Rhode Island
Rhode Island General Laws — Title 12, Criminal Procedure
466 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 12-20-11 — Apportionment of costs among defendants
- § 12-20-12 — Technology surcharge
- § 12-20-3 — Sheriff’s fees on commitments and habeas corpus
- § 12-20-4 — Sheriff’s fees on scire facias
- § 12-20-5 — Allowance for service of precept
- § 12-20-6 — Fees of city and town police departments and state agencies
- § 12-20-7 — Witness fees
- § 12-20-8 — Payment of costs where defendant committed to correctional institutions
- § 12-20-9 — Costs as to other defendants
- § 12-21-1 — Methods of recovering fines and forfeitures
- § 12-21-10 — Disposition of recoveries
- § 12-21-11 — Quarterly reports and payments by district court
- § 12-21-12 — Payment of costs taxable to cities or towns out of fines due
- § 12-21-13 — Accounting by clerk on vacation of office
- § 12-21-14 — Forfeiture for failure to account
- § 12-21-15 — Access of city or town treasurer to district court records
- § 12-21-16 — Payment of amounts due to the state
- § 12-21-17 — Payment and accounting for fines due other than to state
- § 12-21-18 — Payment of fine liquidated by labor
- § 12-21-19 — Payment of fines to general treasurer — Accounting
- § 12-21-2 — Limitation of prosecutions
- § 12-21-20 — Order to pay costs and determination of ability to pay
- § 12-21-21 — Guilty plea and payment of fine by person outside state
- § 12-21-22 — Payment of fines due to person or corporation from proceeds of forfeited recognizance
- § 12-21-23 — Seizure and retention of forfeited property
- § 12-21-24 — Complaint or information asking forfeiture
- § 12-21-25 — Issuance of warrant to take and detain forfeited property
- § 12-21-26 — Notice of complaint or information
- § 12-21-27 — Sale of property pending judgment on forfeiture
- § 12-21-28 — Return of property to claimant on bond
- § 12-21-29 — Trial and judgment
- § 12-21-3 — Venue of actions based on penal statutes
- § 12-21-30 — Appeal from district court judgment of forfeiture
- § 12-21-31 — Finality of superior court judgment
- § 12-21-32 — Costs and damages on forfeiture action
- § 12-21-33 — Suspension of operators’ license for failure to pay costs, fines, fees, or assessments
- § 12-21-4 — Jurisdiction of district and superior courts
- § 12-21-5 — Action by town or city
- § 12-21-6 — Commencement of period of neglect
- § 12-21-7 — Residence of court member in city or town to be benefited
- § 12-21-8 — Plea of general issue
- § 12-21-9 — Commitment for failure to obey judgment or sentence
- § 12-22-1 — Right to appeal from district to superior court
- § 12-22-1.1 — Review by supreme court — Violations
- § 12-22-11 — Failure to prosecute constitutional objection
- § 12-22-12 — Additional bail on motion for new trial or appeal
- § 12-22-13 — Errors in pleading
- § 12-22-14 — Refund of fine and costs
- § 12-22-2 — Notation as to time of claiming appeal — Transmission of claim
- § 12-22-3 — Fixing recognizance required for discharge pending appeal
- § 12-22-4 — Giving of recognizance for discharge pending appeal
- § 12-22-5 — Commitment pending appeal — Discharge on payment of fine and costs by labor
- § 12-22-6 — Forwarding and notice of recognizance to courts — Transmission of papers to superior court
- § 12-22-7 — Assignment day in superior court — Trial by attorney general
- § 12-22-8 — Admission of guilt before appellate court
- § 12-22-9 — Appeals from courts having jurisdiction of ordinance violations
- § 12-23-1 — Commission created — Composition
- § 12-23-2 — Appointment and terms of members — Vacancies
- § 12-23-3 — Organization meeting — Chairperson
- § 12-23-4 — Studies and surveys
- § 12-23-5 — Cooperation of public officers — Visitation and inspection powers
- § 12-23-6 — Advisory committees — Hearings — General powers
- § 12-23-7 — Annual report to general assembly
- § 12-23-8 — Expenses of commission — Printing
- § 12-24-1 — Reporting system
- § 12-24-2 — Reports
- § 12-24-3 — Compilation of reports
- § 12-24-4 — Other agencies
- § 12-25-1.1 — Transition to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act of 1996
- § 12-25-16 — Short title
- § 12-25-17 — Definitions
- § 12-25-18 — Program established
- § 12-25-19 — Awarding compensation
- § 12-25-20 — Offenses to which chapter applies
- § 12-25-21 — Nature of compensation
- § 12-25-21.1 — Emergency fund for victims
- § 12-25-22 — Limitations upon awarding compensation
- § 12-25-23 — Terms of the award
- § 12-25-24 — Subrogation — Prohibited
- § 12-25-25 — Attorneys’ fees
- § 12-25-26 — Recovery from offender
- § 12-25-27 — Reports to the senate and the house of representatives
- § 12-25-28 — Special indemnity account for criminal injuries compensation
- § 12-25-29 — Use of funds to inform victims of their rights
- § 12-25-30 — Deposit of funds
- § 12-25-30.1 — Disclosure of records as to claims; confidentiality
- § 12-25-31 — Severability
- § 12-26-1 — Special commission on criminal justice established
- § 12-26-2 — Purpose
- § 12-26-3 — Organization
- § 12-26-4 — Duties
- § 12-26-5 — Annual report
- § 12-26-6 — Compensation — Clerical assistance — Cooperation of departments and agencies — Quarters
- § 12-27-1 — Authority of attorney general
- § 12-27-10 — Sale while order or decree in effect
- § 12-27-11 — Appeals
- § 12-27-12 — Applicability
- § 12-27-2 — Contents of petition
- § 12-27-3 — Court examination — Order of notice
- § 12-27-4 — Restraining order
- § 12-27-5 — Parties to hearing
- § 12-27-6 — Unanswered cases
- § 12-27-7 — Hearing in answered case
- § 12-27-8 — Written decision of court
- § 12-27-9 — Decree in answered case — Automatic vacation of restraining order
- § 12-28-1 — Short title
- § 12-28-10 — Victims of domestic abuse — Employment discrimination
- § 12-28-11 — Notification to immediate family members of homicide victims
- § 12-28-12 — Severability
- § 12-28-13 — Victim’s economic security and safety
- § 12-28-2 — Legislative purpose
- § 12-28-3 — General rights
- § 12-28-4 — Right to address court prior to sentencing
- § 12-28-4.1 — Right to address court regarding plea negotiation
- § 12-28-4.2 — Representative of incapacitated victim
- § 12-28-4.3 — Pretrial conferences — Misdemeanors in district court
- § 12-28-5 — Civil judgment against defendant
- § 12-28-5.1 — Restitution
- § 12-28-6 — Right to address parole board
- § 12-28-7 — Noncompliance not affecting validity of conviction, sentence, or parole
- § 12-28-8 — Child victims
- § 12-28-9 — Victims’ services unit
- § 12-29-1 — Legislative purpose
- § 12-29-1.1 — Full faith and credit
- § 12-29-1.2 — Issuance of protective orders
- § 12-29-10 — Severability
- § 12-29-12 — Deborah DeBare domestic violence prevention fund — Policy
- § 12-29-2 — Definitions
- § 12-29-3 — Law enforcement officers — Duties and immunity
- § 12-29-4 — Restrictions upon and duties of court
- § 12-29-4.1 — Speedy trial
- § 12-29-5 — Disposition of domestic violence cases
- § 12-29-5.1 — Oversight committee created — Composition
- § 12-29-5.2 — Duties and responsibilities of committee
- § 12-29-5.3 — Subcommittees, task forces, focus groups and advisory committees
- § 12-29-6 — Training
- § 12-29-6.1 — Creation of domestic violence training and monitoring unit
- § 12-29-7 — Domestic abuse court advocacy project
- § 12-29-8 — Domestic violence reports
- § 12-29-8.1 — Restraining order no-contact order system (R.O.N.C.O.)
- § 12-29-9 — Medical data collection reports
- § 12-3-1 — Offenses triable by district court
- § 12-3-10 — Enumeration of statutes of limitation
- § 12-3-2 — Power of district court over preliminary proceedings — Venue of offenses on public waters
- § 12-3-3 — Jurisdiction of New Shoreham wardens’ court
- § 12-3-4 — Venue of offenses
- § 12-3-5 — Offenses in vicinity of county or division boundary — Offenses at sea — Offenses aboard steamboat or train
- § 12-3-6 — Act within state resulting in death outside state
- § 12-3-7 — Jurisdiction based on importation of stolen property
- § 12-3-8 — Venue of larceny prosecutions
- § 12-3-9 — Possession of property stolen outside state
- § 12-30-1 — Statement of purpose
- § 12-30-10 — Rules and regulations
- § 12-30-11 — Priority for trial
- § 12-30-12 — Annual report
- § 12-30-13 — Confidentiality of information
- § 12-30-2 — Agreement with witness
- § 12-30-3 — Witness protection review board
- § 12-30-4 — Noncriminal witnesses
- § 12-30-5 — Supervision
- § 12-30-6 — Record of supervision
- § 12-30-7 — Preparation of witness
- § 12-30-8 — Funding
- § 12-30-9 — Monitoring
- § 12-31-1 — Community restitution
- § 12-32-1 — Definitions
- § 12-32-2 — Requirement for warrant
- § 12-32-3 — Notice
- § 12-32-4 — Exceptions
- § 12-32-5 — Reporting requirements
- § 12-32-6 — Immunity from liability
- § 12-33-1 — Legislative intent
- § 12-33-2 — Statement of claim for compensation
- § 12-33-3 — Presentation of claim
- § 12-33-4 — Judgment and award
- § 12-33-5 — Funding
- § 12-33-6 — Non-exclusivity
- § 12-33-7 — Limitations
- § 12-4-1 — Examination on complaint of threat to commit offense
- § 12-4-2 — Warrant to apprehend accused
- § 12-4-3 — Inquiry into truth of complaint — Sentence to enter recognizance
- § 12-4-4 — Discharge of accused — Commitment on failure to give recognizance
- § 12-4-5 — Exemption from recognizance — Domestic abuse
- § 12-4-6 — Discharge on failure to find complaint supported by evidence — Costs
- § 12-5-1 — Authority to issue
- § 12-5-10 — Electronic communication services
- § 12-5-2 — Grounds for issuance
- § 12-5-3 — Issuance and contents
- § 12-5-3.14 — Complaint for issuance of search warrant — Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
- § 12-5-3.17 — Complaint for issuance of search warrant — Town of North Kingstown
- § 12-5-4 — Complainant officer exempt from surety for costs
- § 12-5-7 — Disposition of seized property
- § 12-5-8 — Hearing upon seizure of matter alleged to be obscene
- § 12-6-1 — Examination on complaint of commission of offense
- § 12-6-2 — Recognizance for cost on complaint within trial jurisdiction of district court
- § 12-6-3 — Surety for costs on complaint beyond trial jurisdiction of district court
- § 12-6-4 — Issuance of warrant
- § 12-6-5 — Recognizance not required on official complaints
- § 12-6-6 — Surety for costs not required of police officers
- § 12-6-7 — Warrants issued to other divisions