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RI Gen L § 11-42-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-42 - Threats and Extortion|Section 11-42-5 - Simulating legal process.

§ 11-42-5. Simulating legal process.(a) No person, firm, corporation, association, agent or employee shall in any manner coerce, intimidate, threaten, retaliate against or attempt to coerce or intimidate or threaten any public official as defined in § 11-42-4 in connection with any claim, demand or account, by the issuance, utterance or delivery of any matter, printed, typed or written, which is unauthorized by a statute or court of this state and that simulates in form and substance legal process of a court of this state.(b) No person shall prepare, send, deliver, issue, serve, execute, or otherwise act to further the operation of any unauthorized process.(c) As used in this section:(1) "Legal process" means a summons, complaint, pleading, writ, warrant, injunction, notice, subpoena, lien, order, or other document issued or entered by or on behalf of a court or lawful tribunal or lawfully filed with or recorded by a governmental agency that is used as a means of exercising or acquiring jurisdiction over a person or property, or a Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) or other filing with the secretary of state or any city or town recorder that creates or purports to create a lien or cloud on the title of real or personal property, or to assert or give notice of a legal claim against a person or property, or to direct persons to take or refrain from an action.(2) "Unauthorized process" means any of the following:(i) A document simulating legal process that is prepared or issued by or on behalf of an entity that purports or represents itself to be a lawful tribunal or a court, public employee, or other agency created, established, authorized, or sanctioned by law but is not a lawful tribunal or court, public officer, or other agency created, established, authorized, or sanctioned by law.(ii) A document that by its form, wording, use of the name of the state of Rhode Island or any lawful tribunal, public employee, or subdivision thereof, use of seals or insignia, or general appearance has a tendency meant to create in the mind of the ordinary person the false impression that it has judicial or other official authorization, sanction or approval.(iii) A document that would otherwise be legal process except that it was not authorized, issued or entered by or on behalf of a court or lawful tribunal or lawfully filed with, authorized by or recorded by a governmental agency as required by law. However, this subparagraph does not apply to a document that would otherwise be legal process but for one or more technical defects, including, but not limited to, errors involving names, spelling, addresses, or time of issue or filing or other defects that do not relate to the substance of the claim or action underlying the document.(3) A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 94, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 108, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-43-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-43 - Treason and Related Offenses|Section 11-43-1 - Treason.

§ 11-43-1. Treason.Every person who 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, shall be imprisoned during life.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 275, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 341, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 392, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 603, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-43-1.
RI Gen L § 11-43-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-43 - Treason and Related Offenses|Section 11-43-2 - Proof required for treason.

§ 11-43-2. Proof required for treason.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.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 275, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 341, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 392, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 603, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 11-43-2.
RI Gen L § 11-43-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-43 - Treason and Related Offenses|Section 11-43-3 - Misprision of treason.

§ 11-43-3. Misprision of treason.Every person who shall have knowledge of the commission of treason against this state by levying war against this state or by adhering to the enemies of the state, giving them aid and comfort, and who shall conceal it, and shall not as soon as possible, disclose and make known the treason to the governor or to some magistrate, shall be deemed guilty of misprision of treason against this state and shall be imprisoned not exceeding twenty (20) years, nor less than five (5) years, or be fined not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 275, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 341, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 392, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 603, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-43-3.
RI Gen L § 11-43-4 - 11-43-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-43 - Treason and Related Offenses|Section 11-43-4 - 11-43-6 - Repealed.

§ 11-43-4 — 11-43-6. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 11-43-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-43 - Treason and Related Offenses|Section 11-43-7 - Unlawful exercise of functions of state office.

§ 11-43-7. Unlawful exercise of functions of state office.Every person, except as duly elected according to the laws of this state, who shall assume or exercise any of the legislative, executive, or ministerial functions of the office of governor, lieutenant-governor, senator, member of the house of representatives, secretary of state, attorney general, or general treasurer of this state, within the territorial limits of the state, as they are now actually had and enjoyed, either separately or with others, or shall assemble with others, for the purpose of exercising any of those functions, shall be imprisoned during life.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 275, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 341, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 392, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 603, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 11-43-7.
RI Gen L § 11-43-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-43 - Treason and Related Offenses|Section 11-43-8 - Venue of indictments or information and prosecutions.

§ 11-43-8. Venue of indictments or information and prosecutions.Indictments or informations under this chapter may be preferred and found in the discretion of the attorney general, without reference to the county in which the offense is charged to have been committed, but they shall be tried in the court for the county where found, unless the court shall for good cause remove it into some other county.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 275, § 8; C. P. A. 1905, § 1170; G.L. 1909, ch. 341, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 392, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 603, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 11-43-8; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 8.
RI Gen L § 11-43-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-43 - Treason and Related Offenses|Section 11-43-9 - Indorsement of complaints.

§ 11-43-9. Indorsement of complaints.No warrant shall issue to apprehend any person for any violation of this chapter, unless the complaint shall be first allowed of and indorsed or countersigned by the governor or by the attorney general.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 275, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 341, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 392, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 603, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 11-43-9.
RI Gen L § 11-43-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-43 - Treason and Related Offenses|Section 11-43-10 - Arrest and commitment of persons charged.

§ 11-43-10. Arrest and commitment of persons charged.Whenever any person shall be adjudged to be probably guilty of any offense under this chapter, he or she may be committed to the adult correctional institutions in any county, there to remain until discharged by order of law, and warrant of commitment shall issue accordingly, directed to the division of sheriffs or to either of the city or town sergeants or town constables in the same county with himself or herself, and to the warden of the adult correctional institutions, which warrant may be executed by the officer charged with it, although beyond his or her precinct, and shall constitute him or her, while charged with it, an officer, the obstructing of whom, while in the execution of this office, shall be punished as is or may be by law in other cases provided.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 275, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 341, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 392, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 603, § 10; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-43-10; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 39; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 16; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 16.
RI Gen L § 11-43-11 - 11-43-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-43 - Treason and Related Offenses|Section 11-43-11 - 11-43-14 - Repealed.

§ 11-43-11 — 11-43-14. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 11-44-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-44 - Trespass and Vandalism|Section 11-44-1 - Vandalism - Obstruction of lawful pursuits.

§ 11-44-1. Vandalism — Obstruction of lawful pursuits.(a) Every person who shall willfully and maliciously or mischievously injure or destroy or write upon, paint, or otherwise deface the property of another, or obstruct the use of the property of another, or obstruct another in the prosecution of his or her lawful business or pursuits, in any manner, the punishment of which is not specifically provided for by statute, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) and/or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, and shall be liable to make restitution for the injury or damage caused. Every person convicted of a first offense under this section shall be required to perform up to one hundred (100) hours of public community restitution work, and for a second or subsequent conviction shall be required to perform up to two hundred (200) hours of public community restitution work. Provided, further that every person who shall willfully and maliciously or mischievously injure or destroy or write upon, paint or otherwise deface government property, or obstruct the use of that property, shall be punished in accordance with this statute. Jurisdiction for matters involving government property shall be concurrent with the district court or the respective city or town police or municipal court.(b) Where the provisions of The Domestic Violence Prevention Act, chapter 29 of title 12, are applicable, the penalties for violation of this section shall also include the penalties as provided in § 12-29-5.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 45; P.L. 1902, ch. 964, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 48; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 48; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 48; G.L. 1956, § 11-44-1; P.L. 1980, ch. 296, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 85, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 539, § 11; P.L. 1995, ch. 89, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 167, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 221, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 206, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 300, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 10.
RI Gen L § 11-44-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-44 - Trespass and Vandalism|Section 11-44-2 - Injury or removal of vegetation - Buildings and fences.

§ 11-44-2. Injury or removal of vegetation — Buildings and fences.Every person who shall take and carry away, without the consent of the owner, any corn, grain, fruit, or growing vegetable out of any field, garden, or orchard, or who shall willfully and without the consent of the owner root up, cut down, or otherwise injure or destroy or take and carry away any tree or underwood growing or standing upon the land of another, or remove any cord wood, or shall maliciously root up, cut down, or otherwise injure or destroy any tree, root, fruit, or vegetable growing in any garden, field, orchard, highway, common, or public square, or who shall take and carry away, without the consent of the owner, any cultivated plant, tree, or shrub from any graveyard or from any public or private grounds, or who shall wantonly or maliciously injure or destroy any plant or shrub growing upon the land or in the building of another, or who shall poison the earth about any plant or shrub so as to prevent or injure its growth, or who shall maliciously or wantonly in any way injure or deface any building not his or her own, or break the glass or any part of it in any building, or shall maliciously injure any fence or stone wall on or enclosing lands not his or her own, shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding triple the value of the damage or one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is lower; and shall be required to pay the party injured a penalty not to exceed triple the value of the damage caused by the person; provided, that if any person shall knowingly use or permit to be used any vehicle for the commission of any of the offenses enumerated in this section, he or she shall also be penalized in the manner specified in title 31.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 23; P.L. 1900, ch. 736, § 1; C.P.A. 1905, § 1177; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 23; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 23; P.L. 1928, ch. 1215, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 11-44-2; P.L. 1980, ch. 276, § 2; P.L. 1982, ch. 237, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 426, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-44-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-44 - Trespass and Vandalism|Section 11-44-3 - Arrest and detention of persons taking fruits and vegetables.

§ 11-44-3. Arrest and detention of persons taking fruits and vegetables.Every deputy sheriff, town or city sergeant, town constable, or police officer, who shall discover any person or persons in the act of taking and carrying away any growing fruit or vegetables as prohibited by § 11-44-2, shall arrest that person or persons and detain the person or persons in custody until a complaint can be made against him, her, or them for the offense for which he, she, or they shall have been arrested and until he, she, or they be taken on a warrant issued upon the complaint; provided, that the arrest and detention without a warrant shall not continue longer than the space of twenty-four (24) hours.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 24; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 24; P.L. 1928, ch. 1215, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 11-44-3; P.L. 1994, ch. 134, § 5; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 40; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 17; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 17.
RI Gen L § 11-44-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-44 - Trespass and Vandalism|Section 11-44-4 - Shooting, trapping or fishing on posted lands - Destruction of signs.

§ 11-44-4. Shooting, trapping or fishing on posted lands — Destruction of signs.Whoever shall enter upon the land of another without the owner's permission for the purpose of either shooting, trapping, or fishing when that land shall be conspicuously posted with clear and legible signs stating that shooting, trapping or fishing, as the case may be, is prohibited, or whoever shall remain upon the premises of another for the purpose of shooting, trapping, or fishing after having been forbidden to do so by the owner of the premises or the owner's authorized agent, or whoever shall without right mutilate, destroy, or remove any sign stating that shooting, trapping or fishing, as the case may be, is prohibited, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00).History of Section.P.L. 1902, ch. 1006, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 136, § 25; G.L. 1923, ch. 137, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 248, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 11-44-4; P.L. 1971, ch. 186, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-44-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-44 - Trespass and Vandalism|Section 11-44-5 - Willful damage while hunting, trapping or fishing.

§ 11-44-5. Willful damage while hunting, trapping or fishing.Whoever shall enter upon land of another for the purpose of hunting, trapping or fishing, and while upon the land shall do any willful damage to the property of the owner of the land, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00). The owner of the property may recover from any person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section, in an action of the case, twice the amount of the damages so sustained; and the license to pursue, hunt, and kill game in the state of Rhode Island during the open season issued under the provisions of chapter 13 of title 20 to any persons who shall thereafter be convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be forfeited and no license shall be issued to him or her under the provisions of title 20 for a period of one year after that conviction.History of Section.P.L. 1921, ch. 2097, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 137, § 32; G.L. 1938, ch. 248, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 11-44-5.
RI Gen L § 11-44-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-44 - Trespass and Vandalism|Section 11-44-6 - Defacement of bank bills and notes.

§ 11-44-6. Defacement of bank bills and notes.Every person who shall willfully and mischievously tear, cut, burn, or in any other manner damage and impair the integrity, strength, or usefulness for circulation of any bank bill or note issued by any corporation which is established as a bank in this state, or shall willfully and mischievously write, print, blot, or stamp any impression on a bill or note, or shall aid and abet in any of the offenses provided in this section, shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year nor less than one month.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 36; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 40; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 40; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 40; G.L. 1956, § 11-44-6.
RI Gen L § 11-44-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-44 - Trespass and Vandalism|Section 11-44-7 - Misappropriation of vehicle, boat, or animal.

§ 11-44-7. Misappropriation of vehicle, boat, or animal.Every person who shall willfully, mischievously, or without right, take, drive, ride, or use any carriage, wagon, or other vehicle other than a motor vehicle, or any boat, or any horse, ox, or cow, or milk any cow, the property of another, without the consent of the owner or of the person having the lawful custody of the property, 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; provided that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to apply to any case where property is taken with the intent to steal the property or where it is taken under a claim of right.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 41; P.L. 1902, ch. 963, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 45; P.L. 1909, ch. 460, § 1; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 45; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 45; impl. am. P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 12, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 11-44-7; P.L. 1989, ch. 214, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-44-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-44 - Trespass and Vandalism|Section 11-44-8 - Injury to or interference with water-control structures.

§ 11-44-8. Injury to or interference with water-control structures.Every person who shall willfully and maliciously break down, injure, remove, or destroy any dam, reservoir, canal, or trench, or any gate, flume, flash-board, or other appurtenance, or any of the wheels, mill-gear, or machinery of a water-mill, or willfully or wantonly, without color of right, draw off the water contained in a millpond, reservoir, canal, or trench, or willfully and maliciously, without color of right, obstruct the water of a mill-pond, reservoir, canal, or trench from flowing out of it, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years or be fined not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 38; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 42; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 42; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 42; G.L. 1956, § 11-44-8.
RI Gen L § 11-44-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-44 - Trespass and Vandalism|Section 11-44-9 - Firing of weapon near baiting place.

§ 11-44-9. Firing of weapon near baiting place.Every person who, between the first day of April and the first day of November in any year, shall maliciously fire any gun, musket, blunderbuss, or pistol, within eighty (80) rods of any baiting place, not his or her own property, and actually used in the proper season for the baiting and netting of wild pigeons, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00), nor less than five dollars ($5.00).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 27; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 28; G.L. 1956, § 11-44-9.
RI Gen L § 11-44-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-44 - Trespass and Vandalism|Section 11-44-10 - Injurious substances on baiting places.

§ 11-44-10. Injurious substances on baiting places.Every person who shall strew or place any powder or brimstone or other sulfurous substance upon any baiting place not his or her own property, or shall burn upon that place any of those substances saturated with tar or turpentine, shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty dollars ($20.00).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 28; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 29; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 29; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 29; G.L. 1956, § 11-44-10.
RI Gen L § 11-44-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-44 - Trespass and Vandalism|Section 11-44-11 - Injury to boundary or line markers.

§ 11-44-11. Injury to boundary or line markers.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).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 34; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 38; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 38; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 38; G.L. 1956, § 11-44-11; P.L. 1971, ch. 27, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-44-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-44 - Trespass and Vandalism|Section 11-44-12 - Injury to public property.

§ 11-44-12. Injury to public property.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.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 278, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 344, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 396, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 607, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 11-44-12; P.L. 1982, ch. 243, §§ 1, 2.
RI Gen L § 11-44-12.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-44 - Trespass and Vandalism|Section 11-44-12.1 - Damage to instrumentality of public transportation.

§ 11-44-12.1. Damage to instrumentality of public transportation.Every person who shall willfully cut or deface or otherwise injure any instrumentality of public transportation managed by or belonging to a public corporation shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 238, § 1.