Rhode Island
Rhode Island General Laws — Title 11, Criminal Offenses
760 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 11-1-1 — Common law offenses not covered by statute
- § 11-1-10 — Soliciting an incompetent person
- § 11-1-11 — Felons prohibited from possession of radio scanners
- § 11-1-2 — Felony, misdemeanor — Petty misdemeanor, and violation distinguished
- § 11-1-2.1 — Violations — Effect of conviction — Standard of proof
- § 11-1-3 — Liability for aiding, abetting, counseling, hiring, or commanding offenses
- § 11-1-4 — Harboring criminal
- § 11-1-5 — Compounding or concealing felony
- § 11-1-5.1 — Reports of crimes to law enforcement officials
- § 11-1-6 — Conspiracy
- § 11-1-7 — Conspiracy to commit offense outside the state
- § 11-1-8 — Bail jumping
- § 11-1-9 — Soliciting another to commit a crime
- § 11-10-1 — Abominable and detestable crime against nature
- § 11-11-1 — Disturbance of public assemblies generally
- § 11-11-2 — Use of dangerous or offensive instruments or substances to disturb public assemblies
- § 11-11-3 — Carrying on business or entertainment in vicinity of religious meeting
- § 11-11-4 — Prevention from carrying on employment
- § 11-11-5 — Profanity
- § 11-11-7 — Overcrowded assembly
- § 11-12-1 — Engaging in duel
- § 11-12-2 — Challenging or accepting challenge to duel
- § 11-12-3 — Duel without state resulting in death within state
- § 11-12-4 — Seconding fatal duel outside state
- § 11-12-5 — Plea of former jeopardy
- § 11-12-6 — Fighting by appointment
- § 11-12-7 — Aiding fight by appointment
- § 11-12-8 — Leaving state to fight by appointment
- § 11-12-9 — Arrest of fighters
- § 11-13-1 — Sale, use or possession of fireworks
- § 11-13-10 — Definitions
- § 11-13-2 — Limitation of prosecutions — Fines
- § 11-13-3 — Sale of fulminate cartridges or contrivances to minors
- § 11-13-4 — Toy canes or devices for firing blanks
- § 11-13-5 — Sale of blanks to minors
- § 11-13-6 — Penalty for unlawful devices
- § 11-13-7 — Unlawful firecrackers
- § 11-13-8 — Delivery or transportation of unmarked explosives or inflammable substances
- § 11-13-9 — Placing of explosive devices — Threats — Possession of readily convertible components
- § 11-14-1 — Impersonation of public officer
- § 11-14-2 — Impersonation of town sealer, auctioneer, corder, or fence-viewer
- § 11-14-4 — Unauthorized wearing of organizational insignia
- § 11-14-5 — Unauthorized use of American Federation of Musicians label
- § 11-14-6 — Impersonation of a public utility company employee
- § 11-15-1 — Definition of terms
- § 11-15-4 — Use of state emblems for commercial purposes
- § 11-15-4.1 — Unauthorized use of the emblem of the attorney general
- § 11-15-5 — Injunctive relief
- § 11-15-7 — Display of foreign flags on public buildings
- § 11-16-1 — Sale of unwholesome meat or drink
- § 11-16-2 — Sale or killing of young calves
- § 11-16-3 — Wrapping of food in second-hand paper
- § 11-16-4 — Furnishing wood alcohol for beverage purposes
- § 11-16-5 — Poisoning with intent to kill
- § 11-16-6 — Poisoning in general
- § 11-16-7 — Tampering with packaging
- § 11-17-1 — Forgery and counterfeiting in general
- § 11-17-1.1 — Forgery — Public assistance check or authorization
- § 11-17-1.2 — Forgery and counterfeiting of registration plates
- § 11-17-10 — Manufacture, repair, or possession of device for counterfeit of coins
- § 11-17-11 — Seizure and destruction of counterfeits and counterfeiting devices
- § 11-17-12 — Disposition of plates and dies of defunct banks
- § 11-17-13 — Forgery, counterfeiting, or alteration of trademark, service mark, or identification mark
- § 11-17-2 — Forgery, counterfeiting, or alteration of state debt certificate or bank bill or note
- § 11-17-3 — Passing of counterfeit certificates, bills, or notes
- § 11-17-4 — Importation or possession of counterfeit certificate, bill, or note
- § 11-17-5 — Manufacture, repair, or possession of counterfeiting devices
- § 11-17-6 — Evidence as to handwriting
- § 11-17-7 — Forgery or counterfeiting of coins
- § 11-17-8 — Passing of counterfeit coins
- § 11-17-9 — Importation or possession of counterfeit coin with intent to pass
- § 11-18-1 — Giving false document to agent, employee, or public official
- § 11-18-1.1 — Fraudulent insurance claims for stolen motor vehicles
- § 11-18-1.2 — False statement to obtain replacement public assistance check or authorization
- § 11-18-1.3 — False statement to fraudulently obtain license or registration
- § 11-18-10 — False statements in advertising
- § 11-18-11 — Immunity of publishers and advertising media
- § 11-18-12 — Injunction of false advertising
- § 11-18-13 — Deception in sale of fuels and lubricants
- § 11-18-14 — Sale of fuels and lubricants other than those shown by trade name on container
- § 11-18-15 — Imitation of trade symbols of fuels and lubricants
- § 11-18-16 — Sale of fuels and lubricants under false trademark or name — Adulteration
- § 11-18-17 — Delivery of fuels and lubricants into container bearing false trade name
- § 11-18-18 — Penalty for violations with respect to fuels and lubricants
- § 11-18-2 — False information to registrar of vital statistics
- § 11-18-20 — Obtaining vehicles with intent to defraud
- § 11-18-20.1 — Possession of false identification
- § 11-18-21 — Cheating of coin-operated devices
- § 11-18-22 — Manufacture or distribution of slugs
- § 11-18-23 — Defacement or alteration of manufacturer’s serial number
- § 11-18-24 — Penalty for serial number violations
- § 11-18-25 — Concealment or transfer of property with intent to defraud creditors
- § 11-18-26 — Obtaining food or accommodations with intent to defraud
- § 11-18-27 — Sale of false diplomas or certificates
- § 11-18-28 — False animal registrations and pedigrees
- § 11-18-29 — Fraudulent stock certificates
- § 11-18-3 — Fraudulent notice to newspaper of birth, marriage, or death
- § 11-18-30 — Prearranged funerals — Receipt of money with intent to defraud
- § 11-18-31 — Solicitation in name of law enforcement agency
- § 11-18-32 — Video, audio and publication rentals
- § 11-18-33 — Defrauding the administration of a drug or alcohol test
- § 11-18-34 — Residential mortgage fraud
- § 11-18-4 — Concealment of birth out of wedlock
- § 11-18-5 — Misrepresentation of circulation of periodical
- § 11-18-6 — False financial statement to obtain loan or credit
- § 11-18-7 — Procuring loan or credit on faith of false statement
- § 11-18-8 — False representations as to continuing truth of financial statements
- § 11-18-9 — Penalty for financial misrepresentations
- § 11-19-1 — Forms of gambling prohibited
- § 11-19-1.1 — Lotteries permitted
- § 11-19-10 — Distribution of illegal stamps or coupons
- § 11-19-11 — Stamps and coupons as inducement to purchase goods
- § 11-19-12 — Penalty for stamp and coupon violations
- § 11-19-13 — Door prizes exempt
- § 11-19-14 — Bookmaking
- § 11-19-14.1 — Bookmaking at racetrack or fronton — Entry by convicted bookmakers prohibited
- § 11-19-15 — Betting on horses
- § 11-19-16 — Forfeiture of horses used in unlawful race
- § 11-19-17 — Invalidity of instruments won in bets on races or fights
- § 11-19-18 — Keeping of gambling places or devices — Acting as dealer, banker, or lookout
- § 11-19-19 — Revocation of license of gambling place
- § 11-19-2 — Unauthorized sale of lottery tickets
- § 11-19-20 — Inducing others to visit gambling place
- § 11-19-21 — Frequenting gambling place
- § 11-19-22 — Renting for gambling purposes
- § 11-19-23 — Lease voided by gambling
- § 11-19-24 — Search warrants and forfeitures of gambling apparatus
- § 11-19-26 — Destruction of apparatus seized
- § 11-19-28 — Fees for seizure and removal of gambling apparatus
- § 11-19-3 — Instruments given for lottery tickets void
- § 11-19-30 — Definitions
- § 11-19-31 — Registration of charitable organizations
- § 11-19-32 — Operation of bingo games
- § 11-19-32.1 — Senior citizens housing — Bingo allowed
- § 11-19-32.2 — Senior citizens’ center — Bingo allowed
- § 11-19-33 — Bingo games — Announcement of prizes
- § 11-19-34 — Use of name of charitable organization to conduct permitted games of chance
- § 11-19-34.1 — Senior citizens housing — Raffles allowed
- § 11-19-35 — Pull-tab lottery tickets
- § 11-19-36 — Organizations permitted to conduct other permitted games of chance
- § 11-19-37 — Issuance of licenses
- § 11-19-38 — Change of information
- § 11-19-39 — Enforcement and penalties
- § 11-19-4 — Recovery of lottery ticket value by holder
- § 11-19-40 — Rules and regulations
- § 11-19-41 — Police regulation of bingo and permitted games of chance
- § 11-19-42 — Forfeiture of charter rights and privileges
- § 11-19-43 — Acts of officers, directors, representatives, or agents acting within the scope of their authority
- § 11-19-44 — Remedies cumulative
- § 11-19-45 — Severability
- § 11-19-5 — Acts in aid of policy game
- § 11-19-6 — Possession of policy devices as evidence of knowledge
- § 11-19-7 — Judicial notice of policy methods
- § 11-19-8 — Policy devices as evidence of existence of game
- § 11-19-9 — Illegal trading stamps and coupons
- § 11-2-1 — Abandonment or nonsupport of spouse or children
- § 11-2-1.1 — Failure to pay child support
- § 11-2-2 — Desertion by leaving state — Decree as evidence
- § 11-2-3 — Complaints for nonsupport — Liability for costs
- § 11-20-1 — Disinterment of body
- § 11-20-1.1 — Mutilation of dead human bodies — Penalties — Exemptions
- § 11-20-1.2 — Necrophilia
- § 11-20-2 — Desecration of grave
- § 11-20-3 — Removal of marker on veteran’s grave
- § 11-21-1 — Penalty for hazing
- § 11-21-2 — Penalty for school official permitting hazing
- § 11-21-3 — Tattooing or permanent disfigurement
- § 11-22-1 — Injuring highway boundary markers
- § 11-22-10 — Scattering debris on highway
- § 11-22-11 — Testing speed of horse
- § 11-22-12 — Crawford Street Bridge in Providence
- § 11-22-13 — Apponaug River Bridge
- § 11-22-14 — Pawtuxet Falls bridge
- § 11-22-15 — Wire strung across highways
- § 11-22-16 — Motorist aid call system — False reports — Damage to equipment
- § 11-22-2 — Injuries to road signs — Advertising on highway
- § 11-22-3 — Billboards near grade crossings or intersections
- § 11-22-4 — Windmills in proximity to highway
- § 11-22-5 — Penalty for unlawful windmill
- § 11-22-6 — Removal of unlawful windmills
- § 11-22-7 — Council authority for location of windmill
- § 11-22-8 — Windmills exempt
- § 11-22-9 — Letting team go at large
- § 11-23-1 — Murder
- § 11-23-2 — Penalties for murder
- § 11-23-2.1 — Penalty for murder of a kidnapped person under the age of eighteen (18)
- § 11-23-2.2 — Penalty for murder in the first degree
- § 11-23-3 — Manslaughter
- § 11-23-4 — Joinder of murder count with count for concealment of birth
- § 11-23-6 — Controlled substance transaction resulting in death of minor
- § 11-23-7 — Controlled substance delivery resulting in death
- § 11-24-1 — All persons entitled to full and equal accommodations
- § 11-24-2 — Discriminatory practices prohibited
- § 11-24-2.1 — Discrimination based on disability, age, or sex prohibited
- § 11-24-2.2 — Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- § 11-24-2.3 — Discrimination based on gender identity or expression
- § 11-24-3 — “Places of public accommodation” construed
- § 11-24-3.1 — Sex discrimination — Limitation on prohibition
- § 11-24-3.2 — Age discrimination — Limitation on prohibition
- § 11-24-4 — Enforcement of anti-discrimination provisions