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.
- § 11-5-14 — Assault on child in care of department of children, youth and families
- § 11-5-14.1 — Assault on child in care of department of children, youth and families 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
- § 11-5-15 — Aggravated harassment of a deputy sheriff by an inmate
- § 11-5-16 — Assault of health care providers or emergency services medical personnel
- § 11-5-17 — Assault or battery for purpose of causing unconsciousness
- § 11-5-2 — Felony assault
- § 11-5-2.1 — Felony assault by use of devices similar in appearance to a firearm
- § 11-5-2.2 — Battery — Criminal negligence
- § 11-5-2.3 — Domestic assault by strangulation
- § 11-5-3 — Simple assault or battery
- § 11-5-3.1 — Assault or battery upon delivery person
- § 11-5-4 — Assault with dangerous weapon in dwelling house
- § 11-5-5 — Assault of police officers and other officials
- § 11-5-6 — Assault and battery in the collection of a loan
- § 11-5-7 — Assault of schoolteachers, school officials or other school department employees
- § 11-5-8 — Assault on correctional officer, or training school employee
- § 11-5-8.1 — Assault with bodily fluid
- § 11-50-1 — Filing requirement
- § 11-50-2 — Posting of available prizes — Rules and winners
- § 11-50-3 — Records
- § 11-50-4 — Manipulation of games
- § 11-50-5 — Failure to distribute prizes
- § 11-50-6 — Deceptive advertising practices
- § 11-50-7 — Dealer coercion
- § 11-50-8 — Injunction
- § 11-51-1 — Definitions
- § 11-51-2 — Organized criminal gambling business
- § 11-52-1 — Definitions
- § 11-52-2 — Access to computer for fraudulent purposes
- § 11-52-3 — Intentional access, alteration, damage, or destruction
- § 11-52-4 — Computer theft
- § 11-52-4.1 — Computer trespass
- § 11-52-4.2 — Cyberstalking and cyberharassment prohibited
- § 11-52-4.3 — Violation of restraining order
- § 11-52-5 — Penalties
- § 11-52-6 — Civil action
- § 11-52-7 — Use of false information
- § 11-52-7.1 — Online impersonation
- § 11-52-8 — Tampering with computer source documents
- § 11-54-1 — Experimentation on human fetuses
- § 11-54-2 — Penalties
- § 11-55-1 — Definitions
- § 11-55-2 — Paramilitary training prohibited
- § 11-55-3 — Penalty for violation
- § 11-56-1 — Duty to assist
- § 11-57-1 — Violent crime in aid of racketeering
- § 11-57-2 — Solicitation to commit a violent crime in aid of racketeering
- § 11-58-1 — Purpose
- § 11-58-2 — Uses prohibited
- § 11-58-3 — Penalties for violation
- § 11-59-1 — Definitions
- § 11-59-2 — Stalking prohibited
- § 11-6-1 — Bigamy
- § 11-6-2 — Adultery
- § 11-60-1 — Legislative findings
- § 11-60-2 — Definitions
- § 11-60-3 — Prevention of assisted suicide
- § 11-60-4 — Acts and omissions exempted
- § 11-60-5 — Injunctive relief
- § 11-62-1 — Community restitution
- § 11-63-1 — Unlawful use and/or removal of theft detection shielding devices
- § 11-63-2 — Detention of persons suspected of unlawful use and/or removal of theft detection devices — Reasonable cause
- § 11-63-3 — Penalties for violation
- § 11-64-1 — Definitions
- § 11-64-2 — Video voyeurism
- § 11-64-3 — Unauthorized dissemination of indecent material
- § 11-65-1 — Definitions
- § 11-65-2 — Unlawful operation of a recording device
- § 11-65-3 — Immunity of motion picture theater owner
- § 11-66-1 — Interference with fire hydrants
- § 11-68-1 — Definitions
- § 11-68-2 — Exploitation of an elder person
- § 11-68-3 — Penalties for violations
- § 11-69-1 — Electronic tracking of motor vehicles
- § 11-7-1 — Bribery of juror or person exercising judicial function
- § 11-7-10 — Acceptance of bribe by sports participant or official
- § 11-7-11 — Bribery of witness
- § 11-7-12 — Failure to report corruption of sports participant or official
- § 11-7-13 — Acceptance of gratuity by employees of banking division of department of business regulation
- § 11-7-14 — Offer of gratuity by employees of financial institutions
- § 11-7-2 — Acceptance of bribe by juror or person exercising judicial function
- § 11-7-3 — Solicitation or acceptance of bribe by agent, employee, or public official
- § 11-7-4 — Bribery of agent, employee, or public official
- § 11-7-5 — Penalty for violations
- § 11-7-6 — Civil liability for violating § 11-7-3 or 11-7-4
- § 11-7-8 — Accepting bribe to obtain preferential military treatment
- § 11-7-9 — Corruption of sports participant or official
- § 11-70-1 — False representation of military status prohibited — Stolen valor
- § 11-8-1 — Burglary
- § 11-8-1.1 — Attempted breaking and entering
- § 11-8-2 — Unlawful breaking and entering of dwelling house
- § 11-8-2.1 — Unlawful breaking and entering of dwelling with possession of instruments relating to wrongful setting of fires
- § 11-8-2.2 — Breaking and entering of a dwelling 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
- § 11-8-2.4 — Breaking and entering of dwelling house of a person who is severely impaired
- § 11-8-3 — Entry of building or ship with felonious intent
- § 11-8-4 — Breaking and entering business place, public building, or ship with felonious intent
- § 11-8-5 — Breaking and entering other buildings with criminal intent — Railroad cars — Tractor trailers
- § 11-8-5.1 — Unlawful breaking and entering of business place, public building or ship during the daytime
- § 11-8-6 — Entry to steal poultry — Arrest — Fine
- § 11-8-7 — Making, repairing, or possessing burglar tools
- § 11-8-8 — Injury or death — Defense
- § 11-8-9 — Aiding and abetting a minor
- § 11-9-1 — Exploitation for commercial or immoral purposes
- § 11-9-1.1 — Child nudity prohibited in publications
- § 11-9-1.2 — Rebuttable presumption of minority upon testimony of physician
- § 11-9-1.3 — Child pornography prohibited
- § 11-9-1.4 — Minor electronically disseminating indecent material to another person — “Sexting” prohibited
- § 11-9-1.5 — Electronically disseminating indecent material to minors prohibited
- § 11-9-1.6 — Child erotica prohibited
- § 11-9-10 — Abandonment of refrigerator in place accessible to children
- § 11-9-11 — Designation of curfew streets
- § 11-9-12 — Penalty for loitering on curfew street
- § 11-9-13 — Sale or delivery of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products to individuals under twenty-one (21) — Posting notice of law
- § 11-9-13.1 — Cigarette and tobacco vending machines
- § 11-9-13.10 — Prohibition on the distribution of free tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products
- § 11-9-13.11 — Prohibition on the sale or distribution of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, through the mail — Conveyance of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products, through the mail to individuals under twenty-one (21) — Proof of age of purc
- § 11-9-13.12 — Enforcement and penalties — Citation for violation
- § 11-9-13.13 — Nature and size of penalties
- § 11-9-13.14 — Notification to the Department of Taxation of fines imposed
- § 11-9-13.15 — Penalty for operating without a dealer license
- § 11-9-13.16 — Rules and regulations
- § 11-9-13.17 — Fines collected
- § 11-9-13.18 — Prohibition on the sale or distribution of certain excise tax stamps
- § 11-9-13.19 — Severability
- § 11-9-13.2 — Short title
- § 11-9-13.20 — Packaging of electronic nicotine-delivery system liquid
- § 11-9-13.21 — Signs concerning sales of kratom and kratom products to individuals under the age of twenty-one (21)
- § 11-9-13.22 — Prohibition on the distribution of free kratom or kratom products
- § 11-9-13.23 — Prohibition on the delivery sale of kratom products
- § 11-9-13.24 — Compliance inspections for the underage sale of kratom and/or kratom products
- § 11-9-13.3 — Legislative intent — Purpose
- § 11-9-13.4 — Definitions
- § 11-9-13.5 — Responsibility for tobacco or health issues
- § 11-9-13.6 — Duties of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals
- § 11-9-13.7 — Signs concerning sales to individuals under age twenty-one (21)
- § 11-9-13.8 — Prohibitions applicable to license holders and their employees and agents
- § 11-9-13.9 — Multiple citations prohibited
- § 11-9-14.1 — Compliance with federal statutes and regulations
- § 11-9-15 — Tattooing of minors
- § 11-9-16 — Plastic bags — Labeling
- § 11-9-17 — Sterilization
- § 11-9-18 — Care of babies born alive during attempted abortions
- § 11-9-19 — Sale of spray paint to minors
- § 11-9-19.1 — Possession of spray paint by a minor
- § 11-9-2 — Employment of children for unlawful purposes
- § 11-9-20 — Sale of matches
- § 11-9-21 — Prohibition of sale of certain dietary supplements to minors
- § 11-9-3 — Seizure and custody of exploited child — Proceedings as against neglected child
- § 11-9-4 — Contributing to delinquency
- § 11-9-5 — Cruelty to or neglect of child
- § 11-9-5.1 — Investigation upon report of cruelty or neglect
- § 11-9-5.2 — Immunity from liability
- § 11-9-5.3 — Child abuse — Brendan’s Law
- § 11-9-5.4 — Child endangerment
- § 11-9-6 — Proceedings against parents of delinquent children unaffected
- § 11-9-7 — Children’s Friend and Service excused from costs
- § 11-9-8 — Appropriations for prevention of cruelty to children
- § 11-9-9 — Powers of family court