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RI Gen L § 11-37.1-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-37.1 - Sexual Offender Registration and Community Notification|Section 11-37.1-16 - Application review - Burden of production and persuasion.

§ 11-37.1-16. Application review — Burden of production and persuasion.(a) In any proceeding under this chapter, the state shall have the burden of going forward, which burden shall be satisfied by the presentation of a prima facie case that justifies the proposed level of and manner of notification.(b) For purposes of this section, "prima facie case" means:(1) A validated risk assessment tool has been used to determine the risk of re-offense;(2) Reasonable means have been used to collect the information used in the validated assessment tool.(c) Upon presentation of a prima facie case, the court shall affirm the determination of the level and nature of the community notification, unless it is persuaded by a preponderance of the evidence that the determination on either the level of notification of the manner in which it is proposed to be accomplished is not in compliance with this chapter or the guidelines adopted pursuant to this chapter.Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the release of information pertaining to a person who has been convicted of any of the violations of any offense listed in § 11-37.1-2, so long as the information has been gathered or obtained through sources other than the registration process provided by this chapter. Provided further, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to authorize the release of any information pertaining to any victim of any offense listed in § 11-37.1-2.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 104, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 162, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 170, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-37.1-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-37.1 - Sexual Offender Registration and Community Notification|Section 11-37.1-17 - Immunity for good faith conduct.

§ 11-37.1-17. Immunity for good faith conduct.Any person who performs any act or fails to perform any act pursuant to this chapter shall have good faith immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might be incurred as a result of the performance of or the failure to perform any act pursuant to this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 104, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-37.1-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-37.1 - Sexual Offender Registration and Community Notification|Section 11-37.1-18 - Continuation of prior duty to register.

§ 11-37.1-18. Continuation of prior duty to register.Any person who pursuant to the provisions of former § 11-37-16 had a duty to register under that section after having been convicted of any violation of the provisions of chapter 37 of this title, or for a conviction in another state of first degree sexual assault which if committed in this state would constitute a violation of chapter 37 of this title, shall have the duty to register in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate any duty to register which exists or existed under the provisions of former § 11-37-16.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 104, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-37.1-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-37.1 - Sexual Offender Registration and Community Notification|Section 11-37.1-19 - Severability.

§ 11-37.1-19. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional, the invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid or unconstitutional provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 104, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-37.1-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-37.1 - Sexual Offender Registration and Community Notification|Section 11-37.1-20 - Remand to sex offender board of review.

§ 11-37.1-20. Remand to sex offender board of review.Upon application by the attorney general or counsel for the sex offender, the court may remand any case pending adjudication of sexually violent predator status back to the sex offender board of review for further determination of sexually violent predator status and community notification level pursuant to § 11-37.1-6.History of Section.P.L. 2003, ch. 162, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 170, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-37.1-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-37.1 - Sexual Offender Registration and Community Notification|Section 11-37.1-21 - Duty of shelters and homeless shelters to notify law enforcement of the presence of sex offenders.

§ 11-37.1-21. Duty of shelters and homeless shelters to notify law enforcement of the presence of sex offenders.(a) If any person convicted of any offense that requires sex offender registration pursuant to this title, or otherwise has a duty to register his or her address with the law enforcement agency in the municipality in which they reside, is provided residence in any homeless shelter, that person shall be required to inform the shelter of his or her status and duty to register and to provide his or her name and date of birth to each shelter or homeless shelter where he or she resides overnight.(b) The obligation of the sex offender to provide the information required in subsection (a) of this section, shall be on a continuing daily and nightly basis and he or she shall provide said information to each and every shelter or homeless shelter at which he or she takes up temporary residence regardless of the length of time he or she stays at such shelter.(c) The homeless shelter that receives information from any sex offender shall be required to transmit that information to the local law enforcement agency and if there be none, to the closest Rhode Island state police barracks before midnight of that day of the offender registering or signing in for the day, night, or any portion of a day.(d) Any homeless shelter that violates the provisions of this section shall upon a first violation, be fined a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars ($500); for a second violation, by a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000); and for a third or subsequent violation, by a civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).(e) Jurisdiction over any violation by a homeless shelter shall be in the district court in the county in which the shelter is physically located.(f) Any sex offender who fails to disclose information as required by this chapter shall be subject to the same penalties as set forth in § 11-37.1-10.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 233, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 325, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-37.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-37.2 - Sexual Assault Protective Orders|Section 11-37.2-1 - Filing of complaint.

§ 11-37.2-1. Filing of complaint.(a) Proceedings under this chapter shall be filed, heard and determined in the district court of the division in which the moving party resides except when either party is a juvenile. Any proceedings under this chapter shall not preclude any other available civil or criminal remedies. A party filing a complaint under this chapter may do so without payment of any filing fee. There shall be no minimum residence requirements for the bringing of an action under this chapter.(b) Answers to the summons and complaint shall be made within ten (10) days of service upon the defendant and the action shall take precedence on the calendar. If no answer is filed within the time prescribed, judgment shall enter forthwith.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 239, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 240, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 216, § 2; P.L. 2010, ch. 236, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-37.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-37.2 - Sexual Assault Protective Orders|Section 11-37.2-2 - Protective orders - Penalty - Jurisdiction.

§ 11-37.2-2. Protective orders — Penalty — Jurisdiction.(a) A person who is a victim of sexual assault as defined in § 11-37-1, 11-37-2, 11-37-4, 11-37-6, 11-37-8.1, 11-37-8.3 or 11-59-2, may file a complaint in the district court requesting any order which will protect him or her from the future abuse, including, but not limited to, the following:(1) Ordering that the defendant be restrained and enjoined from contacting, assaulting, molesting or otherwise interfering with the plaintiff at home, on the street or elsewhere, whether the defendant is an adult or minor;(2) Upon motion by the plaintiff, his or her address shall be released only at the discretion of the district court judge.(b) Nothing in this section shall limit a defendant's right under existing law to petition the court at a later date for modification of the order.(c) Any violation of the aforementioned protective order shall subject the defendant to being found in contempt of court.(d) The contempt order shall not be exclusive and shall not preclude any other available civil or criminal remedies. Any relief granted by the court shall be for a fixed period of time not to exceed three (3) years, at the expiration of which time the court may extend any order upon motion by the plaintiff for such additional time as it deems necessary to protect the plaintiff from abuse. The court may modify its order at any time upon motion of either party.(e) Any violation of a protective order under this chapter of which the defendant has actual notice shall be a misdemeanor which shall be punished by a fine of no more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.(f) "Actual notice" means that the defendant has received a copy of the order by service thereof or by being handed a copy of the order by a police officer pursuant to § 8-8.1-7.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 239, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 240, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-37.2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-37.2 - Sexual Assault Protective Orders|Section 11-37.2-3 - Temporary orders - Ex parte proceedings.

§ 11-37.2-3. Temporary orders — Ex parte proceedings.(a) (1) Upon the filing of a complaint under this chapter, the court may enter any temporary orders that it deems necessary to protect the plaintiff from abuse.(2) If it clearly appears from specific facts shown by affidavit that immediate and irreparable injury, loss or damage will result to the plaintiff, before notice can be served and a hearing held, the court may enter any temporary order without notice that it deems necessary to protect the plaintiff. Every order granted without notice shall expire by its terms within the time after entry, not to exceed twenty-one (21) days, as the court fixes, unless within the time so fixed the order: (i) By consent; or (ii) Due to a failure to make service of process upon the defendant despite diligent efforts; or (iii) For good cause shown and after hearing of argument by the parties or counsel, is extended for an additional period. In case a temporary order is granted without notice, the matter shall be set down for hearing within a reasonable time and shall be given precedence over all matters except older matters of the same character, and when the matter comes on for hearing the party who obtained the temporary order shall proceed with the complaint for an order pursuant to § 11-37.2-2, and, if he or she does not do so, the court shall dissolve the temporary order.(b) (1) When the court is unavailable after the close of business a complaint may be filed before any available district court judge who may grant relief to the plaintiff under this chapter upon cause shown in an ex parte proceeding.(2) No temporary order shall be granted pursuant to the provisions of this section unless it clearly appears from specific facts shown by the affidavit or by verified complaint that immediate and irreparable injury, loss or damage will result to the plaintiff before notice can be served and a hearing held.(c) Any order issued under this section and any documentation in support of an order shall be filed immediately with the clerk of the district court. The filing shall have the effect of commencing proceedings under this chapter and invoking the other provisions of this chapter.(d) The clerk of the district court shall have a certified copy of any order issued under this chapter forwarded immediately to the law enforcement agency designated by the plaintiff. The clerk shall also provide the plaintiff with two (2) certified copies of any order issued under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 239, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 240, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-37.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-37.2 - Sexual Assault Protective Orders|Section 11-37.2-4 - Report to law enforcement agency.

§ 11-37.2-4. Report to law enforcement agency.Whenever the court grants a temporary order pursuant to § 11-37-8.3 based on a complaint alleging that a minor is suffering from sexual abuse, the court shall ensure that the appropriate law enforcement agency is notified of the complaint.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 239, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 240, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-37.2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-37.2 - Sexual Assault Protective Orders|Section 11-37.2-6 - Notice of penalties - Notice of renewal.

§ 11-37.2-6. Notice of penalties — Notice of renewal.Each protective order issued under this chapter, including a temporary exparte order, shall have the following statements printed in bold-faced type or in capital letters:A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS ORDER MAY BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND MAY BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF AS MUCH AS $1,000 AND/OR BY CONFINEMENT IN JAIL FOR AS LONG AS ONE YEAR, AND MAY BE ORDERED TO ATTEND COUNSELING. IF THE VICTIM WANTS THIS ORDER TO CONTINUE BEYOND THE EXPIRATION DATE, THE VICTIM MUST APPLY FOR A RENEWAL OF THE ORDER BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 239, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 240, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-37.2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-37.2 - Sexual Assault Protective Orders|Section 11-37.2-8 - Appeal.

§ 11-37.2-8. Appeal.An order granting relief pursuant to § 8-8.1-3 shall remain in effect during the pendency of the appeal to the superior court unless the order is stayed by a justice of the superior court.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 239, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 240, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-37.3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-37.3 - Child Safe Zones|Section 11-37.3-1 - Definitions.

§ 11-37.3-1. Definitions.As used in this chapter:(1) "Employee" means an individual hired directly by the entity; a contractual employee of the entity; an individual hired by a third party who has contracted with the entity; an independent contractor of the entity; or a volunteer of the entity.(2) "Child Safe Zone" means the following entities:(i) Any private, municipal, county, or state fair or carnival;(ii) Any children's arcade, amusement center having coin-or token-operated devices for entertainment, movie theatre, or facilities providing programs or services intended primarily for minors;(iii) A public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, child care facility, or public library:(iv) Any place intended primarily for use by minors including, but not limited to, a playground, a children's play area, recreational or sport-related activity area, a swimming or wading pool, or a beach; and(v) Any healthcare facility intended primarily for minors.(3) "Minor" means a person under the age of eighteen (18) years old.(4) "Offender" means a person who is, or is required to be, registered as a sex offender in this state or any other jurisdiction and whose victim was a minor.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 506, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-37.3-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-37.3 - Child Safe Zones|Section 11-37.3-2 - Prohibition from employment.

§ 11-37.3-2. Prohibition from employment.(a) Any entity that is a child safe zone is prohibited from employing a person who is an offender.(b) The individual who made the final hiring decision for an entity that is a child safe zone that knowingly employs an offender as prohibited in § 11-37.3-3(a) shall be subject to a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day the offender is employed.(c) Any offender who knowingly misrepresents or omits his or her sex offender registration status to obtain employment in a child safe zone shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, be subject to imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 506, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-37.3-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-37.3 - Child Safe Zones|Section 11-37.3-3 - Prohibition from ownership or operation.

§ 11-37.3-3. Prohibition from ownership or operation.(a) Any offender is prohibited from owning or operating an entity that is a child safe zone. This prohibition shall not apply to any offender who owned or operated an entity that is a child safe zone prior to August 1, 2014.(b) Any offender who knowingly owns or operates an entity that is a child safe zone shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, be subject to imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 506, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-37.3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-37.3 - Child Safe Zones|Section 11-37.3-4 - Immunity from liability.

§ 11-37.3-4. Immunity from liability.An entity that is a child safe zone that declines to hire, or declines to continue an offender's employment, on the basis of the employment prohibition in § 11-37.3-2(a) shall not be liable for civil damages or subject to any claim, demand, cause of action, or proceeding of any nature as a result of the prohibition.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 506, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-38-1 - 11-38-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-38 - Riotous Assembly|Section 11-38-1 - 11-38-4 - Repealed.

§ 11-38-1 — 11-38-4. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 11-38-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-38 - Riotous Assembly|Section 11-38-5 - Inciting riot at correctional institution.

§ 11-38-5. Inciting riot at correctional institution.Any person who, with intent to cause a riotous assembly at the adult correctional institutions, shall incite a riot or a continuance of a riot or destruction of property while rioting, shall, upon being found guilty of the offense, be fined not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 148, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-38-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-38 - Riotous Assembly|Section 11-38-6 - Inciting riot at municipal detention facility.

§ 11-38-6. Inciting riot at municipal detention facility.Any prisoner, detainee, or other person incarcerated or confined at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in the city of Central Falls who, with intent to cause a riotous assembly at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility created under chapter 54 of title 45, incites a riot or any continuance of a riot or destruction of property while rioting shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned at the adult correctional institutions for a term not to exceed ten (10) years, or be fined an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both; that term commences at the expiration of the original term of imprisonment of the prisoner.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 362, § 2; P.L. 2000, ch. 477, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-39-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-39 - Robbery|Section 11-39-1 - Penalty for robbery.

§ 11-39-1. Penalty for robbery.(a) Every person who shall commit: (1) robbery by use of a dangerous weapon; (2) robbery where a victim is injured; or (3) robbery where the victim is a person who is severely impaired or an elderly person; shall be guilty of first degree robbery and shall be imprisoned for not less than ten (10) years and may be imprisoned for life, or fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or both.(b) Every person who shall commit robbery or other larceny from the person by force or threat, where there is no weapon and no injury and the victim is neither a severely impaired person or an elderly person, shall be guilty of second degree robbery and shall be imprisoned for not less than five (5) years nor more than thirty (30) years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.(c) For the purposes of this section:(1) "Person who is severely impaired" has the same definition as provided in § 11-5-11; and(2) "Elderly person" means a person sixty (60) years of age or older.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 11-39-1; P.L. 1980, ch. 94, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 201, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 153, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 15; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 15.
RI Gen L § 11-39-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-39 - Robbery|Section 11-39-2 - Robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle.

§ 11-39-2. Robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle.(a) Every person who shall unlawfully seize a motor vehicle from its lawful owner, lessor, or occupant by use or threat of use of a dangerous weapon against the owner, lessor, or occupant resulting in serious bodily injury, as defined in § 11-5-10.2, shall be guilty of first degree robbery and shall be imprisoned for not less than ten (10) years and may be imprisoned for life, or fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or both. In all such cases, the justice imposing sentence shall impose a minimum sentence of ten (10) years imprisonment and may only impose a sentence less than the minimum if he or she finds that substantial and compelling circumstances exist which justify imposition of the alternative sentence. That finding may be based upon the character and background of the defendant, the cooperation of the defendant with law enforcement authorities, the nature and circumstances of the offense, and/or the nature and quality of the evidence presented at trial. If a sentence which is less than imprisonment for a term of ten (10) years is imposed, the trial justice shall set forth on the record the circumstances which he or she found as justification for imposition of the lesser sentence. A person sentenced to prison for violation of this subsection shall not be eligible for parole until at least one-half (½) of the sentence has been served in prison.(b) Every person who shall unlawfully seize a motor vehicle from its lawful owner, lessor, or occupant by force or threat of force against the owner, lessor, or occupant shall be guilty of second degree robbery and shall be imprisoned for not less than five (5) years nor more than thirty (30) years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.(c) Every person who shall commit robbery of a motor vehicle by seizing it from its lawful owner, lessor, or occupant under the circumstances set forth in subsection (a) or (b) of this section, resulting in the death of the owner, lessor or occupant, shall be guilty of first degree murder and shall be sentenced to life imprisonment, and may be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole if ordered by the court pursuant to chapter 19.2 of title 12. A person sentenced to life imprisonment for violation of this subsection shall not be eligible for parole until at least twenty (20) years of the sentence has been served in prison.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 177, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-40-1 - 11-40-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-40 - Sunday Laws|Section 11-40-1 - 11-40-4 - Repealed.

§ 11-40-1 — 11-40-4. Repealed.