17 chapters · 108 sections in this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 13-6-1. Life prisoners deemed civilly dead
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Every person imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions for life shall, with respect to all rights of property, to the bond of matrimony and to all civil rights and relations of any nature whatsoever, be deemed to be dead in all respects, as if his or her natural death had…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 13-6-2.1. Suspension from public office upon conviction — Forfeiture of office upon exhaustion of appeals
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(a) Every person who, while holding elective public office, is convicted of a felony and has exhausted all appeals shall forfeit that public office. The public office shall automatically become vacant by operation of law at the time when the conviction becomes final. The vacancy …
R.I. Gen. Laws § 13-6-2.2. Severability of § 13-6-2.1
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If any of the provisions of § 13-6-2.1 or the application of those provisions to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the section which can be given effect without the invalid provision or applicat…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 13-6-3. Wills or conveyances during imprisonment
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No person who shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the adult correctional institutions shall have any power, during his or her imprisonment, to make a will, or any conveyance of his or her property, or of any part of that property, except by permission of the superior court gran…