R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-41-21 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-41 / Section 11-41-21
§ 11-41-21. Shoplifting  Enforcement.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person reasonably believed to have committed or to be committing the crime of shoplifting as defined in § 11-41-20 shall be subject to detention by a police officer in accordance with § 12-7-1.

(b) Any merchant who observes any person concealing or attempting to conceal merchandise on his person or amongst his or her belongings or upon the person or amongst the belongings of another, transporting merchandise beyond the area within the retail mercantile establishment where payment for it is to be made without making payment for it, removing or altering price tags on merchandise, or switching the containers of merchandise may stop the person. Immediately upon stopping the person, the merchant shall identify himself or herself and state his or her reason for stopping the person. If after his or her initial confrontation with the person under suspicion, the merchant has reasonable grounds to believe that at the time stopped the person was committing or attempting to commit the crime of shoplifting on the premises, the merchant may detain the person for a reasonable time sufficient to summon a police officer to the premises. In no case shall the detention be for a period exceeding one hour. Detention must be accomplished in a reasonable manner without unreasonable restraint or excessive force, and may take place only on the premises of the retail mercantile establishment where the alleged shoplifting occurred. Any person so stopped by a merchant pursuant to this section shall promptly identify himself or herself by name and address. Once placed under detention, no other information shall be required of the person and no written and/or signed statement, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, shall be elicited from the person until a police officer has taken him or her into custody. The merchant may, however, examine for the purposes of ascertaining ownership any merchandise which is in plain view which the merchant has reasonable grounds to believe was unlawfully taken or otherwise tampered with in violation of § 11-41-20.

(c)(1) A merchant may request a person detained for shoplifting to sign a statement waiving his or her right to bring a civil action arising from the detention in return for a signed statement from the merchant waiving the right to bring criminal charges based upon the alleged shoplifting. Any statement shall state in writing in large print at the top of the form that the person detained has a right to remain silent and a right not to make or sign any statement and a right to call an attorney.

(2) It shall be unlawful to circulate or cause to be circulated any signed statement or the name of any person signing the statement to a person or persons not employed by the retail mercantile establishment which obtained the statement, other than in defense of a legal action arising from the detention. Any person circulating or causing to be circulated this information shall be civilly liable to the person who signed the statement.

(d) For the purposes of this section, reasonable grounds includes knowledge that a person has concealed unpurchased merchandise of the establishment while on the premises, or has altered or removed identifying labels on merchandise while on the premises, or is leaving the premises with unpurchased concealed or altered merchandise in his or her possession.

(e) In detaining a person whom the merchant has reasonable grounds to believe is committing the crime of shoplifting, the merchant may use a reasonable amount of non-deadly force when and only when that force is necessary to protect himself or herself, or to prevent the escape of the person being detained or the loss of his or her property.

(f) In any civil action by a person detained under this section against the merchant so detaining him or her arising out of the detention, evidence that the defendant had reasonable grounds as defined in subsection (d) of this section to believe that the plaintiff was at the time in question committing or attempting to commit the crime of shoplifting as defined in § 11-41-20 shall create a rebuttable presumption that the plaintiff was so committing or attempting to commit the crime.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-21.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-21.1
§ 11-44-21.1. Graffiti  Defacing private residences, offices, businesses or commercial property.
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Every person who shall willfully, maliciously or mischievously write upon, paint, or otherwise deface the private property or residence of another, any office building, business or commercial property or public building or public property, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, for the first and second offense, said penalty shall not exceed a one thousand dollars ($1,000) fine and community service not exceeding two hundred (200) hours. Every person convicted of a third or subsequent offense under this section shall be guilty of a felony, subject to imprisonment not exceeding two (2) years, a fine of up to two thousand dollars ($2,000), and shall be required to perform up to three hundred (300) hours of community service. The court, upon conviction or adjudication, shall order restitution to the victim in the amount of removal, repair, or replacement costs.

(2) If the graffiti is positioned on an overpass or an underpass and requires that traffic be interfered with in order to remove it, or the entity responsible for the area in which the clean-up is to take place must provide assistance in order for the removal to take place safely, the court shall order an additional assessment of one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(b) If the person is a minor, upon adjudication, in addition to the penalties in subsection (a):

(1) The family court may, in addition to any other order or decree the court makes under this chapter, order the division of motor vehicles to:

(i) Suspend the minors operators license; or

(ii) Invalidate the minors learners permit; for one year beginning the date of the order.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the family court may order the parent or legal guardian of any minor found to have committed the crime of graffiti, to submit restitution to the victim or victims of such graffiti by payment in money if the minor is in the custody of and residing with such parent or guardian, and if the family court finds, after hearing, that the graffiti was a direct result of the parent or legal guardian having neglected to exercise reasonable supervision and control of the minors conduct. For the purposes of this section, liability for compensation shall be limited to ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

(3) If the person violates the family courts order to submit restitution under this section, such person shall be guilty of contempt. The court may permit payments under this section to be made in installments, for a period of up to seven (7) years, to be administered by the court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-41 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-41
§ 11-47-41. Government firearm registration prohibited.
Status: in_force

No government agency of this state or its political subdivisions shall keep or cause to be kept any list or register of privately owned firearms or any list or register of the owners of those firearms; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to firearms which have been used in committing any crime of violence, nor to any person who has been convicted of a crime of violence.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-68-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-68 / Section 11-68-3
§ 11-68-3. Penalties for violations.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person convicted of exploiting an elder person as provided under this chapter shall be punished as follows:

(1) If the funds, assets, or property involved in the exploitation of the elder person are valued at less than five hundred dollars ($500), the person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or both.

(2) If the funds, assets, or property involved in the exploitation of the elder person are valued at five hundred dollars ($500) or more, but less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than fifteen (15) years or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or both.

(3) If the funds, assets, or property involved in the exploitation of the elder person are valued at one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more, the person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) years or by a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-34-8.3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-34 / Section 11-34-8.3
§ 11-34-8.3. Criminal forfeiture procedures.
Status: in_force

(a) Any criminal complaint charging an offense under §§ 11-34-8.1 or 11-34-8.2 shall set forth with reasonable particularity:

(1) Whether the law enforcement agency seeks to have forfeited property pursuant to this section; and

(2) What property the law enforcement agency seeks to have forfeited.

(b) The court may, upon application of the law enforcement agency, enter a restraining order or injunction, require any person claiming any interest in the subject motor vehicle to execute a satisfactory performance bond to the state, or take any other action to preserve the availability of the motor vehicle subject to forfeiture described in § 11-34-8.2 whether prior to or subsequent to the filing of a complaint. Written notice and an opportunity for a hearing shall be afforded to persons appearing to have an interest in the motor vehicle. The hearing is limited to the issues of whether:

(1) There is a substantial probability that the law enforcement agency will prevail on the issue of forfeiture and that failure to enter the order will result in the motor vehicle being destroyed, conveyed, encumbered or further encumbered, removed from the jurisdiction of the court, or otherwise made unavailable for forfeitures; and

(2) The need to preserve the availability of property through the entry of the requested order outweighs the hardship on any party against whom the order is to be entered.

(c)(1) An order under this section may be entered upon application of the law enforcement agency without notice or opportunity for a hearing when a complaint has not yet been filed with respect to the property if the law enforcement agency demonstrates that there is probable cause to believe that the property with respect to which the order is sought would, in the event of conviction, be subject to forfeiture under § 11-34-8.2 and that provision of notice will jeopardize the availability of the motor vehicle for forfeiture. The order shall expire within ten (10) days of the date on which it is entered unless for good cause shown or unless the party against whom it is entered consents to an extension for a longer period.

(2) A hearing requested by any party in interest concerning an order entered under this subsection shall be held at the earliest possible time and prior to the expiration of the temporary order.

(3) The court may receive and consider, at the hearing held pursuant to this subsection, evidence and information that would be inadmissible in court.

(d) Upon conviction of a person for an offense under § 11-34-8.1, the court may enter a judgment of forfeiture of the property described in §§ 11-34-8.2 and 11-34-8.3 to the city or town and shall also authorize the law enforcement agency to seize the motor vehicle ordered forfeited upon any terms and conditions that the court shall deem proper. Following the entry of an order declaring the property forfeited, the court may, upon application of the law enforcement agency, enter any appropriate orders, require the execution of satisfactory performance bonds, appoint receivers, conservators, appraisers, accountants, or trustees, or take any other action to protect the interest of the law enforcement agency in the motor vehicle ordered forfeited.

(e) All right, title, and interest in the motor vehicle described in § 11-34-8.1 vests in the city or town upon the commission of the act giving rise to forfeiture under this section subject to the limitations of § 11-34-8.2. Any such motor vehicle that is subsequently transferred to any person may be the subject of a special verdict of forfeiture and thereafter shall be ordered forfeited to the state, unless the transferee establishes in a hearing that he or she is a bona fide purchaser for value of the motor vehicle who at the time of purchase was reasonably without cause to believe that the motor vehicle was subject for forfeiture.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-35-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-35 / Section 11-35-3
§ 11-35-3. Penalty for violating §§ 11-35-1, 11-35-2.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall violate any of the provisions of §§ 11-35-1 and 11-35-2 shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding three (3) months.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-17 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-17
§ 11-44-17. Enforcement of § 11-44-16.
Status: in_force

Any police constable of Newport or of Middletown, viewing any offense committed in violation of § 11-44-16, shall immediately arrest the offender, whether in Newport or in Middletown, and cause him or her to be prosecuted for the offense as soon as may be possible before the district court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-55-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-55 / Section 11-55-3
§ 11-55-3. Penalty for violation.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or be fined not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-8.2.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-8.2.1
§ 11-37-8.2.1. Penalty for first degree child molestation sexual assault  Jessica Lunsford Child Predator Act of 2006.
Status: in_force

(a) Title and Legislative Intent. The title of this section shall be The Jessica Lunsford Child Predator Act of 2006. In enacting this section the general assembly intends that in order to ensure the safety of victims the most dangerous child predators be electronically monitored via an active global positioning system in order to ensure that their whereabouts can be easily ascertained by law enforcement and other responsible authorities at all times while providing treatment to offenders.

(b) Every person who shall violate the provisions of subdivisions 11-37-8.2.1(b)(1)  11-37-8.2.1(b)(2) listed herein shall be electronically monitored via an active global positioning system for life and, as a condition of parole and probation, and for the duration of any period of his or her probation following his or her parole shall attend a sex offender treatment program to address his or her criminally offensive behavior, as determined by the department of probation and parole. The persons subject to this condition of parole shall include:

(1) Persons who commit first degree child molestation sexual assault on or after January 1, 2007 and the victim of the sexual assault is twelve (12) years of age or younger; or

(2) Persons who shall violate the conditions of § 11-37-8.1 on or after January 1, 2007 and be determined a high-risk of re-offense (level 3) offender under the conditions of § 11-37.1-12, and the person is deemed a child predator as defined in subsection 11-37-8.2.1(g) or have committed the offense in conjunction with circumstances involving kidnapping, torture or aggravated battery, and provided further that the victim to the offense is fourteen (14) years of age or younger.

(3) Any person who violates the terms of the global position monitoring conditions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c) Any costs associated with the requirements of this section shall be borne by the offender and the court is hereby authorized and empowered to utilize all resources available to collect the funds for these costs unless the court finds that the defendant is indigent. In such cases costs shall be waived in order to promote this sections legislative intent.

(d) Harboring. (1) Any person who has reason to know that a person convicted of first degree child molestation as defined by § 11-37-8.1 or 11-37-8.2.1 is not complying or has not complied with the requirements of this section where applicable and who with the intent to assist the child molester in eluding a law enforcement agency that is seeking to find the child molester to question the child molester about or to arrest the child molester for his or her non-compliance with the requirements of this section and who: (i) knowingly withholds information from or willfully fails to notify the law enforcement agency about the child molesters non-compliance with the requirements of this section; or (ii) harbors or attempts to harbor or assists another person in harboring or attempting to harbor the child molester; or (iii) knowingly conceals or attempts to conceal or assists another person in concealing or attempting to conceal the child molester; or (iv) provides information to the law enforcement agency regarding the child molester that the person knows to be false information commits a felony and shall be subject to imprisonment for a period of five (5) years. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting the discretion of the judges to impose additional sanctions authorized in sentencing. (2) Any person who permits a child predator as defined by this section to reside with them knowing that the child predator has failed to comply with the requirements of subsection 11-37-8.2.1(b) commits a felony punishable by up to five (5) years imprisonment and/or a five thousand dollar ($5,000) fine.

(e) Any person who intentionally tampers with damages or destroys any electronic monitoring equipment required by this section pursuant to a court order or parole board order unless such person is the owner of the equipment or an agent of the owner performing ordinary maintenance and repairs commits a felony and shall be imprisoned for not less than one nor more than five (5) years.

(f) The department of corrections, prior to the release from incarceration of any child predator, shall ensure that the child predators fingerprints are taken and forwarded to the bureau of criminal identification (BCI) division within the department of attorney general within forty-eight (48) hours after release from incarceration. The fingerprint card shall be clearly marked Child Predator Registration Card.

(g) For the purposes of this section child predator shall be defined as any person convicted of any violation of § 11-37-8.1, and who on a prior occasion has been convicted of a violation of § 11-37-8.1 or § 11-37-8.3.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-36-6 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-36 / Section 11-36-6
§ 11-36-6. Trespassing on railroad right-of-way.
Status: in_force

Every person who without right knowingly stands or walks, or rides a bicycle or other vehicle on the private right-of-way of any railroad or railway operated by steam or other power, except for the purpose of crossing it at a highway or other authorized crossing, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Any person violating this section may be arrested without a warrant by any police officer or any special railroad police officer and proceeded against according to law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-1-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-1 / Section 11-1-2
§ 11-1-2. Felony, misdemeanor  Petty misdemeanor, and violation distinguished.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided, any criminal offense which at any given time may be punished by imprisonment for a term of more than one year, or by a fine of more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), is declared to be a felony; any criminal offense which may be punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both, is declared to be a misdemeanor; any criminal offense which may be punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both, is declared to be a petty misdemeanor; and any offense which may be punished by only a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) is declared to be a violation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-35-23 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-35 / Section 11-35-23
§ 11-35-23. Failure to report to law enforcement officers.
Status: in_force

An employee of any communication common carrier who has knowledge obtained during the course of that employment of any violation of this chapter and willfully fails to report that knowledge within seven (7) days to the attorney general shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-8.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-5 / Section 11-5-8.1
§ 11-5-8.1. Assault with bodily fluid.
Status: in_force

Any person incarcerated or in custody at a state correctional facility including the juvenile training school who shall knowingly and willfully commit an assault upon a correctional officer or any other employee of the department of corrections with any bodily fluid, while the employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duty, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-64-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-64 / Section 11-64-2
§ 11-64-2. Video voyeurism.
Status: in_force

(1) A person is guilty of video voyeurism when, for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification or stimulation, such person:

(a) Uses, installs or permits the use or installation of an imaging device to capture, record, store or transmit visual images of the intimate areas of another person without that other persons knowledge and consent, and under circumstances in which that other person would have a reasonable expectation of privacy.

(b) Intentionally, and with knowledge that the image was obtained in violation of subsection (a), disseminates, publishes, or sells such image of the captured representation of another person or persons depicted in the representation or reproduction, and who did not consent to the dissemination, publication or sale.

(2) A person is also guilty of video voyeurism when that person, for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification or stimulation, looks into an occupied dwelling or other building by use of an imaging device that provides images of the interior of a dwelling.

(3) A person found guilty of the crime of video voyeurism shall be imprisoned for not more than three (3) years in jail and/or fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5000).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-13.11 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-13.11
§ 11-9-13.11. Prohibition on the sale or distribution of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, through the mail  Conveyance of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, through the mail to individuals under twenty-one (21)  Proof of age of purchaser required  General rule.
Status: in_force

(a) The distribution, or sale or conveyance of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, to individuals under the age of twenty-one (21) via the United States Postal Service, or by any other public or private postal or package delivery service, shall be prohibited.

(b) Any person, including, but not limited to, on-line retailers, selling or distributing tobacco products in the form of little cigars as defined in § 44-20.2-1, snuff, any and all products defined in § 44-20-1, or electronic nicotine-delivery system products directly to a purchaser via the United States Postal Service, or by any other public or private postal or package delivery service, including orders placed by mail, telephone, facsimile, or internet, shall: (1) before distributing or selling the tobacco product, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, through any of these means, receive both a copy of a valid form of government identification showing date of birth to verify the purchaser is age twenty-one (21) years or over and an attestation from the purchaser certifying that the information on the government identification truly and correctly identifies the purchaser and the purchasers current address, and (2) deliver the tobacco product, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, to the address of the purchaser given on the valid form of government identification and by a postal or package delivery service method that either limits delivery to that purchaser and requires the purchaser to sign personally to receive the delivery or requires a signature of an individual age twenty-one (21) or over at the purchasers address to deliver the package.

(c) The attorney general shall bring an action for any violation of this chapter. Any distribution, or sale or conveyance of a tobacco product, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, to an individual under twenty-one (21) years of age via the United States Postal Service, or by any other public or private postal or package delivery service, shall be subject to an action against the distributor, or seller or conveyor by the attorney general of the state of Rhode Island. A minimum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) shall be assessed against any distributor, or seller or conveyor convicted of distributing, or selling or conveying tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, via the United States postal service, or by any other public or private postal or package delivery service, for each delivery, or sale or conveyance of a tobacco product, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, to an individual under twenty-one (21) years of age.

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

(e) Any delivery sale of cigarettes shall be made pursuant to the provisions of chapter 20.1 of title 44. The provisions of this section shall apply to each tobacco product listed in subsection (b) herein, which include electronic nicotine-delivery system products, but shall not apply to any delivery sale of cigarettes.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-7-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-7 / Section 11-7-1
§ 11-7-1. Bribery of juror or person exercising judicial function.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall give any sum of money or any bribe, present, reward or unsecured loan, or any promise or security for any, to obtain or influence the opinion, judgment, verdict, sentence, report or award of any judge, justice of the peace, warden, juror, auditor, referee, arbitrator, master in chancery, or person summoned as a juror, in any matter or cause pending or to be tried before him or her alone or before him or her with others, shall be imprisoned not exceeding seven (7) years or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-8-2.4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-8 / Section 11-8-2.4
§ 11-8-2.4. Breaking and entering of dwelling house of a person who is severely impaired.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Every person convicted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense, or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work, or both, or any combination of them imposed by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. Restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require the payment of restitution while the convicted person is imprisoned.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-13-7 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-13 / Section 11-13-7
§ 11-13-7. Unlawful firecrackers.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall sell, expose for sale, possess with intent to sell, use, or explode, or use or explode any firecracker containing any explosive other than gunpowder shall be fined not more than twenty dollars ($20.00).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-1-2.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-1 / Section 11-1-2.1
§ 11-1-2.1. Violations  Effect of conviction  Standard of proof.
Status: in_force

Conviction of a violation shall not give rise to any disability or legal disadvantage based on conviction of a criminal offense. Conviction of a violation shall be supported by evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-15 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19 / Section 11-19-15
§ 11-19-15. Betting on horses.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in chapter 4 of title 41, every person who shall make any bet or lay any wager of any kind upon any horse, to start, run, or trot, shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-26-1.4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-26 / Section 11-26-1.4
§ 11-26-1.4. Kidnapping of a minor.
Status: in_force

Whoever, without lawful authority, forcibly or secretly confines or imprisons any child under the age of sixteen (16) years within this state against the childs will, or forcibly carries or sends the child out of this state, or forcibly seizes, confines, inveigles, or kidnaps the child with intent either to cause the child to be secretly confined or imprisoned within this state against his or her will, or with the intent of sexually assaulting or molesting the child as defined in chapter 37 of this title, or with the intent to abuse the child as defined in chapter 9 of this title, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for life or for any term not less than twenty (20) years. However, nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to make the reasonable lawful acts of a parent in caring for his or her child a violation of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-7 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-7
§ 11-37-7. Penalty for third degree sexual assault.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall commit sexual assault in the third degree shall be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-69-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-69 / Section 11-69-1
§ 11-69-1. Electronic tracking of motor vehicles.
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, it is an offense for a person to knowingly install, conceal, or otherwise place or use an electronic tracking device in or on a motor vehicle without the consent of the operator and all occupants of the vehicle for the purpose of monitoring or following the operator, occupant, or occupants of the vehicle.

(2) Definitions. As used in this section:

(i) The term dealer has the same meaning as set forth in § 31-5-5 and includes, for purposes of this section, an assignee of the dealer;

(ii) The term person does not include the manufacturer of the motor vehicle, provider of telematics equipment and services, or entities that rent motor vehicles; and

(iii) The term starter interrupt technology means technology used to remotely disable the starter of a motor vehicle.

(b)(1) It shall not be a violation if the installation, concealment, placement, or use of an electronic tracking device in or on a motor vehicle is by, or at the direction of, a law enforcement officer in furtherance of a criminal investigation and is carried out in accordance with the applicable state and federal law.

(2) If the installation, concealment, placement, or use of an electronic tracking device in or on a motor vehicle is by, or at the direction of, a parent or legal guardian who owns or leases the vehicle, and if the device is used solely for the purpose of monitoring the minor child of the parent or legal guardian when the child is an occupant of the vehicle, then the installation, concealment, placement, or use of the device in or on the vehicle without the consent of any or all occupants in the vehicle shall not be a violation, unless the person utilizing the tracking device has an active restraining order or no contact order against them for the protection of any vehicle occupant.

(3) It shall not be a violation of this section if an electronic tracking device is attached to stolen goods for the purpose of tracking the location of the stolen goods, whether or not they may be transported in a vehicle, or if installed, concealed, placed, or used in or on a vehicle as a vehicle theft recovery device.

(4) It shall not be a violation of this section if an electronic tracking device, including but not limited to devices also containing technology used to remotely disable the starter of a motor vehicle, is installed and/or used by a motor vehicle dealer in connection with the credit sale, loan, or lease of a motor vehicle with the express written consent of the vehicles purchaser, lessor, or lessee.

(5) It shall not be a violation of this section if an electronic tracking device is installed and/or used by a business that is authorized to transact business in this state and the tracking device is used by the business for the purpose of tracking vehicles that are owned or leased by the business and driven by employees of that business, its affiliates, or contractors of that business or its affiliates.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a tracking system installed by the manufacturer of a motor vehicle, a provider of telematics equipment and services, or installed and/or used by an entity renting out vehicles, or installed or provided by an insurance company with the vehicle owners or vehicle lessees permission to monitor driving habits for insurance rating purposes.

(d) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison, or up to a one thousand dollar ($1,000) fine, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-13.2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-13.2
§ 11-9-13.2. Short title.
Status: in_force

§§ 11-9-13.2  11-9-13.19 shall be cited as An Act to Stop the Illegal Sale of Tobacco Products to Individuals Under Twenty-One (21) Years of Age.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-59-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-59 / Section 11-59-1
§ 11-59-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter:

(1) 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.

(2) Harasses means a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person with the intent to seriously alarm, annoy, or bother the person, and which serves no legitimate purpose. The course of conduct must be such as would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress, or be in fear of bodily injury.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-36-7 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-36 / Section 11-36-7
§ 11-36-7. Posting of statute.
Status: in_force

A printed copy of § 11-36-6 shall be conspicuously posted in a public place in or upon each passenger station of every railroad and railway operated by steam or other power in this state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-32 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-32
§ 11-18-32. Video, audio and publication rentals.
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to reveal, transmit, publish, or disseminate in any manner, any records which would identify the names and addresses of individuals, with the titles or nature of video films, records, cassettes, or the like, which they purchased, leased, rented, or borrowed, from libraries, book stores, video stores, or record and cassette shops or any retailer or distributor of those products, whether or not the identities and listings are kept in a remote computing service or electronic storage or the disclosure is made through or by a remote computing service. It shall not be unlawful to make disclosures to other employees of the library or business incident to the normal course of their work or pursuant to lawful compulsion.

(b) All records of such transactions shall be maintained as confidential and may only be released by written waiver.

(c) Any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine in an amount not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation, or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or both.

(d) Any person injured as a result of a violation of this section may bring a civil action against the violator for actual damages or two hundred fifty dollars ($250), whichever is greater, for each violation, plus reasonable attorneys fees and court costs.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-22-8 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-22 / Section 11-22-8
§ 11-22-8. Windmills exempt.
Status: in_force

The provisions of §§ 11-22-4  11-22-7 shall not apply to any mill which shall be located by decree of the town council of the town in which it is situated, nor to any mill situated in the towns of New Shoreham or Jamestown, nor to any patented wind engine or mill.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-59-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-59 / Section 11-59-2
§ 11-59-2. Stalking prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who: (1) harasses another person; or (2) willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows another person with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear of bodily injury, is guilty of the crime of stalking.

(b) Stalking shall be deemed a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-27-4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-27 / Section 11-27-4
§ 11-27-4. Forwarding of claim not deemed practice of law.
Status: in_force

The sending of a claim of a nonresident by a nonresident collection agency to an attorney at law in this state, who is to act solely as agent of the creditor and who is not to be subject to the direction or control of the collection agency, and who does not divide with the collection agency either his or her commission or fee for legal services, shall not be deemed to be practicing law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-52-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-52 / Section 11-52-3
§ 11-52-3. Intentional access, alteration, damage, or destruction.
Status: in_force

Whoever, intentionally, without authorization, and for fraudulent or other illegal purposes, directly or indirectly, accesses, alters, damages, or destroys any computer, computer system, computer network, computer software, computer program, or data contained in a computer, computer system, computer program, or computer network shall be guilty of a felony and shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-52-5.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-20 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19 / Section 11-19-20
§ 11-19-20. Inducing others to visit gambling place.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall, on any pretext whatsoever, invite, entice, persuade, or induce any other person to visit any house, room, or other place kept for the purpose of gambling, with the intent that that other person shall at that place engage in gambling or playing at any game of chance, for money or other valuable consideration, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and be imprisoned one year.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-12-9 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-12 / Section 11-12-9
§ 11-12-9. Arrest of fighters.
Status: in_force

A deputy sheriff, town sergeant, town constable, or police officer shall immediately arrest in any county any person violating any of the provisions of §§ 11-12-6  11-12-8, and shall detain the person until a warrant can be obtained for his or her arrest.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-26-1.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-26 / Section 11-26-1.1
§ 11-26-1.1. Childsnatching.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who intentionally removes, causes the removal of, or detains any child under the age of eighteen (18) years, whether within or without the state of Rhode Island, with intent to deny another persons right of custody under an existing decree or order of the family court, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not more than two (2) years, or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.

(b) It shall be an affirmative defense that:

(1) The person at the time of the alleged violation had lawful custody of the child pursuant to a court order granting legal custody or visitation rights;

(2) The person had physical custody of the child pursuant to a court order granting legal custody or visitation rights and failed to return the child as a result of circumstances beyond his or her control, and the person notified and disclosed to the other parent or legal custodian the specific whereabouts of the child and a means by which the child could be contacted or made a reasonable attempt to notify the other parent or lawful custodian of the child of the circumstances and made that disclosure within twenty-four (24) hours after the visitation period had expired and returned the child as soon as possible; or

(3) The person was fleeing an incidence or pattern of domestic violence.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-41-26 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-41 / Section 11-41-26
§ 11-41-26. Two-way mirrors and video cameras in retail stores dressing rooms prohibited.
Status: in_force

No person who owns or operates a retail mercantile establishment as defined in § 11-41-20(a)(6) which sells clothing to the public shall maintain in any dressing room on the premises any two-way mirror or electronic video camera or any similar device capable of filming or projecting an image of a person inside the dressing room or booth. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-27 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-27
§ 11-18-27. Sale of false diplomas or certificates.
Status: in_force

Any person who unlawfully sells, buys, creates, duplicates, alters, gives, or obtains or attempts to buy, sell, create, duplicate, alter, give, or obtain a diploma or certificate of enrollment, conferred by an accredited institution of education in any country, with the intent to use fraudulently the document or to allow the fraudulent use of the document, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be sentenced for not more than two (2) years in jail or fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-26-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-26 / Section 11-26-2
§ 11-26-2. Kidnapping with intent to extort.
Status: in_force

Whoever commits any of the offenses mentioned in this chapter with intent to extort money or other valuable thing shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for life or for any term not less than five (5) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-24-2.2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-24 / Section 11-24-2.2
§ 11-24-2.2. Discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Status: in_force

Whenever in this chapter the terms race or color, religion or country of ancestral origin, handicap, age or sex shall appear, there shall be inserted immediately thereafter the words sexual orientation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-8-1.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-8 / Section 11-8-1.1
§ 11-8-1.1. Attempted breaking and entering.
Status: in_force

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

(b) An overt act is defined as any act of an individual by which the individual physically attempts to gain entrance into a type of structure set forth in the sections listed in subsection (a) of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-12-4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-12 / Section 11-12-4
§ 11-12-4. Seconding fatal duel outside state.
Status: in_force

Every person being an inhabitant of or resident in this state who shall, by previous appointment or engagement made within this state, be the second of either party in any duel as is mentioned in § 11-12-3 and shall be present as the second when the mortal wound is inflicted, of which death shall ensue within this state, shall be deemed to be an accessory before the fact to the crime of murder within this state, and may be indicted or charged by information, tried, convicted and sentenced within the county where the death shall happen.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-8 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-5 / Section 11-5-8
§ 11-5-8. Assault on correctional officer, or training school employee.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall knowingly and willfully strike a uniformed member of the correctional officer staff at the adult correctional institutions causing bodily injury, or willfully strikes a member who is out of uniform, knowing the person to be such a member, while the member is engaged in the performance of his or her duty, or who knowingly and without consent removes or attempts to remove a firearm from a correctional officer engaged in the lawful performance of his or her duties, or who knowingly and willfully strikes a training school employee at the training school for youth, causing bodily injury to the employee while the employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duty, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-27-12 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-27 / Section 11-27-12
§ 11-27-12. Unauthorized holding out as qualified to practice law.
Status: in_force

No person, except a duly admitted member of the bar of this state, whose authority as a member to practice law is in full force and effect, shall assume to be an attorney or counselor at law or hold himself or herself out in any manner to the public or to another person as being competent, qualified, authorized, or entitled to practice law in this state.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-15.2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-15.2
§ 11-47-15.2. Definitions of law enforcement firing positions.
Status: in_force

(a) Barricade means standing on both feet drawing the weapon and using the free hand to support it, with the use of the barricade.

(b) Crouch position means exerted effort to reduce the size of the body, weapon may be fired with one or two hands, the shooter may not drop to his or her knee(s).

(c) Kneeling means kneeling on one knee, the other extended towards the target. One arm may be supported on the forward knee. The weapon may be fired with either hand and may be supported by the free hand.

(d) Point shoulder means a semi-crouch position with weapon held at shoulder level.

(e) Prone means body extended on the ground, head towards the target. The weapon may be supported by both hands which are extended towards the target. The shooter shall assume this position by dropping to his or her knees. Weapon shall be drawn while in kneeling position, free hand shall be extended forward to support shooter as he or she continues into the prone position.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-5 / Section 11-5-4
§ 11-5-4. Assault with dangerous weapon in dwelling house.
Status: in_force

Whoever, being armed with a dangerous weapon, assaults another with intent to rob or murder, shall, if the assault is committed within a dwelling house, be punished by imprisonment in the adult correctional institution for not less than ten (10) years to life.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-7-5 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-7 / Section 11-7-5
§ 11-7-5. Penalty for violations.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates any of the provisions of § 11-7-3 or 11-7-4 shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or three times the monetary equivalent of the gift or valuable consideration, whichever is greater, or imprisoned for not more than twenty (20) years, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-52-6 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-52 / Section 11-52-6
§ 11-52-6. Civil action.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person injured as a result of a violation of this chapter may bring a civil action against the violator for compensatory damages, punitive damages, court costs, and any other relief that the court deems appropriate, including reasonable attorneys fees.

(b) If the injury arises from the transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic mail, the injured person, other than an electronic mail service provider, may also recover attorneys fees and costs and may elect, in lieu of actual damages, to recover the lesser of five hundred dollars ($500) for each and every unsolicited bulk electronic mail message transmitted in violation of this chapter up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per day. The injured person shall not have a cause of action against the electronic mail service provider which merely transmits the unsolicited bulk electronic mail over its computer network.

(c) If the injury arises from the transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic mail, an injured electronic mail service provider may also recover attorneys fees and costs, and may elect, in lieu of actual damages, to recover the greater of five hundred dollars ($500) for each and every unsolicited bulk electronic mail message transmitted in violation of this chapter up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per day.

(d) At the request of any party to an action brought pursuant to this section, the court may, in its discretion, conduct all legal proceedings in such a way as to protect the secrecy and security of the computer, computer network, computer data, computer program and computer software involved in order to prevent possible recurrence of the same or a similar act by another person and to protect any trade secrets of any party.

(e) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit any persons right to pursue any additional civil remedy otherwise allowed by law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-42 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-42
§ 11-47-42. Weapons other than firearms prohibited.
Status: repealed

(a)(1) No person shall carry or possess or attempt to use against another any instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as a blackjack, slingshot, billy, sandclub, sandbag, metal knuckles, slap glove, bludgeon, stun-gun, or the so called Kung-Fu weapons.

(2) No person shall with intent to use unlawfully against another, carry or possess a crossbow, dagger, dirk, stiletto, sword-in-cane, bowie knife, or other similar weapon designed to cut and stab another.

(3) No person shall wear or carry concealed upon his person, any of the above-mentioned instruments or weapons, or any razor, or knife of any description having a blade of more than three (3) inches in length measuring from the end of the handle where the blade is attached to the end of the blade, or other weapon of like kind or description.

Any person violating the provisions of these subsections shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, and the weapon so found shall be confiscated.

Any person violating the provisions of these subsections while he or she is incarcerated within the confines of the adult correctional institutions shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), or by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five (5) years, or both, and the weapon so found shall be confiscated.

(b) No person shall sell to a person under eighteen (18) years of age, without the written authorization of the minors parent or legal guardian, any stink bomb, blackjack, slingshot, bill, sandclub, sandbag, metal knuckles, slap glove, bludgeon, stungun, paint ball gun, so called kung-fu weapons, dagger, dirk, stiletto, sword-in-cane, bowie knife, razor, or knife of any description having a blade of more than three inches (3³) in length as described in subsection (a) of this section, or any multi-pronged star with sharpened edges designed to be used as a weapon and commonly known as a Chinese throwing star, except that an individual who is actually engaged in the instruction of martial arts and licensed under §5-43-1 [repealed] may carry and possess any multi-pronged star with sharpened edges for the sole purpose of instructional use. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), or by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five (5) years, or both, and the weapons so found shall be confiscated.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-34-11 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-34 / Section 11-34-11
§ 11-34-11. Loitering for indecent purposes in or near schools.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates this section by attempting to engage a person for the purpose of prostitution or other indecent act, or to patronize or induce or otherwise secure a person to commit any indecent act in the building or on the grounds or within three hundred (300) yards of the grounds of a public or private elementary, vocational, or secondary school, shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of not more than one year and a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-4-2.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-4 / Section 11-4-2.1
§ 11-4-2.1. Arson  Custody.
Status: in_force

Any person who while under arrest or incarcerated knowingly causes, procures, aids, counsels or creates by means of fire or explosion the damage or destruction of any occupied or unoccupied building shall be guilty of arson in the first degree and shall be sentenced as provided in § 11-4-2.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-41-19 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-41 / Section 11-41-19
§ 11-41-19. Refusal to return rental battery.
Status: in_force

Every person having in his or her possession any electric storage battery, the property of another, who neglects or refuses for a period of fourteen (14) days after demand for it shall have been made to deliver it to its owner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than twenty dollars ($20.00), and shall be liable to the owner in an action of the case for the value of the electric storage battery at the time it was delivered to the person. Demand for the return of an electric storage battery shall be made in writing and shall be served upon the person upon whom demand is made by leaving it in his or her hands and possession or by sending it to him or her, postage fully prepaid, by registered or certified mail, to the address given by him or her at the time he or she received the battery.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-32 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-32
§ 11-44-32. Clearance of public rights of way.
Status: in_force

(a) Every person, firm, or corporation who is the owner of land abutting a public sidewalk shall keep the sidewalk free of any shrubs or other debris under the control of the owner. The owner shall also be required to see that the branches of any tree under his or her control which overhang a public sidewalk are at least seven (7) feet above the sidewalk.

(b) Any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall, upon adjudication be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-37.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-37.1
§ 11-47-37.1. Persons exempt from age restrictions.
Status: reserved

The provision of § 11-47-35.2 prohibiting the sale of rifles and shotguns to any person under twenty-one (21) years of age and the provisions of § 11-47-37 shall not apply to full-time members of the state police, full-time members of the state marshals office, full-time members of city or town police departments, or state marshals or correctional officers or persons while serving on active duty as a member of the United States armed forces or organized reserved or National Guard.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-30-9 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-30 / Section 11-30-9
§ 11-30-9. Officers commanding aid in execution.
Status: in_force

Any of the officers referred to in § 11-30-8 may command aid in the execution of the authority conferred to them by that section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-1.2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-17 / Section 11-17-1.2
§ 11-17-1.2. Forgery and counterfeiting of registration plates.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall forge, counterfeit, or cause to be forged or counterfeited, any registration plate or special use identification tag, or knowingly possess any forged or counterfeited registration plate or special use identification tag, as provided in § 31-3-40, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-9.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-9.1
§ 11-47-9.1. Additional exemptions.
Status: in_force

The provisions of §§ 11-47-8 and 11-47-11 shall not apply to members of the state police, members of city or town police forces, and members of the Rhode Island airport police department. 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 § 11-25-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-25 / Section 11-25-1
§ 11-25-1. Escape from correctional institutions.
Status: in_force

Every prisoner who shall attempt to escape, or who shall escape, from the lawful custody of the warden of the adult correctional institutions, or from the custody of the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals pursuant to the provisions of § 40.1-5.3-1, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned not more than three (3) years or be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500). However, nothing in this section shall be construed to include the offense of breaking jail.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-1.4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-1.4
§ 11-9-1.4. Minor electronically disseminating indecent material to another person  Sexting 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) Computer has the meaning given to that term in § 11-52-1;

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

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

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

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

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

(d) Any minor adjudicated under subsection (b) shall not be charged under § 11-9-1.3 and, further, shall not be subject to sex offender registration requirements set forth in § 11-37.1-1 et seq., entitled Sexual Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-42-1.2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-42 / Section 11-42-1.2
§ 11-42-1.2. Kickbacks from public works projects.
Status: in_force

Any person who by force, intimidation, or threat of procuring dismissal from employment, or loss of loan or grant from the state or political subdivision thereof or city or town, induces any person employed in the construction, completion, or repair of any public building, public work, or building or work financed in whole or in part by loans or grants by the state or any political subdivision or any city or town of the state, or any person receiving or benefiting from a grant or loan, to give up any part of the compensation to which the person is entitled under a contract of employment, shall be imprisoned for a term not more than fifteen (15) years, or be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or both, and shall forfeit all unjust enrichment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-33-5 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-33 / Section 11-33-5
§ 11-33-5. Manner of proof.
Status: in_force

In the trial of any complaint or indictment or information charging any offense under this chapter, the guilt of the accused may be established by circumstantial evidence without regard to the number of witnesses who may testify against the defendant.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-15-4.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-15 / Section 11-15-4.1
§ 11-15-4.1. Unauthorized use of the emblem of the attorney general.
Status: in_force

No person, firm or corporation shall use, without authorization, the emblem of the department of the attorney general that is authorized by the attorney general or any such emblem used to imitate an emblem of the department of the attorney general, for any fraudulent purpose, or for any purpose intended to deceive, harm, or defraud any person. Any person who violates any provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is subject to imprisonment for up to one year, a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-10 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-17 / Section 11-17-10
§ 11-17-10. Manufacture, repair, or possession of device for counterfeit of coins.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall cast, stamp, engrave, form, make, or mend or begin to cast, stamp, engrave, form, make, or mend, or have in his or her possession or custody any mould, pattern, die, punch, press, or other tool or instrument whatsoever, devised, adapted, and designed for the forging or making any false or counterfeit coin in imitation and similitude of any gold or silver coin current within this state by law or usage, with intent to use and employ it or to cause it to be used or employed in forging or making any false or counterfeit coin as provided in this section, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-22-9 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-22 / Section 11-22-9
§ 11-22-9. Letting team go at large.
Status: in_force

Every person having charge of any wheel carriage of any kind, or sled or sleigh, with any kind of team, who shall negligently or willfully let the team go at large in any highway, shall be fined five dollars ($5.00).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19 / Section 11-19-3
§ 11-19-3. Instruments given for lottery tickets void.
Status: in_force

All notes, obligations, securities, or promises whatsoever, given for the purchase of any lottery ticket or certificate, lottery policy, or of any document or paper taken or received for the purpose of enabling others to sell or dispose of lottery tickets or lottery policies, shall be null and void.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-35-5 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-35 / Section 11-35-5
§ 11-35-5. Aiding, abetting, counseling, or procuring line injuries.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall aid, assist, abet, counsel, hire, command, or procure any person to do or attempt any of the acts mentioned in § 11-35-4 shall be subject to like fine or imprisonment as provided in that section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-14.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-14.1
§ 11-9-14.1. Compliance with federal statutes and regulations.
Status: in_force

The provisions of §§ 11-9-13, 11-9-13.1, 11-9-13.4, 11-9-13.6, 11-9-13.7, 11-9-13.8, 11-9-13.10, 11-9-13.11, and 11-9-13.12 shall be interpreted so as not to be less restrictive than the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 387 et seq., including 21 U.S.C. § 387f(d), or than Section 1926 of the federal Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300x-26, or than any regulation promulgated or updated by the United States Food and Drug Administration or the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services arising from the acts; so as to comply with the provisions of the acts and related regulations in regard to prohibiting the sale of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products to individuals under the age of twenty-one (21) years; and so that the state may maintain qualification for federal funding regarding tobacco, the use and cessation of tobacco, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products. Nothing herein shall prohibit the state from enacting a statute or promulgating a regulation that is more restrictive than any provision of 21 U.S.C. § 387 et seq., or any provision of 42 U.S.C. § 300x-26.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-13.22 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-13.22
§ 11-9-13.22. Prohibition on the distribution of free kratom or kratom products. [Effective April 1, 2026.]
Status: in_force

The distribution and/or redemption of free kratom or kratom products or coupons or vouchers redeemable for free or discounted kratom or kratom products, to any individual under twenty-one (21) years of age shall be prohibited. Further, the distribution and/or redemption of free kratom or kratom products or coupons or vouchers redeemable for free or discounted kratom or kratom 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, the department of health, 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 kratom or kratom product or coupon or voucher redeemable for a free or discounted kratom or kratom 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 kratom or kratom products or coupons or vouchers redeemable for free or discounted kratom or kratom products and/or against the person or individual responsible for the redemption of such coupons or vouchers.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-8-2.3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-8 / Section 11-8-2.3
§ 11-8-2.3. Breaking and entering of dwelling house of persons 60 years of age or older when resident on premises.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Every person convicted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense, or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work, or both, or any combination of them imposed by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. Restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require the payment of restitution while the convicted person is imprisoned.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-8.2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-8.2
§ 11-37-8.2. Penalty for first degree child molestation sexual assault.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall commit first degree child molestation sexual assault shall be imprisoned for a period of not less than twenty-five (25) years and may be imprisoned for life.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-17 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19 / Section 11-19-17
§ 11-19-17. Invalidity of instruments won in bets on races or fights.
Status: in_force

All bonds, notes, judgments, mortgages, deeds or other securities, as well as promises, given or made for money, lands, houses, or other property, or article or piece of property, real, personal, or mixed, won at any game, or by betting at any race or fight, or for the repayment of money knowingly lent for such gaming or betting, shall be utterly void.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-19 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19 / Section 11-19-19
§ 11-19-19. Revocation of license of gambling place.
Status: in_force

If a person in violation of § 11-19-18 is a tavernkeeper, innholder, retailer, or keeper of any other house or place of public resort which is licensed, that license shall in addition be declared null and void by the court in which he or she shall be convicted.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-24-4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-24 / Section 11-24-4
§ 11-24-4. Enforcement of anti-discrimination provisions.
Status: in_force

The Rhode Island commission for human rights is empowered and directed, as provided in this section, to prevent any person from violating any of the provisions of §§ 11-24-1  11-24-3; provided, that before instituting a formal hearing it shall attempt by informal methods of conference, persuasion, and conciliation to induce compliance with those sections. Upon the commissions own initiative or whenever an aggrieved individual or an organization chartered for the purpose of combating discrimination or racism or of safeguarding civil liberties, or rights of persons with disabilities (that individual or organization being subsequently referred to as the complainant), makes a charge to the commission that any person, agency, bureau, corporation, or association, subsequently referred to as the respondent, has violated or is violating any of the provisions of §§ 11-24-1  11-24-3 the commission may proceed in the same manner and with the same powers as provided in §§ 28-5-16  28-5-26 and the provisions of §§ 28-5-13 and 28-5-16  28-5-36 as to the powers, duties and rights of the commission, its members, hearing examiners, the complainant, respondent, interviewer and the court shall apply in any proceedings under this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-68-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-68 / Section 11-68-1
§ 11-68-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) Business relationship means a relationship between two (2) or more individuals or entities where there exists an oral or written contract or agreement for goods or services.

(2) Caregiver means a person who has been entrusted with or has assumed responsibility for the care or the property of an elder person. Caregiver includes, but is not limited to, relatives, court-appointed or voluntary guardians, adult household members, neighbors, healthcare providers, and employees and volunteers of elder care facilities.

(3) Deception means misrepresenting or concealing a material fact relating to:

(i) Services rendered, disposition of property, or use of property, when such services or property are intended to benefit an elder person; or

(ii) Terms of a contract or agreement entered into with an elder person; or

(iii) An existing or preexisting condition of any property involved in a contract or agreement entered into with an elder person; or

(iv) Using any misrepresentation, false pretense, or false promise in order to induce, encourage, or solicit an elder person to enter into a contract or agreement.

(4) Elder person means a person sixty (60) years of age or older.

(5) Intimidation means the communication by word or act to an elder person that the elder person will be deprived of food, nutrition, clothing, shelter, supervision, medicine, medical services, money, or financial support or will suffer physical violence.

(6) Lacks capacity to consent means an impairment by reason of mental illness, developmental disability, organic brain disorder, physical illness or disability, short-term memory loss, or other cause, that causes an elder person to lack sufficient understanding or capacity to make or communicate reasonable decisions concerning the elder persons person or property.

(7) Position of trust and confidence with respect to an elder person means the position of a person who:

(i) Is a spouse, adult child, or other relative by blood or marriage of the elder person;

(ii) Is a joint tenant or tenant in common with the elder person;

(iii) Has a legal or fiduciary relationship with the elder person including, but not limited to, a court-appointed or voluntary guardian, trustee, attorney, or conservator;

(iv) Is the caregiver of the elder person; or

(v) Is any other person who has been entrusted with or has assumed responsibility for the use or management of the elder persons funds, assets, or property.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-27-11 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-27 / Section 11-27-11
§ 11-27-11. Practices permitted to persons not members of bar.
Status: in_force

Nothing in §§ 11-27-5  11-27-11 shall be construed to limit or prevent:

(1) Clerks of court and recorders of deeds from the drafting of any legal instruments that may be necessary for the proper conduct and discharge of their respective offices and duties.

(2) Clerks or registered students in law offices from acting under the direction of a member of the bar of this state whose authority as a member to practice law is in full force and effect.

(3) Any person from occasionally collecting or adjusting any unassigned claim of or against any member of his or her household or of or against his or her regular and principal employer.

(4) The performance of any service personally performed by any natural person acting as administrator, executor, guardian, trustee, or other fiduciary in the preparation, rendering, and allowance of inventories, accounts, tax returns, or other services personally performed by him or her in relation to the fiduciary estate without the intervention of another person.

(5) Town clerks from drafting deeds and mortgages and transfers and discharges of deeds and mortgages for recording in their own offices.

(6) Any person from drawing, in the regular course of his or her regular business or employment, any note, bill, draft, bill of sale, conditional bill of sale, or any ordinary business agreement, to which he or she or his or her regular and principal employer is a party.

(7) Any certified public accountant or member of the American Institute of Accountants from appearing or acting as a representative of another person before any federal, state, or municipal department, board, division, department, commission, agency, or any body other than a court, authorized or constituted by law to determine any question of fact, affecting the imposition or adjustment of taxes or regarding any financial or accounting matter, or from preparing for or on behalf of another person any federal, state, or municipal return or report of any nature or description, or advising another person in relation to the preparation of any such return or report.

(8) Any person registered to practice before the Interstate Commerce Commission or member of the Association of Practitioners before the Interstate Commerce Commission from appearing or acting as representative of another person before any federal, state, or municipal department, board, commission, agency, or any body other than a court, authorized or constituted by law to determine any question of fact, affecting the rights of any carrier of persons or property in intrastate or interstate commerce, or from preparing for or on behalf of another person any federal, state, or municipal application, report or other writing of any nature or description, or advising another person in relation to the preparation of the application, report, or other writing.

(9) Any public accountant from advising a taxpayer in connection with the imposition or adjustment of taxes or any person from preparing for or on behalf of a taxpayer any federal, state, or municipal tax return or tax report, provided the person or public accountant regularly audits or examines the accounting records of the taxpayer or any person from preparing for or on behalf of a taxpayer any federal, state, or municipal personal income tax return.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-3
§ 11-9-3. Seizure and custody of exploited child  Proceedings as against neglected child.
Status: in_force

The town sergeant of any town, the chief of police of any city, or any agent of the director of children, youth and families may enter any place where any child may be held, detained or employed in violation of §§ 11-9-1  11-9-8, and, without process of law, seize and detain the child and hold him or her as a witness to testify upon the trial of any person charged with violating the provisions of §§ 11-9-1  11-9-8; and if prior to or upon conviction of the offender, no person shall appear who is entitled to the custody of the child, the officer having the child in custody may bring proceedings against the child as a neglected child under the provisions of chapter 1 of title 14.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-10.2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-5 / Section 11-5-10.2
§ 11-5-10.2. Assault on persons with severe impairments causing serious bodily injury.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Serious bodily injury means physical injury that:

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

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

(3) Causes serious permanent disfigurement.

(c) For the purposes of this section:

(1) Adult means a person over the age of eighteen (18).

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

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

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

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

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

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

(3) After the victim is informed of his or her right to refuse crisis intervention and/or supportive services.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-13 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-13
§ 11-44-13. Injury to public statues and monuments.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall willfully trespass upon, deface, mutilate, cover or keep covered, or otherwise injure the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the city of Providence, or any other public statue or monument, may be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) and/or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, and shall, in addition to imprisonment and/or fine, be ordered to make full restitution to the public or governmental entity incurring the expense of repairing the statue or monument.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-25 / Section 11-25-2
§ 11-25-2. Assault or escape by a custodial unit inmate.
Status: in_force

Every prisoner confined in any custodial unit of the adult correctional institutions or in the custody of the warden or other correctional employee while outside the confines of the institutions or in the custody of the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals pursuant to the provisions of § 40.1-5.3-1, who shall assault the warden, or other correctional employee of the institution, or shall escape, or attempt to effect an escape, shall be sentenced by the court to a term of imprisonment in the adult correctional institutions for not less than one year nor more than twenty (20) years, that term to commence from the expiration of the original term of the prisoner.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-24 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-24
§ 11-18-24. Penalty for serial number violations.
Status: in_force

Every person convicted of a misdemeanor for the violation of any provision of § 11-18-23 shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both fine and imprisonment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-14 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-14
§ 11-37-14. Severability.
Status: in_force

If the provisions of this chapter or their application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, their 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 the chapter are declared to be severable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-26-1.3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-26 / Section 11-26-1.3
§ 11-26-1.3. Missing child  Duty to investigate.
Status: in_force

Whenever a parent notifies a local or state police department that his or her minor child and the childs other parent have been missing for at least one week and that their whereabouts are unknown, the police department shall immediately conduct an investigation to ascertain the location of the missing parent and child. However, there shall not be a duty to investigate when the notification is provided by a noncustodial parent denied visitation pursuant to an order of the family court and the parent in possession of the child has custody of the child pursuant to an order of the family court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-22 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-22
§ 11-18-22. Manufacture or distribution of slugs.
Status: in_force

Whoever manufactures for sale, advertises for sale, sells, offers for sale, or gives away any slug, device, or substance whatsoever, designed or calculated to be placed or deposited in any automatic vending machine, slot machine, turnstile, meter, register, coin-box telephone, or other receptacle, depository, or contrivance, designed to receive lawful coin of the United States in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, with the intent that the slug, device, or substance shall be used to cheat or defraud the person entitled to the contents of the machine, turnstile, meter, register, coin-box telephone, or other the receptacle, depository, or contrivance, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-13.3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-13.3
§ 11-9-13.3. Legislative intent  Purpose.
Status: in_force

The use of tobacco by Rhode Island children is a health and substance abuse problem of the utmost severity. The legislature finds that tobacco product usage by children in Rhode Island is rampant and increasing with over thirty percent (30%) of high school students smoking. The present law prohibiting the sale of tobacco to children is being ignored by many retailers. Rhode Island tobacco retailers illegally sell four million eight hundred thousand (4,800,000) packs, over eleven million dollars ($11,000,000) in tobacco product sales, to children annually. Tobacco industry advertising targets children as the replacement smokers for the one thousand one hundred forty-five (1,145) adults who die daily from tobacco product usage. Approximately seventy percent (70%) of the Rhode Island high school seniors who are smoking today will be the addicted adult smokers of tomorrow. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), smoking-related direct medical costs in Rhode Island in 1990 climbed to one hundred eighty-six million dollars ($186,000,000). This is an ongoing, escalating financial burden borne by every business, large and small, and every person, smoker and nonsmoker, in Rhode Island. This is a health and economic drain created by each new generation of children who begin using tobacco products and become addicted to nicotine. It is the intent of this legislation to preserve and protect the health of children by: (1) stopping the illegal sale of tobacco to children, and (2) by severely punishing those who disregard the laws relating to the illegal sale of tobacco products to children.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-43-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-43 / Section 11-43-2
§ 11-43-2. Proof required for treason.
Status: in_force

No person shall be convicted of treason against this state by levying war against the state, or by adhering to the enemies of this state, giving them aid and comfort, but by testimony of two (2) lawful witnesses to the same overt act for which he or she shall then be on trial, unless he or she shall confess it in open court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-41-20 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-41 / Section 11-41-20
§ 11-41-20. Shoplifting.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of this section:

(1) Conceal means to place merchandise in such a manner that it is not visible through ordinary observation.

(2) Full retail value means the merchants stated price of the merchandise.

(3) Merchandise means any items of tangible personal property offered for sale within a retail mercantile establishment.

(4) Merchant means an owner or operator of any retail mercantile establishment or any agent, employee, lessee, officer, or director of the owner or operator.

(5) Premises of a retail mercantile establishment includes the retail mercantile establishment, and common use areas in shopping centers, and all parking areas set aside by a merchant or on behalf of a merchant for the parking of vehicles for the convenience of the patrons of the retail mercantile establishment.

(6) Retail mercantile establishment means any place where merchandise is displayed, held, stored or offered for sale to the public.

(7) Shopping cart means those push carts of the type or types which are commonly provided by grocery stores, drug stores, or other retail mercantile establishments for the use of the public in transporting commodities on or from the premises of the retail mercantile establishment.

(b) Whoever shall engage in the following shall be guilty of the crime of shoplifting:

(1) Take possession of, carry away, transfer or cause to be carried away or transferred any merchandise displayed, held, stored, or offered for sale by a retail mercantile establishment with the intention of depriving the merchant of all or any part of the full retail value of the merchandise;

(2) Alter, transfer, or remove a label, price tag, marking, indicia of value or any other markings which aid in determining value affixed to any merchandise displayed, held, stored or offered for sale in a retail mercantile establishment and attempt to purchase or purchase the merchandise personally or in consort with another at less than the full retail value with the intention of depriving the merchant of all or any part of the full retail value of such merchandise;

(3) Transfer any merchandise displayed, held, stored or offered for sale in a retail mercantile establishment from one container to another in an attempt to purchase or purchase the merchandise personally or in consort with another at less than the full retail value with the intention of depriving the merchant of all or any part of the full retail value of the merchandise; or

(4) Remove a shopping cart from the premises of a retail mercantile establishment without the consent of the merchant given at the time of the removal with the intention of depriving the merchant of the possession, use, or benefit of the cart.

(c) The fact that a person conceals upon his person, among his or her belongings, or upon the person or among the belongings of another merchandise displayed, held, stored or offered for sale in a retail mercantile establishment, for which he or she has not paid the full retail value, and the merchandise has been taken beyond the area within the retail mercantile establishment where payment for it is to be made, shall be prima facie evidence that the person has possessed, carried away, or transferred the merchandise with the intention of depriving the merchant of all or part of the full retail value of the merchandise without paying the full retail value of the merchandise.

(d) Any person convicted of the crime of shoplifting shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) or two times the full retail value of the merchandise, whichever is greater, but not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both; provided, any person convicted of the crime of shoplifting merchandise with a retail value of over one hundred dollars ($100) who has previously been convicted of shoplifting shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment of not more than five (5) years, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-60.3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-60.3
§ 11-47-60.3. Trigger lock required.
Status: in_force

No licensed retail dealer shall deliver any pistol, rifle, or shotgun to any purchaser without providing a trigger lock or other safety device designed to prevent an unauthorized user from operating the firearm.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-35-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-35 / Section 11-35-1
§ 11-35-1. Consent of property owner required for electric lines  Tree-trimming  Removal on notice.
Status: in_force

Except as provided for in chapter 34 of title 39, no person shall place any electric wire, apparatus, pole, bracket, insulator, or other device or appliance for the purpose of conducting currents of electricity upon any private property without the consent of the owners or of the agent of the owners; nor shall any electric wire, apparatus, pole, bracket, insulator, or other device or appliance for the purpose of conducting currents of electricity be passed through or affixed to any tree useful for shade or ornamental purposes, nor shall a tree be cut, trimmed, or interfered with, except under the direction and immediate supervision of the surveyor of highways in whose district the tree is located; provided, that any owner or agent may give notice in writing to the person or corporation owning any electric wire, apparatus, pole, bracket, insulator, or other device or appliance for the purpose of conducting currents of electricity when it shall have been so placed with the consent of the owner or agent, to remove it or any of them from any private property within thirty (30) days after the delivery of the notice, and that, in default of the removal in accordance with the terms of the notice, the owner or agent may remove them or any of them.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-5.5 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-5.5
§ 11-47-5.5. Motion to lift firearms prohibition for persons convicted of specified misdemeanor domestic violence offenses  Consecutive prohibitions  Return of surrendered firearms.
Status: in_force

(a) A person prohibited from purchasing, owning, carrying, transporting, or having in their possession any firearm solely because of a plea of nolo contendere to or a conviction of an offense enumerated in § 11-47-5(a)(4) may file a motion in the district court to have that firearm prohibition lifted in accordance with this section. A person who is otherwise prohibited under state law from purchasing, owning, carrying, transporting, or having in their possession any firearm shall not be eligible for relief under this section.

(b) Except for those cases where the defendant is eligible to reclaim firearms after the one year completion of a filing or probation under § 12-18-3, a person shall become eligible to file a motion seeking relief under this section after five (5) years from the date of the completion of his or her sentence, unless, during that five (5)-year period, the person enters a plea of nolo contendere to or is convicted of any new offense enumerated in § 11-47-5(a)(4).

(1) A person already prohibited from purchasing, owning, carrying, transporting, or having in their possession any firearm under § 11-47-5(a)(4) who pleads nolo contendere to or is convicted of any new offense enumerated in § 11-47-5(a)(4) shall be subject to an additional six (6)-year firearm prohibition under § 11-47-5(a)(4). That additional prohibition shall run consecutively to the prohibition already in effect at the time the person pleaded nolo contendere to or was convicted of the new offense.

(2) A person made subject to consecutive firearms prohibitions in accordance with this subsection shall not become eligible to file a motion seeking relief under this section until their consecutive prohibition periods have fully elapsed.

(c) No filing fee shall be charged for the filing of a motion seeking relief under this section.

(d) The district court shall schedule a hearing on a motion seeking relief under this section no later than thirty (30) days from the date the motion is filed.

(e) The district court shall only consider whether the required amount of time to retrieve the firearms has expired, and that no other legal prohibition exists to prevent the respondent from recovering his or her firearms. If the court lifts a persons firearm prohibition pursuant to this section, the court shall issue the person written notice that the person is no longer prohibited from purchasing, owning, carrying, transporting, or having in his or her possession any firearm under § 11-47-5(a)(4).

(f) A firearm surrendered to the Rhode Island state police or a local police department by a person formerly prohibited under § 11-47-5(a)(4) who is granted relief under this section shall be returned to the person upon his or her request when:

(1) The person formerly prohibited under § 11-47-5(a)(4) provides written proof issued by the court indicating that the firearm prohibition has been lifted pursuant to this section; and

(2) The Rhode Island state police or a local police department determines that the person formerly prohibited under § 11-47-5(a)(4) is not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal law.

(g) A courts grant of relief pursuant to this section shall not constitute an expungement, nor shall it in any way impact, negate, or otherwise modify the persons prior conviction of an offense enumerated in § 11-47-5(a)(4).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-28-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-28 / Section 11-28-1
§ 11-28-1. Failure to pay state funds into treasury.
Status: in_force

Every officer or other person receiving or having in his or her hands money belonging to the state that should be paid into the state treasury, shall pay that money to the general treasurer within seven (7) business days after he or she shall receive it or at any other times that may be deemed necessary by the general treasurer. In the case of funds which have been received by the state court system, he or she shall pay at any other times that may be initially approved by the director of finance of the supreme court and then approved by the general treasurer or unless otherwise provided by law. Every person who shall, without just cause, neglect or refuse to pay over that money, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-26.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-26.1
§ 11-44-26.1. Mandatory minimum fine for willful trespass within school buildings.
Status: in_force

Every person who willfully trespasses or, having no legitimate purpose for his or her presence, or having been suspended from attendance at any school, remains within a building used for a public or private school, college, university, junior college, or other public or private educational institution, or on the school grounds or campus grounds of any public or private school, college, university, junior college, or other public or private educational institution after having been forbidden so to do by a local or state police officer or a guard, security officer, or an official of the school, college, university, junior college or other educational institution, shall for the first offense be punished at least by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), and shall for the second offense be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), and for the third or any subsequent offense by a fine of not less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), and may in addition, be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-27-6 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-27 / Section 11-27-6
§ 11-27-6. Compensation of unqualified persons for legal services prohibited.
Status: in_force

No person, who is not a member of the bar under §11-27-5, shall receive any pay or compensation, directly or indirectly, except any forwarding fee of an attorney at law of another state, for any services of any legal nature that are usually done by attorneys at law pertaining to any action or proceeding in any court or before any referee, master, auditor, commission, division, department, board, or other judicial person or body, or for the preparation of any legal instrument, and no court or other judicial person or body shall allow any pay or fee for that service to any person not a member of the bar under §11-27-5, nor shall any executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, fiduciary, or another person employ or pay for the services any person not a member of the bar under §11-27-5.

This section shall not be deemed to apply to an organization, or its representatives, meeting the criteria contained in subsection 11-27-3(b).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-11 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-11
§ 11-44-11. Injury to boundary or line markers.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall willfully break down, remove, injure, obscure, or destroy any monument erected for the purpose of designating the boundaries of any town or city or any tract or lot of land, or any tree marked for that purpose, or any stake set up to mark the line or grade of any railroad, or any marker erected for the purpose of designating a public right-of-way to water areas of the state, shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-55 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-55
§ 11-47-55. Enforcement of chapter.
Status: in_force

Deputy sheriffs, the superintendent and members of the state police, members of the city or town police force, or other duly appointed law enforcement officers, including conservation officers, shall have the power to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-20.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-20.1
§ 11-47-20.1. Armor-piercing bullets.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful within this state for any person to import, manufacture, sell, purchase, or otherwise transfer any bullets which have steel inner cores or cores of equivalent hardness and truncated cones and which are designed for use in pistols as armor-piercing or metal-piercing bullets. 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. This section shall not apply to the purchase of those bullets by the Rhode Island state police, by any city or town police department of the state of Rhode Island, or by the department of environmental management for display as a part of a firearms training course under its auspices.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-24-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-24 / Section 11-24-2
§ 11-24-2. Discriminatory practices prohibited.
Status: in_force

No person, being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent, or employee of any place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement shall directly or indirectly refuse, withhold from, or deny to any person on account of race or color, religion, country of ancestral origin, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges of that public place. No person shall directly or indirectly publish, circulate, issue, display, post, or mail any written, printed or painted communication, notice, or advertisement, to the effect that any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of any public accommodation place shall be refused, withheld from, or denied to any person on account of race or color, religion, country of ancestral origin, disability, sex or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or age or that the patronage or custom at that place of any person belonging to or purporting to be of any particular race or color, religion, country of ancestral origin, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression is unwelcome, objectionable, or not acceptable, desired, or solicited. The production of any written, printed, or painted communication, notice, or advertisement, purporting to relate to any public place and to be made by any person being its owner, lessee, proprietor, superintendent, or manager, shall be presumptive evidence in any action that its production was authorized by that person.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-19 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-25 / Section 11-25-19
§ 11-25-19. Record of visitors.
Status: in_force

A record of every visitor to any institution within the department of corrections including, but not limited to, the adult correction institutions, womens division, adult correctional institutions, and training school for youth, shall be maintained and each visitor shall identify himself or herself and shall sign his or her proper legal name. Any person who shall give false information for that record shall be punished, upon conviction, by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-27 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-27
§ 11-47-27. Standard of proof under §§ 11-47-1  11-47-34.
Status: in_force

No negative allegation of any kind need be averred or proved in any complaint under §§ 11-47-1  11-47-34, and the carrying or use of any firearm contrary to the provisions of those sections shall be evidence that the possession, carrying or use of any firearm is unlawful, but the respondent in any case brought under those sections may show any fact that would render the possession, or use, or carrying of the firearm lawful.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-25 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-25
§ 11-18-25. Concealment or transfer of property with intent to defraud creditors.
Status: in_force

Every person who, while insolvent, shall, with intent to defraud his or her creditors, remove from out of the state, secrete, or unlawfully transfer or otherwise dispose of any property belonging to his or her estate, which is not exempt from attachment by law, or who, having made an assignment for the benefit of creditors, shall secrete, destroy, or withhold from his or her assignee any books, deeds, documents, or writings relating to the property, shall, upon conviction of the offense, be imprisoned not exceeding two (2) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-10 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-10
§ 11-9-10. Abandonment of refrigerator in place accessible to children.
Status: in_force

Whoever, having been the owner of any refrigerator, icebox, chest, or other similar article, abandons that refrigerator, icebox, chest, or other similar article in any place accessible to children if the abandoned unit has an attached lid or door which cannot be opened easily from the inside, and who fails to remove the door or doors from it before abandoning the unit, unless the unit may be easily opened from the inside, shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-15-5 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-15 / Section 11-15-5
§ 11-15-5. Injunctive relief.
Status: in_force

The attorney general of the state of Rhode Island shall, upon the submission of proof of any violation of the provisions of § 11-15-4, seek injunctive relief against further violation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-41-25.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-41 / Section 11-41-25.1
§ 11-41-25.1. Theft of motor fuel.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall leave the premises of a retail motor fuel dealer without paying said dealer for fuel taken shall be guilty of larceny. Any person convicted of violating this section, and the retail value of the fuel taken was five hundred dollars ($500) or less, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or both. Any person convicted of violating this section, and the retail value of the fuel taken exceeds five hundred dollars ($500), shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-49-6.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-49 / Section 11-49-6.1
§ 11-49-6.1. Publishing information for fraudulent purposes.
Status: in_force

(a)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to publish or cause to be published the number or code of an existing, cancelled, revoked, expired, or nonexistent credit card issued by a company providing telecommunication services or the numbering or coding system which is employed in the issuance of those credit cards, or any method, scheme, instruction, or information on how to fraudulently avoid payment for telecommunication services, with the intent that the number or coding system or information be used or with knowledge that the system or information are to be used to fraudulently avoid the payment of any lawful charges imposed by the telecommunications company.

(2) As used in this section, publishes means the communication of information to any one or more persons, either orally, in person, or by telephone, radio, or television, or in writing of any kind, including a letter or memorandum, circular, poster, or handbill, newspaper or magazine article, or book with the intent that the information be used or employed in violation of this section.

(b) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be imprisoned for not more than one year, or fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.

(c) Any person convicted of a second or subsequent offense of this section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, may be imprisoned for not more than three (3) years or fined not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-11 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-25 / Section 11-25-11
§ 11-25-11. Prisoners committed for violation of city or town ordinances.
Status: in_force

The several cities and towns shall have the right to use the correctional institutions of the state for the confinement of persons committed under the authority of the ordinances of the cities or towns; provided, that the director of corrections shall not be liable for damages or costs in any suit which may be brought by any person or persons who may be committed to the correctional institutions under the authority of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-26-4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-26 / Section 11-26-4
§ 11-26-4. Attempted kidnapping of a minor.
Status: in_force

(a) An attempt to commit the crime of kidnapping of a minor means doing any act toward the commission of the offense of kidnapping of a minor, as set forth in § 11-26-1.4, but failing in the perpetration of the offense of kidnapping of a minor.

(b) Whoever attempts to commit the crime of kidnapping of a minor, as set forth in § 11-26-1.4, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for up to twenty (20) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-5 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-5 / Section 11-5-5
§ 11-5-5. Assault of police officers and other officials.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall make an assault or battery, or both, by knowingly and willfully either (1) striking, or (2) spraying with a noxious chemical, commonly used as a personal defense weapon, including Mace and an oleoresin capsicum product or like products, a uniformed member of the state police or metropolitan park police, environmental police officer, state properties patrol officer, probation and parole officers, state government case worker or investigator, judge of the supreme, superior, family, district court, traffic tribunal or municipal court, deputy sheriff, city or town police officer or firefighter, member of the capitol police, member of campus security force of state colleges and universities, member of the Rhode Island airport police department, member of the Rhode Island fugitive task force, Rhode Island public transit authority bus driver, or on-duty plainclothes member of the town, city, or state police force, investigator of the department of the attorney general appointed pursuant to § 42-9-8.1, or member of the railroad police after proper identification is displayed, or uniformed dog officer, or out-of-state police officer called into Rhode Island under a cooperative agreement to provide mutual aid at the request of the state of Rhode Island pursuant to chapter 37 of title 42, or assistant attorney general or special assistant attorney general, or employees of the department of environmental management responsible for administrative inspections or any constable authorized by chapter 45-16 of the Rhode Island general law causing bodily injury while the officer or official is engaged in the performance of his or her duty, shall be deemed to have committed a felony, and shall be imprisoned not exceeding three (3) years, or fined not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-15 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-5 / Section 11-5-15
§ 11-5-15. Aggravated harassment of a deputy sheriff by an inmate.
Status: in_force

Every prisoner confined in a custodial unit of the adult correctional institutions or in the custody of the warden or other correctional employee while outside the confines of the institutions who causes or attempts to cause any deputy sheriff to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine or feces, by throwing, tossing or expelling the fluid or material with the intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm, shall be imprisoned not exceeding two (2) years, or fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-20.2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-20.2
§ 11-47-20.2. Possession during commission of a felony.
Status: in_force

Any person who uses bullets referred to in § 11-47-20.1 in the commission of a felony or who carries bullets of that kind in any weapon during the commission of a felony shall, in addition to the punishment provided for the commission of the felony, be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than ten (10) years, or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-41-25 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-41 / Section 11-41-25
§ 11-41-25. Siphoning of gasoline.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall siphon or otherwise steal gasoline from a motor vehicle shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200) for the first offense, and thereafter by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-1.2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-1.2
§ 11-18-1.2. False statement to obtain replacement public assistance check or authorization.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall knowingly and intentionally file or cause to be filed with the department of human services, or any employee or agent of the department, any statement or affidavit in writing which is false or erroneous, or defective in any important particular, and which, to his or her knowledge, is intended to report that one or more public assistance benefit checks or authorizations issued pursuant to chapter 6 of title 40, has been lost, destroyed, or stolen and is intended to induce or cause the department or its employees or agents, to issue a replacement check or authorization, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both, if the total value of the replacement checks or authorization(s) so issued in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months shall exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both, if the value of the replacement check or authorization so issued shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500). All criminal actions for any violation of this section shall be prosecuted by the attorney general. The statement or affidavit shall contain language notifying the signer, in conspicuous language, that any false statement on the statement or affidavit is punishable by up to five (5) years imprisonment and a five thousand dollar ($5,000) fine.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-23-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-23 / Section 11-23-3
§ 11-23-3. Manslaughter.
Status: in_force

(a) Every person who shall commit manslaughter shall be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) 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.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-23 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-23
§ 11-44-23. Throwing objects at police officer, firefighter or police or fire vehicles.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall willfully throw, shoot, or in any other manner propel a rock or any other object at any police officer, firefighter, or any police or fire vehicle, whether moving or not, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-57-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-57 / Section 11-57-2
§ 11-57-2. Solicitation to commit a violent crime in aid of racketeering.
Status: in_force

Every person who solicits another to commit a violation of § 11-57-1 shall be guilty of a felony and shall be sentenced, in addition to any other sentence imposed, to a term of imprisonment of not less than two (2) years and not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, or both. A term of imprisonment imposed pursuant to this section shall be served consecutively to any other sentence of imprisonment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-2
§ 11-47-2. Definitions.
Status: in_force

When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases are construed as follows:

(1) 3D printing process means 3D printing or additive manufacturing which is a process of making three (3) dimensional solid objects from a computer file and shall include any of various processes in which material is joined or solidified under computer control to create a three (3) dimensional object, with material being added together including liquid molecules or powder grains.

(2) Antique firearm is defined as that term is defined under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 921.

(3) Binary trigger means a device that replaces a standard trigger on a semi-automatic weapon and is designed to fire one round on the pull of the trigger and another round upon release of the trigger.

(4) Bump-fire stock means any device that replaces a semi-automatic weapons standard stock and is designed to slide back and forth rapidly, harnessing the weapons recoil to rapidly fire the weapon.

(5) Crime gun means any firearm used in a crime or identified by law enforcement as suspected of having been used in a criminal offense.

(6) Crime of violence means and includes any of the following crimes or an attempt to commit any of them: murder, manslaughter, rape, first- or second-degree sexual assault, first- or second-degree child molestation, kidnapping, first- and second-degree arson, mayhem, robbery, burglary, breaking and entering, any felony violation involving the illegal manufacture, sale, or delivery of a controlled substance, or possession with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver a controlled substance classified in schedule I or schedule II of § 21-28-2.08, any violation of § 21-28-4.01.1 or § 21-28-4.01.2 or conspiracy to commit any violation of these statutes, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault or battery involving grave bodily injury, or assault with intent to commit any offense punishable as a felony; upon any conviction of an offense punishable as a felony offense under § 12-29-5.

(7) Firearm includes any machine gun, pistol, rifle, air rifle, air pistol, blank gun, BB gun, or other instrument from which steel or metal projectiles are propelled, or that may readily be converted to expel a projectile, except crossbows, recurve, compound, or longbows, and except instruments propelling projectiles that are designed or normally used for a primary purpose other than as a weapon. The frame or receiver of the weapon shall be construed as a firearm under the provisions of this section.

(8) Fugitive from justice means any person who has fled from any state, territory, the District of Columbia, or possession of the United States to avoid prosecution for a crime of violence or to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding.

(9) Ghost gun means a firearm, including a frame or receiver, that lacks a unique serial number engraved or cased in metal alloy on the frame or receiver by a licensed manufacturer, maker, or importer under federal law or markings in accordance with 27 C.F.R. § 479.102. It does not include a firearm that has been rendered permanently inoperable, or a firearm that is not required to have a serial number in accordance with the federal Gun Control Act of 1968.

(10) Licensing authorities means the board of police commissioners of a city or town where the board has been instituted, the chief of police or superintendent of police of other cities and towns having a regular organized police force, and, in towns where there is no chief of police or superintendent of police, it means the town clerk who may issue licenses upon the recommendation of the town sergeant, and it also means any other person or body duly authorized by the city or town charter or by state law.

(11) Machine gun means any weapon that shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. The term also includes the frame or receiver of the weapon, any combination of parts designed and intended for use in converting a weapon into a machine gun, and any combination of parts from which a machine gun can be assembled if the parts are in the possession or under the control of a person.

(12) Major component means, with respect to a firearm:

(i) The slide or cylinder or the frame or receiver of the firearm; and

(ii) In the case of a rifle or shotgun, includes the barrel of the firearm.

(13) Person includes an individual, partnership, firm, association, or corporation.

(14) Pistol includes any pistol or revolver, and any shotgun, rifle, or similar weapon with overall length less than twenty-six inches (26³), but does not include any pistol or revolver designed for the use of blank cartridges only.

(15) Rifle shall have the same meaning as in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(c), and by barrel length and overall length not be subject to registration pursuant to the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. ch. 53 (prior § 5801 et seq.).

(16) Sawed-off rifle means any rifle with overall length of less than twenty-six inches (26³) or barrel length of less than sixteen inches (16³).

(17) Sawed-off shotgun means any shotgun with overall length of less than twenty-six inches (26³) or barrel length of less than eighteen inches (18³).

(18) Sell includes let or hire, give, lend, and transfer, and purchase includes hire, accept, and borrow, and purchasing shall be construed accordingly.

(19) Shotgun shall have the same meaning as in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(d), and by barrel length and overall length not be subject to registration pursuant to the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. ch. 53 (prior § 5801 et seq.).

(20) Trigger crank means a trigger actuator that attaches to the trigger of a semi-automatic weapon and causes the weapon to fire by turning the crank handle.

(21) Undetectable firearm means any firearm that:

(i) After removal of all parts, other than a major component, is not as detectable by walk-through metal detectors commonly used at airports or other public buildings; or

(ii) Any major component of which, if subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices commonly used at airports or other public buildings for security screening, would not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component; or

(iii) Is manufactured wholly of plastic, fiberglass, or through a 3D printing process; or

(iv) Upon which the frame or receiver lacks a unique serial number engraved or cased into on the frame or receiver by a licensed manufacturer, maker, or importer under federal law, or markings in accordance with 27 C.F.R. § 479.102. Provided, however, this subsection shall not apply to any firearm rendered permanently inoperable or a firearm manufactured prior to 1968.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-7 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-17 / Section 11-17-7
§ 11-17-7. Forgery or counterfeiting of coins.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall forge or counterfeit any coin in imitation or similitude of any gold or silver coin current within this state by law or usage shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-13.24 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-13.24
§ 11-9-13.24. Compliance inspections for the underage sale of kratom and/or kratom products. [Effective April 1, 2026.]
Status: in_force

The department of health and the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals (BHDDH) shall have the authority to:

(1) Investigate with other state and local officials any violations of this chapter.

(2) Utilize unannounced statewide compliance checks of kratom product sales. BHDDH nor any person who has not yet attained twenty one (21) years of age shall not be liable for any criminal or civil statute that prohibits the sale of kratom or kratom products to an underaged person by virtue of conducting a compliance check pursuant to this chapter. Nothing herein shall prevent a law enforcement agency from assisting BHDDH with a compliance check in which an underaged buyer is involved.

(i) In fulfilling the requirement of unannounced statewide compliance checks, the department of health or the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals shall maintain and shall provide to the department of revenue division of taxation records of the unannounced compliance checks. The records shall be subject to public disclosure after completion of the investigation consistent with § 38-2-2(4)(D) and (P).

(3) In coordination with other state and local departments and agencies, seek enforcement of the penalties as specified in this chapter.

(4) The department of health may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to fulfill the intent of §§ 11-9-13.21  11-9-13.24.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-16-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-16 / Section 11-16-1
§ 11-16-1. Sale of unwholesome meat or drink.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided, in respect to specific articles of meat or drink, every person who shall sell any kind of diseased, corrupted, or unwholesome provisions, whether for meat or drink, shall be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months or be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-13.20 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-13.20
§ 11-9-13.20. Packaging of electronic nicotine-delivery system liquid.
Status: in_force

(a) No liquid, whether or not such liquid contains nicotine, that is intended for human consumption and used in an electronic nicotine-delivery system, as defined in § 11-9-13.4, shall be sold unless the liquid is contained in child-resistant packaging.

(b) Any liquid nicotine container that is sold at retail in this state must satisfy the child-resistant effectiveness standards set forth in 16 C.F.R. § 1700.15(b), when tested in accordance with the method described in 16 C.F.R. § 1700.20. All licensees under § 44-20-2 shall ensure that any liquid sold by the licensee intended for human consumption and used in an electronic-nicotine delivery system, as defined in § 11-9-13.4, is sold in a liquid nicotine container that meets the requirements described and referenced in this subsection.

(c) For the purposes of this section, liquid nicotine container means a bottle or other container of a liquid or other substance where the liquid or substance is sold, marketed, or intended for use in a vapor product. A liquid nicotine container does not include a liquid or other substance in a cartridge that is sold, marketed, or intended for use in a vapor product, provided that such cartridge is prefilled and sealed by the manufacturer and not intended to be opened by the purchaser.

(d) Any licensee or any person required to be licensed under § 44-20-2 who or that fails to comply with this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in § 11-9-13.13.

(e) The licensee is responsible for all violations of this section that occur at the location for which the license is issued.

(f) No licensee or person shall be found in violation of this section if the licensee or person relied in good faith on documentation provided by or attributed to the manufacturer of the packaging of the aforementioned liquid that such packaging meets the requirements of this section.

(g) On or after January 1, 2025, any product found to be in violation of this chapter shall be considered contraband and subject to the confiscation provisions outlined in § 44-20-15.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-30 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-30
§ 11-47-30. Transfer or delivery of firearms to minors.
Status: repealed

(a) It shall be unlawful within this state for any person to transfer, give, convey, or cause to be transferred, given, or conveyed any 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 not less than ten (10) years and not more than twenty (20) 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 an air rifle, air pistol, blank gun, or BB gun.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-17 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-25 / Section 11-25-17
§ 11-25-17. Receipt, safekeeping and record of prisoners.
Status: in_force

The director of corrections shall receive into his or her custody and safely keep in the institutions every person who shall be committed to the adult correctional institutions until the prisoner shall be legally discharged. The liability of the committing officer shall cease and the liabilities of the director of corrections shall commence immediately upon the entering and signing of the commitment by the committing officer in the book of those institutions kept for that purpose. The director shall cause to be maintained a record in which shall be entered the reception, discharge, death, pardon or escape of every prisoner, all disciplinary action for breach of institution regulations, and all medical care received.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-6-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-6 / Section 11-6-1
§ 11-6-1. Bigamy.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall be convicted of being married to another, or of cohabiting with another as husband and wife, having at the time a former husband or wife living, shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000); provided, that this shall not extend to any person whose husband or wife shall be continually remaining without the limits of this state for the space of seven (7) years together, the party being married after the expiration of the seven (7) years, not knowing the other to be living within that time, nor to any person who shall be divorced at the time of the second marriage, nor to any person by reason of any former or prior marriage made when the man was less than fourteen (14) and the woman less than twelve (12) years of age.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-30-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-30 / Section 11-30-1
§ 11-30-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter and chapter 1 of title 10, the terms nuisance or common nuisance, person, or place are defined as follows:

(1) Nuisance or common nuisance means and includes any place as defined in this section in or upon which lewdness, assignation, or prostitution is conducted, permitted, continued, or exists, and the personal property used in conducting or maintaining any place for that purpose, and all buildings, places, or tenements used as houses of ill fame, for illegal gaming, or where intemperate, idle, dissolute, noisy, or disorderly persons are in the habit of resorting;

(2) Person includes any individual, corporation, association, partnership, trustee, lessee, agent, or assignee; and

(3) Place includes any building, structure, or tenement, or any separate part or portion of a building or structure, or the ground itself.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-52-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-52 / Section 11-52-1
§ 11-52-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) Access means to approach, instruct, communicate with, store data in, enter data in, retrieve data from, or otherwise make use of any resources of, a computer, computer system, or computer network.

(2) Computer means an electronic, magnetic, optical, hydraulic or organic device or group of devices which, pursuant to a computer program, to human instruction, or to permanent instructions contained in the device or group of devices, can automatically perform computer operations with or on computer data and can communicate the results to another computer or to a person. The term computer includes any connected or directly related device, equipment, or facility which enables the computer to store, retrieve or communicate computer programs, computer data or the results of computer operations to or from a person, another computer or another device.

(3) Computer data means any representation of information, knowledge, facts, concepts, or instructions which is being prepared or has been prepared and is intended to be processed, is being processed, or has been processed in a computer or computer network. Computer data may be in any form, whether readable only by a computer or only by a human or by either, including, but not limited to, computer printouts, magnetic storage media, punched cards, or data stored internally in the memory of the computer.

(4) Computer network means a set of related, remotely connected devices and any communications facilities including more than one computer with the capability to transmit data among them through the communications facilities.

(5) Computer operation means arithmetic, logical, monitoring, storage or retrieval functions and any combination of them, and includes, but is not limited to, communication with, storage of data to, or retrieval of data from any device or human hand manipulation of electronic or magnetic impulses. A computer operation for a particular computer may also be any function for which that computer was generally designed.

(6) Computer program means a series of instructions or statements or related data that, in actual or modified form, is capable of causing a computer or a computer system to perform specified functions in a form acceptable to a computer, which permits the functioning of a computer system in a manner designed to provide appropriate products from the computer systems.

(7) Computer services includes computer time or services, data processing services, Internet service providers networks and facilities located in the state or information or data stored in connection with them.

(8) Computer software means a set of computer programs, procedures, and associated documentation concerned with the operation of a computer, computer program or computer network.

(9) Computer system means a set of related, connected or unconnected, computer equipment, devices, and software.

(10) Data means any representation of information, knowledge, facts, concepts, or instructions which are being prepared or have been prepared and are intended to be entered, processed, or stored, are being entered, processed, or stored or have been entered, processed, or stored in a computer, computer system, or computer network.

(11) Electronic mail service provider means any business or organization qualified to do business in the state of Rhode Island that provides registered users the ability to send or receive electronic mail through equipment located in this state and that is an intermediary in sending or receiving electronic mail.

(12) Financial instrument includes, but is not limited to, any check, draft, warrant, money order, note, certificate of deposit, letter of credit, bill of exchange, credit or debit card transaction authorization mechanism, marketable security, or any computerized representation of any of these.

(13) Owner means an owner or lessee of a computer or a computer network or an owner, lessee, or licensee of computer data, computer programs, or computer software.

(14) Person shall include any individual, partnership, association, corporation or joint venture.

(15) Property includes, but is not limited to:

(i) Real property;

(ii) Computers and computer networks;

(iii) Financial instruments, computer data, computer programs, computer software and all other personal property regardless of whether they are:

(A) Tangible or intangible;

(B) In a format readable by humans or by a computer;

(C) In transit between computers or within a computer network or between any devices which comprise a computer; or

(D) Located on any paper or in any device on which it is stored by a computer or by a human; and

(E) Computer services.

(iv) A person uses a computer or computer network when he or she:

(A) Attempts to cause or causes a computer or computer network to perform or to stop performing computer operations;

(B) Attempts to cause or causes the withholding or denial of the use of a computer, computer network, computer program, computer data or computer software to another user; or

(C) Attempts to cause or causes another person to put false information into a computer.

(v) A person is without authority when: (A) he or she has no right or permission of the owner to use a computer, or, he or she uses a computer in a manner exceeding his or her right or permission or (B) he or she uses an Internet service e-mail system offered by a Rhode Island based Internet service provider in contravention of the authority granted by or in violation of the policies set by the Internet service provider.

(vi) Transmission of electronic mail from an organization to its members shall not be deemed to be unsolicited bulk electronic mail.

(16) Services includes, but is not limited to, computer time, data processing, and storage functions.

(17) Source document means an original document or record which forms the basis of every electronic entry put into a computer, computer system, or computer network.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-3.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-3.1
§ 11-47-3.1. Carrying a stolen firearm when committing a crime of violence.
Status: in_force

No person shall commit a crime of violence when armed with or having available a stolen firearm. Every person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished: (1) for the first conviction by imprisonment for not less than five (5) nor more than fifteen (15) years; (2) for a second conviction under this section by imprisonment for not less than fifteen (15) nor more than twenty (20) years; and (3) for a third or subsequent conviction under this section by imprisonment for not less than twenty (20) years and may be imprisoned for life. The sentence imposed shall be consecutive to the underlying sentence for the crime of violence.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-48-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-48 / Section 11-48-3
§ 11-48-3. Penalty for violation.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-4-10 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-4 / Section 11-4-10
§ 11-4-10. Interference with fire alarm apparatus  Penalty.
Status: in_force

Every person who unlawfully and without just cause willfully or knowingly tampers with, interferes with or in any way impairs any public fire alarm apparatus, wire or associated equipment shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand ($1,000) nor more than five thousand ($5,000) dollars, or shall be imprisoned for not less than one nor more than five (5) years, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-65-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-65 / Section 11-65-1
§ 11-65-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) The term audiovisual recording function means the capability of a device to record or transmit a motion picture, or any part thereof, by means of any technology now in use or later developed.

(2) The term motion picture theater means a movie theater, screening room, or other venue that is being utilized primarily for the exhibition of a motion picture at the time of the offense provided for in § 11-65-2 of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-65-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-65 / Section 11-65-2
§ 11-65-2. Unlawful operation of a recording device.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who knowingly operates the audiovisual recording function of any device in a motion picture theater, while a motion picture is being exhibited with the intention of recording the movie or picture being played, and without the consent of the motion picture theater owner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) A person found guilty of the crime of unlawful operation of a recording device shall be imprisoned for not more than one year, or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the operation of an audiovisual recording function of a device by any authorized employee or agent of a local, state or federal law enforcement agency while such employee or agent is engaged in authorized investigative, protective, law enforcement or intelligence gathering activities.

(d) Nothing in this section shall preclude prosecution of a person under any other provision of the general statutes.

(e) Any person reasonably believed to have committed or to be committing the crime of unlawful operation of a recording device as defined in § 11-65-2 shall be subject to detention by a police officer in accordance with § 12-7-1.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-32 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-32
§ 11-47-32. Possession of ammunition by minor.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in § 11-47-33, it shall be unlawful within this state for any person under eighteen (18) years of age to possess and use ammunition, including any priming charge of powder, propelling charge of powder, or any form of missile or projectile to be ejected from a firearm.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-50-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-50 / Section 11-50-1
§ 11-50-1. Filing requirement.
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, or corporation proposing to engage in any game, contest, or other promotion or advertising scheme or plan in which a retail establishment offers the opportunity to receive gifts, prizes, or gratuities, as determined by chance, in order to promote its retail business, where the total announced value of the prizes offered to the general public is in excess of five hundred dollars ($500), shall file with the secretary of state upon a form that he or she shall provide a statement setting forth: (1) the minimum number of participating objects to be made available; (2) the minimum number of prize winning objects that will be included in the promotion or advertising scheme or plan; (3) the proportionate opportunity of winning prizes; (4) the minimum value of prizes to be made available; and (5) the rules and regulations pertaining to the promotion or advertising scheme or plan which shall include the period of time and the geographic area to be covered by the contest. There shall be a filing fee of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) when the statement is filed. Failure to file a statement shall be a misdemeanor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-30-8 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-30 / Section 11-30-8
§ 11-30-8. Entry by police officers of premises  Commanding departure of persons found.
Status: in_force

The sheriffs of the several counties and their deputies, and the town sergeants, constables, and chiefs of police of the several towns and cities may, within their respective towns and counties, enter any house or building that they have cause to suspect to be inhabited for purposes of prostitution and lewdness, to be resorted to by persons of ill fame or by persons of dissolute, idle, or disorderly character, or in which they have reasonable cause to believe intoxicating liquors are sold in violation of law, or unlawful games are carried on or permitted, or in which they have reasonable cause to believe a common nuisance is kept or maintained. Upon entering the house or building, they may command all persons assembled there to immediately depart from the house or building. In the event of the neglect or refusal of any person so commanded to leave, they may arrest that person and hold him or her for a period not exceeding twenty-four (24) hours for prosecution. Every person who shall so refuse or neglect shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-41-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-41 / Section 11-41-2
§ 11-41-2. Receiving stolen goods.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall fraudulently receive any stolen money, goods, securities, chattels, or other property, knowing it to be stolen, shall be deemed guilty of larceny, although the person who stole the property may not have been prosecuted or convicted for it. The possession of any stolen property shall be evidence of guilty knowledge by the person having possession that the property was stolen, unless the person shows that it was acquired in the due course of trade and for adequate consideration.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-14 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-25 / Section 11-25-14
§ 11-25-14. Conveyance of unauthorized articles to or from institutions.
Status: in_force

(a) Every person who shall convey or cause to be conveyed into the adult correctional institutions any article without first obtaining the consent of the director of corrections, or who shall convey from the institutions any article without the consent of the director of corrections, shall be punished, upon conviction, by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

(b) Every person who shall convey or cause to be conveyed to any prisoner any drugs, tobacco or any article that could be used as a weapon, without first obtaining the consent of the director of corrections, may be punished, upon conviction, by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

(c) For the purposes of subsection (b), prisoner includes all persons committed to the adult correctional institution, in the custody of the warden, in the custody of any other officer while outside the confines of the custodial unit, in the custody of the state director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals pursuant to § 40.1-5.3-1, regardless of whether that prisoner is held upon conviction or upon any criminal charge. Prisoner shall not include persons on home confinement.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-58-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-58 / Section 11-58-1
§ 11-58-1. Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter shall be to:

(1) Prohibit forgery, counterfeiting, or alteration of a transcript, diploma, or grade report of a postsecondary educational institution;

(2) Prohibit certain uses of a forged, counterfeit, or altered transcript, diploma, or grade report, including, but not limited to, obtaining employment or any license; and

(3) Provide a certain penalty for violation of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-17 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-37 / Section 11-37-17
§ 11-37-17. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)  Mandatory testing.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who has admitted to or been convicted of or adjudicated wayward or delinquent by reason of having committed any sexual offense involving sexual penetration, as defined in § 11-37-1, whether or not sentence or fine is imposed or probation granted, shall be ordered by the court upon the petition of the victim, immediate family members of the victim or legal guardian of the victim, to submit to a blood test for the presence of a sexually transmitted disease including, but not limited to, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) as provided for in chapter 23-6.3.

(b) Notwithstanding the limitations imposed by §§ 23-6.3-7 and 5-37.3-4, the results of the HIV test shall be reported to the court, which shall then disclose the results to any victim of the sexual offense who requests disclosure. Review and disclosure of blood test results by the courts shall be closed and confidential, and any transaction records relating to them shall also be closed and confidential.

(c) [Deleted by P.L. 2009, ch. 196, § 3, and by P.L. 2009, ch. 289, § 3].

(d) [Deleted by P.L. 2009, ch. 196, § 3, and by P.L. 2009, ch. 289, § 3].

(e) [Deleted by P.L. 2009, ch. 196, § 3, and by P.L. 2009, ch. 289, § 3].
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-14.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-25 / Section 11-25-14.1
§ 11-25-14.1. Unlawful possession of telecommunications devices.
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful for any prisoner to possess any portable electronic communication device, including, but not limited to, cellular telephones, cloned cellular telephones, two-way radios, pagers, personal digital assistants, or any other device capable of transmitting or intercepting cellular or radio signals between providers and users of telecommunication and data services. Any violation of this provision shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), a prison term not to exceed five (5) years, or both.

(b) For the purposes of this section, prisoner includes all persons incarcerated at the adult correctional institution, in the custody of any other officer while outside the confines of the custodial unit, or in the custody of the state director of behavioral health, developmental disabilities and hospitals pursuant to § 40.1-5.3-1. It shall not include those offenders on home confinement pursuant to § 42-56-20.2, nor those offenders serving on parole.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-7-4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-7 / Section 11-7-4
§ 11-7-4. Bribery of agent, employee, or public official.
Status: in_force

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

(b) It shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this section that the person did not have the power or authority to perform the act or omission for which the reward or inducement was offered, solicited, accepted, or agreed upon.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-18 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-18
§ 11-44-18. Bounds of Eastons Beach.
Status: in_force

Eastons Beach, for the purposes of §§ 11-44-16 and 11-44-17, shall embrace all the lands bounded and described as follows: a tract of land in Newport, bounded northerly on land now or formerly of George H. Norman, easterly on the division line between the town of Middletown and the city of Newport, southerly on the ocean at low-water mark, and westerly on land now or formerly of the Gibbs Land Company to the Bath Road, and along and across that road to and along the cliffs at land now or formerly of J. W. Chandler; and a tract of land in Middletown, bounded northerly on the northern side of a road which runs from the foot of Bath Road in Newport, easterly through the above bounded beach or land, and then onward over the lands between Eastons Beach and Sachuest Beach, easterly on the line of the old fence or wall which has hitherto separated the upland of the Benjamin Easton Farm from Eastons Beach and the sandy tract adjoining it, southerly on the ocean at low-water mark, and westerly on the division line between Newport and Middletown.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-9 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-25 / Section 11-25-9
§ 11-25-9. Assisting inmate of correctional institutions to escape.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall convey any tools to, or shall have any communication without lawful authority therefor or hold any conversation with any prisoner confined in the adult correctional institutions, from the outside of the institutions, or shall convey any tools or instruments to or in any way assist in the escape or attempted escape of any person from any institution under the management and control of the department of corrections, or shall harbor or assist that person, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned not exceeding three (3) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-12 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-5 / Section 11-5-12
§ 11-5-12. Abuse, neglect and/or exploitation of adults with severe impairments.
Status: in_force

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

(b) As used in this section:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(j) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to mean a person is abused or neglected when the parent or legal guardian of an adult with severe impairments, who is the person primarily responsible for care of the adult, (1) decides, in good faith, not to accept support services from a governmental agency, which in the opinion of the parent or legal guardian and the adult, is considered to be inappropriate or inconsistent with the best interests of that adult; or (2) decides, in good faith, to reduce or discontinue assistance to that adult who is developing, acquiring or practicing independent decision-making or living skills.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-26 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-26
§ 11-44-26. Willful trespass  Remaining on land after warning  Exemption for tenants holding over.
Status: in_force

(a) Every person who willfully trespasses or, having no legitimate purpose for his or her presence, remains upon the land of another or upon the premises or curtilage of the domicile of any person legally entitled to the possession of that domicile, after having been forbidden to do so by the owner of the land or the owners duly authorized agent or a person legally entitled to the possession of the premises, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.

(b) This section shall not apply to tenants or occupants of residential premises who, having rightfully entered the premises at the commencement of the tenancy or occupancy, remain after that tenancy or occupancy has been or is alleged to have been terminated. The owner or landlord of the premises may recover possession only through appropriate civil proceedings.

(c) 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 § 11-62-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-62 / Section 11-62-1
§ 11-62-1. Community restitution.
Status: in_force

The general assembly declares that the words public service which appear throughout this title shall now be substituted with, and referred to as public community restitution.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-5.2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-5.2
§ 11-47-5.2. Possession of a stolen firearm.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to possess a stolen firearm, knowing it to be stolen. Any person in violation of this section shall be guilty of a felony and subject to imprisonment for not less than three (3) years nor more than fifteen (15) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-7-12 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-7 / Section 11-7-12
§ 11-7-12. Failure to report corruption of sports participant or official.
Status: in_force

Any person who knows or has reason to know that corruption of a player, coach, manager, trainer, umpire, referee, or other person engaged in playing, arranging, staging, officiating at, or promoting any amateur or professional athletic game or contest or jai alai match to be played or held within the state of Rhode Island, or any owner, trainer, groom, jockey, racing official, or other person in any manner engaged in or connected with the running, officiating at, or promoting any horse race or dog race run or to be run within the state of Rhode Island by giving, offering or promising any gift or gratuity whatever, directly or indirectly, with intent to improperly influence the conduct of the person in the playing, running or carrying out of any athletic game or contest or jai alai match or any horse race or dog race has taken place in his or her presence or that any attempt to corrupt that person has taken place in his or her presence shall immediately notify the state police or the police department of the city or town in which the corruption or attempt to corrupt has taken place. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-8-4 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-8 / Section 11-8-4
§ 11-8-4. Breaking and entering business place, public building, or ship with felonious intent.
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 public purpose, or any ship or vessel, with intent to commit murder, sexual assault, robbery or larceny, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-24-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-24 / Section 11-24-3
§ 11-24-3. Places of public accommodation construed.
Status: in_force

A Place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement within the meaning of §§ 11-24-1  11-24-3 includes, but is not limited to: (1) inns, taverns, roadhouses, hotels, whether conducted for the entertainment or accommodation of transient guests or of those seeking health, recreation or rest; (2) restaurants, eating houses or any place where food is sold for consumption on the premises; (3) buffets, saloons, barrooms, or any stores, parks, or enclosures where spirituous or malt liquors are sold; (4) ice cream parlors, confectioneries, soda fountains, and all stores where ice cream, ice and fruit preparations or their derivatives, or beverages of any kind are retailed for consumption on the premises; (5) retail stores and establishments, dispensaries, clinics, hospitals, rest rooms, bath houses, barber shops, beauty parlors, theaters, motion picture houses, music halls, airdromes, roof gardens, race courses, skating rinks, amusement and recreation parks, fairs, bowling alleys, golf courses, gymnasiums, shooting galleries, billiard and pool parlors, swimming pools, seashore accommodations and boardwalks, and public libraries; (6) garages; (7) all public conveyances operated on land, water or in the air as well as their stations and terminals; (8) public halls and public elevators of buildings occupied by two (2) or more tenants or by the owner and one or more tenants; and (9) public housing projects. Nothing in this section shall be construed to include any place of accommodation, resort, or amusement which is in its nature distinctly private.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-32-7 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-32 / Section 11-32-7
§ 11-32-7. Pretrial release.
Status: in_force

(a) Any pretrial release of any defendant, whether on bail or under any other form of recognizance, shall be deemed as a matter of law to include a condition that the defendant neither do nor cause to be done nor knowingly permit to be done on his or her behalf any act proscribed in this chapter.

(b) Every person who willfully violates this condition of pretrial release is subject to revocation of release and for the forfeiture of bail and the issuance of a bench warrant for the defendants arrest or remanding him or her into custody whether or not the defendant was the subject of an order under § 11-32-6.

(c) From and after May 8, 1980, any receipt for any bail or bond given by any court by any surety or bondsman and/or any written promise to appear on ones own recognizance shall contain, in a conspicuous location, notice of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-17 / Section 11-17-1
§ 11-17-1. Forgery and counterfeiting in general.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, any public record, or any writ, process, or proceeding in any court of justice in this state, any certificate or attestation of any judge, justice of the peace, warden, notary public, clerk of any court, town clerk, city clerk or other public officer, in any matter in which the certificate or attestation may be received as legal proof, any charter, deed, will, testament, bond, or writing obligatory, letter of attorney, policy of insurance, bill of exchange, bill of lading, railroad ticket, promissory note, order, acquittance, discharge for or upon the payment of money or delivery of goods, or any acceptance of a bill of exchange or any indorsement, assignment, or guaranty of any bill of exchange or promissory note, or any certificate, or accountable receipt for money, goods, or any other thing, or any warrant, order, or request for the payment of money or delivery of goods, or for the delivery of any note, bill, or other security for money or goods, or any lottery ticket, or part or share of any lottery ticket in any lottery authorized by the laws of any state, territory, or country, or any writing whatsoever purporting to contain evidence of any debt, contract, or promise, or of the discharge, payment of satisfaction of any debt, contract, or promise, with intent to defraud, or who shall utter and publish as true or shall procure to be uttered and published as true any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited record, deed, or other writing as provided in this section, knowing it to be false, forged, altered, or counterfeited, with intent to defraud, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-8 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-17 / Section 11-17-8
§ 11-17-8. Passing of counterfeit coins.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall utter or tender in payment as true any false, forged or counterfeit coin, made and forged in imitation and similitude of any gold or silver coin current within this state by law or usage, knowing it to be false or counterfeit, with intent to defraud, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-17.1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-17.1
§ 11-47-17.1. Mandatory or discretionary nature of § 11-47-15.1 requirements  Qualification reports to be filed.
Status: in_force

(a) All law enforcement officers of this state and its political subdivisions, whose permanent appointment shall take place later than June 6, 1970, shall be required to qualify with the pistol or revolver with which they are armed prior to their permanent appointment, that qualification to be as required in §§ 11-47-15.1 and 11-47-15.3. All permanent appointed law enforcement officers of this state and its political subdivisions who are required to qualify under § 11-47-17 may, at the discretion of the officer, qualify under either § 11-47-15, § 11-47-15.1, or § 11-47-15.3. 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. Qualification under this section will be required at periods of not more than one year.

(b) Copies of all of the qualification reports shall be filed with the office of the attorney general.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-1-8 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-1 / Section 11-1-8
§ 11-1-8. Bail jumping.
Status: in_force

Every person accused of a felony offense who, by court order, has been released from custody or allowed to remain at liberty, either upon the persons own recognizance or with surety or sureties, upon condition that he or she appear before the court where the felony is pending, or to which he or she may be bound over, to answer the felony whenever called upon to so do, who does not appear personally on the required date or voluntarily within thirty (30) days thereafter, or who fails to appear for any court session during the trial or on the day for sentencing, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be subject to the same fine and imprisonment as pertain to the offense for which he or she failed to answer, provided that imprisonment for the offense shall not exceed ten (10) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-10 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-10
§ 11-18-10. False statements in advertising.
Status: in_force

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

(b) Any person, firm, corporation, or association who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or be imprisoned not more than ninety (90) days, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-10 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-5 / Section 11-5-10
§ 11-5-10. Assault on persons 60 years of age or older causing bodily injury.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall commit an assault and battery upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-13.14 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-9 / Section 11-9-13.14
§ 11-9-13.14. Notification to the Department of Taxation of fines imposed.
Status: in_force

The court shall maintain records of any penalty, fine or suspension imposed under this chapter and notify within sixty (60) days the tax administrator of the penalty, fine or suspension imposed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-12 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-44 / Section 11-44-12
§ 11-44-12. Injury to public property.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall willfully cut or deface or otherwise injure any public building or fence or other property shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) unless the amount of damage exceeds one hundred dollars ($100). If that amount shall exceed one hundred dollars ($100), then he or she shall be punished by a fine which is not less than three (3) times the amount of the damage nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, and, in addition to any sentence, shall be ordered to make restitution in the full amount of damage done.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-13 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19 / Section 11-19-13
§ 11-19-13. Door prizes exempt.
Status: in_force

Nothing in §§ 11-19-1  11-19-4 or in §§ 11-19-9  11-19-11 shall be deemed to prohibit or make illegal the annual or semiannual distribution by chance, of prizes, souvenirs, or favors by any club, society, lodge, or association at its dance, dinner, entertainment, or outing where the distribution is purely incidental to the dance, dinner, entertainment or outing or when the entire net proceeds of the dance, dinner, entertainment or outing is devoted to charity, if the club, society, lodge or association has first obtained the written permission for the distribution, in towns, from the town sergeant, in cities, from the police commission or police commissioner, if there is such an official, otherwise from the chief of police of the town or city where the dance, dinner, entertainment or outing is held, and that permitting authority is authorized to grant the permit when he or she is satisfied that the distribution comes within this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-35-10 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-35 / Section 11-35-10
§ 11-35-10. Excessive gas or water charges  False meters.
Status: in_force

Every person or corporation who shall willfully collect of any person or persons a larger sum for gas or water than appears to be due on inspection of the meter put in to regulate and register it, or shall willfully furnish a meter that shall not correctly register the quantity of gas or water consumed, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-20 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-20
§ 11-18-20. Obtaining vehicles with intent to defraud.
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(e) Penalty. Any person convicted of violation of any provision of subsection (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this section shall be imprisoned for a term of not more than one year, or by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-23-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-23 / Section 11-23-1
§ 11-23-1. Murder.
Status: in_force

The unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought is murder. Every murder perpetrated by poison, lying in wait, or any other kind of willful, deliberate, malicious, and premeditated killing, or committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson or any violation of § 11-4-2, 11-4-3, or 11-4-4, rape, any degree of sexual assault or child molestation, burglary or breaking and entering, robbery, kidnapping, or committed during the course of the perpetration, or attempted perpetration, of felony manufacture, sale, delivery, or other distribution of a controlled substance otherwise prohibited by the provisions of chapter 28 of title 21, or committed against any law enforcement officer in the performance of his or her duty or committed against an assistant attorney general or special assistant attorney general in the performance of his or her duty, or perpetrated from a premeditated design unlawfully and maliciously to effect the death of any human being other than him or her who is killed, is murder in the first degree. Any other murder is murder in the second degree. The degree of murder may be charged in the indictment or information, and the jury may find the degree of murder, whether the murder is charged in the indictment or information or not, or may find the defendant guilty of a lesser offense than that charged in the indictment or information, in accordance with the provisions of § 12-17-14.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-32-3 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-32 / Section 11-32-3
§ 11-32-3. Obstruction of the judicial system.
Status: in_force

Whoever corruptly, maliciously, recklessly, by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, endeavors to influence, intimidate, or impede any grand or petit juror or officer in or of any court of this state or officer who may be serving at any examination or other proceeding before any justice, magistrate, or other officer of the court, in the discharge of his or her duty; or injures any party on his or her person or property on account of his or her attending or having attended such court or examination before such justice, magistrate, or other officer, or on account of his or her testifying or having testified to any matter pending in it; or injures any grand or petit juror in his or her person or property on account of any verdict or indictment assented to by him or her, or on account of being or having been a juror, or injures any justice, magistrate, or other officer in his or her person or property on account of the performance of his or her official duties; or corruptly, maliciously, recklessly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, influences, obstructs, or impedes, or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice; shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned not more than five (5) years, or both.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-64 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-64
§ 11-47-64. Sale of ammunition.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section ammunition means a loaded cartridge, consisting of a primed case, propellant or projectile, designed for use in any firearm as defined in § 11-47-2.

(b) No person, firm or corporation shall sell ammunition to any person unless such person is twenty-one (21) years of age or older and, after December 31, 2022, holds a valid pistol/revolver safety certificate or Rhode Island hunter education course card issued by the department of environmental management.

(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to full-time members of the state police, full-time members of the state marshals office, full-time members of city or town police departments, or state marshals or correctional officers, persons serving on active duty as a member of the United States armed forces or organized reserves or National Guard, or persons licensed to carry a firearm pursuant to § 11-47-11 or § 11-47-18.

(d) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a felony and may be punished by up to five (5) years imprisonment and/or a five thousand dollar ($5,000) fine.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-4-2 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-4 / Section 11-4-2
§ 11-4-2. Arson  First degree.
Status: in_force

Any person who knowingly causes, procures, aids, counsels or creates by means of fire or explosion a substantial risk of serious physical harm to any person or damage to any building the property of that person or another, whether or not used for residential purposes, which is occupied or in use for any purpose or which has been occupied or in use for any purpose during the six (6) months preceding the offense or to any other residential structure, shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than five (5) years and may be imprisoned for life, or shall be fined not less than three thousand dollars ($3,000) nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or both; provided, further, that whenever a death occurs to a person as a direct result of the fire or explosion or to a person who is directly involved in fighting the fire or explosion, imprisonment shall be for not less than twenty (20) years. In all such cases, the justice may only impose a sentence less than the minimum if he or she finds that substantial and compelling circumstances exist which justify imposition of the alternative sentence. That finding may be based upon the character and background of the defendant, the cooperation of the defendant with law enforcement authorities, the nature and circumstances of the offense, and/or the nature and quality of the evidence presented at trial. If a sentence which is less than imprisonment for the minimum term is imposed, the trial justice shall set forth on the record the circumstances which he or she found as justification for imposition of the lesser sentence.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-26-1 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-26 / Section 11-26-1
§ 11-26-1. Kidnapping.
Status: in_force

(a) Whoever, without lawful authority, forcibly or secretly confines or imprisons another person within this state against his or her will, or forcibly carries or sends another person out of this state, or forcibly seizes or confines or inveigles or kidnaps another person with intent either to cause him or her to be secretly confined or imprisoned within this state against his or her will or to cause him or her to be sent out of this state against his or her will, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years.

(b) Where the provisions of The Domestic Violence Prevention Act, chapter 29 of title 12, are applicable, the penalties for violation of this section shall also include the penalties as provided in § 12-29-5.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-24 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-19 / Section 11-19-24
§ 11-19-24. Search warrants and forfeitures of gambling apparatus.
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Search warrants to search for and seize gambling implements, apparatus, paraphernalia, slips, tickets, and other property and devices kept, possessed or used in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or as a means of committing a violation of this chapter, may be issued as provided by law in chapter 5 of title 12; and all implements, apparatus, paraphernalia, slips, tickets, or other gambling apparatus or devices found by any officer in executing a search warrant or which shall be produced and brought into court shall be forfeited to the state, and further proceedings shall be had thereon for their forfeiture as is prescribed by law in chapter 21 of title 12 and upon entry of final judgment of forfeiture shall be destroyed by order of the court.

(2) In addition, those items of personal property other than gambling apparatus and devices, including, but not limited to, motor vehicles and money or negotiable instruments which were kept, possessed, or used in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and which have a monetary value may be seized and forfeited, and further proceedings shall be had for their forfeiture as is prescribed by law in chapter 21 of title 12 and the further provisions of this section; provided, that no property or money used by any person shall be forfeited under the provisions of this chapter unless it shall appear that the owner of the property or money had knowledge, actual or constructive, and was a consenting party to the alleged illegal act.

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

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

(2) The law enforcement agency may sell any forfeited property which is not required by this chapter to be destroyed and which is not harmful to the public. The proceeds from the sale are to be distributed in accordance with subdivision (3) of this subsection.

(3) As to the proceeds from the sale of seized property as referred to in subdivision (2) of this subsection and as to personal property referred to in subsection (a) of this section, the distribution shall be as follows:

(i) All proceeds of the forfeiture of real or personal property shall be distributed as follows:

(A) Twenty percent (20%) of the proceeds shall be provided to the attorney generals department to be used to further law enforcement activities pursuant to this chapter including, but not limited to, investigations, prosecutions, and the administration of this chapter.

(B) Eighty percent (80%) of the proceeds shall be divided among the state and local law enforcement agencies proportionately based upon their contribution to the investigation of the criminal activity related to the asset being forfeited.

(ii) The law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation with the assistance of the attorney general shall by agreement determine the respective proportionate share to be received by each agency. If the agencies are unable to reach agreement, application shall be made by one or more of the agencies involved to the presiding justice of the superior court, who shall determine the respective proportionate share attributable to each law enforcement agency. The proceeds from all forfeitures shall be held by the general treasurer in a separate account until such time as an allocation is determined by agreement of the agencies or by the presiding justice. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the general treasurer to disburse the allocated funds from the separate account to the respective law enforcement agencies.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-29 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-47 / Section 11-47-29
§ 11-47-29. Certification of conviction of alien.
Status: in_force

In the case of the conviction under §§ 11-47-1  11-47-34 of a person who is not a citizen of the United States, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court in which conviction is secured to certify the fact of the conviction to the proper officer of the United States government having supervision of the deportation of aliens.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-6 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-17 / Section 11-17-6
§ 11-17-6. Evidence as to handwriting.
Status: in_force

In no prosecutions for forging, counterfeiting, or altering any bank bill or note or for uttering, passing, or tendering in payment as true any false, forged, counterfeited, or altered bank bill or note, or for bringing into this state or for having in possession or custody any false, forged, counterfeited, or altered bank bill or note with intent to pass it as true, knowing it to be false, forged, counterfeited, or altered, shall the testimony of any person whose name is purported to be signed to the bill or note or his or her personal attendance as a witness be requisite, when he or she shall be absent from this state at the time of the trial or when his or her place of residence shall be outside the limits of this state or more than thirty (30) miles from the place of trial, but the testimony of any competent witness who is acquainted with the handwriting of the person or who has knowledge of the difference between true and counterfeit or altered bank bills and who is skilled in the difference shall be received as competent evidence to prove any bank bill or note to be false, forged, counterfeited, or altered.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-34 — RI Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11-18 / Section 11-18-34
§ 11-18-34. Residential mortgage fraud.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) Mortgage lending process means the process through which a person seeks or obtains a residential mortgage loan including, but not limited to, solicitation, application, or origination, negotiation of terms, real estate appraisals and surveys, third-party provider services, underwriting, signing and closing, and funding of the loan.

(2) Pattern of residential mortgage fraud means one or more violations of subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section that involve two (2) or more residential mortgage loans and that have the same or similar intents, results, accomplices, or methods of commission or otherwise result from comparable actions or omissions.

(3) Person means an individual, corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, trustee, association, or any other entity.

(4) Residential mortgage loan means a loan or agreement to extend credit made to a person, which loan is secured by a deed to secure debt, security deed, mortgage, security interest, deed of trust, promissory note, or any other document representing a security interest or lien upon any interest in a one-to-four-family residential property including the renewal, modification, or refinancing of any such loan.

(5) Victim means a person who experienced personal loss, including, but not limited to monetary loss, due to a violation of subsection (b) of this section.

(b) A person commits residential mortgage fraud when, with the intent to defraud, such person:

(1) Knowingly makes an omission of a material fact or a written misrepresentation or misstatement of a material fact during the mortgage lending process with the intention that a mortgage lender, a borrower, or any other person who or that is involved in the mortgage lending process will rely on the absence of such material fact or the making of such material misrepresentation or misstatement; or

(2) Knowingly uses or facilitates the use, or attempts to use or facilitate the use, of any omission of a material fact or written misrepresentation or misstatement of a material fact during the mortgage lending process with the intention that a mortgage lender, a borrower, or any other person who or that is involved in the mortgage lending process will rely on the absence of such material fact or the making of such material misrepresentation or misstatement; or

(3) Knowingly receives, or attempts to receive, proceeds or any other funds in connection with a residential mortgage transaction that resulted from an act or acts constituting a violation of subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section; or

(4) Conspires with or solicits another to engage in an act or acts constituting a violation of subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section; or

(5) Files, or causes to be filed, with a city or town clerk any document involved in the mortgage lending process that the person knows to contain an omission of a material fact or a written misrepresentation or misstatement of a material fact.

(c) Any person who violates this section, upon conviction, shall be subject to the following penalties:

(1) Any person who commits an offense under subsection (b) of this section shall be guilty of a felony and subject to imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.

(2) Any person who engages or participates in a pattern of residential mortgage fraud, or conspires or endeavors to engage or participate in a pattern of residential mortgage fraud, shall be guilty of a felony and subject to imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years, a fine of not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or both.

(3) Any person who commits an offense and knew that the victim was vulnerable due to age, disability, infirmity, reduced physical or mental capacity, or national origin shall be guilty of a felony and subject to imprisonment for not more than fifteen (15) years, a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or both.

(4) The court shall order restitution to any victim.

(5) In addition to any criminal penalties above, any person found in violation of this section shall forfeit anything of value received by them in the course of such violation, less any restitution they actually paid pursuant to subsection (c)(4) of this section. Action for recovery of these amounts shall be brought in the superior court of any county in which any element of the crime occurred. The actions shall be brought in the name of the state by the attorney general for the benefit and use of the state.

(d) It shall be sufficient in any prosecution for residential mortgage fraud to show that the party accused did the act with the intent to defraud. It shall be unnecessary to show that any particular person was harmed financially in the transaction or that the person to whom the material misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission was made relied upon the misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission.