Title 11, Title 11 Offenses

Every officer, agent, or servant of any bank, savings bank, or trust company who shall embezzle or appropriate to his or her own use any moneys, goods, effects, or funds of any bank, savings bank or trust company with intent to cheat or defraud it or any person, shall be deemed g…

Any person to whom any money or other property of another shall be entrusted or delivered for a particular purpose, who shall intentionally appropriate to his or her own use that money or property, shall be deemed guilty of unlawful appropriation and shall be fined not more than …

Every agent or factor who shall deposit or pledge any goods, wares, or merchandise or any bill of lading, receipt, or certificate of a warehouse keeper or inspector, or any warrant or order for the delivery of goods with which he or she shall have been entrusted, or which shall h…

Every person who, by any false pretense or pretenses, with intent to cheat or defraud, shall obtain the signature of any person to any written instrument, the false making of which would be punished as forgery, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or…

(a) Any person who shall take or borrow any book or other library property from any of the libraries or collections as defined in § 11-44-15(b), and who, upon neglect to return it within the time required and specified in the bylaws, rules, or regulations of the library owning th…

(a) Whoever, without authority, with the intention of converting to his or her own or another’s use, willfully conceals a book or other library property, while still on the premises of the library, or willfully or without authority removes any book or other library property from …

(a) The officer who shall apprehend any person as principal or accessory in any robbery or larceny shall secure the property alleged to be stolen and shall be answerable for the property, and shall annex a schedule of it to his or her return. Upon receipt of the property from the…

Whoever, being in possession of personal property, other than wearing apparel, received upon a written and conditional contract of sale or acquired upon a written lease, or in which any person, firm, or corporation shall have a valid and perfected security interest in accordance …

(a) Any person being in possession of personal property under a lease who sells, transfers, conceals, or aids in concealing the property, or any part of it, or refuses to return the leased personal property after the time of expiration of the lease with the intent of depriving th…

Every person who, with intent to place beyond the control of the vendor, any motor vehicle sold on condition that the title shall remain in the vendor after delivery, shall remove, conceal, or aid or abet the removal or concealment of the vehicle, and any vendee of a conditional …

Any person, other than the owner or the owner’s duly authorized agent, who shall wrongfully or maliciously remove, deface, alter, or destroy, or cause to be removed, defaced, altered, or destroyed, the word “rental” printed, painted, stamped upon or attached to any electric stora…

Every person having in his or her possession any electric storage battery, the property of another, who neglects or refuses for a period of fourteen (14) days after demand for it shall have been made to deliver it to its owner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined …

Every person who shall fraudulently receive any stolen money, goods, securities, chattels, or other property, knowing it to be stolen, shall be deemed guilty of larceny, although the person who stole the property may not have been prosecuted or convicted for it. The possession of…

(a) For the purpose of this section: (1) “Conceal” means to place merchandise in such a manner that it is not visible through ordinary observation. (2) “Full retail value” means the merchant’s stated price of the merchandise. (3) “Merchandise” means any items of tangible personal…

Whoever shall willfully take possession of any goods, wares, or merchandise offered for sale by any store or other mercantile establishment, or whoever shall willfully conceal upon his or her person, among his belongings, or upon the person or among the belongings of another unpu…

(a) Any person reasonably believed to have committed or to be committing the crime of shoplifting as defined in § 11-41-20 shall be subject to detention by a police officer in accordance with § 12-7-1. (b) Any merchant who observes any person concealing or attempting to conceal m…

If any section, clause, sentence, paragraph or part of §§ 11-41-20 — 11-41-22 shall for any reason be adjudged invalid, the remainder of §§ 11-41-20 — 11-41-22 shall not be affected.

Every person who shall steal or attempt to steal any boat, marine motor, marine electronic equipment, marine rescue or safety equipment, or navigational equipment, or who shall fraudulently receive any boat, marine motor, marine electronic equipment, marine safety or navigation e…

Any person who shall be convicted three (3) times for the crime of shoplifting as defined in § 11-41-20 or larceny as defined in § 11-41-1 or receiving stolen goods as defined in § 11-41-2, or who shall have been convicted three (3) times of any combination of the crimes describe…

Every person who shall siphon or otherwise steal gasoline from a motor vehicle shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200) for the first offense, and thereafter by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).

Every person who shall leave the premises of a retail motor fuel dealer without paying said dealer for fuel taken shall be guilty of larceny. Any person convicted of violating this section, and the retail value of the fuel taken was five hundred dollars ($500) or less, shall be p…

No person who owns or operates a retail mercantile establishment as defined in § 11-41-20(a)(6) which sells clothing to the public shall maintain in any dressing room on the premises any two-way mirror or electronic video camera or any similar device capable of filming or project…

Whoever, being an officer or employee of the state of Rhode Island, or any department, agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of the state, or any city or town, embezzles or wrongfully converts to his or her own use or benefit, or to the use or benefit of any other, any…

(a) An adult or emancipated minor who commits or attempts to commit a larceny of goods for sale on the premises of a merchant as set forth in § 11-41-20 shall be civilly liable to the merchant in an amount consisting of: (1) Not more than the retail value of the merchandise if no…

(a) When used in this section: (1) “Insurer” means, but is not limited to, an authorized insurer, self-insurer, re-insurer, broker, producer, or any agent of them. (2) “Larceny” means the crime of larceny established in this chapter and by common law, including the requirement of…

Every official of a financial institution and every officer, agent, clerk, servant, or other person to whom any money or other property shall be entrusted for any specific purpose, and every person acting as executor, administrator, conservator, guardian, receiver, assignee, cust…

Every person who shall obtain health care services from a provider of those services by any false pretense or pretenses with intent to cheat or defraud a health care services insurer or a service corporation organized under chapters 18, 19, 20, 20.1, 20.2 or 41 of title 27 shall …

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person who is convicted or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to any offense, and the offense is related to his or her public office of employment pursuant to § 36-10.1-2, the judge, as part of any sentence imposed, may revoke or red…

(a) This section shall be known as the “Leona Kelley Act.” (b) “Property”, as defined in § 11-41-1, includes an historic stone wall as defined in subsection (c) of this section, and any person convicted of the theft of an historic stone wall, or portions of a wall, shall be subje…

(a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Farm product” means goods used in a farming operation, including, but not limited to: (i) Crops grown, growing, or to be grown, including, but not limited to, crops produced on trees, vines, and bushes, aquatic goods produced in aqua…

(a) The following establishments and/or retail outlets are prohibited from accepting electronic benefit transfer cards issued by the department of human services: (1) Liquor stores; (2) Casinos or at facilities that conduct casino gaming as defined in chapter 61.2 of title 42; (3…

Every person who shall obtain from another designedly, by any false pretense or pretenses, any money, goods, wares, or other property, with intent to cheat or defraud, and every person who shall personate another or who shall falsely represent himself or herself to be the agent o…

(a) Any person convicted of any offense under §§ 11-41-1 — 11-41-6, except § 11-41-3, shall be punished as follows, according to the value of the property or money stolen, received, embezzled, fraudulently appropriated, converted, or obtained, received, taken, or secreted by fals…

Whoever attempts to commit larceny by doing any act toward the commission of the offense, but fails in its perpetration, shall, unless otherwise provided, suffer the same punishment which might have been inflicted if the attempted offense had been committed.

Every person who shall steal or attempt to steal from the person of another any money, goods, chattels, or other article enumerated in § 11-41-1, shall be imprisoned not less than one year nor more than ten (10) years.

Every person who shall steal or attempt to steal any horse or other domestic animal shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both; in case a fine is imposed, one-half (½) shall inure to the use of t…

Every person who steals poultry from any building or enclosure in which poultry are kept or confined, or whoever shall receive poultry, knowing it to have been stolen, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($…

Every officer appointed by the state or by any city or town in the state, whose fees are stated by law, who shall corruptly exact or extort any more or greater fees for any service than are stated and allowed by law, or who shall corruptly levy, demand, receive, or take, under co…

Any person, being an elected or appointed official or employee of the state, or of any political subdivision of the state, or of any city or town of the state, or representing himself or herself to be, or assuming to act as an official or employee, who, under color or pretense of…

Any person who by force, intimidation, or threat of procuring dismissal from employment, or loss of loan or grant from the state or political subdivision thereof or city or town, induces any person employed in the construction, completion, or repair of any public building, public…

Whoever, verbally or by a written or printed communication, maliciously threatens to accuse another of a crime or offense or by a verbal or written communication maliciously threatens any injury to the person, reputation, property, or financial condition of another, or threatens …

(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully delivers or conveys, directly or indirectly, a verbal or written threat to take the life of, or to inflict bodily harm upon, a public official or a member of a public official’s immediate family because of the performance or nonperformance of s…

(a) No person, firm, corporation, association, agent or employee shall in any manner coerce, intimidate, threaten, retaliate against or attempt to coerce or intimidate or threaten any public official as defined in § 11-42-4 in connection with any claim, demand or account, by the …

Every person who shall be convicted of treason against this state by levying war against the state or by adhering to the enemies of this state, giving them aid and comfort, shall be imprisoned during life.

Whenever any person shall be adjudged to be probably guilty of any offense under this chapter, he or she may be committed to the adult correctional institutions in any county, there to remain until discharged by order of law, and warrant of commitment shall issue accordingly, dir…

No person shall be convicted of treason against this state by levying war against the state, or by adhering to the enemies of this state, giving them aid and comfort, but by testimony of two (2) lawful witnesses to the same overt act for which he or she shall then be on trial, un…