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RI Gen L § 11-8-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering|Section 11-8-6 - Entry to steal poultry - Arrest - Fine.

§ 11-8-6. Entry to steal poultry — Arrest — Fine.Every person who breaks and enters, or enters in the nighttime without breaking, any building or enclosure in which are kept or confined any kind of poultry, with intent to steal any of the poultry, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both. Every person who is discovered in the act of willfully entering any building or enclosure in which are kept or confined any kind of poultry, with intent to steal any of the poultry, may be arrested without a warrant by a deputy sheriff, town constable, guard, police officer, or other person and detained in jail or otherwise until a complaint can be made against him or her for the offense, and until he or she is taken on a warrant issued upon the complaint, but detention without a warrant shall not continue more than twenty-four (24) hours. One-half (½) of any fine imposed under this section shall inure to the complainant.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 26; P.L. 1912, ch. 853, § 1; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 11-8-6; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 30; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 12; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 12.
RI Gen L § 11-8-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering|Section 11-8-7 - Making, repairing, or possessing burglar tools.

§ 11-8-7. Making, repairing, or possessing burglar tools.Whoever makes or mends, or does any work connected with the making or reparation of, or has in his or her possession any engine, machine, tool, false key, pick lock, nippers, or implement of any kind adapted and designed for cutting through, forcing, breaking open, or entering a building, room, vault, safe, or other depository, in order to steal from it money or other property, or to commit any other crime, knowing the equipment to be adapted and designed for this purpose, with intent to use or employ, or allow the equipment to be used or employed, for this purpose, shall be imprisoned not more than ten (10) years.History of Section.P.L. 1896, ch. 302, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 42; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 42; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 11-8-7.
RI Gen L § 11-8-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering|Section 11-8-8 - Injury or death - Defense.

§ 11-8-8. Injury or death — Defense.In the event that any person shall die or shall sustain a personal injury in any way or for any cause while in the commission of any criminal offense enumerated in §§ 11-8-2 — 11-8-6, it shall be rebuttably presumed as a matter of law in any civil or criminal proceeding that the owner, tenant, or occupier of the place where the offense was committed acted by reasonable means in self-defense and in the reasonable belief that the person engaged in the criminal offense was about to inflict great bodily harm or death upon that person or any other individual lawfully in the place where the criminal offense was committed. There shall be no duty on the part of an owner, tenant, or occupier to retreat from any person engaged in the commission of any criminal offense enumerated in §§ 11-8-2 — 11-8-6.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 216, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 17, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 212, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-8-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering|Section 11-8-9 - Aiding and abetting a minor.

§ 11-8-9. Aiding and abetting a minor.(a) Every person eighteen (18) years of age or older who shall aid, assist, abet, counsel, hire, command, or procure a person under the age of eighteen (18) years to commit any offense as set forth in this chapter shall be imprisoned for not less than four (4) years and not more than twenty (20) years and/or fined not less than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or both, for each such offense.(b) Every person convicted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be ordered by the sentencing judge to perform up to one hundred (100) hours of public community restitution work. The court may not waive the obligation to perform public community restitution work. Public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 482, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 541, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 464, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 226, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-1.1 - Child nudity prohibited in publications.

§ 11-9-1.1. Child nudity prohibited in publications.Every person, firm, association, or corporation which shall publish, sell, offer for sale, loan, give away, or otherwise distribute any book, magazine, pamphlet, or other publication, or any photograph, picture, or film which depicts any child, or children, under the age of eighteen (18) years and known to be under the age of eighteen (18) years of age by the person, firm, association, or corporation in a setting which taken as a whole suggests to the average person that the child, or children, is about to engage in or has engaged in, any sexual act, or which depicts any child under eighteen (18) years of age performing sodomy, oral copulation, sexual intercourse, masturbation, or bestiality, shall, for the first offense, be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both; for any subsequent offense, by imprisonment for not more than fifteen (15) years, or by a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or both. Provided, that artistic drawings, sketches, paintings, sculptures, or other artistic renditions, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 131, § 2; P.L. 1978, ch. 130, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 210, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-1.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-1.2 - Rebuttable presumption of minority upon testimony of physician.

§ 11-9-1.2. Rebuttable presumption of minority upon testimony of physician.Whenever any person, firm, association or corporation is charged with a violation of the provisions of this chapter, testimony by a physician, duly authorized pursuant to the provisions of § 5-37-2, that based upon the physician's examination of the book, magazine, pamphlet, or other publication, or photograph, picture, or film which allegedly depicts any child or children under the age of eighteen (18) years, the physician is of the opinion, based upon a reasonable medical certainty, that any person depicted in it is under the age of eighteen (18) years, then there shall be created a rebuttable presumption of that fact.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 130, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 210, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-9-1.4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-1.4 - Minor electronically disseminating indecent material to another person - "Sexting" prohibited.

§ 11-9-1.4. Minor electronically disseminating indecent material to another person — "Sexting" prohibited.(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."History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 270, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 295, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 415, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-2 - Employment of children for unlawful purposes.

§ 11-9-2. Employment of children for unlawful purposes.Every person who shall take, receive, hire, employ, exhibit, or have in custody, or who shall cause to be taken, hired, employed, exhibited, or held in custody, any child under the age of sixteen (16) years, for any of the purposes prohibited in § 11-9-1, shall be held guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished for every such offense in the manner provided in that section.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 15, § 5; P.L. 1897, ch. 475, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 139, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 142, § 5; P.L. 1926, ch. 844, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 425, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-9-2.
RI Gen L § 11-9-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-3 - Seizure and custody of exploited child - Proceedings as against neglected child.

§ 11-9-3. Seizure and custody of exploited child — Proceedings as against neglected child.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.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 115, § 6; P.L. 1897, ch. 475, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 139, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 142, § 6; P.L. 1926, ch. 844, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 425, § 3; P.L. 1950, ch. 2416, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 11-9-3; P.L. 1969, ch. 242, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-4 - Contributing to delinquency.

§ 11-9-4. Contributing to delinquency.Every person who knowingly or willfully encourages, aids, contributes to, or in any way causes any child under the age of sixteen (16) years to violate any law of this state, or the ordinances of any town or city in this state, or who knowingly or willfully encourages, aids, contributes to, or in any way causes any child under the age of sixteen (16) years to be guilty of any vicious or immoral conduct, or who, being the parent, parents, legal guardian, or person having the custody or the control of any such child, permits or suffers the child to habitually associate with vicious, immoral, or criminal persons, or to grow up in ignorance, idleness, or crime, or to wander about the streets of any city or town in the nighttime without being in any lawful business or occupation, or to enter any house of ill fame, policy shop, or place where any gambling is carried on or gaming device is operated, or to enter any place where intoxicating liquors are sold, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned not exceeding one year.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1544, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 139, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 142, § 9; P.L. 1926, ch. 844, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 425, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 11-9-4.
RI Gen L § 11-9-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-5 - Cruelty to or neglect of child.

§ 11-9-5. Cruelty to or neglect of child.(a) Every person having the custody or control of any child under the age of eighteen (18) years who shall abandon that child, or who shall treat the child with gross or habitual cruelty, or who shall wrongfully cause or permit that child to be an habitual sufferer for want of food, clothing, proper care, or oversight, or who shall use or permit the use of that child for any wanton, cruel, or improper purpose, or who shall compel, cause, or permit that child to do any wanton or wrongful act, or who shall cause or permit the home of that child to be the resort of lewd, drunken, wanton, or dissolute persons, or who by reason of neglect, cruelty, drunkenness, or depravity, shall render the home of that child a place in which it is unfit for that child to live, or who shall neglect or refuse to pay the reasonable charges for the support of that child, whenever the child shall be placed by him or her in the custody of, or be assigned by any court to, any individual, association, or corporation, shall be guilty of a felony and shall for every such offense be imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than three (3) years, or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both, and the child may be proceeded against as a neglected child under the provisions of chapter 1 of title 14.(b) In addition to any penalty provided in this section, any person convicted or placed on probation for this offense may be required to receive psychosociological counseling in child growth, care and development as a part of that sentence or probation. For purposes of this section, and in accordance with § 40-11-15, a parent or guardian practicing his or her religious beliefs which differ from general community standards who does not provide specified medical treatment for a child shall not, for that reason alone, be considered an abusive or negligent parent or guardian; provided, the provisions of this section shall not: (1) exempt a parent or guardian from having committed the offense of cruelty or neglect if the child is harmed under the provisions of (a) above; (2) exempt the department from the provisions of § 40-11-5; or (3) prohibit the department from filing a petition, pursuant to the provisions of § 40-11-15, for medical services for a child, where his or her health requires it.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 139, § 10; P.L. 1910, ch. 550, § 1; P.L. 1922, ch. 2214, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 142, § 10; P.L. 1926, ch. 844, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 425, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 11-9-5; P.L. 1977, ch. 128, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 129, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 155, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 439, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 270, § 2; P.L. 2004, ch. 599, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-9-5.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-5.1 - Investigation upon report of cruelty or neglect.

§ 11-9-5.1. Investigation upon report of cruelty or neglect.In order to protect a child from cruelty or neglect, where any person has reasonable cause to believe that any child is being neglected or cruelly treated as defined in § 14-1-3 and reports such incident to the department of children, youth, and families, the department must cause an immediate investigation.History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 199, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-5.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-5.2 - Immunity from liability.

§ 11-9-5.2. Immunity from liability.Any person participating in good faith in the making of a report pursuant to this chapter shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any such participant shall have the same immunity with respect to participation in any judicial proceeding resulting from a report.History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 199, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-5.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-5.3 - Child abuse - Brendan's Law.

§ 11-9-5.3. Child abuse — Brendan's Law.(a) This section shall be known and may be referred to as "Brendan's Law."(b) Whenever a person having care of a child, as defined by § 40-11-2(2), whether assumed voluntarily or because of a legal obligation, including any instance where a child has been placed by his or her parents, caretaker, or licensed or governmental child placement agency for care or treatment, knowingly or intentionally:(1) Inflicts upon a child serious bodily injury, shall be guilty of first degree child abuse.(2) Inflicts upon a child any other physical injury, shall be guilty of second degree child abuse.(c) For the purposes of this section, "serious bodily injury" means physical injury that:(1) Creates a substantial risk of death;(2) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily parts, member or organ, including any fractures of any bones;(3) Causes serious disfigurement; or(4) Evidences subdural hematoma, intercranial hemorrhage and/or retinal hemorrhages as signs of "shaken baby syndrome" and/or "abusive head trauma."(d) For the purpose of this section, "other physical injury" is defined as any injury, other than a serious bodily injury, which arises other than from the imposition of nonexcessive corporal punishment.(e) Any person who commits first degree child abuse shall be imprisoned for not more than twenty (20) years, nor less than ten (10) years and fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Any person who is convicted of second degree child abuse shall be imprisoned for not more than ten (10) years, nor less than five (5) years and fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).(f) Any person who commits first degree child abuse on a child age five (5) or under shall not on the first ten (10) years of his or her sentence be afforded the benefit of suspension or deferment of sentence nor of probation for penalties provided in this section; and provided further, that the court shall order the defendant to serve a minimum of eight and one-half (8½) years or more of the sentence before he or she becomes eligible for parole.(g) Any person who has been previously convicted of first or second degree child abuse under this section and thereafter commits first degree child abuse shall be imprisoned for not more than forty (40) years, nor less than twenty (20) years and fined not more than twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars and shall be subject to subsection (f) of this section if applicable. Any person who has been previously convicted of first or second degree child abuse under this section and thereafter commits second degree child abuse shall be imprisoned for not more than twenty (20) years, nor less than ten (10) years and fined not more than ten thousand ($10,000) dollars.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 211, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 130, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 134, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 139, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 109, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 271, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 318, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-6 - Proceedings against parents of delinquent children unaffected.

§ 11-9-6. Proceedings against parents of delinquent children unaffected.No proceedings instituted under any of the provisions of §§ 11-9-1 — 11-9-8 shall in any manner affect or be affected by any proceedings which may be instituted under any of the provisions of chapter 9 of title 15.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 139, § 11; P.L. 1910, ch. 550, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 142, § 11; P.L. 1926, ch. 844, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 425, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 11-9-6.
RI Gen L § 11-9-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-7 - Children's Friend and Service excused from costs.

§ 11-9-7. Children's Friend and Service excused from costs.Whenever any agent of the Children's Friend and Service shall make complaint against any person for any of the offenses mentioned in §§ 11-9-1 — 11-9-8, the agent shall not be required to enter into any recognizance for costs. All costs and expenses attending the making of any complaint by any agent of the service and the proceedings on it under the provisions of §§ 11-9-1 — 11-9-8, or under the provisions of chapter 1 of title 14, shall be paid by the state.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 115, § 7; P.L. 1897, ch. 475, § 4; P.L. 1908, ch. 1540, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 139, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 142, § 7; P.L. 1926, ch. 844, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 425, § 4; P.L. 1950, ch. 2416, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 11-9-7.
RI Gen L § 11-9-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-8 - Appropriations for prevention of cruelty to children.

§ 11-9-8. Appropriations for prevention of cruelty to children.The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that it may deem necessary, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended by the department of children, youth and families for the purpose of preventing cruelty to children, and the department may, in its discretion, pay the sum to the Children's Friend and Service for that purpose, and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the sum or so much of it as may be required upon receipt by the state controller of proper vouchers approved by the director of the department.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 115, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 139, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 142, § 8; P.L. 1923, ch. 431, § 2; P.L. 1926, ch. 844, § 1; P.L. 1929, ch. 1374, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 425, § 5; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, §§ 65, 80; P.L. 1950, ch. 2416, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 11-9-8.
RI Gen L § 11-9-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-9 - Powers of family court.

§ 11-9-9. Powers of family court.Where in §§ 11-9-1 — 11-9-8 any authority is vested in any court, the authority vested in the court or courts mentioned is transferred to the family court. The family court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over any and all complaints and offenses set forth in §§ 11-9-2, 11-9-4, 11-9-8, 11-9-12, 11-9-14 [repealed], and 11-9-15, and shall have the authority to impose sentence as set forth in chapter 1 of title 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, jurisdiction for violations of §§ 11-9-1, 11-9-1.1, 11-9-1.2, 11-9-1.3, 11-9-1.5, 11-9-5, and 11-9-5.3 shall be vested in the superior court.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1441, § 36; G.L. 1956, § 11-9-9; P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 4; P.L. 2004, ch. 586, § 2; P.L. 2004, ch. 612, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 260, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 157, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 163, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 40, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 44, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-9-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-9 - Children|Section 11-9-10 - Abandonment of refrigerator in place accessible to children.

§ 11-9-10. Abandonment of refrigerator in place accessible to children.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).History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3523, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-9-10.