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RI Gen L § 11-68-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-68 - Exploitation of Elders|Section 11-68-1 - Definitions.

§ 11-68-1. Definitions.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-five (65) 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.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 161, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 204, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-68-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-68 - Exploitation of Elders|Section 11-68-2 - Exploitation of an elder.

§ 11-68-2. Exploitation of an elder.(a) A person is guilty of exploitation of an elder person if that person:(1) Knowingly, by deception or intimidation, obtains or uses, or endeavors to obtain or use, an elder person's funds, assets or property with the intent to temporarily or permanently deprive the elder person of the use, benefit, or possession of the funds, assets or property, or to benefit someone other than the elder person by a person who:(i) Stands in a position of trust and confidence with the elder person; or(ii) Has a business relationship with the elder person; or(2) Knowingly, by deception or intimidation, obtains or uses, endeavors to obtain or use, or conspires with another to obtain or use an elder person's funds, assets, or property with the intent to temporarily or permanently deprive the elder person of the use, benefit, or possession of the funds, assets, or property, or to benefit someone other than the elder person, by a person who knows or reasonably should know that the elder person lacks the capacity to consent.(b) Any person who shall exploit an elder person as defined in this chapter shall be guilty of a felony.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 161, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 204, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-68-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-68 - Exploitation of Elders|Section 11-68-3 - Penalties for violations.

§ 11-68-3. Penalties for violations.(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.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 161, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 204, § 2.
RI Gen L § 12-1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-1 - Rewards offered by governor.

§ 12-1-1. Rewards offered by governor.Whenever any murder, attempt at murder, robbery, or other high crime, shall be committed in the state, and the perpetrator shall escape detection, or shall escape from custody or imprisonment, either before or after conviction, the governor may issue his or her proclamation offering a suitable reward, not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), for the apprehension of the offender.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 15, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 21, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 20, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 6, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 12-1-1.
RI Gen L § 12-1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-2 - Appropriations for expenses authorized by governor.

§ 12-1-2. Appropriations for expenses authorized by governor.The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums that it may deem necessary for the payment of any services that may be authorized by the governor in the execution of the laws, the detection of crime and the apprehension of offenders, not including in the appropriation the sum to be paid under § 12-1-1 as a reward for the apprehension of offenders.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 15, § 5; P.L. 1898, ch. 572, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 21, § 5; P.L. 1918, ch. 1645, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 20, § 5; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 149; G.L. 1938, ch. 6, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 12-1-2.
RI Gen L § 12-1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-3 - Rewards offered by towns and cities.

§ 12-1-3. Rewards offered by towns and cities.Every town council of any town, or mayor of any city acting with the advice of the city council, may offer a suitable reward, not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) in any one case, for the detention, apprehension and conviction of any offender committing a high crime or misdemeanor within the limits of the town or city, to be paid by the town treasurer or city treasurer upon the order of the town council, or mayor and city council, out of any funds of the town or city not otherwise specifically appropriated.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 40, § 20; G.L. 1909, ch. 50, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 51, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 333, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 12-1-3.
RI Gen L § 12-1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-4 - Division of criminal identification - Chief and assistants.

§ 12-1-4. Division of criminal identification — Chief and assistants.There shall be a division of criminal identification in the department of the attorney general to be in charge of a chief who shall be appointed by the attorney general to serve at the pleasure of the attorney general, and who shall devote all of his or her time to the duties of his or her office. The chief with the approval of the attorney general may appoint any assistants that he or she may deem necessary to carry out the work of the division, within the limits of any appropriation made for that purpose, and may with the approval of the attorney general discontinue the employment of any assistants at any time. The chief shall perform the functions required by the provisions of this chapter. In addition to availability of records to law enforcement agencies and officers, the records shall be made available to any attorney of record in any criminal action, and any officials of businesses which are required by federal or state law or regulation to effectuate a criminal background check of potential or prospective employees. The information shall be confidential and shall be used only by the employer for the employee's application of employment.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 135, § 1; P.L. 1927, ch. 977, § 1; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 31; G.L. 1938, ch. 620, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 40; G.L. 1956, § 12-1-4; P.L. 1977, ch. 239, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 6, § 9.
RI Gen L § 12-1-5, 12-1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-5, 12-1-6 - Repealed.

§ 12-1-5, 12-1-6. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 12-1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-7 - Criminal identification records - Stolen property reports.

§ 12-1-7. Criminal identification records — Stolen property reports.It shall be the duty of the attorney general to procure and file for record in the office of his or her department so far as the same can be procured, fingerprints, plates, photos, outline pictures, descriptions, information, and measurements of all persons who shall be or shall have been convicted of felony, or imprisoned for violating any of the military, naval, or criminal laws of the United States or of any state, and of all well-known and habitual criminals from wherever procurable. The attorney general shall procure and keep on file in the office of the department, so far as they can be procured, fingerprints, measurements, processes, operations, signalletic cards, plates, photographs, outline pictures, measurements, and descriptions of any person who shall have been or shall be confined in any penal institution of this state, taken in accordance with the system of identification in use in any penal institution of this state. The attorney general shall also keep on file in the office the reports of lost, stolen, found, pledged, or pawned property required to be furnished to him or her.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 135, § 2; P.L. 1927, ch. 977, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 620, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 40; G.L. 1956, § 12-1-7; P.L. 2004, ch. 6, § 9.
RI Gen L § 12-1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-8 - Repealed.

§ 12-1-8. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 12-1-8.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-8.1 - Method of identification.

§ 12-1-8.1. Method of identification.The bureau of criminal identification in the department of attorney general shall use fingerprints as the exclusive method of positive identification.History of Section.P.L. 2002, ch. 417, § 2.
RI Gen L § 12-1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-9 - Repealed.

§ 12-1-9. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 12-1-9.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-9.1 - Duty of police officials to furnish fingerprints.

§ 12-1-9.1. Duty of police officials to furnish fingerprints.It shall be the duty of the superintendent of the state police and the chiefs of police or town sergeants to furnish the bureau of criminal identification of the department of attorney general within ten (10) days of arrest, the fingerprints and physical description of all persons arrested and all persons who are wanted for serious crimes or who are fugitives from justice. This section is not intended to include violations of city or town ordinances or of persons arrested for minor offenses.History of Section.P.L. 2002, ch. 417, § 2.
RI Gen L § 12-1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-10 - Repealed.

§ 12-1-10. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 12-1-10.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-10.1 - Photographs and descriptive information.

§ 12-1-10.1. Photographs and descriptive information.In the case of every offense for which an indictment has been returned or an information filed, the person for which an indictment or information has been filed, if not previously fingerprinted by the arresting police department for the offense, shall report to the bureau of criminal identification of the department of attorney general to submit to fingerprinting, a photograph and the collection of descriptive information. In the event the individual indicted or informed against has not previously been fingerprinted for the offense is in the custody of the department of corrections or detained at a similar detention facility, the investigating police department shall obtain fingerprints and a photograph from the individual charged and submit a set of said fingerprints to the department of attorney general's bureau of criminal identification within twenty-one (21) days of arraignment on the indictment or information.History of Section.P.L. 2002, ch. 417, § 2.
RI Gen L § 12-1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-11 - Photographs and descriptive information as to persons convicted.

§ 12-1-11. Photographs and descriptive information as to persons convicted.In the case of every offense for which an indictment has been found or an information filed and in which the offender has been found guilty and sentenced, or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere, the attorney general shall cause to be taken: (1) a photograph, (2) the name, age, weight, height, and a general description of the offender, and (3) his or her fingerprints in accordance with the fingerprint system of identification of criminals and a history of the offender as shown upon trial. In the case of all offenses triable in the superior court for the counties of Providence and Bristol, the attorney general shall cause the fingerprints, photograph, and other information to be taken by his or her department, and in the case of all offenses triable in any other county he or she may make any arrangements for the taking of fingerprints, photographs, and information that may to him or her seem most desirable. In the case of offenses other than those that are indictable, for which an offender is committed under a sentence of imprisonment for a period of six (6) months or more, the warden or keeper of a place of detention or penal institution other than institutions designed primarily for the detention of juveniles, to which an offender is committed, shall cause to be taken, unless the court otherwise orders, a like description, photograph, fingerprints, and history of the person. The description, photographs, fingerprints, and history shall be taken by persons in the service of the state appointed by the attorney general for that purpose. All descriptions, photographs, fingerprints, and identifying matter shall be immediately transmitted to the attorney general.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 135, § 6; P.L. 1927, ch. 977, § 1; P.L. 1928, ch. 1191, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 620, § 6; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 40; G.L. 1956, § 12-1-11; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 9.
RI Gen L § 12-1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-12 - Destruction or sealing of records of persons acquitted or otherwise exonerated.

§ 12-1-12. Destruction or sealing of records of persons acquitted or otherwise exonerated.(a) (1) Any fingerprint, photograph, physical measurements, or other record of identification, heretofore or hereafter taken by or under the direction of the attorney general, the superintendent of state police, the member or members of the police department of any city or town, or any other officer authorized by this chapter to take them, of a person under arrest, prior to the final conviction of the person for the offense then charged, shall be destroyed by all offices or departments having the custody or possession within sixty (60) days after there has been an acquittal, dismissal, no true bill, no information, or the person has been otherwise exonerated from the offense with which he or she is charged, and the clerk of court where the exoneration has taken place shall, consistent with § 12-1-12.1, place under seal all records of the person in the case including all records of the division of criminal identification established by § 12-1-4.(2) [Deleted by P.L. 2021, ch. 141, §  1 and P.L. 2021, ch. 142, §  1.](3) Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).(b) Requirements of this section shall also apply to persons detained by police, but not arrested or charged with an offense, or to persons against whom charges have been filed by the court, and the period of such filing has expired.(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any person who has been charged with a complaint for a crime involving domestic violence where the complaint was filed upon a plea of not guilty, guilty, or nolo contendere pursuant to § 12-10-12, must wait a period of three (3) years from the date of filing before the records associated with the charge can be expunged, sealed, or otherwise destroyed.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 341, § 2; P.L. 1987, ch. 390, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 638, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 386, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 438, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 303, § 3; P.L. 2013, ch. 301, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 416, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 141, § 1, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 142, § 1, effective July 3, 2021.
RI Gen L § 12-1-12.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-12.1 - Motion for sealing of records of persons acquitted or otherwise exonerated.

§ 12-1-12.1. Motion for sealing of records of persons acquitted or otherwise exonerated.(a) Any person who is acquitted or otherwise exonerated of all counts in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, dismissal or filing of a no true bill or no information, may file a motion for the sealing of his or her court records in the case.(b) Any person filing a motion for sealing his or her court records pursuant to this section shall give notice of the hearing date set by the court to the department of the attorney general and the police department that originally brought the charge against the person at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing.(c) If the court, after the hearing at which all relevant testimony and information shall be considered, finds that the person is entitled to the sealing of the records, it shall order the sealing of the court records of the person in that case.(d) The clerk of the court shall, within forty-five (45) days of the order of the court granting the motion, place under seal the court records in the case in which the acquittal, dismissal, no true bill, no information, or other exoneration has been entered.(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in all cases involving a filing subsequent to a plea of not guilty, guilty, or nolo contendere to a charge of a crime involving domestic violence, the court having jurisdiction over the case shall retain the records of the case for a period of three (3) years from the date of filing. The records shall not be expunged or sealed for a period of three (3) years from the date of the filing.(f) The defendant shall be advised at the hearing that any and all bail money relating to a case that remains on deposit and is not claimed at the time of sealing shall be escheated to the state's general treasury in accordance with chapter 12 of title 8.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 638, § 2; P.L. 1996, ch. 386, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 303, § 3; P.L. 2013, ch. 301, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 416, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 97, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 109, § 2; P.L. 2021, ch. 141, § 1, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 142, § 1, effective July 3, 2021.
RI Gen L § 12-1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-13 - Repealed.

§ 12-1-13. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 12-1-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-14 - Body attachment - Nonsupport of children.

§ 12-1-14. Body attachment — Nonsupport of children.(a) Any body attachment issued by the family court in a case involving the bureau of family support relating to the nonsupport of children shall be entered into the state and police telecommunications system known as the Rhode Island Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, "RILETS." The family court shall be responsible for transmitting all body attachments and cancellations of them to the attorney general's bureau of criminal identification for distributing the body attachment information into RILETS. Within the body attachment, the information entered in RILETS shall include date of birth and social security number when available. The family court shall be responsible for transmitting information regarding all body attachments and cancellations to the attorney general's bureau of criminal identification for entering the body attachment information into RILETS. The family court shall transmit the original body attachment to the attorney general's bureau of criminal identification.(b) Any peace officer as defined in § 12-7-21 or certified constable authorized pursuant to § 9-5-10.1 shall have the authority to execute a body attachment as issued by the family court pursuant to § 8-10-3.1.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 12; P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 12; P.L. 1996, ch. 241, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 19; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 19.
RI Gen L § 12-1-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1 - Identification and Apprehension of Criminals|Section 12-1-15 - Retaliation prohibited.

§ 12-1-15. Retaliation prohibited.No employer shall discharge or take any disciplinary action against an employee based on the employer's notification or obligation provisions contained in Chapter 370, Article 29 and Chapter 374 of the 1995 Public Laws.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 14; P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 14.
RI Gen L § 12-1.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-1.1 - State Crime Laboratory Commission|Section 12-1.1-1 - Short title.

§ 12-1.1-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "State Crime Laboratory Commission."History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 206, § 2; G.L., § 12-1.2-1; P.L. 1981, ch. 300, § 1.