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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-5 - Assaults › Section 11-5-10.2. - Assault on persons with severe impairments causing serious bodily injury.

§ 11-5-10.2. Assault on persons with severe impairments causing serious bodily injury.
(a)
Any person who shall commit an assault or battery, or both, upon a person, with severe impairments causing serious bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned for not less than two (2) years but not more than twenty (20) years, or fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both. Every person so convicted shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work, or both, or any combination of them imposed by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. The restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence.
(b)
“Serious bodily injury” means physical injury that:
(1)
Creates a substantial risk of death, serious disfigurement;
(2)
Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or
(3)
Causes serious permanent disfigurement.
(c)
For the purposes of this section:
(1)
“Adult” means a person over the age of eighteen (18).
(2)
“Major life activities” means: (i) mobility; (ii) self-care; (iii) communication; (iv) receptive and/or expressive language; (v) learning; (vi) self-direction; (vii) capacity for independent living; or (viii) economic self-sufficiency.
(3)
“Person with severe impairments” means a child or adult who has a disability which is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments and results in substantial functional limitations in one or more major life activities.
(d)
Violations of this section shall be reported to the local police department.
(e)
After July 1, 2007 pursuant to § 40-8.5-2, the local police department may request the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals provide crisis intervention services for the adult victim with severe impairments when:
(1)
Necessary to ensure the immediate health and safety of the adult victim;
(2)
The adult victim relies on the person believed to have committed the assault and/or battery, for assistance in performing three (3) or more major life activities; and
(3)
After the victim is informed of his or her right to refuse crisis intervention and/or supportive services.
History of Section.
P.L. 1988, ch. 358, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 422, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 324, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 175, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 268, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 254, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 264, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-5 - Assaults › Section 11-5-10.3. - Assault on persons 60 years of age or older by caretaker causing bodily injury.

§ 11-5-10.3. Assault on persons 60 years of age or older by caretaker causing bodily injury.
Any person who shall commit an assault and battery upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing bodily injury, and who was, at the time of the assault and battery, responsible for the care and treatment of the victim, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or both. Further, if at the time of the assault and battery the person committing the act was employed by a health care facility that either condoned the act or attempted to conceal it, the health care facility shall be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000).
History of Section.
P.L. 1988, ch. 442, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-5 - Assaults › Section 11-5-10.4. - Assault on persons 60 years of age or older by caretaker causing serious bodily injury.

§ 11-5-10.4. Assault on persons 60 years of age or older by caretaker causing serious bodily injury.
(a)
Any person who shall commit an assault or battery, or both, upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing serious bodily injury, and who was, at the time of the assault and battery, responsible for the care and treatment of the victim, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned for not less than two (2) years but not more than twenty (20) years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both. Further, if at the time of the assault and battery the person committing the act was employed by a health care facility that either condoned the act or attempted to conceal it, the health care facility shall be fined not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). Every person so convicted shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work or attend violence counseling and/or substance abuse counseling, or any combination of them imposed by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. The restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence.
(b)
“Serious bodily injury” means physical injury that:
(1)
Creates a substantial risk of death;
(2)
Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or
(3)
Causes serious permanent disfigurement.
History of Section.
P.L. 1988, ch. 442, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 324, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 119, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-5 - Assaults › Section 11-5-11. - Assault on persons with severe impairments.

§ 11-5-11. Assault on persons with severe impairments.
(a)
For the purposes of this section:
(1)
“adult” means a person over the age of eighteen (18).
(2)
“major life activities” means: (i) mobility; (ii) self-care; (iii) communication; (iv) receptive and/or expressive language; (v) learning; (vi) self-direction; (vii) capacity for independent living; or (viii) economic self-sufficiency.
(3)
“person with severe impairments” means a child or adult who has a disability which is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments which results in a substantial limitation on the person’s ability to function independently in the family or community and in one or more major life activities.
(b)
Any person who shall commit an assault and battery upon a person who is severely impaired as defined in subsection (a) of this section, causing bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or both.
(c)
Violations of this section shall be reported to the local police department.
(d)
After July 1, 2007 pursuant to § 40-8.5-2, the local police department may request the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals provide crisis intervention services for the adult victim with severe impairments when:
(1)
Necessary to ensure the immediate health and safety of the adult victim;
(2)
The adult victim relies on the person believed to have committed the assault and/or battery, for assistance in performing three (3) or more major life activities; and
(3)
After the victim is informed of his or her right to refuse crisis intervention and/or supportive services.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 445, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 374, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 423, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 10; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 10; P.L. 2006, ch. 175, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 268, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 254, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 264, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-5 - Assaults › Section 11-5-14. - Assault on child in care of department of children, youth and families.

§ 11-5-14. Assault on child in care of department of children, youth and families.
Any employee of the department of children, youth and families, or any employee of any public or private agency with which the department contracts for services in furtherance of the care or custody of children, who shall commit an assault and battery upon a child in the care of the department shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than three (3) years but not more than ten (10) years and a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
History of Section.
P.L. 1991, ch. 258, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-5 - Assaults › Section 11-5-14.1. - Assault on child in care of department of children, youth and families causing serious bodily injury.

§ 11-5-14.1. Assault on child in care of department of children, youth and families causing serious bodily injury.
(a)
Any employee of the department of children, youth and families, or any employee of any public or private agency with which the department contracts for services in furtherance of the care or custody of children who shall commit an assault or battery upon a child in the care of the department, causing serious bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years but not more than twenty (20) years and a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
(b)
“Serious bodily injury” means physical injury that:
(1)
Creates a substantial risk of death;
(2)
Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or
(3)
Causes serious permanent disfigurement.
History of Section.
P.L. 1991, ch. 258, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-5 - Assaults › Section 11-5-14.2. - Battery by an adult upon child ten (10) years of age or younger causing serious bodily injury.

§ 11-5-14.2. Battery by an adult upon child ten (10) years of age or younger causing serious bodily injury.
(a)
Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older who shall commit a battery upon a child ten (10) years of age or younger, causing serious bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years but not more than twenty (20) years and a fine of not less than five thousand ($5,000) dollars nor more than twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars.
(b)
“Serious bodily injury” means physical injury that:
(1)
Creates a substantial risk of death;
(2)
Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or
(3)
Causes serious permanent disfigurement.
History of Section.
P.L. 1996, ch. 90, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 109, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-5 - Assaults › Section 11-5-15. - Aggravated harassment of a deputy sheriff by an inmate.

§ 11-5-15. Aggravated harassment of a deputy sheriff by an inmate.
Every prisoner confined in a custodial unit of the adult correctional institutions or in the custody of the warden or other correctional employee while outside the confines of the institutions who causes or attempts to cause any deputy sheriff to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine or feces, by throwing, tossing or expelling the fluid or material with the intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm, shall be imprisoned not exceeding two (2) years, or fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 1999, ch. 467, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 29.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-5 - Assaults › Section 11-5-16. - Assault of health care providers or emergency services medical personnel.

§ 11-5-16. Assault of health care providers or emergency services medical personnel.
(a)
Any person who shall knowingly and willfully assault a health care provider and/or emergency medical services personnel while that provider is engaged in providing health care services shall be deemed to have committed a felony, and may be imprisoned no more than three (3) years and fined not more than fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), or both.
(b)
The following terms, as used in this section, are defined as follows:
(1)
“Health care provider” has the same meaning as defined in § 5-37.3-3 and includes any personnel directed by them.
(2)
“Emergency medical services personnel” means anyone who provides emergency medical transportation services and anyone directed by them.
(3)
“Health care services” has the same meaning as defined in § 5-37.3-3 and includes any personnel directed by them.
History of Section.
P.L. 2001, ch. 74, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 201, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-5 - Assaults › Section 11-5-17. - Assault or battery for purpose of causing unconsciousness.

§ 11-5-17. Assault or battery for purpose of causing unconsciousness.
Any person who shall make an assault or battery, or both, by causing, or attempting to cause, another person to be rendered unconscious by a single punch, kick, or other singular striking motion to the head of such person for the purpose of bringing about the loss of consciousness of such person, or who shall knowingly assist, aid, abet, solicit, encourage, counsel, command, or conspire to coerce any person to commit such an act, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned for not more than three (3) years or fined not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 2014, ch. 483, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 546, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-6 - Bigamy and Adultery › Section 11-6-1. - Bigamy.

§ 11-6-1. Bigamy.
Every person who shall be convicted of being married to another, or of cohabiting with another as husband and wife, having at the time a former husband or wife living, shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000); provided, that this shall not extend to any person whose husband or wife shall be continually remaining without the limits of this state for the space of seven (7) years together, the party being married after the expiration of the seven (7) years, not knowing the other to be living within that time, nor to any person who shall be divorced at the time of the second marriage, nor to any person by reason of any former or prior marriage made when the man was less than fourteen (14) and the woman less than twelve (12) years of age.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-6-1; P.L. 1989, ch. 214, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-6 - Bigamy and Adultery › Section 11-6-2. - Adultery.

§ 11-6-2. Adultery.
Every person who shall commit adultery shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500); and illicit sexual intercourse between any two (2) persons, where either of them is married, shall be deemed adultery in each.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-6-2; P.L. 1989, ch. 214, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-7 - Bribery › Section 11-7-1. - Bribery of juror or person exercising judicial function.

§ 11-7-1. Bribery of juror or person exercising judicial function.
Every person who shall give any sum of money or any bribe, present, reward or unsecured loan, or any promise or security for any, to obtain or influence the opinion, judgment, verdict, sentence, report or award of any judge, justice of the peace, warden, juror, auditor, referee, arbitrator, master in chancery, or person summoned as a juror, in any matter or cause pending or to be tried before him or her alone or before him or her with others, shall be imprisoned not exceeding seven (7) years or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 11-7-1; P.L. 1990, ch. 95, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-7 - Bribery › Section 11-7-2. - Acceptance of bribe by juror or person exercising judicial function.

§ 11-7-2. Acceptance of bribe by juror or person exercising judicial function.
Every judge, justice of the peace, warden, juror, auditor, referee, arbitrator, master in chancery, or person summoned as a juror, who shall accept, receive, or agree for in any way any bribe, present, reward, or unsecured loan, to him or her offered, for the purpose of obtaining or influencing his or her opinion, judgment, verdict, sentence, report, or award in any matter or cause depending or to be tried before him or her alone or before him or her with others, shall be imprisoned not exceeding seven (7) years or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 11-7-2; P.L. 1990, ch. 95, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-7 - Bribery › Section 11-7-3. - Solicitation or acceptance of bribe by agent, employee, or public official.

§ 11-7-3. Solicitation or acceptance of bribe by agent, employee, or public official.
(a)
No person in public or private employ, or public official shall corruptly accept, or obtain or agree to accept, or attempt to obtain from any person, for himself or herself or any other person, any gift or valuable consideration as an inducement or reward for doing or forbearing to do, or for having done or forborne to do, any act in relation to the business of his or her principal, master, employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official, or for showing or forbearing to show favor or disfavor to any person in relation to the business of his or her principal, master, employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official.
(b)
It shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this section that the person did not have the power or authority to perform the act or omission for which the reward or inducement was offered, solicited, accepted, or agreed upon.
History of Section.
P.L. 1905, ch. 1219, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 11-7-3; P.L. 1991, ch. 139, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-7 - Bribery › Section 11-7-4. - Bribery of agent, employee, or public official.

§ 11-7-4. Bribery of agent, employee, or public official.
(a)
No person shall corruptly give or offer any gift or valuable consideration to any person in public or private employ, or any public official as an inducement or reward for doing or forebearing to do, or for having done or forborne to do, any act in relation to the business of his or her principal, master, or employer, or the state, city, or town of which he or she is an official, or for showing or forbearing to show favor or disfavor to any person in relation to the business of his or her principal, master, employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official.
(b)
It shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this section that the person did not have the power or authority to perform the act or omission for which the reward or inducement was offered, solicited, accepted, or agreed upon.
History of Section.
P.L. 1905, ch. 1219, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 11-7-4; P.L. 1991, ch. 136, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-7 - Bribery › Section 11-7-5. - Penalty for violations.

§ 11-7-5. Penalty for violations.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of § 11-7-3 or 11-7-4 shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or three times the monetary equivalent of the gift or valuable consideration, whichever is greater, or imprisoned for not more than twenty (20) years, or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 1905, ch. 1219, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 11-7-5; P.L. 1981, ch. 193, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 89, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-7 - Bribery › Section 11-7-6. - Civil liability for violating § 11-7-3 or 11-7-4.

§ 11-7-6. Civil liability for violating § 11-7-3 or 11-7-4.
Any person injured by any violation of the provisions of § 11-7-3 or 11-7-4 may recover from the person or persons inflicting the injury twice the amount of the injury.
History of Section.
P.L. 1905, ch. 1219, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 25; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 11-7-6.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-7 - Bribery › Section 11-7-8. - Accepting bribe to obtain preferential military treatment.

§ 11-7-8. Accepting bribe to obtain preferential military treatment.
Any person obtaining anything of value from a spouse, parent, or other blood relative of any citizen of this state in the armed forces of the United States or subject to the Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 451 et seq., by claiming that he or she has obtained, can or will obtain for that citizen any exception, deferment, promotion, leave, furlough, preference, change of duty or place of service or the like, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned not less than five (5) nor more than twenty-five (25) years.
History of Section.
G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 58; P.L. 1943, ch. 1352, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-7-8.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-7 - Bribery › Section 11-7-9. - Corruption of sports participant or official.

§ 11-7-9. Corruption of sports participant or official.
Whoever corrupts or attempts to corrupt a player, coach, manager, trainer, umpire, referee, or other person engaged in playing, arranging, staging, officiating at, or promoting any amateur or professional athletic game or contest or jai alai match to be played or held within the state of Rhode Island, or who corrupts or attempts to corrupt any owner, trainer, groom, jockey, racing official, or other person in any manner engaged in or connected with the running, officiating at or promoting any horse race or dog race run or to be run within the state of Rhode Island by giving, offering, or promising any gift or gratuity whatever, directly or indirectly, with intent to improperly influence the conduct of the person in the playing, running, or carrying out of any athletic game or contest or jai alai match or any horse race, or officiating at the game or contest, whether the offer, promise, gift, or gratuity is made at or away from the playing field, boxing or ice arena, race course or fronton, or other place where the athletic game, contest, or horse race is scheduled to take place with intent to improperly influence the conduct of the person in connection with the proper playing or promoting of the athletic game or contest or jai alai match or officiating at the game, contest or match, or the proper running or promoting of any horse race or dog race or officiating at any horse or dog race, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment of not more than seven (7) years, or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 1950, ch. 2556, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-7-9; P.L. 1981, ch. 193, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 24, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-7 - Bribery › Section 11-7-10. - Acceptance of bribe by sports participant or official.

§ 11-7-10. Acceptance of bribe by sports participant or official.
Any player, coach, manager, official, or other person engaged in the playing, arranging, or promotion of any amateur or professional athletic game or contest or jai alai match or officiating at the game, contest or match, or any owner, trainer, groom, jockey, racing official or other person participating in any horse race or dog race or in any manner engaged in conducting, arranging, or promoting any horse race or officiating at any horse or dog race, who accepts any gift or gratuity, directly or indirectly, from any person who gives, offers, or promises any gift or gratuity with intent to improperly influence the conduct of the person in the arranging, holding, or playing of the athletic game or contest or jai alai match or officiating at the game, contest or match, or the running or promoting of the horse race or dog race or officiating at the horse or dog race, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment of not more than seven (7) years, or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 1950, ch. 2556, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-7-10; P.L. 1981, ch. 193, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 24, § 3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-7 - Bribery › Section 11-7-11. - Bribery of witness.

§ 11-7-11. Bribery of witness.
Any person who shall corruptly give or offer to give any sum of money or any bribe, present, or reward, or any promise or security to obtain or influence the testimony of any witness to any crime or to induce the witness to absent himself or herself from, or otherwise avoid or seek to avoid appearing or testifying at, any hearing shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for not more than seven (7) years, or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both. Nothing in this section shall be construed to make an agreement between the victim and the defendant to dismiss a criminal charge unlawful.
History of Section.
P.L. 1989, ch. 430, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-7 - Bribery › Section 11-7-12. - Failure to report corruption of sports participant or official.

§ 11-7-12. Failure to report corruption of sports participant or official.
Any person who knows or has reason to know that corruption of a player, coach, manager, trainer, umpire, referee, or other person engaged in playing, arranging, staging, officiating at, or promoting any amateur or professional athletic game or contest or jai alai match to be played or held within the state of Rhode Island, or any owner, trainer, groom, jockey, racing official, or other person in any manner engaged in or connected with the running, officiating at, or promoting any horse race or dog race run or to be run within the state of Rhode Island by giving, offering or promising any gift or gratuity whatever, directly or indirectly, with intent to improperly influence the conduct of the person in the playing, running or carrying out of any athletic game or contest or jai alai match or any horse race or dog race has taken place in his or her presence or that any attempt to corrupt that person has taken place in his or her presence shall immediately notify the state police or the police department of the city or town in which the corruption or attempt to corrupt has taken place. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 1991, ch. 24, § 4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-7 - Bribery › Section 11-7-13. - Acceptance of gratuity by employees of banking division of department of business regulation.

§ 11-7-13. Acceptance of gratuity by employees of banking division of department of business regulation.
(a)
No person who is an employee of the banking division of the department of business regulation or an employee of the department with jurisdiction over the banking division, shall accept a gratuity from a financial institution governed by title 19 or from any officer, director, or employee of the financial institution.
(b)
If the gratuity, so accepted, is valued at less than one hundred dollars ($100), the person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned for not more than one year, or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
(c)
If the gratuity, so accepted, is valued at one hundred dollars ($100) or more, or if the aggregate of the gratuities so accepted within a year equal or exceed one hundred dollars ($100), the person who violated this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned not more than three (3) years, or fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or three (3) times the amount of the gratuity so given, whichever is greater, or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 1991, ch. 140, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-7 - Bribery › Section 11-7-14. - Offer of gratuity by employees of financial institutions.

§ 11-7-14. Offer of gratuity by employees of financial institutions.
(a)
No person who is an officer, director, or employee of a financial institution governed by title 19 shall give any gratuity to any individual who is an employee of the banking division of the department of business regulation, or to any employee of the department with jurisdiction over the banking division.
(b)
If the gratuity, so accepted, is valued at less than one hundred dollars ($100), the person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(c)
If the gratuity, so accepted, is valued at one hundred dollars ($100) or more or if the aggregate of the gratuities, so accepted, within a year equals or exceeds one hundred dollars ($100), the person who violated this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned not more than three (3) years, or fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or three (3) times the amount of the gratuity so given, whichever is greater, or both fine and imprisonment.
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 467, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering › Section 11-8-1. - Burglary.

§ 11-8-1. Burglary.
Every person who shall commit burglary shall be imprisoned for life or for any term not less than five (5) years.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 11-8-1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering › Section 11-8-1.1. - Attempted breaking and entering.

§ 11-8-1.1. Attempted breaking and entering.
(a)
Whoever attempts to commit the breaking and entering of any structure as set out in §§ 11-8-2, 11-8-2.1, 11-8-2.2, 11-8-2.3, 11-8-3, 11-8-4 or 11-8-5.1 by doing any overt act toward the commission of the offense while in the curtilage of the structure, but fails in its perpetration, shall, unless otherwise provided, suffer the same punishment which might have been imposed if the attempted offense had been committed.
(b)
An “overt act” is defined as any act of an individual by which the individual physically attempts to gain entrance into a type of structure set forth in the sections listed in subsection (a) of this section.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 288, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 87, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering › Section 11-8-2. - Unlawful breaking and entering of dwelling house.

§ 11-8-2. Unlawful breaking and entering of dwelling house.
(a)
Every person who shall break and enter at any time of the day or night any dwelling house or apartment, whether the dwelling house or apartment is occupied or not, or any outbuilding or garage attached to or adjoining any dwelling house, without the consent of the owner or tenant of the dwelling house, apartment, building, or garage, shall be imprisoned for not less than two (2) years and not more than ten (10) years for the first conviction, and for the second and subsequent conviction shall be imprisoned for not less than four (4) years and not more than fifteen (15) years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.
(b)
Every person convicted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work, or both, or any combination of them approved by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. The restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence.
History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 9; P.L. 1928, ch. 1209, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 11-8-2; P.L. 1978, ch. 288, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 154, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 426, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 171, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering › Section 11-8-2.1. - Unlawful breaking and entering of dwelling with possession of instruments relating to wrongful setting of fires.

§ 11-8-2.1. Unlawful breaking and entering of dwelling with possession of instruments relating to wrongful setting of fires.
Every person who shall break and enter, at any time of the day or night, any dwelling house or apartment, whether it is occupied or not, or any outbuilding or garage attached to or adjoining any dwelling house or apartment, without the consent of the owner or tenant of the dwelling house, apartment, building, or garage, and who shall have in his or her possession any instrument or instrumentality or equipment of any kind that is reasonably related to the wrongful setting of fires shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than three (3) years and not more than fifteen (15) years. “Possession” means in the actual or constructive control or custody of the person while in the dwelling. “Wrongful” excludes those items which are ordinarily used for the lighting of smoking paraphernalia.
History of Section.
P.L. 1975, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 109, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 536, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering › Section 11-8-2.2. - Breaking and entering of a dwelling when resident on premises.

§ 11-8-2.2. Breaking and entering of a dwelling when resident on premises.
(a)
Every person who shall break and enter into any dwelling house or apartment without the consent of the owner or tenant at a time when the resident or residents of the dwelling house or apartment are on the premises, after having been previously convicted of such an offense, shall be imprisoned for not less than one year and not more than ten (10) years and shall not be afforded the provisions of suspension or deferment of sentence nor probation and may in addition be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(b)
Every person convicted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense, or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work, or both, or any combination of them approved by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. Restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require the payment of restitution while the convicted person is imprisoned.
History of Section.
P.L. 1985, ch. 426, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering › Section 11-8-2.3. - Breaking and entering of dwelling house of persons 60 years of age or older when resident on premises.

§ 11-8-2.3. Breaking and entering of dwelling house of persons 60 years of age or older when resident on premises.
(a)
Every person who shall break and enter any dwelling house or apartment, without the consent of the owner or tenant at a time when a resident of the dwelling house or apartment who is sixty (60) years of age or older is on the premises, shall be imprisoned for not less than four (4) years and not more than twenty (20) years for the first conviction, and for the second and subsequent convictions shall be imprisoned for not less than six (6) years and not more than twenty (20) years, and may in addition be fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for a first conviction and not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for second and subsequent convictions.
(b)
Every person convicted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense, or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work, or both, or any combination of them imposed by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. Restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require the payment of restitution while the convicted person is imprisoned.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 87, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 543, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering › Section 11-8-2.4. - Breaking and entering of dwelling house of a person who is severely impaired.

§ 11-8-2.4. Breaking and entering of dwelling house of a person who is severely impaired.
(a)
Every person who shall break and enter any dwelling house or apartment, without the consent of the owner or tenant at a time when a resident of the dwelling house or apartment who is a person who is severely impaired as defined by the provisions of § 11-5-11 is on the premises, shall be imprisoned for not less than five (5) years and not more than twenty-five (25) years and may in addition be fined not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for a first conviction and not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for second and subsequent convictions.
(b)
Every person convicted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense, or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work, or both, or any combination of them imposed by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. Restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require the payment of restitution while the convicted person is imprisoned.
History of Section.
P.L. 1988, ch. 347, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 11; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 11; P.L. 2011, ch. 356, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering › Section 11-8-3. - Entry of building or ship with felonious intent.

§ 11-8-3. Entry of building or ship with felonious intent.
Every person who, with intent to commit murder, sexual assault, robbery, arson or larceny, shall enter any dwelling house or apartment at any time of the day or night, or who with such intent shall, during the daytime, enter any other building, or ship or vessel, shall be imprisoned not more than ten (10) years, or be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 9; P.L. 1922, ch. 2233, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 9; P.L. 1928, ch. 1209, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 11-8-3; P.L. 1978, ch. 288, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 50, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering › Section 11-8-4. - Breaking and entering business place, public building, or ship with felonious intent.

§ 11-8-4. Breaking and entering business place, public building, or ship with felonious intent.
Every person who shall break and enter any bank, shop, office or warehouse, not adjoining to or occupied as a dwelling house, any meeting house, church, chapel, courthouse, town house, college, academy, schoolhouse, library or other building erected for public use or occupied for any public purpose, or any ship or vessel, with intent to commit murder, sexual assault, robbery or larceny, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 11-8-4; P.L. 1987, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 314, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering › Section 11-8-5. - Breaking and entering other buildings with criminal intent — Railroad cars — Tractor trailers.

§ 11-8-5. Breaking and entering other buildings with criminal intent — Railroad cars — Tractor trailers.
Every person who shall break and enter or enter in the nighttime, with intent to commit larceny or any felony or misdemeanor in it, any barn, stable, carriage house, or other building, for the breaking and entering or entering of which with that intent no punishment is otherwise prescribed by this title, and every person who shall at any time break and enter or enter any railroad car or the trailer portion of a tractor trailer or break any lock or seal on it with intent to commit larceny or other crime, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 10; P.L. 1897, ch. 454, § 1; P.L. 1908, ch. 1568, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 10; P.L. 1922, ch. 2233, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 11-8-5; P.L. 1987, ch. 533, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering › Section 11-8-5.1. - Unlawful breaking and entering of business place, public building or ship during the daytime.

§ 11-8-5.1. Unlawful breaking and entering of business place, public building or ship during the daytime.
Every person who shall break and enter any bank, shop, office or warehouse, not adjoining to or occupied as a dwelling house, any meeting house, church, chapel, courthouse, town house, college, academy, schoolhouse, library, or other building erected for public use or occupied for any purpose, or any ship or vessel during the daytime, shall be imprisoned not more than three (3) years, or fined not more than three hundred dollars ($300), or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 1978, ch. 157, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering › Section 11-8-6. - Entry to steal poultry — Arrest — Fine.

§ 11-8-6. Entry to steal poultry — Arrest — Fine.
Every person who breaks and enters, or enters in the nighttime without breaking, any building or enclosure in which are kept or confined any kind of poultry, with intent to steal any of the poultry, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both. Every person who is discovered in the act of willfully entering any building or enclosure in which are kept or confined any kind of poultry, with intent to steal any of the poultry, may be arrested without a warrant by a deputy sheriff, town constable, guard, police officer, or other person and detained in jail or otherwise until a complaint can be made against him or her for the offense, and until he or she is taken on a warrant issued upon the complaint, but detention without a warrant shall not continue more than twenty-four (24) hours. One-half (½) of any fine imposed under this section shall inure to the complainant.
History of Section.
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, § 11-8-6; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 30; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 12; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 12.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering › Section 11-8-7. - Making, repairing, or possessing burglar tools.

§ 11-8-7. Making, repairing, or possessing burglar tools.
Whoever makes or mends, or does any work connected with the making or reparation of, or has in his or her possession any engine, machine, tool, false key, pick lock, nippers, or implement of any kind adapted and designed for cutting through, forcing, breaking open, or entering a building, room, vault, safe, or other depository, in order to steal from it money or other property, or to commit any other crime, knowing the equipment to be adapted and designed for this purpose, with intent to use or employ, or allow the equipment to be used or employed, for this purpose, shall be imprisoned not more than ten (10) years.
History of Section.
P.L. 1896, ch. 302, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 42; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 42; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 11-8-7.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering › Section 11-8-8. - Injury or death — Defense.

§ 11-8-8. Injury or death — Defense.
In the event that any person shall die or shall sustain a personal injury in any way or for any cause while in the commission of any criminal offense enumerated in §§ 11-8-2 — 11-8-6, it shall be rebuttably presumed as a matter of law in any civil or criminal proceeding that the owner, tenant, or occupier of the place where the offense was committed acted by reasonable means in self-defense and in the reasonable belief that the person engaged in the criminal offense was about to inflict great bodily harm or death upon that person or any other individual lawfully in the place where the criminal offense was committed. There shall be no duty on the part of an owner, tenant, or occupier to retreat from any person engaged in the commission of any criminal offense enumerated in §§ 11-8-2 — 11-8-6.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 216, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 17, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 212, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 11 - Criminal Offenses › Chapter 11-8 - Burglary and Breaking and Entering › Section 11-8-9. - Aiding and abetting a minor.

§ 11-8-9. Aiding and abetting a minor.
(a)
Every person eighteen (18) years of age or older who shall aid, assist, abet, counsel, hire, command, or procure a person under the age of eighteen (18) years to commit any offense as set forth in this chapter shall be imprisoned for not less than four (4) years and not more than twenty (20) years and/or fined not less than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or both, for each such offense.
(b)
Every person convicted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be ordered by the sentencing judge to perform up to one hundred (100) hours of public community restitution work. The court may not waive the obligation to perform public community restitution work. Public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence.
History of Section.
P.L. 1985, ch. 482, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 541, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 464, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 226, § 1.