Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

The general treasurer shall deliver an attested copy of the bond of any deputy sheriff to the director of the department of public safety and deliver a copy of the bond of any deputy sheriff, filed in his or her office, to any person applying and paying the sum of one dollar ($1.…

In every suit on such bond, the declaration shall set forth the condition of the bond and assign the breach or breaches relied upon in the action, and judgment in the suit shall not be a bar to any other action on the bond assigning other breaches.

In a suit brought under § 42-29-13 [repealed], if the plaintiff shall recover, judgment shall be rendered in favor of the general treasurer or sheriff, as the case may be, for the use of the person alleged in the writ and declaration to be injured by the breach or breaches assign…

If the defendant shall recover judgment for costs, execution shall issue therefor against the person for whose use the suit is brought, and not against the general treasurer or sheriff, and the surety for costs of such person, if any there be, shall be liable for such costs as su…

Any member of the division of sheriffs may investigate the same and apprehend and bring to justice the person or persons committing such offense, and may make complaint in behalf of the state against such person or persons and may prosecute said complaint to final conviction.

The director of the department of public safety or the director's designees shall assign deputy sheriffs to attend the general assembly when in session. The director of the department of public safety or the director's designee shall designate such number of deputy sheriffs to at…

A deputy sheriff shall serve and execute all writs and as directed wherever the deputy sheriff may be authorized by law, or by special order of the court issuing the writ or precept.

Any deputy sheriff duly authorized may serve any writ or other process, whether of a civil or criminal nature, within any part of the waters of Narragansett Bay, and within any waters not more than one marine league from the seashore of the state at high-water mark.

Every deputy sheriff, in the due execution of the deputy's office, may command all necessary aid and assistance in the execution thereof; and every person who, whenever so required, shall refuse or neglect to give aid and assistance shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($2…

Every deputy sheriff who shall neglect or refuse to serve any process issuing from lawful authority, directed to the deputy sheriff to serve and execute (having in all civil causes, paid or tendered unto the deputy sheriff the deputy sheriff's legal fees, if the deputy sheriff de…

(a) No handcuffs, shackles, or other restraints shall be used on a prisoner or detainee known to be in her third trimester of pregnancy during transport to or from a court proceeding, except in accordance with the provisions of § 42-56.3-3(b). If restraints are used, the type of …

The appointment of every deputy shall be in writing under the hand and seal of the director of the department of public safety.