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RI Gen L § 3-14-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-14 - Rhode Island Liquor Liability Act|Section 3-14-10 - Settlement - Release - Contributions - Indemnity.

§ 3-14-10. Settlement — Release — Contributions — Indemnity.(a) A plaintiff's settlement and proper release of either the intoxicated tortfeasor or a defendant, as defined in § 3-14-5, will not bar potential claims against any other defendant(s).(b) The amount paid to a plaintiff in consideration for the settlement and proper release of any defendant will be offset against all other subsequent judgments received by the plaintiff.(c) The liability of the intoxicated tortfeasor and any defendant, as defined in § 3-14-5, who served alcoholic beverages, shall be joint and several.(d) In cases of negligent conduct, the intoxicated tortfeasor and any defendant, as defined in § 3-14-5, who served alcoholic beverages have a right of contribution and not a right of indemnification.(e) In cases of reckless conduct, nonreckless defendants have a right of either indemnification or contribution from any reckless defendants.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 537, § 2.
RI Gen L § 3-14-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-14 - Rhode Island Liquor Liability Act|Section 3-14-11 - Statute of limitations.

§ 3-14-11. Statute of limitations.Any action under this chapter against a defendant alleging negligent or reckless conduct must be brought within three (3) years after the cause of action accrues.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 537, § 2.
RI Gen L § 3-14-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-14 - Rhode Island Liquor Liability Act|Section 3-14-12 - Evidence of responsible serving practices.

§ 3-14-12. Evidence of responsible serving practices.(a) Proof of defendant's responsible serving practices is admissible as evidence that the server was not negligent or reckless. Responsible serving practices include, but are not limited to:(1) Defendant's and defendant's employees' attendance at a server education training course; and(2) Defendant's implementation, at the time of service, of responsible management policies, procedures, and actions.(b) Proof or disproof that the defendant was adhering to responsible serving practices is not by itself proof or disproof of negligence or recklessness.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 537, § 2.
RI Gen L § 3-14-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-14 - Rhode Island Liquor Liability Act|Section 3-14-13 - Privileges.

§ 3-14-13. Privileges.(a) No licensee is liable for damages resulting from a good faith refusal to serve liquor to any individual who:(1) Fails to show proper identification of age;(2) Reasonably appears to be a minor; or(3) Is refused service in a good faith effort to prevent him or her from becoming visibly intoxicated.(b) No licensee is liable for retaining identification documents presented to the licensee as proof of the individual's age for the purpose of receiving liquor provided:(1) Retention is for a reasonable length of time in a good faith effort to determine whether the individual is of legal age; and(2) The licensee informs the individual why he or she is retaining the identification documents.(c) This section does not limit a licensee's right to assert any other defense provided by law.(d) A licensee may not be held liable under this chapter for failing to exercise any privilege provided in this section; however, this subsection does not provide immunity from liability under §§ 3-14-6 and 3-14-7.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 537, § 2.
RI Gen L § 3-14-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-14 - Rhode Island Liquor Liability Act|Section 3-14-14 - Repealed.

§ 3-14-14. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 537, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2011, ch. 158, § 2, effective June 30, 2011; P.L. 2011, ch. 274, § 2, effective July 12, 2011.
RI Gen L § 3-14-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3-14 - Rhode Island Liquor Liability Act|Section 3-14-15 - Repealed.

§ 3-14-15. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 537, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 14, effective July 1, 1996.
RI Gen L § 4-1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-1 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 4-1-1 - Definitions - Responsibility for agents and employees.

§ 4-1-1. Definitions — Responsibility for agents and employees.(a) In this chapter and in §§ 4-4-9, 4-4-10, and 23-19-8:(1) "Animal" and "animals" means every living creature except a human being.(2) "Licensed graduate veterinarian" or "veterinarian" means a person licensed to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry in this state who is a graduate of an accredited veterinary medical, surgical, and dental school or college of a standard recognized by the Rhode Island Veterinary Medical Association.(3) "Owner," "person," and "whoever" means corporations as well as individuals.(4) "Guardian" shall mean a person(s) having the same rights and responsibilities of an owner, and both terms shall be used interchangeably. A guardian shall also mean a person who possesses, has title to or an interest in, harbors, or has control, custody, or possession of an animal and who is responsible for an animal's safety and well-being.(5) Except for livestock as defined in § 4-26-3(6), "adequate living conditions" shall mean a sanitary environment that is dry and free of accumulated feces and free of debris and garbage that may clutter the environment, pose a danger, or entangle the animal. The environment in which the animal is kept must be consistent with federal regulatory requirements, where applicable, or generally recognized professional standards, where applicable, or otherwise be of sufficient size so as not to inhibit comfortable rest, normal posture, or range of movement, and suitable to maintain the animal in a good state of health. "Adequate living conditions" for livestock as defined in § 4-26-3(6) shall mean best management practices established, no later than July 1, 2014, by the Rhode Island livestock welfare and care standards advisory council.(6) Except for livestock as defined in § 4-26-3, "hazardous accumulation of animals" means the accumulation of a large number of animals, to a point where the owner, possessor, or person having the charge of custody of the aforementioned animals fails to or is unable to provide "adequate living conditions" as defined herein, resulting in harm or danger to the health and wellbeing of the animals.(b) The knowledge and acts of agents of and persons employed by corporations in regard to animals transported, owned or employed by or in the custody of that corporation are held to be the acts and knowledge of that corporation.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 114, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 138, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 141, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 640, § 7; P.L. 1945, ch. 1651, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 4-1-1; P.L. 2001, ch. 72, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 180, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 232, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 439, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 444, § 1.
RI Gen L § 4-1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-1 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 4-1-2 - Overwork, mistreatment, or failure to feed animals - Shelter defined.

§ 4-1-2. Overwork, mistreatment, or failure to feed animals — Shelter defined.(a) Whoever overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded, overworks, tortures, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance, cruelly beats, mutilates, or cruelly kills, or causes or procures to be so overdriven, overloaded, driven when overloaded, overworked, tortured, tormented, deprived of necessary sustenance, cruelly beaten, or mutilated, any animal, and whoever, having the charge or custody of any animal, either as owner or otherwise, inflicts cruelty upon that animal, or willfully fails to provide that animal with proper food, drink, shelter, or protection from the weather, shall, for each offense, be imprisoned not exceeding eleven (11) months, or be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or both. If the offense described in this section results in the death of the animal, the person shall be punished in the manner provided in § 4-1-5.(b) Any person who has been previously convicted of an offense provided for in chapter 1 of title 4 shall, upon conviction of a second or subsequent violation within a ten-year (10) period, be imprisoned for a period not exceeding six (6) years, or fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both. In addition, every person convicted under chapter 1 of title 4 of a second or subsequent offense shall be required to serve one hundred (100) hours of community restitution. The community restitution penalty shall not be suspended or deferred and is mandatory.(c) Every owner, possessor, or person having charge of any animal may, upon conviction of a violation of this section, be ordered to forfeit all rights to ownership of the animal to the animal-control officer of the city or town in which the offense occurred or to a humane society that owns and operates the shelter that provided the subject animal shelter subsequent to any confiscation of that animal pursuant to this section.(d) Shelter means a structure used to house any animal that will provide sufficient protection from inclement elements for the health and well being of the animal.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 114, § 1; P.L. 1898, ch. 548, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 138, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 141, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 640, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 4-1-2; P.L. 1981, ch. 298, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 351, § 2; P.L. 1994, ch. 307, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 455, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 458, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 177, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 200, § 1.
RI Gen L § 4-1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-1 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 4-1-3 - Unnecessary cruelty.

§ 4-1-3. Unnecessary cruelty.(a) Every owner, possessor, or person having the charge or custody of any animal, who cruelly drives or works that animal when unfit for labor, or cruelly abandons that animal, or who carries that animal or who fails to provide that animal with adequate living conditions as defined in § 4-1-1, or who engages in the hazardous accumulation of animals as defined in § 4-1-1, or causes that animal, to be carried, in or upon any vehicle or otherwise, in a cruel or inhuman manner; or willfully, intentionally, maliciously, recklessly, and/or knowingly authorizes or permits that animal to be subjected to unnecessary torture, suffering, or cruelty of any kind; or who places, or causes to have placed, on any animal any substance that may produce irritation or pain or that is declared a hazardous substance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or by the state department of health, shall be punished for each offense in the manner provided in § 4-1-2. If the offense described in this section results in the death of the animal, the person shall be punished in the manner provided in § 4-1-5. If any owner, possessor, or person having the charge or custody of any animal is found guilty of or pleads nolo contendere to a violation of this section and said violation involves the hazardous accumulation of animals, the court shall, in imposing a penalty under this section, take into account whether the defendant's conduct could be considered to be the result of a mental health disorder as defined in § 27-38.2-2.(b) The substances proscribed by subsection (a) do not include any drug having curative and therapeutic effect for disease in animals and that is prepared and intended for veterinary use.(c) University, college, or hospital research facilities licensed and/or inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the U.S. Public Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services shall be exempt from the provisions of subsection (a) provided that they are in good standing with the federal agency responsible for licensing or assurance of the facility.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 114, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 138, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 141, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 640, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 4-1-3; P.L. 1973, ch. 114, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 180, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 232, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 455, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 458, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 439, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 444, § 1.
RI Gen L § 4-1-3.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-1 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 4-1-3.1 - Prohibited practices in destruction of animals.

§ 4-1-3.1. Prohibited practices in destruction of animals.It is unlawful for any veterinarian or owner, as defined in § 4-1-1, or any agent of a veterinarian or owner, or any other person to destroy any animal by the use of a high altitude decompression chamber. When carbon monoxide is used as a euthanizing agent, only one animal is placed in the chamber. Violation of this section is punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 310, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 164, § 1.
RI Gen L § 4-1-3.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-1 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 4-1-3.2 - Animal confinement in motor vehicles prohibited.

§ 4-1-3.2. Animal confinement in motor vehicles prohibited.(a) No owner or person shall confine any animal in a motor vehicle that is done in a manner that places the animal in a life-threatening or extreme health-threatening situation by exposing it to a prolonged period of extreme heat or cold without proper ventilation or other protection from such heat or cold. In order to protect the health and safety of an animal, an animal control officer, law enforcement officer, or fire fighter who has probable cause to believe that this section is being violated shall have the authority to enter such motor vehicle by any reasonable means necessary under the circumstances after making a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other responsible person.(b) A law enforcement or animal control officer may take all steps that are reasonably necessary to remove an animal from a motor vehicle if the animal's health, safety, or well-being appears to be in immediate danger from heat, cold, or lack of adequate ventilation and the conditions could reasonably be expected to cause extreme suffering or death.(c) Nothing in this section shall prevent a law enforcement officer or animal control officer from removing an animal from a motor vehicle if the animal's safety appears to be in immediate danger from heat, cold, lack of adequate ventilation, lack of food or water or other circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause suffering, disability, or death to the animal. A law enforcement officer or animal control officer may enter the motor vehicle for the sole purpose of rescue or release of the animal and may not search the vehicle unless otherwise permitted by law.(d) A law enforcement or animal control officer who removes an animal in accordance with this section shall, in a secure and conspicuous location on or within the motor vehicle, leave written notice bearing the officer's or agent's name and office and the address of the location where the animal may be retrieved. The owner may retrieve the animal only after payment of all charges that have accrued for the maintenance, care, medical treatment, and impoundment of the animal.(e) A law enforcement or animal control officer who removes an animal from a motor vehicle pursuant to this section is immune from criminal or civil liability that might otherwise result from the removal.(f) Any person who knowingly violates this section shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or by a fine of no more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 262, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 320, § 1.
RI Gen L § 4-1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-1 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 4-1-4 - Abandonment of infirm animals.

§ 4-1-4. Abandonment of infirm animals.If any maimed, sick, infirm, or disabled animal is abandoned to die, by any owner or person having charge of that animal, that person shall, for each offense, be punished in the manner provided in § 4-1-2.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 114, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 138, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 141, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 640, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 4-1-4.
RI Gen L § 4-1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-1 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 4-1-5 - Malicious injury to or killing of animals.

§ 4-1-5. Malicious injury to or killing of animals.(a) Every person who cuts out the tongue or otherwise dismembers any animal maliciously; or maliciously kills or wounds any animal; or maliciously administers poison to or exposes any poisonous substance with intent that the poison shall be taken or swallowed by any animal; or who maliciously exposes poisoned meat with intent that the poison meat is taken or swallowed by any wild animal, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), and shall, in the case of any animal of another, be liable to the owner of this animal for triple damages, to be recovered by civil action. In addition, any person convicted under this section is required to serve fifty (50) hours of community restitution. The community restitution penalty shall not be suspended or deferred and is mandatory.(b) This section shall not apply to licensed hunters during hunting season or a licensed business killing animals for human consumption.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 22; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 22; P.L. 1913, ch. 919, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 4-1-5; P.L. 1979, ch. 238, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 316, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 656, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 456, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 457, § 1.
RI Gen L § 4-1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-1 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 4-1-6 - Shearing of horses in winter.

§ 4-1-6. Shearing of horses in winter.No person shall cut, clip, or shear the hair or coating of any horse between October 15th and March 1st unless the necessity for the cutting, clipping, or shearing has been certified in writing and filed with the Rhode Island society for the prevention of cruelty to animals by a licensed graduate veterinarian. Any person violating this section shall, for each offense, be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) days or be fined not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), or both.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 640, § 22; P.L. 1945, ch. 1651, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 4-1-6.
RI Gen L § 4-1-6.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-1 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 4-1-6.1 - Operating upon tails of bovines prohibited.

§ 4-1-6.1. Operating upon tails of bovines prohibited.(a) Any person who intentionally cuts or alters the bone, tissues, muscles or tendons of the tail of any bovine or otherwise operates upon it in any manner for the purpose or with the effect of docking, setting, or otherwise altering the natural carriage of the tail, or who knowingly permits the same to be done upon the premises of which he or she is the owner, lessee, proprietor or user, or who assists in or is voluntarily present at such cutting or alteration, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both. If any bovine is found with the bone, tissues, muscles or tendons of its tail cut or altered as aforesaid upon the premises or in the charge and custody of any person, and the wound resulting therefrom is unhealed, such fact may be evidence of a violation of this section by the owner or user of such premises, or the person having such charge or custody.(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to tail docking performed by a veterinarian for veterinary purposes, provided that the procedure is performed under the following conditions:(1) The animal has been adequately anesthetized to minimize the animal's pain and suffering during the treatment or operation.(2) The procedure is done in a way that minimizes the long-term pain and suffering resulting from the procedure.(3) The veterinarian uses suitable instruments.(4) The procedure is done under hygienic conditions.(c) The owner of any bovine with a docked tail who purchased the bovine in a state where tail docking is legal shall be exempt from prosecution under this section.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 353, § 1.
RI Gen L § 4-1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-1 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 4-1-7 - Live poultry containers.

§ 4-1-7. Live poultry containers.Any crate or other container used for the purpose of transporting, shipping, or holding for sale any live poultry shall be in a sanitary condition and shall be constructed so as to provide sufficient ventilation and warmth and the poultry, while in that container, shall receive any reasonable care as may be required to prevent unnecessary suffering. Any person violating any provision of this section shall, for each offense, be imprisoned not exceeding fifteen (15) days or be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100), or both.History of Section.G.L. 1945, ch. 640, § 23; P.L. 1945, ch. 1651, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 4-1-7.
RI Gen L § 4-1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-1 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 4-1-8 - Sale of chicks and ducklings - Dyeing prohibited.

§ 4-1-8. Sale of chicks and ducklings — Dyeing prohibited.It is unlawful for any person to dye a chick, duckling, or other live poultry, or to have in his or her possession any chick, duckling, or other live poultry which has been dyed. No person shall sell or offer for sale any live chicks or ducklings under two (2) months of age in quantities of less than twelve (12), and provided further, that no person, firm, corporation or association shall offer live chicks or ducklings under two (2) months of age as a bonus, or as an inducement to the sale of or in conjunction with the purchase of any article. Any person, firm, or corporation violating this section shall for each offense be punished in the manner provided in § 4-1-2. No pet store shall sell chicks or ducklings in any quantity.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 640, § 24; P.L. 1945, ch. 1651, § 2; P.L. 1964, ch. 24, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 4-1-8; P.L. 1968, ch. 71, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 308, § 1.
RI Gen L § 4-1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry|Chapter 4-1 - Cruelty to Animals|Section 4-1-9 - Animal fighting.

§ 4-1-9. Animal fighting.Any person who causes or encourages the fighting of any bird, dog, or animal with any other bird, dog, or animal, or keeps or maintains any place for the fighting of birds, dogs, or animals, or who knowingly permits, or suffers, any fight to be had on his or her premises or on premises under his or her control, or makes any bet or lays any wager of any kind upon the result of that fight, shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned not exceeding two (2) years, or both, for the first offense, and for any subsequent offense shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or be imprisoned not exceeding two (2) years, or both.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 283, § 15; P.L. 1901, ch. 848, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 4-1-9; P.L. 1980, ch. 16, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 126, § 1.