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RI Gen L § 11-28-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-28 - Malfeasance and Misfeasance in Office|Section 11-28-3 - Failure of presiding officer or clerk of municipal governing body to perform duties.

§ 11-28-3. Failure of presiding officer or clerk of municipal governing body to perform duties.The presiding officer of any city council or town council who shall refuse or neglect, when acting as the presiding officer, to put to a vote of the body over which he or she presides any appeal made by a member of the body from any ruling of the presiding officer, or who, when the appeal has been sustained, shall refuse or willfully neglect to put to the body the question which caused the appeal to be made, and any clerk or recording officer of any body who shall refuse or neglect to record in full the proceedings of any body of which he or she may be clerk as described in this section, shall be fined for each neglect or refusal not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and be disqualified for the term of five (5) years from holding the office of the presiding officer or the office by virtue of which he is the presiding officer.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 19; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 11-28-3.
RI Gen L § 11-28-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-28 - Malfeasance and Misfeasance in Office|Section 11-28-4 - Omission or delay of duty by sheriff, sergeant, or constable.

§ 11-28-4. Omission or delay of duty by sheriff, sergeant, or constable.A deputy sheriff, town sergeant, city sergeant or constable, who shall receive from any defendant or any other person any money or other valuable thing as a consideration, reward, or inducement for omitting or delaying to perform any duty pertaining to his or her office, shall be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 21; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 11-28-4; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 35.
RI Gen L § 11-29-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-29 - Mayhem|Section 11-29-1 - Penalty for mutilation or disabling.

§ 11-29-1. Penalty for mutilation or disabling.Every person who shall voluntarily, maliciously or of purpose put out an eye, slit the nose, ear, or lip, or cut off, bite off, or disable any limb or member of another, shall be imprisoned not exceeding twenty (20) years nor less than one year.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 11-29-1; P.L. 1990, ch. 84, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-30-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-30 - Nuisances|Section 11-30-1 - Definitions.

§ 11-30-1. Definitions.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.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 92, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 108, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 120, § 1; P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 1; P.L. 1932, ch. 1858, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-1.
RI Gen L § 11-30-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-30 - Nuisances|Section 11-30-2 - Unlicensed manufacture or distribution of intoxicating liquor.

§ 11-30-2. Unlicensed manufacture or distribution of intoxicating liquor.(a) All buildings, places, tenements, vehicles, or vessels used for the manufacture for sale, the transportation for sale, the sale, or the keeping for sale, of intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes are declared to be common nuisances unless it shall be used, manufactured, kept for sale, or sold under a validly existing license issued for that purpose by some board, body, or official authorized to issue it.(b) "Liquor" or "intoxicating liquor" means any liquid fit for beverage purposes containing more than three and two-tenths per cent (3.2%) of alcohol by weight.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 92, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 108, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 120, § 1; P.L. 1932, ch. 1858, § 1; P.L. 1933, ch. 2045, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-2.
RI Gen L § 11-30-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-30 - Nuisances|Section 11-30-3 - Penalty for common nuisance.

§ 11-30-3. Penalty for common nuisance.Every person keeping or maintaining any common nuisance enumerated in § 11-30-1 shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), and be imprisoned not less than thirty (30) days nor more than three (3) years.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 92, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 108, § 2, G.L. 1923, ch. 120, § 2; P.L. 1928, ch. 1176, § 1; P.L. 1932, ch. 1858, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-3.
RI Gen L § 11-30-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-30 - Nuisances|Section 11-30-4 - Penalty for nuisance involving intoxicating liquors.

§ 11-30-4. Penalty for nuisance involving intoxicating liquors.Every person keeping or maintaining any common nuisance enumerated in § 11-30-2, or aiding in so doing, shall for the first offense be punished by a fine of not more than six hundred dollars ($600), and for a second and each subsequent offense shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or be imprisoned for not more than two (2) years in the adult correctional institutions, or both, in the discretion of the court. Money arising from fines imposed under this section shall be paid one-half (½) to the general treasurer of the state and one-half (½) to the treasurer of the town or city where the offense occurred.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 92, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 108, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 120, § 2; P.L. 1928, ch. 1176, § 1; P.L. 1932, ch. 1858, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-4; P.L. 1997, ch. 291, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-30-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-30 - Nuisances|Section 11-30-5 - Evidence as to intoxicating liquors.

§ 11-30-5. Evidence as to intoxicating liquors.It shall not be necessary to prove an actual sale of intoxicating liquors in any building, place, or tenement, in order to establish the character of such premises as a common nuisance as provided in § 11-30-2 The notorious character of any premises, the notoriously bad or intemperate character of persons visiting them, the keeping of the implements or appurtenances usually appertaining to grog-shops, tippling-shops, or places where intoxicating liquors are sold, shall be evidence that the premises are nuisances within the meaning of §§ 11-30-1 and 11-30-2. Evidence of the sale or keeping of intoxicating liquors for sale in any building, place or tenement shall be evidence that the sale or keeping is illegal, and that the premises are nuisances within the meaning of §§ 11-30-1 and 11-30-2.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 92, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 108, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 120, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-5.
RI Gen L § 11-30-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-30 - Nuisances|Section 11-30-6 - Annulment of lease by maintenance of nuisance.

§ 11-30-6. Annulment of lease by maintenance of nuisance.If any person, being a tenant or occupant under any lawful title of any building or tenement not owned by him or her, shall use the premises or any part for any of the purposes enumerated in §§ 11-30-1 and 11-30-2, that use shall annul the lease or other title under which the occupant holds, and, without any act of the owner, shall cause the right of possession to revert and vest in him or her, and the owner may make immediate entry on it and repossess himself or herself of the premises without process of law.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 92, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 108, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 120, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-6.
RI Gen L § 11-30-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-30 - Nuisances|Section 11-30-7 - Landlord's liability for nuisance.

§ 11-30-7. Landlord's liability for nuisance.Every person who shall let any building or tenement owned by him or her or under his or her control, for any of the purposes enumerated in §§ 11-30-1 and 11-30-2, or who shall knowingly permit any building, tenement, or part of one to be so used while under his or her control, or who shall after five (5) days notice from any officer or magistrate of that use of the building or tenement omit to take all reasonable measures to eject the tenant or occupant from the premises as soon as it may lawfully be done, shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of aiding in the maintenance of the nuisance, and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions not less than sixty (60) days nor more than one year.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 92, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 108, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 120, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-7.
RI Gen L § 11-30-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-30 - Nuisances|Section 11-30-8 - Entry by police officers of premises - Commanding departure of persons found.

§ 11-30-8. Entry by police officers of premises — Commanding departure of persons found.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.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 92, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 108, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 120, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-8; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 15; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 15.
RI Gen L § 11-30-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-30 - Nuisances|Section 11-30-9 - Officers commanding aid in execution.

§ 11-30-9. Officers commanding aid in execution.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.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 92, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 108, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 120, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-9.
RI Gen L § 11-30-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-30 - Nuisances|Section 11-30-10 - Unlawful sale of beverages by club or association.

§ 11-30-10. Unlawful sale of beverages by club or association.All buildings, places, or tenements located within any town or city used by any club or other association, whether incorporated or not, for the purpose of selling, distributing, or dispensing intoxicating liquors to its members or others for beverage purposes, shall be deemed to be common nuisances, unless it shall be used for the sale, distribution, or dispensing of intoxicating or alcoholic beverages to its members under a validly existing license issued for that purpose by some board, body or official authorized to issue it. Whoever keeps, maintains, or assists in keeping or maintaining, a common nuisance shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and all costs of prosecution and conviction. Upon the conviction of any incorporated club or association or any officer, member, agent, or employee, under the provisions of this chapter, the charter of the club or association shall become null and void.History of Section.P.L. 1905, ch. 1235, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 108, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 120, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-10.
RI Gen L § 11-30-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-30 - Nuisances|Section 11-30-11 - Injunction.

§ 11-30-11. Injunction.Any person who shall use, occupy, establish, or conduct a nuisance, or aid or abet in it, either as principal or as the agent of any other person, shall be guilty of maintaining a nuisance and shall be enjoined as provided in chapter 1 of title 10.History of Section.P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-11.
RI Gen L § 11-30-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-30 - Nuisances|Section 11-30-12 - Slaughterhouses, rendering plants, garbage plants, and brick kilns.

§ 11-30-12. Slaughterhouses, rendering plants, garbage plants, and brick kilns.All buildings, places, or lands used as slaughterhouses, rendering establishments, garbage plants, or brick kilns, and located within three hundred (300) feet of any public park or public hospital, are declared to be common nuisances. This section shall not apply to any slaughterhouse or rendering establishment previously located by the proper authorities of any city or town. Every person who shall maintain any common nuisance of this type shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1905, ch. 1240, §§ 1, 2; P.L. 1906, ch. 1345, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 109, §§ 6, 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 122, §§ 6, 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 600, §§ 6, 7; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-12.
RI Gen L § 11-30-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-30 - Nuisances|Section 11-30-13 - Burning of decaying and waste substances.

§ 11-30-13. Burning of decaying and waste substances.No owner, lessee, or occupant of any land used or suffered to be used as a dumping ground shall burn or suffer to be burned on it, and no other person shall ignite or burn on it, any refuse or decaying animal, fish or vegetable substances, or any waste materials or substances of any kind, in any manner that the burning shall be a nuisance to any person or persons owning or occupying any adjoining or neighboring land. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1523, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 109, §§ 8, 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 122, §§ 8, 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 600, §§ 8, 9; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-13.
RI Gen L § 11-31-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-31 - Obscene and Objectionable Publications and Shows|Section 11-31-1 - Circulation of obscene publications and shows.

§ 11-31-1. Circulation of obscene publications and shows.(a) Every person who willfully or knowingly promotes for the purpose of commercial gain within the community any show, motion picture, performance, photograph, book, magazine, or other material which is obscene shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, or both.(b) For the purpose of this section:(1) In determining whether or not a show, motion picture, performance, photograph, book, magazine, or other material is obscene the trier of the fact must find:(i) That the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest;(ii) That the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by this chapter; and(iii) That the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.(2) "Community standards" means the geographical area of the state of Rhode Island.(3) "Knowingly" means having knowledge of the character and content of the material or failure on notice to exercise reasonable inspection which would disclose the content and character of it.(4) "Material" means anything tangible which is capable of being used or adapted to arouse prurient interest through the medium of reading, or observation.(5) "Patently offensive" means so offensive on its face as to affront current standards of decency.(6) "Performance" means any play, motion picture, dance, or other exhibition performed before an audience.(7) "Promote" means to manufacture, issue, sell, give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, or advertise or to offer or agree to do it for resale.(8) "Sexual conduct" means:(i) An act of sexual intercourse, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including genital-genital, anal-genital, or oral-genital intercourse, whether between human beings or between a human being and an animal.(ii) Sado-masochistic abuse, meaning flagellation or torture by or upon a person in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification.(iii) Masturbation, excretory functions, and lewd exhibitions of the genitals.(9) "Standards of decency" means community standards of decency.(c) If any of the depictions and descriptions of sexual conduct described in this section are declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawfully included because the depictions or descriptions are constitutionally protected or for any other reason, that declaration shall not invalidate this chapter as to other sexual conduct included in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 218, § 2; P.L. 1979, ch. 406, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-31-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-31 - Obscene and Objectionable Publications and Shows|Section 11-31-2 - Forfeiture of obscene publications.

§ 11-31-2. Forfeiture of obscene publications.Any obscene book, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, or other thing mentioned in § 11-31-1 found by any officer in executing a search warrant or which shall be produced and brought into court shall be forfeited to the state. Further proceedings shall be had on them for their forfeiture as is prescribed by law in chapter 21 of title 12, and upon entry of final judgment of forfeiture the item shall be destroyed by order of the court. However, if any book, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper or other thing mentioned in § 11-31-1 is seized by any officer in executing a search warrant, it shall not be forfeited to the state unless the person, firm, corporation, or association claiming a proprietary interest in and to it or in whose possession it is found has been accorded the opportunity for a hearing on the question of whether it is obscene as provided by § 12-5-8.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 15; P.L. 1915, ch. 1219, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 11-31-2; P.L. 1965, ch. 168, § 6; P.L. 1966, ch. 259, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-31-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-31 - Obscene and Objectionable Publications and Shows|Section 11-31-3 - Repealed.

§ 11-31-3. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 11-31-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-31 - Obscene and Objectionable Publications and Shows|Section 11-31-4 - Repealed.

§ 11-31-4. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 11-31-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-31 - Obscene and Objectionable Publications and Shows|Section 11-31-5 - Repealed.

§ 11-31-5. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 11-31-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-31 - Obscene and Objectionable Publications and Shows|Section 11-31-6 - Repealed.

§ 11-31-6. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 11-31-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-31 - Obscene and Objectionable Publications and Shows|Section 11-31-7 - Repealed.

§ 11-31-7. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 11-31-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-31 - Obscene and Objectionable Publications and Shows|Section 11-31-8 - Entry of premises by deputies.

§ 11-31-8. Entry of premises by deputies.Any deputy sheriff, when so directed by the director of the department of public safety, may, in the discharge of their duties, enter any exhibition, performance, or place mentioned in this chapter or chapter 22 of title 5.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 103, § 8; P.L. 1905, ch. 1249, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 124, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 129, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 362, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 11-31-8; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 36.
RI Gen L § 11-31-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-31 - Obscene and Objectionable Publications and Shows|Section 11-31-9 - Repealed.

§ 11-31-9. Repealed.