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RI Gen L § 11-41-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-1 - Stealing as larceny.

§ 11-41-1. Stealing as larceny.Every person who shall steal any money, goods, or chattels, or any note of the general treasurer of this state for the payment of money, any bank bill, any certificate of any bank or of any public officer or corporation securing the payment of money to any person or certifying it to be due, any certificate of stock in any corporation, any order entitling a person to money or other article, or any bill of exchange, bill of lading, railroad ticket, bond, warrant, obligation, bill, or promissory note for the payment of money, or other valuable property, or any record or paper belonging to any public officer, or any writ, warrant, or other legal process, or any book or part of one containing an account, any receipt for money or other article paid or delivered, any adjustment or document of any kind relating to the payment of money or delivery of any article, any indenture of apprenticeship, or any deed, covenant, indenture, or assurance whatsoever respecting any property, real or personal, shall be deemed guilty of larceny.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 11; C.P.A. 1905, § 1172; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 11; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-1.
RI Gen L § 11-41-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-2 - Receiving stolen goods.

§ 11-41-2. Receiving stolen goods.Every person who shall fraudulently receive any stolen money, goods, securities, chattels, or other property, knowing it to be stolen, shall be deemed guilty of larceny, although the person who stole the property may not have been prosecuted or convicted for it. The possession of any stolen property shall be evidence of guilty knowledge by the person having possession that the property was stolen, unless the person shows that it was acquired in the due course of trade and for adequate consideration.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 13; C.P.A. 1905, § 1173; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 13; P.L. 1928, ch. 1208, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-2.
RI Gen L § 11-41-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-3 - Embezzlement and fraudulent conversion.

§ 11-41-3. Embezzlement and fraudulent conversion.Every official of a financial institution and every officer, agent, clerk, servant, or other person to whom any money or other property shall be entrusted for any specific purpose, and every person acting as executor, administrator, conservator, guardian, receiver, assignee, custodian, or trustee appointed by order, decree or judgment of court, or by deed, will or other instrument in writing, who shall embezzle or fraudulently convert to his or her own use, or who shall take or secrete, with intent to embezzle or fraudulently convert to his or her own use, any money or other property which shall have come into his or her possession or shall be under his or her care or charge by virtue of his or her employment or for that specific purpose or by virtue of his or her acting as executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, receiver, assignee, custodian, or trustee, and every person who shall collect or receive money or property from another for a commission to be retained out of the money or other property so collected or received, and who shall fraudulently retain out of that money or property so collected or received more than the amount of the commission, and shall embezzle or fraudulently convert it to his or her own use, or shall take or secrete it with intent to embezzle or fraudulently to convert the same to his or her own use, shall be deemed guilty of larceny and shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or three (3) times the value of the money or property thus embezzled or converted, whichever is greater, or imprisoned not more than twenty (20) years, or both, except that if the sum or value of the property embezzled is less than one hundred dollars ($100), he or she shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 16; C.P.A. 1905, § 1175; P.L. 1908, ch. 1521, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 16; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-3; P.L. 1991, ch. 138, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-41-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-4 - Obtaining property by false pretenses or personation.

§ 11-41-4. Obtaining property by false pretenses or personation.Every person who shall obtain from another designedly, by any false pretense or pretenses, any money, goods, wares, or other property, with intent to cheat or defraud, and every person who shall personate another or who shall falsely represent himself or herself to be the agent or servant of another and shall receive any money or other property intended to be delivered to the person so personated, or to the alleged principal or master of that agent or servant, shall be deemed guilty of larceny.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, §§ 14, 15; C.P.A. 1905, § 1174; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, §§ 14, 15; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-4.
RI Gen L § 11-41-4.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-4.1 - Repealed.

§ 11-41-4.1. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 11-41-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-6 - Attempted larceny.

§ 11-41-6. Attempted larceny.Whoever attempts to commit larceny by doing any act toward the commission of the offense, but fails in its perpetration, shall, unless otherwise provided, suffer the same punishment which might have been inflicted if the attempted offense had been committed.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 402, § 4; P.L. 1923, ch. 480, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-6.
RI Gen L § 11-41-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-7 - Larceny from the person.

§ 11-41-7. Larceny from the person.Every person who shall steal or attempt to steal from the person of another any money, goods, chattels, or other article enumerated in § 11-41-1, shall be imprisoned not less than one year nor more than ten (10) years.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-7.
RI Gen L § 11-41-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-8 - Stealing of animals.

§ 11-41-8. Stealing of animals.Every person who shall steal or attempt to steal any horse or other domestic animal shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both; in case a fine is imposed, one-half (½) shall inure to the use of the complainant.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 68; P.L. 1908, ch. 1569, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 71; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 71; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 78; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-8.
RI Gen L § 11-41-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-9 - Theft of poultry - Receiving stolen poultry.

§ 11-41-9. Theft of poultry — Receiving stolen poultry.Every person who steals poultry from any building or enclosure in which poultry are kept or confined, or whoever shall receive poultry, knowing it to have been stolen, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by both. One-half (½) of any fine imposed under this section shall inure to the complainant.History of Section.P.L. 1899, ch. 672, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 26; P.L. 1912, ch. 853, § 1; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-9.
RI Gen L § 11-41-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-10 - Robbing of fish nets and weirs.

§ 11-41-10. Robbing of fish nets and weirs.Every person who shall rob or draw any fishpot, weir, or net belonging to any other person shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 25; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 25; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-10.
RI Gen L § 11-41-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-11 - Embezzlement by bank officer or employee.

§ 11-41-11. Embezzlement by bank officer or employee.Every officer, agent, or servant of any bank, savings bank, or trust company who shall embezzle or appropriate to his or her own use any moneys, goods, effects, or funds of any bank, savings bank or trust company with intent to cheat or defraud it or any person, shall be deemed guilty of larceny, and shall be fined not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding twenty (20) years.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 17; P.L. 1908, ch. 1590, § 81; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-11.
RI Gen L § 11-41-11.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-11.1 - Unlawful appropriation.

§ 11-41-11.1. Unlawful appropriation.Any person to whom any money or other property of another shall be entrusted or delivered for a particular purpose, who shall intentionally appropriate to his or her own use that money or property, shall be deemed guilty of unlawful appropriation and shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or three (3) times the value of the money or property thus appropriated, whichever is greater, or imprisoned not more than twenty (20) years, or both. However, if the sum or value of the property so appropriated is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), he or she shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 154, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-41-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-12 - Fraudulent conversion by agent or factor.

§ 11-41-12. Fraudulent conversion by agent or factor.Every agent or factor who shall deposit or pledge any goods, wares, or merchandise or any bill of lading, receipt, or certificate of a warehouse keeper or inspector, or any warrant or order for the delivery of goods with which he or she shall have been entrusted, or which shall have been consigned to him or her as a security for any money or other property borrowed or received by the agent or factor, and shall apply or dispose of the proceeds to his or her own use, in violation of good faith, and with intent to defraud any owner of the goods, shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 21; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-12.
RI Gen L § 11-41-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-13 - Obtaining signature by false pretenses.

§ 11-41-13. Obtaining signature by false pretenses.Every person who, by any false pretense or pretenses, with intent to cheat or defraud, shall obtain the signature of any person to any written instrument, the false making of which would be punished as forgery, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 15; G.L., ch. 345, § 14, as enacted by P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-13.
RI Gen L § 11-41-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-14 - Failure to return book or other library property.

§ 11-41-14. Failure to return book or other library property.(a) Any person who shall take or borrow any book or other library property from any of the libraries or collections as defined in § 11-44-15(b), and who, upon neglect to return it within the time required and specified in the bylaws, rules, or regulations of the library owning the property, after receiving notice in writing by the librarian or other proper custodian of the property that it is overdue, shall upon further neglect to return it within sixty (60) days from the date of the notice be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), the fine to be for the use of the library. A written or printed notice given personally or sent by mail to a last known or registered place of residence shall be considered a sufficient notice. In addition, if the book should be lost, destroyed, or not returned, the person shall within sixty (60) days after being so notified pay to the custodian the replacement value of the book, including all reasonable processing costs, as determined by the governing board having jurisdiction.(b) All library users shall be notified of the penalties provided in subsection (a) of this section at the time they obtain or renew their library privileges. The final notice provided for in subsection (a) of this section shall also contain notice of the penalties.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 53; P.L. 1907, ch. 1463, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 56; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 56; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 64; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-14; P.L. 1983, ch. 296, §§ 1, 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 436, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-41-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-15 - Recovered stolen property.

§ 11-41-15. Recovered stolen property.(a) The officer who shall apprehend any person as principal or accessory in any robbery or larceny shall secure the property alleged to be stolen and shall be answerable for the property, and shall annex a schedule of it to his or her return. Upon receipt of the property from the apprehending officer, the clerk or person in charge of the storage of alleged stolen property for a police department shall enter into a book a description of every article of property alleged to be stolen which was brought to the police department and shall attach a number to each article.(b) (1) The clerk or person in charge of the storage of alleged stolen property may deliver the property to the owner of the property upon satisfactory proof of ownership, provided that the following steps are followed:(i) A complete photographic record of the property is made;(ii) The person from whom custody of the property was taken is served with a notice of the claim of ownership and is given a reasonable opportunity to be heard as to why the property should not be delivered to the person claiming ownership;(iii) A signed declaration of ownership under penalty of perjury is obtained from the person to whom the property is delivered.(2) The delivery of property to the owner shall be without prejudice to the state or any other person who may have a claim to the property. Any property subject to forfeiture under any provision of law shall not be returned pursuant to this section.(c) Upon application to the superior court by the person from whom custody of the property was taken, a review of the determination of the clerk or the person in charge of the storage of alleged stolen property shall be made within thirty (30) days of the receipt of that application. The court shall have the power to order the property taken into the custody of the court upon a finding that the person to whom the property was delivered was not entitled to it.(d) The clerk or person in charge of the storage of alleged stolen property shall not be liable for damages for any official act performed in good faith in the course of carrying out the provisions of this section.(e) The photographic record of the alleged stolen property required by paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section shall be allowed to be introduced as evidence in any court of this state in place of the actual alleged stolen property.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 26; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 27; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-15; P.L. 1976, ch. 170, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-41-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-16 - Sale or concealment of property leased or purchased on conditional sale.

§ 11-41-16. Sale or concealment of property leased or purchased on conditional sale.Whoever, being in possession of personal property, other than wearing apparel, received upon a written and conditional contract of sale or acquired upon a written lease, or in which any person, firm, or corporation shall have a valid and perfected security interest in accordance with the provisions of title 6A, sells, conveys, conceals, or aids in concealing the property, or any part of it, or refuses to return the property with intent to defraud, before performance of the conditions precedent to acquiring its title, shall be guilty of larceny and be subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-41-5.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 58; P.L. 1926, ch. 828, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 55; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-16; P.L. 1975, ch. 173, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 249, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-41-16.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-16.1 - Sale or concealment of leased personal property.

§ 11-41-16.1. Sale or concealment of leased personal property.(a) Any person being in possession of personal property under a lease who sells, transfers, conceals, or aids in concealing the property, or any part of it, or refuses to return the leased personal property after the time of expiration of the lease with the intent of depriving the owner of the property, shall be guilty of larceny and be subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-41-5.(b) The use of a false or fictitious name or address in obtaining leased personal property shall constitute prima facie evidence of intent to violate this section.(c) "Leased personal property", as used in this section, means any personal property received pursuant to a written contract, by which one owning the property (lessor) grants to another (lessee) the right to possess, use, and enjoy the personal property for a specified period of time for a specified sum.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 249, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-41-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-17 - Unauthorized transfer of vehicle sold on conditional sale.

§ 11-41-17. Unauthorized transfer of vehicle sold on conditional sale.Every person who, with intent to place beyond the control of the vendor, any motor vehicle sold on condition that the title shall remain in the vendor after delivery, shall remove, conceal, or aid or abet the removal or concealment of the vehicle, and any vendee of a conditional sale who shall sell or convey the property without the consent of the vendor, and without informing the person to whom he or she sells or conveys that it is subject to the conditional sale, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both.History of Section.P.L. 1926, ch. 803, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 79; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-17.
RI Gen L § 11-41-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-18 - Defacement or conversion of rental battery.

§ 11-41-18. Defacement or conversion of rental battery.Any person, other than the owner or the owner's duly authorized agent, who shall wrongfully or maliciously remove, deface, alter, or destroy, or cause to be removed, defaced, altered, or destroyed, the word "rental" printed, painted, stamped upon or attached to any electric storage battery, or who shall wrongfully sell, give, or attempt to sell or give to any person any electric storage battery so marked, or who shall, without the written consent of the owner, retain in his or her possession any electric storage battery so marked, with intent to wrongfully keep or dispose of the battery by sale or gift, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100).History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 75; P.L. 1927, ch. 1041, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 82; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-18.
RI Gen L § 11-41-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation|Section 11-41-19 - Refusal to return rental battery.

§ 11-41-19. Refusal to return rental battery.Every person having in his or her possession any electric storage battery, the property of another, who neglects or refuses for a period of fourteen (14) days after demand for it shall have been made to deliver it to its owner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than twenty dollars ($20.00), and shall be liable to the owner in an action of the case for the value of the electric storage battery at the time it was delivered to the person. Demand for the return of an electric storage battery shall be made in writing and shall be served upon the person upon whom demand is made by leaving it in his or her hands and possession or by sending it to him or her, postage fully prepaid, by registered or certified mail, to the address given by him or her at the time he or she received the battery.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 76; P.L. 1932, ch. 1882, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 83; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3717, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-41-19.