Title 11, Title 11 Offenses

Every person or entity engaged who for the purposes of commercial activity, who willfully or fraudulently injures or knowingly allows to be injured any fire hydrant or “dry hydrant,” so called as constructed and maintained by a fire company or district, connected with or belongin…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Business relationship” means a relationship between two (2) or more individuals or entities where there exists an oral or written contract or agreement for goods or services. (2) “Caregiver” means a person who has been entrusted with or has assumed r…

(a) A person is guilty of exploitation of an elder person if that person: (1) Knowingly, by deception or intimidation, obtains or uses, or endeavors to obtain or use, an elder person’s funds, assets or property with the intent to temporarily or permanently deprive the elder perso…

(a) Any person convicted of exploiting an elder person as provided under this chapter shall be punished as follows: (1) If the funds, assets, or property involved in the exploitation of the elder person are valued at less than five hundred dollars ($500), the person shall be subj…

(a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, it is an offense for a person to knowingly install, conceal, or otherwise place or use an electronic tracking device in or on a motor vehicle without the consent of the operator and all occupants of the vehicle for the …

(a) A person commits the crime of stolen valor if the person knowingly, with the intent to obtain money or property: (1) Fraudulently represents themself to be an active member or veteran of the United States Navy, Army, Air Force, Marines, Space Force, or Coast Guard, including …

Any person selling merchandise on the installment plan shall give to every purchaser of the merchandise on the plan a receipt in writing for every installment paid on account of the price of the merchandise, and every such receipt shall show the balance of the price remaining unp…

A warehouse operator, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse operator, who fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a warehouse receipt for goods knowing that it contains any false statement, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished f…

A warehouse operator, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse operator, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncanceled, wit…

Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouse operator goods of which he or she is owner, either solely or jointly or in common with others, the warehouse operator, or any of his or her officers, agents, or servants who, knowing this ownership, issues or aids in issuing a…

A warehouse operator, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse operator, who delivers goods out of the possession of the warehouse operator, knowing that a negotiable receipt the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of the goods is outstanding a…

Any person who deposits goods to which he or she does not have title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for those goods a negotiable receipt which he or she afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his or her want of tit…

(a) Whoever conducts or attempts to conduct a financial transaction: (1) with the intent to promote the carrying on of specified unlawful activity; or (2) with the intent to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, or control of property believed to be the pro…

Any officer, agent or servant of a carrier who, with intent to defraud issues or aids in issuing a bill of lading knowing that all or any part of the goods for which the bill is issued have not been received by the carrier, or by an agent of the carrier or by a connecting carrier…

Any officer, agent, or servant of a carrier who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a bill of lading for goods knowing that it contains any false statement, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not excee…

Any officer, agent, or servant of a carrier who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable bill of lading for goods without placing plainly upon the face of each bill the word “duplicate” or some other word or words indicating that the…

Any person who ships goods to which he or she does not have title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for the goods a negotiable bill of lading which he or she afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his or her want of t…

Any person who, with intent to deceive, negotiates or transfers for value a bill of lading knowing that any or all of the goods which, by the terms of the bill, appear to have been received for transportation by the carrier which issued the bill of lading, are not in the possessi…

Any person who, with intent to defraud, secures the issue by a carrier of a bill of lading knowing that at the time of the issue any or all of the goods described in the bill, as received for transportation, have not been received by the carrier, or an agent of the carrier or a c…

Any person who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a nonnegotiable bill of lading without the words “not negotiable” placed plainly upon the face of it shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding …

A warehouse operator, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse operator, who issues or aids in issuing a warehouse receipt knowing that the goods for which the receipt is issued have not been actually received by the warehouse operator, or are not under his or her actual …

The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings: (1) “Sexual conduct” means sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anal intercourse, and digital intrusion or intrusion by any object into the genital opening or anal opening of another pe…

In the trial of any person charged with a violation of this chapter, testimony concerning the reputation of the place where the violation occurred or of persons who frequent or reside in it shall be admissible in evidence in support of the charge.

Any person convicted for any violation of this chapter or of any other statute relating to lewd or lascivious behavior or unlawful sexual intercourse, and who shall be confined or imprisoned in any correctional institution for more than ten (10) days, may be examined by the depar…

(a) Any person convicted of a violation of any provisions of this chapter shall be provided the option to be tested for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). (b) The department of health shall maintain sites for providing both anonymous and confidential HIV testing, and HIV counsel…

On or before January 15, 2010, and semi-annually thereafter, each law enforcement agency in this state shall file with the Governor, the Attorney General, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate a report concerning the agency’s enforcement of t…

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisio…

(a) A person shall not be cited, arrested, or prosecuted for a violation of § 11-34.1-2, or § 11-34.1-4 if: (1) The person witnessed or was a victim of a crime or becomes aware that another person was a victim of a crime, and then promptly reports it to law enforcement in good fa…

(a) A person is guilty of prostitution when such person engages, or agrees, or offers to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee. Any person found guilty under this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to imprisonment for a…

(a) A person is guilty of procuring or attempting to procure sexual conduct for the payment of a fee if they engage or seek to engage in sexual conduct for any type of fee and/or pay or agree to pay any type of fee for sexual conduct, regardless of the time, place or location of …

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or wander in or near any public highway or street, or any public or private place, and attempt to engage passersby in conversation, or stop or attempt to stop motor vehicles, for the purpose of prostitution or other commercial sexu…

(a) Records defined in § 12-1.3-1 of any person convicted, placed on probation, or whose case was filed pursuant to § 12-10-12, for a violation of § 11-34.1-2 or § 11-34.1-4 may be expunged one year after completion of that person’s sentence. (b) The motion shall be filed in acco…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, while an operator or passenger in a motor vehicle to stop, or attempt to stop another vehicle or pedestrian, or to engage or attempt to engage persons in another vehicle or pedestrians in conversation, for the purposes of prostitution or o…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, by any promise or threat, by abuse of person, or by any other device or scheme, to cause, induce, persuade, or encourage a person to become a prostitute or to come into this state or leave this state for the purpose of prostitution. It sha…

It shall not be a defense to any prosecution of any of the offenses described in this chapter that the offense or any part of the offense shall have been committed outside the state, and any offense described in this chapter may be alleged to have been committed. The offender may…

In any prosecution for any offense under this chapter, any person shall be a competent witness against the offender in relation to any offense committed by the offender upon or against him or her, or by the offender against or upon another person or persons in his or her presence…

For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Manufacture of an unlawful telecommunications device” means to design, produce, assemble, duplicate, modify, alter, program or reprogram a telecommunication device that: (i) Duplicates the identity of an authorized telecommunication service …

(a) A criminal offense is committed by: (1) Any person who intentionally obtains or attempts to obtain telecommunication service by the use of an unlawful telecommunication device. (2) Any person who makes, distributes, possesses or assembles an unlawful telecommunication device,…

Any person aggrieved by acts constituting a violation of § 11-35.1-2 may bring a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district where the violation occurred for relief including a temporary or permanent injunction and damages. In addition to any other relief, the co…

A person who commits an offense in violation of this chapter shall be fined not more than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five (5) years, or both.

This chapter shall be known and be cited as the “Sexual Offender Registration and Community Notification Act”.

(a) Any person who is required to register or verify his or her address or give notice of a change of address or residence who knowingly fails to do so shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, be imprisoned not more than ten (10) years, or fined not more than ten thousan…

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter or as provided in subsection (b) or (c) of this section, no information obtained under this chapter shall be released or transferred without the written consent of the person or his or her authorized representative. (b) No consent …

(a) The parole board shall promulgate guidelines and procedures for notification required pursuant to the provisions of this section. (b) The regulations shall provide for three (3) levels of notification depending upon the risk of re-offense level of the sex offender determined …

If after review of the evidence pertaining to a person required to register according to the criteria set forth in § 11-37.1-12, the board is satisfied that risk of re-offense by the person required to register is either moderate or high, the sex offender community notification u…

Upon receipt of a request from a person subject to community notification under § 11-37.1-12(b), the superior court, or the family court of the county in which the person resides or intends to reside upon release, shall: (1) Set a date for hearing and decision on the matter; (2) …