land. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-15 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-15
§ 11-44-15. Injuring or destroying books and other property of libraries, archives, or other records repositories.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who willfully, maliciously, or wantonly writes upon, injures, defaces, tears, cuts, mutilates, or destroys any book, record, or other property belonging to or in the custody of any public county or regional library, the state library, the state archives, the state records center or other repository of public records, museum, or any library or collection belonging to or in the custody of any educational, eleemosynary, benevolent, hereditary, or historical library, or patriotic institution, organization, or society, or state or local agency, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be ordered to make restitution in the full retail value of the books, records or other property, and may be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100), to be for use of the library, archives, or records repository.

(b) Book, records, or other property as used in this section includes any book, plate, picture, photograph, engraving, painting, drawing, map, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, broadside, manuscript, document, letter, public record, equipment, microform, sound recording, audiovisual materials in any format, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data processing records, artifacts, or other documentary, written, or printed material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, belonging to, on loan to, or otherwise in the custody of, any library, museum, archives, or repository of public or other records institution.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-22-4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-22 / Section 11-22-4
§ 11-22-4. Windmills in proximity to highway.
Status: in_force

No windmill shall be erected, placed, or continued within twenty-five (25) rods of any traveled street or road.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-54-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-54 / Section 11-54-2
§ 11-54-2. Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any person who performs any of the acts prohibited by this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000) or shall be imprisoned for a period of at least one year, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-52-5 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-52 / Section 11-52-5
§ 11-52-5. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who is convicted of an offense which is classified as a felony under this chapter shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or both.

(b) Any person who is convicted of an offense which is classified as a misdemeanor under this chapter shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-2
§ 11-37-2. First degree sexual assault.
Status: in_force

A person is guilty of first degree sexual assault if he or she engages in sexual penetration with another person, and if any of the following circumstances exist:

(1) The accused knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally incapacitated, mentally disabled, or physically helpless.

(2) The accused uses force or coercion.

(3) The accused, through concealment or by the element of surprise, is able to overcome the victim.

(4) The accused engages in the medical treatment or examination of the victim for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification, or stimulation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-26 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19 / Section 11-19-26
§ 11-19-26. Destruction of apparatus seized.
Status: in_force

Upon final judgment of forfeiture of implements or apparatus pursuant to § 11-19-24, either in the original or appellate court, or upon forfeiture of the recognizance given by the claimant to prosecute his or her appeal according to law, the court shall order in writing those implements and apparatus to be destroyed by any officer authorized to serve the criminal process of the court, which officer shall make return of his or her doings upon the order to the court as in other cases.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-13-10 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-13 / Section 11-13-10
§ 11-13-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Destructive or incendiary device or substance means an explosive, article or device designed or adapted to cause physical harm to persons or property by means of fire, explosion, deflagration, or detonation and consisting of any substance capable of being ignited, whether or not contrived to ignite or explode automatically.

(2) Explosive means any chemical compound, mechanical mixture, or device that contains any oxidizing and combustible units, or other ingredients, in such proportions, quantities, or packing that ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion, or by detonation of the compound, mixture, or device, or any part thereof, may cause an explosion; any chemical compound, mixture, or device, the primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion; the term includes, but is not limited to, high and low explosives, black powder, smokeless powder, pellet powder, initiating explosives, detonators, safety fuses, squibs, detonating cord, igniter cord, igniters; and other materials that are classified as Division 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 or 1.6 explosives by the United States Department of Transportation or listed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 841 or 27 C.F.R. 555.23. Explosive shall not include a pyrotechnic, small-arms ammunition, small-arms ammunition primers, smokeless powder and black powders possessed in quantities allowable by law pursuant to § 23-28.28-5 unless possessed or used for an illegal purpose.

(3) Hoax explosive, hoax destructive or incendiary device or substance, or hoax chemical, biological, or nuclear weapon means any device, article, or substance that would cause a person to reasonably believe that the device, article, or substance is: (i) An explosive; (ii) A destructive or incendiary device or substance; or (iii) A chemical, biological, or nuclear weapon, harmful radioactive substance or poison capable of causing bodily injury that is actually an inoperable facsimile.

(4) Oxidizer means a substance that yields oxygen readily to stimulate the combustion of organic matter or other fuel.

(5) Places means to set or put in a particular space.

(6) Pyrotechnic means any commercially manufactured combustible or explosive composition or manufactured article designed and prepared for the purpose of producing an audible effect or a visible display including, but not limited to: (i) Fireworks, firecrackers; and (ii) Flares, fuses and torpedoes, so-called, and similar signaling devices.

(7) Readily converted means any combination of components that have been brought together in a manner for assembly that is designed or adapted to cause physical harm to persons or property by means of fire, explosion, deflagration, or detonation but are not yet in a completed stage. Elements to determine whether an item is readily converted include, but are not limited to: (i) Time required to convert the components; (ii) Ease of conversion; (iii) Expertise needed; (iv) Necessary equipment; (v) Availability of parts and the ease in which they can be obtained; (vi) Expense; (vii) Scope to which the item(s) have already been modified; and (viii) Feasibility.

(8) Small-arms ammunition means any shotgun, rifle, pistol, or revolver cartridge and cartridges for propellant-actuated power devices and industrial guns.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-12 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-17 / Section 11-17-12
§ 11-17-12. Disposition of plates and dies of defunct banks.
Status: in_force

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).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-7 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-7
§ 11-18-7. Procuring loan or credit on faith of false statement.
Status: in_force

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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-24-5 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-24 / Section 11-24-5
§ 11-24-5. Liberal construction of provisions.
Status: in_force

The provisions of §§ 11-24-1  11-24-6 shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of their purposes, and any law inconsistent with their provisions shall not apply. Nothing contained in these sections shall be deemed to repeal any of the provisions of any law of this state relating to discrimination because of race or color, religion or country of ancestral origin, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-24-2.3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-24 / Section 11-24-2.3
§ 11-24-2.3. Discrimination based on gender identity or expression.
Status: in_force

Whenever in this chapter the terms race or color, religion, country of ancestral origin, handicap, age, sex, or sexual orientation shall appear, there shall be inserted immediately thereafter the words gender identity or expression.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-6 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-6
§ 11-47-6. Mental incompetents and drug addicts prohibited from possession of firearms.
Status: in_force

No person who is under guardianship or treatment or confinement by virtue of being a mental incompetent, or who has been adjudicated or is under treatment or confinement as a drug addict, shall purchase, own, carry, transport, or have in his or her possession or under his or her control any firearm. Any person affected by the provisions of this section, other than a person who has been pronounced criminally insane by competent medical authority, after the lapse of a period of five (5) years from the date of being pronounced cured by competent medical authority, may, upon presentation of an affidavit issued by competent medical authority to the effect that he or she is a mentally stable person and a proper person to possess firearms, make application for the purchase of the firearm(s). Any person affected by the provisions of this section, in making application for the purchase of firearms and in executing the application, voluntarily waives his or her right to refuse or refrain from disclosing any confidential information, including, but not limited to, any information arising from the physician-patient relationship, pertinent to a determination by the proper authorities regarding the approval or disapproval of this application. Any person affected by the provisions of this section, in making application for the purchase of firearms and in executing the application, further agrees to allow the proper authorities to investigate any and all medical records of the applicant pertinent to a determination by the authorities regarding the approval or disapproval of this application. In the event that the application is approved, and if the person has no other disqualifying record, he or she will be allowed to purchase and possess firearms.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-43-9 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-43 / Section 11-43-9
§ 11-43-9. Indorsement of complaints.
Status: in_force

No warrant shall issue to apprehend any person for any violation of this chapter, unless the complaint shall be first allowed of and indorsed or countersigned by the governor or by the attorney general.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-16 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-5 / Section 11-5-16
§ 11-5-16. Assault of health care providers or emergency services medical personnel.
Status: in_force

(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 § 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 § 5-37.3-3 and includes any personnel directed by them.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-41-8 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-41 / Section 11-41-8
§ 11-41-8. Stealing of animals.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall steal or attempt to steal any horse or other domestic animal 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; in case a fine is imposed, one-half (Â½) shall inure to the use of the complainant.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-48-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-48 / Section 11-48-1
§ 11-48-1. Person defined.
Status: in_force

Person, as used in this chapter, includes any individual, firm, or corporation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-18 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-18
§ 11-47-18. License or permit issued by attorney general on showing of need  Issuance to retired police officers.
Status: in_force

(a) The attorney general may issue a license or permit to any person twenty-one (21) years of age or over to carry a pistol or revolver, whether concealed or not, upon his or her person upon a proper showing of need, subject to the provisions of §§ 11-47-12 and 11-47-15; that license or permit may be issued notwithstanding the provisions of § 11-47-7.

(b) All state police officers and permanent members of city and town police forces of this state who have retired in good standing after at least twenty (20) years of service, or retired in good standing due to a physical disability other than a psychological impairment, may be issued a license or permit by the attorney general subject to the provisions of §§ 11-47-12 and 11-47-15. The term in good standing means that at the time of retirement, the police officer was not facing disciplinary action that could have resulted in his or her termination for misconduct or unfitness for office. Any member of the licensing authority, and its agents, servants, and employees shall be immune from suit in any action, civil or criminal, based upon any official act or decision, performed or made in good faith in issuing a license or permit under this chapter.

(c) Notwithstanding any other chapter or section of the general laws of the state of Rhode Island, the attorney general shall not provide or release to any individual, firm, association or corporation the name, address, or date of birth of any person who has held or currently holds a license or permit to carry a concealed pistol or revolver. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the release of any statistical data of a general nature relative to age, gender and racial or ethnic background nor shall it be construed to prevent the release of information to parties involved in any prosecution of § 11-47-8 or in response to a lawful subpoena in any criminal or civil action which said person is a party to such action.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-33-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-1
§ 11-33-1. Perjury.
Status: in_force

(a) Every person under oath or affirmation who knowingly makes any false material declaration or makes or uses any other information, including any book, paper, document, record, recording, or other material, knowing it contains any false material declaration, shall be deemed guilty of perjury.

(b) An indictment or information for violation of this section alleging that on oath or affirmation the defendant has knowingly made two (2) or more declarations which are inconsistent to the degree that one of them is necessarily false need not specify which declaration is false if:

(1) Each declaration was material to the point in question; and

(2) Each declaration was made within the period of the statute of limitations established in § 12-12-17.

(c) In any prosecution under this section, the falsity of a declaration set forth in the indictment or information shall be established sufficient for conviction by proof that the defendant on oath or affirmation made irreconcilably contradictory declarations material to the point in question. It shall be a defense to an indictment or information made pursuant to this subsection that the defendant, at the time he or she made each declaration, believed the declaration was true.

(d) Where in the same continuous court or grand jury proceeding in which a declaration is made, the person making the declaration admits the declaration to be false, that admission shall bar prosecution under this section if, at the time the admission is made, the declaration has not substantially affected the proceeding, or it has not become manifest that the falsity has been or will be exposed.

(e) Proof beyond a reasonable doubt under this section is sufficient for conviction. It shall not be necessary that proof be made by any particular number of witnesses or by documentary or other type of evidence.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-13-6 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-13 / Section 11-13-6
§ 11-13-6. Penalty for unlawful devices.
Status: in_force

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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-1
§ 11-18-1. Giving false document to agent, employee, or public official.
Status: in_force

(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).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-30-4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-30 / Section 11-30-4
§ 11-30-4. Penalty for nuisance involving intoxicating liquors.
Status: in_force

Every person keeping or maintaining any common nuisance enumerated in § 11-30-2, or aiding in so doing, shall for the first offense be punished by a fine of not more than six hundred dollars ($600), and for a second and each subsequent offense shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or be imprisoned for not more than two (2) years in the adult correctional institutions, or both, in the discretion of the court. Money arising from fines imposed under this section shall be paid one-half (Â½) to the general treasurer of the state and one-half (Â½) to the treasurer of the town or city where the offense occurred.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-13-9 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-13 / Section 11-13-9
§ 11-13-9. Placing of explosive devices  Threats  Possession of readily convertible components.
Status: in_force

(a) Every person who, without lawful authority, places a bomb, explosive device, or any destructive or incendiary device or substance, or falsely reports the placing of a bomb, explosive device, or any destructive or incendiary device or substance, 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, explosive device, or any destructive or incendiary device or substance 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).

(c) Whoever, without lawful authority, has in their possession or under their control any bomb, explosive device, or any destructive or incendiary device or substance, or combination of materials that are readily convertible to a bomb, explosive device, or any destructive or incendiary device or substance, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than three (3) years nor more than twenty (20) years, or by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-36-12 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-36 / Section 11-36-12
§ 11-36-12. Profiteering on tickets.
Status: in_force

No person shall resell or offer for resale a ticket or tickets for passage of a person on a common carrier at an increase in price in excess of one dollar ($1.00) over the established rate for the passage and, whenever the resale is completed, the seller shall give to the purchaser a receipt indicating the amount paid for the ticket or tickets. Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-12-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-12 / Section 11-12-3
§ 11-12-3. Duel without state resulting in death within state.
Status: in_force

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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-9 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19 / Section 11-19-9
§ 11-19-9. Illegal trading stamps and coupons.
Status: in_force

All schemes and devices by which any person or corporation shall sell, give, or distribute any stamp, trading-stamp, cash discount stamp, amusement stamp, check, coupon, or other similar device to any purchaser of goods, wares, or merchandise, which will entitle the holder of the stamp, trading-stamp, cash discount stamp, amusement stamp, check, coupon, or other similar device, on presentation of it, either singly or in definite numbers, to receive either directly from the vendor or indirectly through any other person or corporation, some indefinite and undescribed article, the nature and value of which are unknown to the purchaser of the goods, wares, and merchandise at the time of the purchase of the merchandise, are declared to partake so much of the nature of a lottery as to be detrimental to the public morals, and are declared to be illegal.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-20-1.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-20 / Section 11-20-1.1
§ 11-20-1.1. Mutilation of dead human bodies  Penalties  Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in this section, a person who dissects or mutilates a dead human body is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, or a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

(b) This section does not apply to:

(1) A physician or surgeon acting on the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, a coroner or other qualified officer, a licensed funeral director or a licensed embalmer;

(2) Dissection to determine the cause of death when authorized by the nearest living kin of the deceased;

(3) Unclaimed dead human bodies delivered by state or county authorities to regularly chartered institutions for scientific research;

(4) The necessary mutilation incident to embalming a dead human body when authorized by nearest living kin, a court of competent jurisdiction or other qualified officer; or

(5) Conduct authorized by the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, chapter 18.6 of title 23.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-21-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-21 / Section 11-21-2
§ 11-21-2. Penalty for school official permitting hazing.
Status: in_force

Every person, being a teacher, superintendent, commandant, or other person in charge of any public, private, parochial, or military school, college or other educational institution, who shall knowingly permit any activity constituting hazing, as defined in § 11-21-1, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-43 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-43
§ 11-47-43. Collectors and police officers exempt from § 11-47-42.
Status: in_force

The provisions of § 11-47-42, so far as they forbid the possession of certain instruments or weapons, shall not apply to any person who possesses or is making a collection of the weapons as curios or for educational, professional, scientific, or any other lawful purpose, without intent to use the instrument or weapon unlawfully. Nor shall the provisions of § 11-47-42, so far as they relate to the possession or carrying of any billy, apply to sheriffs, town constables, police constables, police, or other officers or guards whose duties require them to arrest or to keep and guard prisoners or property, nor to any person summoned by those officers to aid them in the discharge of their duties while actually engaged in their duties.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-52-7.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-52 / Section 11-52-7.1
§ 11-52-7.1. Online impersonation.
Status: in_force

(a) Definitions, as used in this section:

(1) Commercial social networking site means a business, organization, or other similar entity that operates a website and permits persons to become registered users for the purpose of establishing personal relationships with other users through direct or real-time communication with other users or the creation of web pages or profiles available to the public or to other users.

(2) Electronic mail means an electronic mail message sent through the use of an electronic mail program or a message board program.

(3) Identifying information means information that alone, or in conjunction with other information, identifies a person, including a persons:

(i) Name, social security number, date of birth, or government-issued identification number;

(ii) Unique biometric data, including the persons fingerprint, voice print, or retina or iris image;

(iii) Unique electronic identification number, electronic mail address, routing code, or financial institution account number; and

(iv) Telecommunication identifying information or access device.

(4) Public official means a person elected by the public, or elected or appointed by a governmental body, or an appointed official in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the state or any political subdivision thereof.

(b) A person commits the crime of online impersonation if the person:

(1) Uses the name or persona of another person to create a web page on or to post one or more messages on a commercial social networking site or sends an electronic mail, instant message, text message, or similar communication without obtaining the other persons consent and with the intent to harm, defraud, intimidate, or threaten any person;

(2) Sends an electronic mail, instant message, text message, or similar communication that references a name, domain address, telephone number, or other item of identifying information belonging to any person without obtaining the other persons consent with the intent to cause a recipient of the communication to reasonably believe that the other person authorized or transmitted the communication and with the intent to harm or defraud any person; or

(3) Uses the name or persona of a public official to create a web page on, or to post one or more messages on, a commercial social networking site or sends an electronic mail, instant message, text message, or similar communication without obtaining the public officials consent and with the intent to induce another to submit to such pretended official authority, to solicit funds, or otherwise to act in reliance upon that pretense to the other persons detriment.

(c) Every person convicted of an offense under this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense and shall be subject to imprisonment not exceeding one year, a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both, and an order of restitution as provided herein. Every person convicted of a second or subsequent offense under this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be subject to imprisonment not exceeding three (3) years, a fine of three thousand dollars ($3,000), or both, and an order of restitution as provided herein.

(d) Every person convicted of an offense under this section shall be subject to an order for restitution, if appropriate, which shall be in addition to any other applicable penalty.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-13.13_11-9-13.13 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-13.13_11-9-13.13
§ 11-9-13.13. Nature and size of penalties. [Effective until April 1, 2026.]11-9-13.13. Nature and size of penalties. [Effective April 1, 2026.]
Status: in_force

(a) Any license holder who violates a requirement of § 11-9-13.6(2) or § 11-9-13.7, 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 who or that violates the prohibition of § 11-9-13.8(1) or § 11-9-13.20 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-month (36) period;

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

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

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

(c) Any person who or that violates a prohibition of § 11-9-13.8(3), sale of single cigarettes; or § 11-9-13.8(2), regarding factory-wrapped packs as sealed and certified by the manufacturer; 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, fiduciary, partnership, trust, 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 may suspend the imposition of a license suspension of the license secured from the Rhode Island tax administrator or department of health for a violation of subsections (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 products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, to an underage individual and the license holder can demonstrate to the court that those measures have been taken and that employees have received training. No person or individual shall sell tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, at retail without first being trained in the legal sale of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products. Training shall teach employees what constitutes a tobacco product, including an electronic nicotine-delivery system product; legal age of sale; acceptable identification; how to refuse a direct sale to an underage individual or secondary sale to an individual twenty-one (21) years or older; 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 product sales, including electronic nicotine-delivery system product sales. Each employee who sells or will sell tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, shall sign an acknowledgement form attesting that the provisions of this section were reviewed with him or 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 products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, to underage individuals shall be defined by the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals in rules and regulations.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-20.4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-20.4
§ 11-47-20.4. Body armor.
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful within this state for any person to purchase, own or possess body armor, if that person has been convicted of a felony that is a crime of violence. It shall be an affirmative defense under this section that the defendant obtained prior written certification from his or her employer that the defendants purchase, use or possession of body armor was necessary for the safe performance of lawful business activity. It shall also be an affirmative defense for a confidential informant or witness with a conviction for a crime of violence to possess body armor when that person is engaged by a law enforcement agency, for a legitimate law enforcement purpose, and is under the direct supervision and acting under the direct authorization of the colonel or chief of police of that law enforcement agency. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, or a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

(b) Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) Crime of violence means murder, manslaughter, first degree arson, kidnapping with intent to extort, robbery, larceny from the person, first degree sexual assault, second degree sexual assault, first and second degree child molestation, assault with intent to murder, assault with intent to rob, assault with intent to commit first degree sexual assault, burglary, and entering a dwelling house with intent to commit murder, robbery, sexual assault, or larceny.

(2) Body armor means any product sold or offered for sale, in interstate or foreign commerce, as personal protective body covering intended to protect against gunfire, regardless of whether the product is to be worn alone or is sold as a complement to another product or garment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-30-7 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-30 / Section 11-30-7
§ 11-30-7. Landlords liability for nuisance.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall let any building or tenement owned by him or her or under his or her control, for any of the purposes enumerated in §§ 11-30-1 and 11-30-2, or who shall knowingly permit any building, tenement, or part of one to be so used while under his or her control, or who shall after five (5) days notice from any officer or magistrate of that use of the building or tenement omit to take all reasonable measures to eject the tenant or occupant from the premises as soon as it may lawfully be done, shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of aiding in the maintenance of the nuisance, and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions not less than sixty (60) days nor more than one year.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-8-7 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-8 / Section 11-8-7
§ 11-8-7. Making, repairing, or possessing burglar tools.
Status: in_force

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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-49 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-49
§ 11-47-49. Firing across highways prohibited.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall discharge any firearm or other contrivance arranged to discharge shot, bullets, arrows, darts, or other missiles in or across any public road, street, square, or lane shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or one year in prison, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-31-16 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-31 / Section 11-31-16
§ 11-31-16. Affirmative defense.
Status: in_force

In any prosecution arising under § 11-31-1 or §11-31-10, it shall be an affirmative defense that the defendant was a bona fide school, or public library, or was a person acting in accordance with library collection policies pursuant to chapter 9 of title 29 and in the course of employment as an employee or official of such an organization.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-31 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-31
§ 11-47-31. Sale, transfer or delivery of ammunition to minors.
Status: repealed

(a) It shall be unlawful within this state for any person to sell, transfer, give, convey, or cause to be sold, transferred, given or conveyed any ammunition, including any priming charge of powder, propelling charge of powder, or any form of missile or projectile to be ejected from a firearm to any person under eighteen (18) years of age when the person knows or has reason to know that the recipient is under eighteen (18) years of age, except for the limited purposes set forth in §§ 11-47-33 and 11-47-34 [repealed] and with the prior approval or consent of the parent or legal guardian of the minor.

(b) Every person violating this section shall be punished, upon conviction, by imprisonment for a term not to exceed ten (10) years. The prohibitions of this section shall not apply to any federally and state licensed retail dealer who makes reasonable efforts to verify a purchasers age and shall not apply to the sale of ammunition for an air rifle, air pistol, blank gun or BB gun.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-27-16 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-27 / Section 11-27-16
§ 11-27-16. Practices permitted to corporations and associations.
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in §§ 11-27-2  11-27-11 or §§ 11-27-16  11-27-18 shall be construed to limit or prevent:

(1) Any corporation, or its officers or agents, lawfully engaged in the insuring of titles to real property from conducting its business, and the drawing of deeds, mortgages, and other legal instruments in or in connection with the conduct of the business of the corporation;

(2) Any public utility corporation or insurance company, or its officers or agents, from adjusting claims against the corporation or company or those insured by the company with the restrictions provided in § 11-27-9, or the company, or its officers or agents, from advertising to furnish or from furnishing any attorney at law to represent those insured by the company as provided in its policies;

(3) Any corporation or association, or its officers or agents, from drawing, in the regular course of its business, any note, bill, draft, bill of sale, conditional bill of sale, or any ordinary business agreement to which it is a party;

(4) Any corporate administrator, executor, guardian, trustee, or other fiduciary, or its officers or agents, from preparing and filing inventories and accounts and income, inheritance, and estate tax returns, and from attending to the allowance of uncontested accounts in relation to the fiduciary estates;

(5) Any nonprofit sharing credit corporation or association, or its officers or agents, licensed under former Chapter 1782 of the Public Laws, 1931, from collecting or adjusting, as incidental to its main purposes, contract claims of its own members. However, if the aid of any court is to be invoked on a claim, it shall be turned back to the creditor member for reference to his or her own attorney at law;

(6) Any nonprofit sharing automobile service corporation or association, or its officers or agents, from furnishing the services of an attorney at law, who resides and practices exclusively in another state or country, to its members who reside in this state;

(7) Any person or corporation, or its officers or clerks, whose principal source of income is his or its commissions or profits from his, her, or its selling or leasing real estate, or both, and who regularly maintains an office for that purpose, from drafting deeds, mortgages, leases, and agreements in connection with sales or leases made or negotiated by him, her, or it; provided, that in every such case the drafter shall so endorse his or her full name and business address upon the face of the instrument that the endorsement will be recorded if the instrument is recorded;

(8) Any automobile club or association from paying or agreeing to pay for the services of an attorney to advise and defend its members, providing the attorney is of the members own selection and is not subject to the control of the club or association; or

(9) Any nonprofit credit counseling corporation or association, or its officers or agents, from providing financial and budgetary advice and judgment to individuals in connection with:

(i) The creation of a budgetary plan;

(ii) The creation of a plan whereby an individual turns over an agreed amount of his or her income to a nonprofit credit counseling corporation which distributes it to his or her creditors in accordance with a plan which they have approved and which may provide for smaller payments or a longer term than the original contract;

(iii) The providing of educational services relating to the use of credit; or

(iv) Any combination of paragraphs (i) through (iii) of this subdivision.

(b) No corporation established for the purpose of providing credit counseling shall engage in the practice of law, and an individual receiving credit counseling shall, when necessary, be referred to an attorney of his or her own choice, the local bar association referral service, or a local legal aid program, whichever may seem most appropriate.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-30-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-30 / Section 11-30-3
§ 11-30-3. Penalty for common nuisance.
Status: in_force

Every person keeping or maintaining any common nuisance enumerated in § 11-30-1 shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), and be imprisoned not less than thirty (30) days nor more than three (3) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-14-5 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-14 / Section 11-14-5
§ 11-14-5. Unauthorized use of American Federation of Musicians label.
Status: in_force

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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-26-1.5 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-26 / Section 11-26-1.5
§ 11-26-1.5. Enticement of children.
Status: in_force

(a) A person shall be guilty of a felony if that person attempts to persuade, or persuades a minor child under the age of sixteen (16) years, whether by words or actions or both, with intent to engage in felonious conduct against that child to either:

(1) Leave the childs home or school;

(2) Enter a vehicle or building; or

(3) Enter an area, with the intent that the child shall be concealed from public view; while the person is acting without the authority of: (i) the custodial parent of the child, (ii) the state of Rhode Island or a political subdivision of the state, or (iii) one having legal custody of the minor child. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent the lawful detention of a minor child or the rendering of aid or assistance to a minor child.

(b) Every person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony, and 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 by both fine and imprisonment.

(c) Every person convicted of, or placed on probation for a violation of this section, may be ordered to attend appropriate professional counseling to address his or her behavior.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-24 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-24
§ 11-47-24. Alteration of marks of identification on firearms.
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall change, alter, remove, or obliterate the name of the maker, model, manufacturers number, or if there is no name of the maker, model, or manufacturers number then any other mark of identification on any firearm.

(b) No person shall, absent recertification paperwork, knowingly receive, transport, or possess any firearm which has had the name of the maker or manufacturers serial number removed, altered, or obliterated, or if there is no name of the maker, model, or manufacturers number then any other mark of identification on any firearm.

(c) Possession of any firearm, absent recertification paperwork, upon which the name of the maker, model, manufacturers number, or if there is no name of the maker, model, or manufacturers number then any other mark of identification on any firearm has been changed, altered, removed, or obliterated shall be prima facie evidence that the possessor has changed, altered, removed, or obliterated.

(d) A person in possession of a firearm, with proof of ownership and/or transfer from a FFL dealer, may apply for recertification of that firearm from a Rhode Island based licensed firearms business owner who also is an FFL dealer or a local police chief and/or police department official if the name of the maker, model, manufacturers number, or if there is no name of the maker, model, or manufacturers number then any other mark of identification on the firearm has been only partially damaged.

(e) The Rhode Island based licensed firearms business owner who is also an FFL dealer or a local police chief and/or police department official shall, within sixty (60) days of the application if he or she is reasonably able to verify the firearm ownership and identifying marks recertify the firearm or return the firearm to the person who presented it, certify by written notarized documentation that the firearms name of the maker, model, manufacturers number, or if there is no name of the maker, model, or manufacturers number then any other mark of identification on the firearm has been partially damaged and is still identifiable and traceable to the record owner.

(f) The sale or transfer of a recertified firearm and/or the submission of a report by the record owner that the firearm was stolen immediately voids all recertification documentation.

(g) Violation of the provisions of this section may be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years.

(h) This section shall not apply to the lawful exchange of component parts of any firearms, nor to any antique and collectible weapons legally possessed by collectors and dealers of firearms as provided in § 11-47-25.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-27-17 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-27 / Section 11-27-17
§ 11-27-17. Penalty for violations by corporation.
Status: in_force

Any corporation violating any of the provisions of §§ 11-27-3, 11-27-4, and 11-27-16  11-27-18 shall be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), and every officer, director, trustee, agent, or employee of any corporation or association who, directly or indirectly, engages in any of the acts prohibited in this chapter, or assists a corporation or association to do any prohibited acts, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to the penalty prescribed in § 11-27-14. The fact that any officer, trustee, director, agent, or employer shall be entitled to practice law in this state shall not be held to permit or allow any corporation or association to do any of the acts prohibited in this chapter, nor shall that fact be a defense upon the trial of any corporation or of any of the persons mentioned in this section for a violation of any of the provisions of §§ 11-27-3, 11-27-4, and 11-27-16  11-27-18.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-8-5.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-8 / Section 11-8-5.1
§ 11-8-5.1. Unlawful breaking and entering of business place, public building or ship during the daytime.
Status: in_force

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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-42-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-42 / Section 11-42-1
§ 11-42-1. Excessive fees or bond demanded by public officer.
Status: in_force

Every officer appointed by the state or by any city or town in the state, whose fees are stated by law, who shall corruptly exact or extort any more or greater fees for any service than are stated and allowed by law, or who shall corruptly levy, demand, receive, or take, under color of his or her office, any bond, bill, note, or other assurance or promise whatsoever, securing the payment of a greater sum of money for any service than he or she is authorized to demand and receive by law, shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-41-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-41 / Section 11-41-1
§ 11-41-1. Stealing as larceny.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall steal any money, goods, or chattels, or any note of the general treasurer of this state for the payment of money, any bank bill, any certificate of any bank or of any public officer or corporation securing the payment of money to any person or certifying it to be due, any certificate of stock in any corporation, any order entitling a person to money or other article, or any bill of exchange, bill of lading, railroad ticket, bond, warrant, obligation, bill, or promissory note for the payment of money, or other valuable property, or any record or paper belonging to any public officer, or any writ, warrant, or other legal process, or any book or part of one containing an account, any receipt for money or other article paid or delivered, any adjustment or document of any kind relating to the payment of money or delivery of any article, any indenture of apprenticeship, or any deed, covenant, indenture, or assurance whatsoever respecting any property, real or personal, shall be deemed guilty of larceny.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-42-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-42 / Section 11-42-2
§ 11-42-2. Extortion and blackmail.
Status: in_force

Whoever, verbally or by a written or printed communication, maliciously threatens to accuse another of a crime or offense or by a verbal or written communication maliciously threatens any injury to the person, reputation, property, or financial condition of another, or threatens to engage in other criminal conduct with intent to extort money or any unlawful pecuniary advantage, or with intent to compel any person to do any act against his or her will, or to prohibit any person from carrying out a duty imposed by law, shall be punished by imprisonment in the adult correctional institutions for not more than fifteen (15) years or by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-31 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-31
§ 11-18-31. Solicitation in name of law enforcement agency.
Status: in_force

(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).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-8-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-8 / Section 11-8-1
§ 11-8-1. Burglary.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall commit burglary shall be imprisoned for life or for any term not less than five (5) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-60 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-60
§ 11-47-60. Possession of firearms on school grounds.
Status: in_force

(a)(1) No person shall have in his or her possession any firearm or other weapons on school grounds.

(2) For the purposes of this section, school grounds means the property of a public or private elementary or secondary school or in those portions of any building, stadium, or other structure on school grounds that were, at the time of the violation, being used for an activity sponsored by or through a school in this state or while riding school-provided transportation.

(3) Every person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five (5) years, or shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(4) Any juvenile adjudicated delinquent pursuant to this statute shall, in addition to whatever other penalties are imposed by the family court, lose his or her license to operate a motor vehicle for up to six (6) months. If the juvenile has not yet obtained the necessary age to obtain a license, the court may impose as part of its sentence a delay in his or her right to obtain the license when eligible to do so, for a period of up to six (6) months.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person who shall be exempt pursuant to the provisions of § 11-47-9, who is a peace officer as defined in § 12-7-21; a retired law enforcement officer permitted under § 11-47-18(b) or pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 926B and 926C; or an individual in accordance with a contract entered into between a school and the individual or an employer of the individual to provide security services to the school; or to the following activities when the activities are officially recognized and sanctioned by the educational institution:

(1) Firearm instruction and/or safety courses;

(2) Government-sponsored military-related programs such as ROTC;

(3) Interscholastic shooting and/or marksmanship events;

(4) Military history and firearms collection courses and/or programs; and

(5) The use of blank guns in theatrical and/or athletic events.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to colleges, universities, or junior colleges.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the possession of a firearm that is not loaded and is in a locked container or a locked rack that is in a motor vehicle.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-24-6 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-24 / Section 11-24-6
§ 11-24-6. Severability of provisions.
Status: in_force

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of §§ 11-24-1  11-24-6 or their application to any person or circumstances shall, for any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of the sections or their application to other persons or circumstances.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-35-15 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-35 / Section 11-35-15
§ 11-35-15. Notice on telephone book.
Status: in_force

A copy of § 11-35-14, preceded by the word Warning in large type, shall be printed in a prominent place in every telephone directory distributed to the members of the general public in this state or in any portion of it after June 1, 1958, which lists the calling numbers of telephones of any telephone exchange located in this state; provided, the provisions of this section shall not apply to those directories distributed solely for business advertising purposes, commonly known as classified directories.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-25 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-25
§ 11-44-25. Deposit of debris on public rights-of-way to water.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall deposit or leave on any public right-of-way to water areas of the state, any dead animal, offal, filth, rubbish, waste, or refuse matter, shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for every offense.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-5 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-5
§ 11-9-5. Cruelty to or neglect of child.
Status: in_force

(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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-60-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-60 / Section 11-60-3
§ 11-60-3. Prevention of assisted suicide.
Status: in_force

An individual or licensed health care practitioner who with the purpose of assisting another person to commit suicide knowingly:

(1) Provides the physical means by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide; or

(2) Participates in a physical act by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide is guilty of a felony and upon conviction may be punished by imprisonment for up to ten (10) years, by a fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-20-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-20 / Section 11-20-3
§ 11-20-3. Removal of marker on veterans grave.
Status: in_force

(a) Every person who maliciously or without authorization removes an American Flag in the vicinity of a veterans grave or from a flag staff in a cemetery shall be imprisoned not exceeding sixty (60) days or fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).

(b) Every person who shall, without right, remove from any grave a marker that was authorized to be placed by the cemetery to designate that the grave was the grave of a deceased veteran shall be imprisoned not exceeding one hundred and twenty (120) days or fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) for a first offense, and shall be imprisoned not exceeding one hundred and twenty (120) days or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a second offense.

(c) Every person, firm, partnership or corporation who shall purchase, sell or destroy any veterans grave marker shall be subject to the same penalties provided in subsection (b) of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-36-8 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-36 / Section 11-36-8
§ 11-36-8. Removal of waste or packing from journal boxes.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall willfully and maliciously take or remove the waste or packing from out of any journal box or boxes of any locomotive, engine, tender, carriage, coach, car, caboose, or truck used or operated upon any railroad, whether operated by steam or electricity, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned not more than three (3) years or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-16.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-16.1
§ 11-47-16.1. Special commission on law enforcement weapons qualifications of retired officers.
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created a special commission to be known as the Law Enforcement Weapons Qualifications of Retired Officers Commission.

(b) The purpose and charge of said commission shall be to study all aspects of firearms qualifications, standards, and certifications for all retired law enforcement officers appointed after June 17, 1959, from each of the city and town police departments of this state.

(c) The commission shall consist of eight (8) members: one of whom shall be the president of the State Fraternal Order of Police, or designee; one of whom shall be the president of the Providence Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 3, or designee; one of whom shall be the superintendent of the Rhode Island state police, or designee; one of whom shall be a representative of a local branch of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, to be appointed by the national president of the IBPO; one of whom shall be the executive director of the New England Police Chiefs Association, or designee; one of whom shall be the chairman of the Rhode Island commission on law enforcement standards and training, or designee; one of whom shall be the Rhode Island attorney general, or designee; and one of whom shall the president of the Rhode Island State Rifle and Revolver Association or designee.

(d) Vacancies in said commission shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment.

(e) The membership of said commission shall receive no compensation for their services.

(f) All departments and agencies of the state shall furnish such advice and information, documentary and otherwise, to said commission and its agents as is deemed necessary or desirable by the commission to facilitate the purposes of this resolution.

(g) The commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the general assembly annually, on or before January 2, commencing in 2009.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-42-5 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-42 / Section 11-42-5
§ 11-42-5. Simulating legal process.
Status: in_force

(a) No person, firm, corporation, association, agent or employee shall in any manner coerce, intimidate, threaten, retaliate against or attempt to coerce or intimidate or threaten any public official as defined in § 11-42-4 in connection with any claim, demand or account, by the issuance, utterance or delivery of any matter, printed, typed or written, which is unauthorized by a statute or court of this state and that simulates in form and substance legal process of a court of this state.

(b) No person shall prepare, send, deliver, issue, serve, execute, or otherwise act to further the operation of any unauthorized process.

(c) As used in this section:

(1) Legal process means a summons, complaint, pleading, writ, warrant, injunction, notice, subpoena, lien, order, or other document issued or entered by or on behalf of a court or lawful tribunal or lawfully filed with or recorded by a governmental agency that is used as a means of exercising or acquiring jurisdiction over a person or property, or a Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) or other filing with the secretary of state or any city or town recorder that creates or purports to create a lien or cloud on the title of real or personal property, or to assert or give notice of a legal claim against a person or property, or to direct persons to take or refrain from an action.

(2) Unauthorized process means any of the following:

(i) A document simulating legal process that is prepared or issued by or on behalf of an entity that purports or represents itself to be a lawful tribunal or a court, public employee, or other agency created, established, authorized, or sanctioned by law but is not a lawful tribunal or court, public officer, or other agency created, established, authorized, or sanctioned by law.

(ii) A document that by its form, wording, use of the name of the state of Rhode Island or any lawful tribunal, public employee, or subdivision thereof, use of seals or insignia, or general appearance has a tendency meant to create in the mind of the ordinary person the false impression that it has judicial or other official authorization, sanction or approval.

(iii) A document that would otherwise be legal process except that it was not authorized, issued or entered by or on behalf of a court or lawful tribunal or lawfully filed with, authorized by or recorded by a governmental agency as required by law. However, this subparagraph does not apply to a document that would otherwise be legal process but for one or more technical defects, including, but not limited to, errors involving names, spelling, addresses, or time of issue or filing or other defects that do not relate to the substance of the claim or action underlying the document.

(3) A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-8.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-8.1
§ 11-37-8.1. First degree child molestation sexual assault.
Status: in_force

A person is guilty of first degree child molestation sexual assault if he or she engages in sexual penetration with a person fourteen (14) years of age or under.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-14 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-14
§ 11-47-14. Licenses and permits to banks and carriers.
Status: in_force

The attorney general may issue a license or permit to any banking institution doing business in this state or to any public carrier who is in the business of transporting mail, money, securities, or other valuables, to possess and use machine guns under any regulations that the attorney general may prescribe.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-42-1.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-42 / Section 11-42-1.1
§ 11-42-1.1. Extortion by public official.
Status: in_force

Any person, being an elected or appointed official or employee of the state, or of any political subdivision of the state, or of any city or town of the state, or representing himself or herself to be, or assuming to act as an official or employee, who, under color or pretense of office, commits or attempts to commit an act of extortion, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for a term of not more than fifteen (15) years or fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or both, and shall forfeit all unjust enrichment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-24-7 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-24 / Section 11-24-7
§ 11-24-7. Discrimination against members of armed forces prohibited.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any common carrier, innkeeper, or proprietor or lessee of any place of public amusement or entertainment, or any agent, servant, or representative of any common carrier, innkeeper, proprietor, or lessee, to debar from the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges of any public conveyance on land or water, of any inn, or of any place of public amusement or entertainment, any person in the military, air, or naval service of the United States or of this state wearing the uniform prescribed for him or her at that time or place by law, regulation of the service, or custom, on account of his or her wearing the uniform, or being in the military service.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-2
§ 11-44-2. Injury or removal of vegetation  Buildings and fences.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall take and carry away, without the consent of the owner, any corn, grain, fruit, or growing vegetable out of any field, garden, or orchard, or who shall willfully and without the consent of the owner root up, cut down, or otherwise injure or destroy or take and carry away any tree or underwood growing or standing upon the land of another, or remove any cord wood, or shall maliciously root up, cut down, or otherwise injure or destroy any tree, root, fruit, or vegetable growing in any garden, field, orchard, highway, common, or public square, or who shall take and carry away, without the consent of the owner, any cultivated plant, tree, or shrub from any graveyard or from any public or private grounds, or who shall wantonly or maliciously injure or destroy any plant or shrub growing upon the land or in the building of another, or who shall poison the earth about any plant or shrub so as to prevent or injure its growth, or who shall maliciously or wantonly in any way injure or deface any building not his or her own, or break the glass or any part of it in any building, or shall maliciously injure any fence or stone wall on or enclosing lands not his or her own, shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding triple the value of the damage or one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is lower; and shall be required to pay the party injured a penalty not to exceed triple the value of the damage caused by the person; provided, that if any person shall knowingly use or permit to be used any vehicle for the commission of any of the offenses enumerated in this section, he or she shall also be penalized in the manner specified in title 31.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-42-4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-42 / Section 11-42-4
§ 11-42-4. Threats to public officials.
Status: in_force

(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully delivers or conveys, directly or indirectly, a verbal or written threat to take the life of, or to inflict bodily harm upon, a public official or a member of a public officials immediate family because of the performance or nonperformance of some public duty; because of hostility of the person making the threat toward the status or position of the public official; or because of some other factor related to the officials public existence, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

(b) Whoever knowingly and willfully delivers or conveys, directly or indirectly, a verbal or written threat to take the life of, or to inflict bodily harm upon, any election official, or a member of their immediate family because of the performance or nonperformance of their public duty; because of hostility of the person making the threat toward the status or position of the election official; or because of some other factor related to the election officials public existence, 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) For purposes of this section:

(1) Public official means a person who is elected or appointed to office in accordance with the constitution, a statute, or a city or town charter, or who is a judge, magistrate, assistant attorney general, special assistant attorney general, or law enforcement officer, or in the case of an elective office, any person who has filed the required documents for nomination or election to that office or who is appointed by the governor to serve as the director or their designee of a state department that is established and the qualifications and duties of which are prescribed by statute to discharge a public duty for the state of Rhode Island;

(2) Election official means a person who is appointed, hired, or assigned to any polling place and includes, but is not limited to, any poll worker, election worker, warden, moderator, clerk, and any member of the board of canvassers, in accordance with any statute, town charter, or ordinance and whose qualifications and duties are prescribed by statute, town charter, or ordinance;

(3) Immediate family means a public officials spouse, child, or children.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-13.3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-13.3
§ 11-37-13.3. Sexual assault reports.
Status: in_force

(a) A law enforcement officer who responds to or investigates a sexual assault or child molestation sexual assault incident, shall, upon determination of probable cause for arrest or referral to the attorney generals office, complete a sexual assault report (DV/SA-1).

(b) For the purpose of establishing data on the extent and severity of arrests for sexual assault and child molestation sexual assault in the state and on the degree of compliance with the requirements of this section the domestic violence training and monitoring unit of the court system shall prescribe a form for making sexual assault reports. The form shall include, but is not limited to, the following information:

(1) Name of the parties;

(2) Relationship of the parties;

(3) Sex of the parties;

(4) Date of birth of the parties;

(5) Time and date of the alleged incident;

(6) Whether children were allegedly involved or whether the alleged act of sexual assault or child molestation sexual assault was committed in the presence of children;

(7) Type and extent of the alleged abuse;

(8) Number and types of alleged weapons involved;

(9) Existence of any prior court order; and

(10) Any other data that may be necessary for a complete analysis of all circumstances leading to the arrest.

(c) Each police department shall forward copies of the reports to the unit at the end of each month.

(d) Upon adjudication of acquittal, dismissal or other exoneration the sexual assault report form will be expunged by the domestic violence training and monitoring unit.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-14-4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-14 / Section 11-14-4
§ 11-14-4. Unauthorized wearing of organizational insignia.
Status: in_force

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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-12 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-12
§ 11-9-12. Penalty for loitering on curfew street.
Status: in_force

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).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-5 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-5
§ 11-37-5. Penalty for second degree sexual assault.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall commit sexual assault in the second degree shall be imprisoned for not less than three (3) years and not more than fifteen (15) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-35.3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-35.3
§ 11-47-35.3. Annual report on application process administration.
Status: in_force

The attorney general shall provide the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives an annual report including the number of applications made pursuant to this section for the prior calendar year. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of applications received from sellers, the number of applications resulting in a determination that the potential buyer or transferee was prohibited from receipt or possession of a firearm pursuant to Rhode Island or federal law, the estimated costs of administering this chapter, and the number of instances in which a person requests amendment of the record pertaining to the person pursuant to §§ 11-47-35 and 11-47-35.2.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-35-21 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-35 / Section 11-35-21
§ 11-35-21. Unauthorized interception, disclosure or use of wire, electronic, or oral communication.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in chapter 5.1 of title 12, any person: (1) who willfully intercepts, attempts to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or attempt to intercept, any wire, electronic, or oral communication; (2) who willfully discloses or attempts to disclose to any person the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication, knowing, or having reason to know that the information was obtained through interception of a wire, electronic, or oral communication in violation of this section; or (3) who willfully uses or attempts to use the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication, knowing, or having reason to know, that the information was obtained through interception of a wire, electronic, or oral communication in violation of this section; shall be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years.

(b) The provisions of subdivisions (a)(2) and (3) of this section shall not apply to the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication, or evidence derived from those contents, which has become common knowledge or public information.

(c) It shall not be unlawful under this chapter for:

(1) An operator of a switchboard, or an officer, agent, or employee of a communication common carrier, whose facilities are used in the transmission of a wire, electronic, or oral communication, to intercept, disclose, or use that communication in the normal course of his or her employment while engaged in any activity which is a necessary incident to the rendition of his or her service or to the protection of the rights or property of the carrier of the communication. No communication common carrier shall utilize service observing or random monitoring except for mechanical or service quality control checks;

(2) A person acting under color of law to intercept a wire, electronic, or oral communication, where that person is a party to the communication, or where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to the interception; or

(3) A person not acting under color of law to intercept a wire, electronic, or oral communication, where the person is a party to the communication, or one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to the interception unless the communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act in the violation of the constitution or laws of the United States or of any state or for the purpose of committing any other injurious act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-22-15 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-22 / Section 11-22-15
§ 11-22-15. Wire strung across highways.
Status: in_force

No wire shall be strung across a highway less than fourteen (14) feet above the surface of the highway. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-14.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-5 / Section 11-5-14.1
§ 11-5-14.1. Assault on child in care of department of children, youth and families causing serious bodily injury.
Status: in_force

(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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-22-10 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-22 / Section 11-22-10
§ 11-22-10. Scattering debris on highway.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall knowingly throw or place or cause to be thrown or placed, in or upon any highway, or bridge any tacks, nails, wire, scrap metal, glass, crockery, or other substance injurious to the feet of persons or animals, or to the tires or wheels of bicycles or other vehicles, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). Any violation shall be heard by the traffic tribunal in accordance with chapter 41.1 of title 31.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-5 / Section 11-5-2
§ 11-5-2. Felony assault.
Status: in_force

(a) Every person who shall make an assault or battery, or both, upon the person of another, with a dangerous weapon, or with acid or other dangerous substance, or by fire, or an assault or battery that results in serious bodily injury shall be guilty of a felony assault. If such assault results in serious bodily injury, it shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years. Every other felony assault which results in bodily injury or no injury shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six (6) 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;

(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; or

(4) Results in the termination of a pregnancy where the person making the assault or battery is someone other than the pregnant person and knows or has reason to know that the person upon whom the assault or battery is made is pregnant.

(d) This section shall not apply to acts committed by:

(1) Any person relating to the performance of an abortion pursuant to chapter 4.13 of title 23, the Reproductive Privacy Act, for which the consent of the pregnant person, or a person authorized by law on her behalf, has been obtained or for which such consent is implied by law; or

(2) Any person for any medical treatment of the pregnant person or the fetus.

(e) Bodily injury means physical injury that causes physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-13.10 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-13.10
§ 11-9-13.10. Prohibition on the distribution of free tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products.
Status: in_force

The distribution and/or redemption of free tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products or coupons or vouchers redeemable for free or discounted tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, to any individual under twenty-one (21) years of age shall be prohibited. Further, the distribution and/or redemption of free tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products or coupons or vouchers redeemable for free or discounted tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, shall be prohibited, regardless of the age of the individual to whom the products, coupons, or vouchers are distributed, within five hundred feet (500²) of any school. The attorney general, or any local or state of Rhode Island police department, or their officers or agents, shall bring an action for any violation of this section. Every separate, free or discounted tobacco product, including an electronic nicotine-delivery system product or coupon or voucher redeemable for a free or discounted tobacco product, including an electronic nicotine-delivery system or 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 person or individual responsible for initiating the Rhode Island distribution of the free or discounted tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products or coupons or vouchers redeemable for free or discounted tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, and/or against the person or individual responsible for the redemption of such coupons or vouchers.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-1.2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-1.2
§ 11-9-1.2. Rebuttable presumption of minority upon testimony of physician.
Status: in_force

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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-2-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-2 / Section 11-2-1
§ 11-2-1. Abandonment or nonsupport of spouse or children.
Status: in_force

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 §12-1-15 of the General Laws.]
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-5.3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-5.3
§ 11-9-5.3. Child abuse  Brendans Law.
Status: in_force

(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 (8Â½) 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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-17 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-17
§ 11-47-17. Qualifications required of law enforcement officers appointed after June 17, 1959.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in § 11-47-15.3, all law enforcement officers of this state and its political subdivisions whose permanent appointment shall take place after June 17, 1959, will be required to qualify with the pistol or revolver with which they are armed prior to their permanent appointment, that qualification to be the same as that required in § 11-47-15. Town constables or police constables, special officers, and all law enforcement officers, who by law are authorized to carry side arms and whose appointments are made on a recurring basis, will be required to qualify not later than one year following the date of enactment of this section and their commissions or warrants will be plainly marked or stamped QUALIFIED WITH PISTOL OR REVOLVER and will be signed and dated by the certifying authority attesting to that fact. The failure of any law enforcement officer to qualify under the provisions of this section revokes his or her privilege of carrying a pistol or revolver, whether concealed or not, on or about his or her person. All law enforcement officers of this state and its political subdivisions will repeat this qualification at periods of not more than one year.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-14.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19 / Section 11-19-14.1
§ 11-19-14.1. Bookmaking at racetrack or fronton  Entry by convicted bookmakers prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 11-19-14, any person who shall engage in bookmaking activities while on the premises of a racetrack or fronton facility shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) and/or imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person who has been convicted of the crime of bookmaking in the state of Rhode Island or other state to enter or visit any racetrack or fronton facility and, upon conviction, that person shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) and/or imprisonment not exceeding one year.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-41-33 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-41 / Section 11-41-33
§ 11-41-33. Larceny of farm products.
Status: in_force

(a) Definitions. As used in this section:

(1) Farm product means goods used in a farming operation, including, but not limited to:

(i) Crops grown, growing, or to be grown, including, but not limited to, crops produced on trees, vines, and bushes, aquatic goods produced in aquacultural operations, and horticultural and forestry products;

(ii) Livestock, born or unborn, including aquatic goods produced in aquacultural operations;

(iii) Supplies used or produced in a farming operation; or

(iv) Products of crops or livestock in their unmanufactured states.

(2) Farming operation means the commercial raising, cultivating, propagating, fattening, grazing, or any other farming, livestock, or aquacultural, horticultural or forestry operation, whereby the operation is eligible to be classified as a farm pursuant to the provisions of chapter 27 of title 44.

(3) Value means credible evidence that establishes the worth of the farm product on the day of the theft in comparison with a farm product of the same variety and weight.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to steal a farm product that is the property of a farming operation, from the farm itself, or the place where the farm product is sold.

(c) Any person found in violation of this section shall be guilty of a felony if the wholesale value of the farm product is two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) or more, and, upon conviction, shall be subject to imprisonment of not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

(d) Any person found in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if the wholesale value of the farm product is less than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) and, upon conviction, shall be subject to imprisonment of no more than one year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-33 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-33
§ 11-47-33. Possession of firearms by minors.
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful within this state for any person under eighteen (18) years of age to possess and use any firearm unless the person is in the presence of a parent or guardian or supervising adult at any regular and recognized camp or rifle range approved by the Rhode Island state police or by the chief of police of the city or town in which the camp or rifle range is located; provided, that this provision shall not apply to minors engaged in lawful hunting activity under the supervision of a parent or guardian or qualified adult, minors participating in Reserve Officer Training Corps programs, ceremonial parade activities, competitive and target shooting, participants in state militia activities and minors participating in a basic firearms education program; provided, further, that a person under eighteen (18) years of age may carry a firearm, unloaded, in a suitable case to and from his or her home and the camp or range and from the camp or range to other camp or range when accompanied by a parent, guardian, or supervising adult.

(b) For purposes of this section only, qualified adult means any person twenty-one (21) years of age or older and permitted by law to possess and use the firearm.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-13.4_11-9-13.4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-13.4_11-9-13.4
§ 11-9-13.4. Definitions. [Effective until April 1, 2026.]11-9-13.4. Definitions. [Effective April 1, 2026.]
Status: in_force

For the purposes of 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 behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals means the state of Rhode Island behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities 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) Electronic nicotine-delivery system means an electronic device that may be used to simulate smoking in the delivery of nicotine or other substance to a person inhaling from the device, and includes, but is not limited to, an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic little cigars, electronic pipe, electronic hookah, e-liquids, e-liquid products, or any related device and any cartridge or other component of such device.

(7) Electronic nicotine-delivery system product means any combination of electronic nicotine-delivery system and/or e-liquid and/or any derivative thereof, and/or any e-liquid container. Electronic nicotine-delivery system products shall not include hemp-derived consumable cannabidiol (CBD) products as defined in § 2-26-3.

(8) E-liquid and e-liquid products means any liquid or substance placed in or sold for use in an electronic nicotine-delivery system that generally utilizes a heating element that aerosolizes, vaporizes, or combusts a liquid or other substance containing nicotine or nicotine derivative:

(i) Whether the liquid or substance contains nicotine or a nicotine derivative; or

(ii) Whether sold separately or sold in combination with a personal vaporizer, electronic nicotine-delivery system, or an electronic inhaler.

(9) License is synonymous with the term retail tobacco products dealer license or electronic nicotine-delivery system license or any license issued under chapter 20 of title 44.

(10) License holder is synonymous with the term retail tobacco products dealer or electronic nicotine-delivery system license or any licenses issued under chapter 20 of title 44.

(11) 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 and where such roll has an integrated filter, except where such wrapper is wholly or in greater part made of tobacco and where such roll has an integrated filter and weighs over four (4) pounds per thousand (1,000).

(12) Person means any individual person, firm, fiduciary, partnership, trust, association, or corporation licensed as a retail dealer to sell tobacco products within the state.

(13) Retail tobacco products dealer means the holder of a license to sell tobacco products at retail and shall include holders of all other licenses issued under chapter 20 of title 44.

(14) Retail tobacco products dealer license means a license to sell tobacco products and/or electronic nicotine-delivery system products as defined in § 44-20-1(6) at retail as issued by the department of taxation.

(15) Spitting tobacco also means snuff, powdered tobacco, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, pouch tobacco, or smokeless tobacco.

(16) Tobacco product(s) means any product(s) containing, made of, or derived from tobacco or nicotine that is intended for human consumption or is likely to be consumed, whether inhaled, absorbed, or ingested by any other means, including, but not limited to, a cigarette, a little cigar as defined in § 44-20.2-1, and any and all products as defined in § 44-20-1, electronic nicotine-delivery system products, or any added substance that may be aerosolized, vaporized, or otherwise delivered by such an electronic nicotine-delivery system device, whether or not that substance contains nicotine.

(i) Tobacco product(s) does not include drugs, devices, or combination products intended to treat tobacco or nicotine dependence that are authorized by the United States Food and Drug Administration, as those terms are defined in the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Nor does it include such authorized drugs, devices, or combination products with such treatment purpose by individuals under age twenty-one (21) if prescribed by a licensed prescriber such as a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant.

(17) Underage individual or underage individuals means any individual under the age of twenty-one (21).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-46-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-46 / Section 11-46-1
§ 11-46-1. Boats required to have underwater exhaust.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to use a boat propelled in whole or in part by gas, gasoline, naphtha, or other explosive material unless the engine operated by the gas, gasoline, naphtha, or other explosive material is provided with an underwater exhaust or a muffler.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-13-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-13 / Section 11-13-2
§ 11-13-2. Limitation of prosecutions  Fines.
Status: in_force

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 (Â½) to the complainant and one-half (Â½) to the state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-22-14 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-22 / Section 11-22-14
§ 11-22-14. Pawtuxet Falls bridge.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall make fast any canoe or boat to either of the abutments or any part of the bridge at Pawtuxet Falls, or throw any stones off from the bridge, shall forfeit five dollars ($5.00); one-half (Â½) to the use of the city of Warwick and the city of Cranston and one-half (Â½) to the use of the person who shall sue for it. The city of Warwick and the city of Cranston may each appoint one suitable person to take care of the bridge and to prevent damage or injury being done to it. Each of the persons so appointed shall prosecute for every forfeiture incurred under this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-68-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-68 / Section 11-68-2
§ 11-68-2. Exploitation of an elder person.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is guilty of exploitation of an elder person if that person:

(1) Knowingly, by deception or intimidation, obtains or uses, or endeavors to obtain or use, an elder persons funds, assets or property with the intent to temporarily or permanently deprive the elder person of the use, benefit, or possession of the funds, assets or property, or to benefit someone other than the elder person by a person who:

(i) Stands in a position of trust and confidence with the elder person; or

(ii) Has a business relationship with the elder person; or

(2) Knowingly, by deception or intimidation, obtains or uses, endeavors to obtain or use, or conspires with another to obtain or use an elder persons funds, assets, or property with the intent to temporarily or permanently deprive the elder person of the use, benefit, or possession of the funds, assets, or property, or to benefit someone other than the elder person, by a person who knows or reasonably should know that the elder person lacks the capacity to consent.

(b) Any person who shall exploit an elder person as defined in this chapter shall be guilty of a felony.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-49-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-49 / Section 11-49-3
§ 11-49-3. Theft  Obtaining credit card through fraudulent means.
Status: in_force

(a) Theft by taking or retaining possession of card taken. A person who takes a credit card from the person, possession, custody, or control of another without the cardholders consent, or who, with knowledge that it has been so taken, receives the credit card with intent to use it, to sell it, or to transfer it to a person other than the issuer or the cardholder, is guilty of credit card theft and is subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-49-10(a). Taking a credit card without consent includes obtaining it by conduct defined or known as statutory larceny, common law larceny by trespassory taking, common law larceny by trick or embezzlement, or obtaining property by false pretense, false promise, or extortion.

(b) Theft of credit card lost, mislaid or delivered by mistake. A person who receives a credit card that he or she knows to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the identity or address of the cardholder and who retains possession with intent to use it, to sell it, or to transfer it to a person other than the issuer or the cardholder, is guilty of credit card theft and is subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-49-10(a).

(c) Purchase or sale of credit card of another. A person other than the issuer who sells a credit card, or a person who buys a credit card from a person other than the issuer, violates this subsection and is subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-49-10(a).

(d) Obtaining control of credit card as security for debt. A person who, with intent to defraud the issuer, a person or organization providing money, goods, services, or anything else of value, or any other person, obtains control over a credit card as security for debt violates this subsection and is subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-49-10(a).

(e) Dealing in credit cards of another. A person other than the issuer who during any twelve (12) month period receives two (2) or more credit cards issued in the name or names of different cardholders, which he or she has reason to know were taken or retained under circumstances which constitute credit card theft or a violation of this law, violates this subsection and is subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-49-10(b).

(f) Forgery of credit card. A person who, with intent to defraud a purported issuer or a person or organization providing money, goods, services, or anything else of value or any other person, falsely makes or embosses a purported credit card or utters a credit card is guilty of credit card forgery and is subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-49-10(b). A person other than the purported issuer who possesses two (2) or more credit cards which are falsely made or falsely embossed is presumed to have violated this subsection. A person falsely makes a credit card when he or she makes or draws in whole or in part a device or instrument which purports to be the credit card of a named issuer but which is not a credit card of the named issuer because the issuer did not authorize the making or drawing, or alters a credit card which was validly issued. A person falsely embosses a credit card when, without the authorization of the named issuer, he or she completes a credit card by adding any of the matter, other than the signature of the cardholder, which an issuer requires to appear on the credit card before it can be used by a cardholder.

(g) Signing credit card of another. A person other than the cardholder or a person authorized by the cardholder who, with intent to defraud the issuer or a person or organization providing money, goods, services, or anything else of value or any other person, signs a credit card violates this subsection and is subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-49-10(a).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-9 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-9
§ 11-37-9. Joinder of offenses.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall be indicted for first, second, or third degree sexual assault and/or first or second degree child molestation sexual assault and/or § 11-37-8 may also be charged in the same indictment with either or all of the offenses described in §§ 11-37-2, 11-37-4, 11-37-6, 11-37-8, 11-37-8.1, and 11-37-8.3. If upon trial the jury shall acquit the person of any of the charges of sexual assault and shall find him or her guilty of any of the other offenses, judgment and sentence may be entered against him or her accordingly.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-8.8 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-8.8
§ 11-37-8.8. Indecent solicitation of a child.
Status: in_force

(a) A person is guilty of indecent solicitation of a child if he or she knowingly solicits another person under eighteen (18) years of age or one whom he or she believes is a person under eighteen (18) years of age for the purpose of engaging in an act of prostitution or in any act in violation of chapter 9, 34, or 37 of this title.

(b) As used in this section, the word solicit or solicitation means to command, authorize, urge, incite, request, or advise another to perform an act by any means including, but not limited to, in person, over the phone, in writing, by computer, through the Internet, or by advertisement of any kind.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-13.2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-13.2
§ 11-37-13.2. Alternative methods of victim testimony  Child victim.
Status: in_force

(a) In any judicial proceeding in which a person has been charged with sexual assault of a child who at the time of trial is seventeen (17) years of age or less, the court may order, upon a showing that the child is unable to testify before the court without suffering unreasonable and unnecessary mental or emotional harm, that the testimony of the child be taken in a room other than the courtroom and either be recorded for later showing before the court and/or the finder of fact in the proceeding or be broadcast simultaneously by closed circuit television to the court and/or finder of fact in the proceeding. When the child is fourteen (14) years of age or younger at the time of trial, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the child is unable to testify before the court without suffering unreasonable and unnecessary mental or emotional harm. Only the judge, attorneys for the parties, persons necessary to operate the recording or broadcasting equipment, and any person whose presence would contribute to the welfare and well-being of the child may be present in the room with the child during his or her testimony. Examination and cross-examination shall proceed in the same manner as permitted at the trial or hearing.

(b) The persons operating the equipment shall be confined to an adjacent room or behind a screen or mirror which permits them to see and hear the child during his or her testimony, but does not permit the child to see or hear them. The court shall permit the defendant to observe and hear the testimony of the child in person, but ensure that the child cannot hear or see the person alleged to have committed the assault. The defendant shall be afforded a means of communicating with his or her attorney throughout the proceedings, and, upon request of the defendant or his or her attorney, recesses shall be permitted to allow them to confer. The court shall ensure that:

(1) The recording or broadcast is both visual and aural and is recorded on film or videotape or by other electronic means;

(2) The recording equipment was capable of making an accurate recording, the operator of the equipment was competent, and the recording is accurate and has not been altered;

(3) Each voice on the recording is identified;

(4) Each party is afforded an opportunity to view any recording made prior to trial before it is shown in the courtroom; and

(5) The statement is sworn to under oath by the child.

(c) If the court orders the testimony of a child to be so recorded or broadcast, the child shall not be required to testify at the proceeding for which the testimony was taken, and the testimony shall be used in lieu of the live testimony of the child.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-18 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-18
§ 11-9-18. Care of babies born alive during attempted abortions.
Status: in_force

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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-16 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-25 / Section 11-25-16
§ 11-25-16. Juvenile escapees.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person sixteen (16) years or older who shall escape from the Rhode Island training school for youth after having been placed in the institution by the order of a family court judge, or who shall escape from the adult correctional institutions after having been placed in the institution by an order of a family court judge, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two (2) years and/or a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(b) In any case provided by subsection (a) of this section, the family court shall hold a hearing to determine whether or not the family courts jurisdiction over the child shall be waived and may, if it so finds, order the child held for trial under the regular procedure of the district and/or superior courts.

(c) If the family court elects to keep jurisdiction over the child, the court shall follow its regular procedure.

(d) In the adjudication of any case under this section, the fact that the person has been found delinquent for the offense of escaping from the Rhode Island training school for youth on one or more occasions shall be prima facie evidence that the person cannot be rehabilitated under chapter 10 of title 8. The superintendent of the Rhode Island training school shall notify the department of attorney general, the Rhode Island state police, and the Cranston Police Department of any escape, or attempted escape from the Rhode Island training school.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-1.6 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-1.6
§ 11-9-1.6. Child erotica prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) Definitions as used in this section:

(1) Minor means any person not having reached eighteen (18) years of age.

(2) Produces means produces, directs, manufactures, issues, publishes, or advertises.

(3) Visual portrayal means any visual depiction as defined in § 11-9-1.3, including, but not limited to, any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer-generated image or picture whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means.

(b) Any person age eighteen (18) or over who knowingly and voluntarily, without threat or coercion, produces, possesses, displays, or distributes, in any form, any visual portrayals of minors who are partially clothed, where the visual portrayals are used for the specific purpose of sexual gratification or sexual arousal from viewing the visual portrayals, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail for not more than one year, or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

(c) Affirmative defenses.

(1) It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of violating this section that:

(i) The alleged child erotica was produced using an actual person or persons who was an adult at the time the material was produced;

(ii) The defendant promptly and in good faith and without retaining or allowing any person, other than a law enforcement agency, to access any visual portrayal or copy of it:

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

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

(iii) That the possessor, displayer, or distributor of child erotica is the parent or legal guardian of the child depicted in the visual portrayals and there is no competent evidence to prove an intent to use the visual portrayals for sexual gratification or sexual arousal from viewing the visual portrayals.

(d) 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 the 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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-8-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-8 / Section 11-8-3
§ 11-8-3. Entry of building or ship with felonious intent.
Status: in_force

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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-13_11-9-13 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-13_11-9-13
§ 11-9-13. Sale or delivery of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products to individuals under twenty-one (21)  Posting notice of law. [Effective until April 1, 2026.]11-9-13. Sale or delivery of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products to individuals under twenty-one (21)  Posting notice of law. [Effective April 1, 2026.]
Status: in_force

No person shall sell, give, or deliver to any individual under twenty-one (21) years of age, any tobacco product 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, snuff, electronic nicotine-delivery system products, or any and all products as defined in § 44-20-1. Any person, firm, or corporation that owns, manages, or operates a place of business in which tobacco products are sold, including sales through tobacco product vending machines, shall post notice of this law conspicuously in the place of business in letters at least three-eighths of an inch ( ³) high.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-43-8 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-43 / Section 11-43-8
§ 11-43-8. Venue of indictments or information and prosecutions.
Status: in_force

Indictments or informations under this chapter may be preferred and found in the discretion of the attorney general, without reference to the county in which the offense is charged to have been committed, but they shall be tried in the court for the county where found, unless the court shall for good cause remove it into some other county.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-16 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-16
§ 11-47-16. Certification of qualification.
Status: in_force

The range officer of the Rhode Island state police, the range officer of any city or town police department maintaining a regular and continuing firearms training program, a pistol instructor certified by the National Rifle Association and/or the United States Revolver Association, and any other qualified persons that the attorney general may designate are authorized to certify the qualification required by §§ 11-47-15 and 11-47-15.1. The certification required by §§ 11-47-15, 11-47-15.1 and § 11-47-15.3 shall be accomplished on a form to be prescribed by the attorney general.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-1-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-1 / Section 11-1-3
§ 11-1-3. Liability for aiding, abetting, counseling, hiring, or commanding offenses.
Status: in_force

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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-3.4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-3.4
§ 11-37-3.4. Immunity from liability.
Status: in_force

Any person participating in good faith in making a report pursuant to § 11-37-3.1 shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any participant shall have the same immunity with respect to participation in any judicial proceeding resulting from the report.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-5 / Section 11-5-3
§ 11-5-3. Simple assault or battery.
Status: in_force

(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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-7-14 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-7 / Section 11-7-14
§ 11-7-14. Offer of gratuity by employees of financial institutions.
Status: in_force

(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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-37 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-37
§ 11-47-37. Sale to minors and others forbidden.
Status: in_force

No person shall sell a firearm to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) or to one who he or she has reasonable cause to believe falls under the provisions of § 11-47-5, § 11-47-6, § 11-47-7, or § 11-47-23.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-17 / Section 11-17-2
§ 11-17-2. Forgery, counterfeiting, or alteration of state debt certificate or bank bill or note.
Status: in_force

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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-10 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-10
§ 11-44-10. Injurious substances on baiting places.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall strew or place any powder or brimstone or other sulfurous substance upon any baiting place not his or her own property, or shall burn upon that place any of those substances saturated with tar or turpentine, shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty dollars ($20.00).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-15 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-15
§ 11-9-15. Tattooing of minors.
Status: in_force

(a) Every person who shall tattoo any minor under the age of eighteen (18), except in accordance with subsection (b) for medical purposes, 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 the 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.

(b) Every person who shall tattoo the body of a minor under the age of eighteen (18), for medical purposes, the following shall apply:

(1) The minor child shall be accompanied by his or her parent or legal guardian;

(2) The minor child and his or her parent or legal guardian shall each submit proof of his or her identity by producing a government-issued photo identification;

(3) The parent or legal guardian shall submit his or her written notarized consent in the format prescribed by the department;

(4) The parent or legal guardian shall submit proof that he or she is the parent or legal guardian of the minor child;

(5) The parent or legal guardian shall submit notarized consent by a physician licensed in accordance with chapter 5-37, authorizing the tattooing of a minor child for medical purposes;

(6) The tattooing is performed by a tattoo artist licensed in accordance with § 23-1-39; and

(7) The tattoo artist shall maintain all necessary records in a manner specified by the department.

(c) Every person who tattoos the body of a minor child younger than eighteen (18) years of age may not violate the provisions of this section, if:

(1) The person carefully inspects what appears to be a government-issued photo identification that represents that the minor child is eighteen (18) years of age or older.

(2) The minor child falsely represents himself or herself as being eighteen (18) years of age or older and presents a fraudulent identification.

(3) The person demonstrates clear and convincing standards in reviewing the authenticity of the documents, notarized consent and identification submitted in accordance with subsection (b).

(d) Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall, upon a first conviction, be deemed guilty of a violation and fined not more than three hundred dollars ($300), and upon a second or subsequent conviction, shall be deemed guilty of a petty misdemeanor and fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500).

(e) The director of the department of health shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) To promulgate regulations relative to administering this section; and

(2) To create all necessary applications and certificates necessary to implement the provisions of this section.

(f) If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the 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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-1-5 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-1 / Section 11-1-5
§ 11-1-5. Compounding or concealing felony.
Status: in_force

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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-1
§ 11-37-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings:

(1) Accused means a person accused of a sexual assault.

(2) Force or coercion means when the accused does any of the following:

(i) Uses or threatens to use a weapon, or any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead the victim to reasonably believe it to be a weapon.

(ii) Overcomes the victim through the application of physical force or physical violence.

(iii) Coerces the victim to submit by threatening to use force or violence on the victim and the victim reasonably believes that the accused has the present ability to execute these threats.

(iv) Coerces the victim to submit by threatening to at some time in the future murder, inflict serious bodily injury upon or kidnap the victim or any other person and the victim reasonably believes that the accused has the ability to execute this threat.

(3) Intimate parts means the genital or anal areas, groin, inner thigh, or buttock of any person or the breast of a female.

(4) Mentally disabled means a person who has a mental impairment which renders that person incapable of appraising the nature of the act.

(5) Mentally incapacitated means a person who is rendered temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling his or her conduct due to the influence of a narcotic, anesthetic, or other substance administered to that person without his or her consent, or who is mentally unable to communicate unwillingness to engage in the act.

(6) Physically helpless means a person who is unconscious, asleep, or for any other reason is physically unable to communicate unwillingness to an act.

(7) Sexual contact means the intentional touching of the victims or accuseds intimate parts, clothed or unclothed, if that intentional touching can be reasonably construed as intended by the accused to be for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification, or assault.

(8) Sexual penetration means sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, and anal intercourse, or any other intrusion, however slight, by any part of a persons body or by any object into the genital or anal openings of another persons body, or the victims own body upon the accuseds instruction, but emission of semen is not required.

(9) Spouse means a person married to the accused at the time of the alleged sexual assault, except that such persons shall not be considered the spouse if the couple are living apart and a decision for divorce has been granted, whether or not a final decree has been entered.

(10) Victim means the person alleging to have been subjected to sexual assault.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-23 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-23
§ 11-47-23. False information in securing firearm or license  Straw purchases.
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall, in purchasing or otherwise securing delivery of a shotgun, rifle, pistol, or revolver, or in applying for a license or permit to carry it, give false information or offer false evidence of his or her identity.

(b) No person shall knowingly purchase or otherwise obtain a shotgun, rifle, pistol, or revolver on behalf of another person, or transfer a shotgun, rifle, pistol, or revolver to another person, whom the transferor knows or reasonably should know is prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal or state law.

(c) A first violation of the provisions of this section may be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or both. A second or subsequent violation of the provisions of this section may be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-15-7 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-15 / Section 11-15-7
§ 11-15-7. Display of foreign flags on public buildings.
Status: in_force

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).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-8 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-8
§ 11-37-8. Penalty for assault with intent to commit first degree sexual assault.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall commit assault with intent to commit first degree sexual assault shall be imprisoned for not less than three (3) years or more than twenty (20) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-52-4.2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-52 / Section 11-52-4.2
§ 11-52-4.2. Cyberstalking and cyberharassment prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) Whoever transmits any communication by computer or other electronic device to any person or causes any person to be contacted for the sole purpose of harassing that person or his or her family is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. For the purpose of this section, harassing means any knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person which seriously alarms, annoys, or bothers the person, and which serves no legitimate purpose. The course of conduct must be of a kind that would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress, or be in fear of bodily injury. Course of conduct means a pattern of conduct composed of a series of acts over a period of time, evidencing a continuity of purpose. Constitutionally protected activity is not included within the meaning of course of conduct.

(b) A second or subsequent conviction under subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, by a fine of not more than six thousand dollars ($6,000), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-19 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-19
§ 11-44-19. Deposit of debris on Middletown beaches.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall deposit or leave on any beach in the town of Middletown, any dead animal, offal, filth, rubbish, waste, or refuse matter, shall be fined twenty dollars ($20.00) for every offense.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-30 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-30
§ 11-44-30. Posting of signs  Types.
Status: in_force

Whenever any signs are required to be posted to indicate no trespassing, shooting, trapping, fishing, or the like, it shall be sufficient to post the land conspicuously with clear and legible signs which signs can be affixed with cloth, metal, or paperboard, or by conspicuously stencil-painting the word Posted.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-3.2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-3.2
§ 11-47-3.2. Using a firearm when committing a crime of violence.
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall use a firearm while committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence. Every person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished: (1) for the first offense by imprisonment for ten (10) years; however, if the violation was committed by use of a machine gun as defined in § 11-47-2(11), the term of imprisonment shall be thirty (30) years; (2) for a second conviction under this section by imprisonment for twenty (20) years; however, if the violation was committed by use of a machine gun as defined in § 11-47-2(11), the term of imprisonment shall be life; and (3) for a third or subsequent conviction, the person shall be sentenced to life, or life without the possibility of parole by the sentencing judge after consideration of aggravating and mitigating circumstances contained in §§ 12-19.2-3 and 12-19.2-4. Any sentence imposed upon a person pursuant to this section shall be imposed consecutively to and not concurrently with any sentence imposed for the underlying crime or attempted crime, and the person shall not be afforded the benefits of deferment of sentence or parole; provided, that unless sentenced to life without the possibility of parole pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection, a person sentenced to life under this section may be granted parole.

(b) Every person who, while committing an offense violating subsection (a) of this section, discharges a firearm shall be guilty of a felony and be imprisoned as follows:

(1) Ten (10) years, if no injury to any other person results from the discharge;

(2) Twenty (20) years, if a person other than a police officer is injured by the discharge of the firearm, or if a police officer who is engaged in the performance of his or her duty is deliberately endangered by the persons discharge of the firearm;

(3) Life, if a police officer who is engaged in the performance of his or her duty is injured by the discharge of the firearm; and

(4) Life, if the death or permanent incapacity of any person (other than the person convicted) results from the discharge of the firearm; provided that, involuntary manslaughter shall not be considered a crime of violence for the purpose of subdivision (b)(4) only.

(c) The penalties defined in subsection (b) of this section shall run consecutively, and not concurrently, to any other sentence imposed and, notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 8 of title 13, the person shall not be afforded the benefits of deferment of sentence or parole; provided, that a person sentenced to life under subdivision (b)(3) or (b)(4) of this section may be granted parole.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-8 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-8
§ 11-47-8. License or permit required for carrying pistol  Other weapons prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall, without a license or permit issued as provided in §§ 11-47-11, 11-47-12, and 11-47-18, carry a pistol or revolver in any vehicle or conveyance or on or about his or her person whether visible or concealed, except in his or her dwelling house or place of business or on land possessed by him or her or as provided in §§ 11-47-9 and 11-47-10. The provisions of these sections shall not apply to any person who is the holder of a valid license or permit issued by the licensing authority of another state, or territory of the United States, or political subdivision of the state or territory, allowing him or her to carry a pistol or revolver in any vehicle or conveyance or on or about his or her person whether visible or concealed, provided the person is merely transporting the firearm through the state in a vehicle or other conveyance without any intent on the part of the person to detain him or herself or remain within the state of Rhode Island. No person shall manufacture, sell, purchase, or possess a machine gun except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Every person violating the provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten (10) years, or by a fine up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both, and except for a first conviction under this section, shall not be afforded the provisions of suspension or deferment of sentence, nor a probation.

(b) No person shall have in his or her possession or under his or her control any sawed-off shotgun or sawed-off rifle as defined in § 11-47-2. Any person convicted of violating this subsection shall be punished by imprisonment for up to ten (10) years, or by a fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

(c) No person shall have in his or her possession or under his or her control any firearm while the person delivers, possesses with intent to deliver, or manufactures a controlled substance. Any person convicted of violating this subsection shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than two (2) years nor more than twenty (20) years, and the sentence shall be consecutive to any sentence the person may receive for the delivery, possession with intent to deliver, or the manufacture of the controlled substance. It shall not be a defense to a violation of this subsection that a person has a license or permit to carry or possess a firearm.

(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess a bump-fire device, binary trigger, trigger crank, or any other device that when attached to a semi-automatic weapon allows full-automatic fire. Individuals who possess these items shall have ninety (90) days from the enactment of this section to either sell, destroy, or otherwise remove these items from the state of Rhode Island. Every person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten (10) years, or by a fine up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both, and, except for a first conviction under this section, shall not be afforded the provisions of suspension or deferment of sentence, nor a probation.

(e) No person shall manufacture, sell, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, possess, or have under his or her control a ghost gun or an undetectable firearm or any firearm produced by a 3D printing process. Any person convicted of violating this subsection shall be punished by imprisonment of not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both and except for a first conviction under this section shall not be afforded the provisions of suspension or deferment of sentence, probation, nor fine. These provisions shall not apply to federally licensed manufacturers (Federal Firearm License Type 07) pursuant to Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) regulations.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-21 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-21
§ 11-44-21. Vandalizing alarms or call boxes  False alarms.
Status: in_force

Whoever opens a signal box connected with a police, fire, or motorist aid call system for the purpose of giving or causing to be given a false alarm, or interferes in any way with a signal box by breaking, cutting, injuring, or defacing it; or, without authority, opens, tampers, or meddles with a signal box, or with any part or parts of it, or with the police signal wires, or with anything connected with it, or, with that purpose, willfully or knowingly tampers or meddles with a signal box connected with a fire signal system or with any part or thing connected with it, or, with that purpose, willfully or knowingly tampers or meddles with a motorist aid call box, or by any means gives or aids or abets in the giving of a false alarm of fire or emergency or falsely summons an ambulance or rescue apparatus, shall be subject to punishment by imprisonment for up to one year, or fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both. Upon conviction for any offense referred to in this section, the court shall, in addition to imposing a fine and/or imprisonment, order the offender to make restitution to the appropriate state, city, or town authority or agency for any expenditures necessitated by the commission of the offense.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-31 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19 / Section 11-19-31
§ 11-19-31. Registration of charitable organizations.
Status: in_force

(a) No charitable organization which intends to conduct a permitted game of chance within the state of Rhode Island shall conduct a game unless it shall file a registration statement with the department upon prescribed forms and receives a certificate of approval.

(b) In addition, in order to obtain a renewal of registration, charitable organizations shall file the statements required by this chapter prior to June 1st of each year.

(c) It shall be the duty of the president, chair, or principal officer of a charitable organization to file the statements required under this chapter. These statements shall be sworn to and shall contain the following information:

(1) The name of the organization and the purpose for which it was organized.

(2) The principal address of the organization and the address of any offices in this state. If the organization does not maintain an office, the name and address of the person having custody of its financial records.

(3) The place where and the date when the organization was legally established and the form of its organization.

(4) The names and addresses of the officers, directors, and/or trustees of the organization and the names and addresses of officers, staff, and/or members who receive a salary or any other form of compensation, the source of which is the proceeds from the permitted games of chance subject to subdivision (9) of this subsection.

(5) A copy of the annual financial statement of the organization audited by an independent public accountant licensed by the state of Rhode Island for the organizations immediately preceding fiscal year, or a copy of a financial statement covering, in a consolidated report, complete information as to all the preceding years fund-raising from the above-mentioned games showing kind and amount of funds raised, costs and expenses incidental to it, and allocation or disbursements of funds raised.

(6) The general purpose or purposes for which the proceeds from the game shall be used.

(7) The name or names under which it intends to conduct the game.

(8) The names of the individuals or officers of the organization who will have final responsibility for the custody of the proceeds from the game.

(9) A listing of the names, addresses and the compensation of all individuals, directors, officers, agents, servants, and/or employees of the organization who receive compensation, commission, or other remuneration, directly or indirectly, from the gross receipts of such games in excess of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) annually.

(10) The names of the individuals or officers of the organization responsible for the final distribution of the proceeds. The director or the directors designee shall examine each initial application of charitable organizations for the right to conduct the above-mentioned games and each renewal application of charitable organizations for the right to conduct such games and if found to be in conformity with the requirements of this chapter and all relevant rules and regulations it shall be approved for registration.

(d) The registration forms and any other documents prescribed by the department shall be signed by an authorized officer, an independent public accountant, and by the chief fiscal officer of the charitable organization and shall be verified under oath.

(e) The department shall make or cause to be made any investigation of any applicant that it shall deem necessary. As a result of its investigation and action, the department shall certify to the local police department or local licensing authority its approval or disapproval of the application. No applicant shall be approved if one or more of the following facts is found to exist:

(1) That one or more of the statements in the application are not true;

(2) That the applicant is or has engaged in a fraudulent transaction or enterprise;

(3) That the game would be a fraud upon the public;

(4) That game expenses during any of the three (3) years immediately preceding the date of application have exceeded twenty-five percent (25%) of the total gross money or gross receipts raised or received by reason of the games. In the event special facts or circumstances are presented showing that expenses higher than twenty-five percent (25%) were not unreasonable, the department, pursuant to rule and regulation, has the discretion to allow the higher expenses;

(5) That the expected cost of conducting the games for the specific year for which the application will exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total gross money or receipts to be raised or received by reason of the games; or

(6) That the activities to be financed will be incompatible with the health, safety, or welfare of the state of Rhode Island.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-21 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-21
§ 11-47-21. Restrictions on possession or carrying of explosives or noxious substances.
Status: in_force

Any person, except a member of the state police, division of sheriffs, a member of the police force of any city or town, or a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, or Marine Corps of the United States, or of the National Guard or organized reserves when on duty, who possesses, or carries on or about their person or in a vehicle, a bomb or bombshell, except for blasting or other commercial use, or who, with intent to use it unlawfully against the person or property of another, possesses or carries any explosive substance, or any noxious liquid, gas, or substance, shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter and punished as provided in § 11-47-26.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-27-19 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-27 / Section 11-27-19
§ 11-27-19. Unauthorized practice of law committee  Powers and duties  Duties of attorney general.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established an unauthorized practice of law committee to be appointed by the supreme court consisting of any number that shall be determined by the supreme court.

(b) It shall be the duty of the attorney general and the unauthorized practice of law committee to enforce the provisions of this chapter and to investigate and prosecute all violations. It shall be the duty of the attorney general to prosecute all criminal violations. The superior court shall have jurisdiction to restrain and enjoin any of the acts prohibited in this chapter upon a complaint brought by the attorney general, by any member of the bar of this state whose authority as a member to practice law is in full force and effect, or by the unauthorized practice of law committee.

(c) The unauthorized practice of law committee may sue in its own name for the purpose of civil litigation as provided by this section.

(d) The unauthorized practice of law committee shall have the following duties and powers:

(1) To adopt, amend, and rescind any rules and regulations that it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this section which shall be approved and promulgated by the supreme court;

(2) To investigate all reports of activities that may constitute unauthorized practice of law and to hold hearings to determine whether the charges are substantiated or unsubstantiated;

(3) To appoint legal counsel and any assistants that the committee deems necessary to act for the committee in investigating complaints brought before it;

(4) To make contracts and arrangements for the performance of administrative and similar services required or appropriate in the performance of the committees duties;

(5) To issue subpoenas and administer oaths in connection with any investigations, hearings, or other proceedings held under the authority of this chapter;

(6) To take or cause depositions to be taken as needed in any investigation, hearing, or proceeding; and

(7) To summon and examine witnesses during any investigation, hearing, or proceeding conducted by the committee.

(e) There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against, the unauthorized practice of law committee, its agents, or its employees, or its members or against any organization or its members or other witnesses and parties to the committees proceedings for any statements made by them in documents, reports, communications, or testimony concerning any investigation of the conduct of any person, firm, corporation, or other entity alleged to be engaged in the unauthorized practice of law.

(f) Subpoenas may be issued by the committee on its own motion to compel the production of documents or other written records or the attendance of witnesses at any investigation or hearing. The committee may issue subpoenas at the request and on behalf of the accused. In the event that any person contumaciously refuses to obey a subpoena or answer any proper question put to that person during a hearing or proceeding, the superior court shall have jurisdiction upon application by the committee to issue that person an order requiring the person to appear before the committee, there to produce evidence if so ordered, or there to give testimony concerning the matter under investigation. The committee shall have the power to request the superior court to punish all intentional disregard of the court orders as contempt.

(g) Within thirty (30) days, if practical, after holding a hearing, the committee shall make a written report of its findings of fact and its recommendation, and the report shall be immediately transmitted to the chief justice of the supreme court with a transcript of the evidence. A copy of the report shall be furnished to the accused.

(h) The administration of the committee shall be funded from annual fees to be determined by the supreme court. These fees shall be charged to and apportioned among the licensed attorneys and counselors of the supreme court of this state, the payment of which shall be a condition to practicing in the state of Rhode Island. Monies shall be received by the supreme court in the same manner as lawyers registration fees and credited to a fund known as the unauthorized practice of law committee administration fund. All monies in the fund shall be utilized only for the purpose of maintaining, managing, operating, and administering the unauthorized practice of law committee in carrying out its functions. The committee shall make an annual financial report to the supreme court of Rhode Island.