Title 11, Title 11 Offenses

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional, the invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid or unconsti…

(a) “Abscond” means to not register as required, or to relocate to some unknown place other than the registered place of residence, or to conceal himself or herself in an attempt to avoid registration or verification of registration. (b) “Aggravated offense” means, and includes, …

Upon application by the attorney general or counsel for the sex offender, the court may remand any case pending adjudication of sexually violent predator status back to the sex offender board of review for further determination of sexually violent predator status and community no…

(a) If any person convicted of any offense that requires sex offender registration pursuant to this title, or otherwise has a duty to register his or her address with the law enforcement agency in the municipality in which they reside, is provided residence in any homeless shelte…

(a) Any person who, in this or any other jurisdiction: (1) has been convicted of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor, (2) has been convicted of a sexually violent offense, (3) has been determined to be a sexually violent predator, (4) has committed an aggravated of…

(a) Annual registration. Any person required to register under § 11-37.1-3(a)(1) or (2) shall annually register with the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the city or town in which the person having the duty to register resides for a period of ten (10) years f…

(a)(1) Duty of state officials. If a person who is required to register under this chapter is released from prison, including those placed on parole, then the official in charge of the place of confinement or his or her designee shall comply with the provisions of subsection (b) …

(1)(a) Sex Offender Board of Review. The governor shall appoint eight (8) persons including experts in the field of the behavior and treatment of sexual offenders by reason of training and experience, victim’s rights advocates, and law enforcement representatives to the sex offen…

(a) The person required to provide notice in accordance with § 11-37.1-5(b) and the local law enforcement agencies required to register persons who have a duty to register in accordance with § 11-37.1-4 and receive changes in the person’s registration information under § 11-37.1-…

(a) For a person required to register under § 11-37.1-3(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8), or (a)(9) on each anniversary of the person’s initial registration date during the period in which the person is required to register: (1) The designated state law enforcement agency or…

(a) Duty of local law enforcement agency; interstate and intrastate moves. For any person required to register under this chapter, the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction where the person is residing, shall, if the person changes residence to another jurisdiction or …

(a) Proceedings under this chapter shall be filed, heard and determined in the district court of the division in which the moving party resides except when either party is a juvenile. Any proceedings under this chapter shall not preclude any other available civil or criminal reme…

(a) A person who is a victim of sexual assault as defined in § 11-37-1, 11-37-2, 11-37-4, 11-37-6, 11-37-8.1, 11-37-8.3 or 11-59-2, may file a complaint in the district court requesting any order which will protect him or her from the future abuse, including, but not limited to, …

(a)(1) Upon the filing of a complaint under this chapter, the court may enter any temporary orders that it deems necessary to protect the plaintiff from abuse. (2) If it clearly appears from specific facts shown by affidavit that immediate and irreparable injury, loss or damage w…

Whenever the court grants a temporary order pursuant to § 11-37-8.3 based on a complaint alleging that a minor is suffering from sexual abuse, the court shall ensure that the appropriate law enforcement agency is notified of the complaint.

(a) The complaint and any order issued under this chapter shall be personally served upon the defendant by a sheriff or constable except as provided in subsection (c), (d) and (f) of this section. Service shall be made without payment of any fee when service is made by a deputy s…

Each protective order issued under this chapter, including a temporary exparte order, shall have the following statements printed in bold-faced type or in capital letters: A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS ORDER MAY BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND MAY BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF AS MUCH AS …

(a) A form in substantially the following language shall suffice for the purpose of filing a complaint under this chapter: STATE OF RHODE ISLAND DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF __________ DIVISION _______________________________________________________________________ Plaintiff: VS: NO:…

An order granting relief pursuant to § 8-8.1-3 shall remain in effect during the pendency of the appeal to the superior court unless the order is stayed by a justice of the superior court.

As used in this chapter: (1) “Employee” means an individual hired directly by the entity; a contractual employee of the entity; an individual hired by a third party who has contracted with the entity; an independent contractor of the entity; or a volunteer of the entity. (2) “Chi…

(a) Any entity that is a child safe zone is prohibited from employing a person who is an offender. (b) The individual who made the final hiring decision for an entity that is a child safe zone that knowingly employs an offender as prohibited in § 11-37.3-3(a) shall be subject to …

(a) Any offender is prohibited from owning or operating an entity that is a child safe zone. This prohibition shall not apply to any offender who owned or operated an entity that is a child safe zone prior to August 1, 2014. (b) Any offender who knowingly owns or operates an enti…

An entity that is a child safe zone that declines to hire, or declines to continue an offender’s employment, on the basis of the employment prohibition in § 11-37.3-2(a) shall not be liable for civil damages or subject to any claim, demand, cause of action, or proceeding of any n…

For the purpose of this chapter: (1) “Bakery container” means any permanent type of container which is used by a bakery, distributor, retailer, or food service establishment or the agent of any of them as a means to transport, store, or carry bakery products. (2) “Dairy case” mea…

It is a violation of this chapter: (1) To remove any shopping cart, laundry cart, dairy case, dispenser case, egg basket, bakery container, or plastic bulk merchandise container from the premises or parking area of a retail establishment with intent to temporarily or permanently …

The requiring, taking, or accepting of any deposit upon delivery of any dairy case, egg basket, poultry box, shopping cart, laundry cart, bakery container, dispenser case, or plastic bulk merchandise container shall not be deemed a sale of the case, basket, box, cart, or containe…

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of larceny, punishable as provided in § 11-41-5.

This chapter shall not apply to the owner of a shopping cart or laundry cart, or dairy case or egg basket or poultry box, or bakery container, dispenser case, or plastic bulk merchandise container or to a retailer, or to their agents or employees, or to a customer who has written…

(a) Any person or entity purchasing shopping carts, dairy cases, dispenser cases, egg baskets, bakery containers or plastic bulk merchandise containers, who is in the business of recycling, shredding, or destruction of shopping carts, dairy cases, dispenser cases, egg baskets, ba…

Any person, firm, corporation, or association owning shopping carts, laundry carts, dairy cases, dispenser cases, egg baskets, bakery containers, poultry boxes, or plastic bulk merchandise containers may register with the secretary of state a description of the name or mark affix…

Any person, firm, corporation, or association engaged in receiving, packing, handling, or selling bakery products in permanent containers may, in order to designate the ownership of those containers or distinguish them from other similar containers, adopt, own, and use any name o…

No person, firm, corporation, or association other than the registered owner of the name or mark shall use for any purpose any container which is identified with or by any name or mark registered with the secretary of state as provided by § 11-41.1-2. No person, firm, corporation…

Any person who is in possession of any shopping cart, laundry cart, dairy case, dispenser case, egg basket, bakery container, poultry box, or plastic bulk merchandise container with a registered name or mark shall be presumed to be in possession of stolen property and shall be gu…

It shall be unlawful for any common carrier or private carrier for hire, except those engaged in the transporting of dairy products, eggs, poultry, or bakery products to and from farms or bakeries where they are produced, to receive or transport any container marked with a regist…

It is a violation of this chapter for any person not in lawful possession of a shopping cart, dairy case, dispenser case, egg basket, bakery container, or plastic bulk merchandise container to remove a shopping cart or dairy case or dispenser case or egg basket or bakery containe…

Any person, firm, corporation, or association engaged in receiving, packing, handling, or selling eggs in permanent baskets which contain four (4) dozen or more shell eggs may adopt, own, and use any name or mark and permanently affix or stamp that name or mark on any egg basket,…

Any person, firm, corporation, or association engaged in receiving, packing, handling, or selling poultry in permanent boxes may adopt, own, and use any name or mark and permanently affix or stamp that name or mark on any poultry box, except cardboard, fiberboard, or wood contain…

It is a violation of this chapter for any person not in lawful possession of a shopping cart or dairy case or dispenser case or egg basket or poultry box or bakery container, or plastic bulk merchandise container to remove an egg basket, poultry box, or plastic bulk merchandise c…

(a) “Alter” means to change or remove any identification number affixed by the maker or owner of equipment described in this chapter. (b) “Electronic equipment” means any television receiver, radio receiver, transmitter, transceiver, tuner, amplifier, speaker, earphone, video rec…

Any person who shall alter the identification number of any item of electronic equipment as defined in this chapter shall, upon conviction, be sentenced as follows: (1) If the value of the property exceeds five hundred dollars ($500), by imprisonment for not more than three (3) y…

Any person who shall knowingly be in possession of any item of electronic equipment as defined in this chapter with altered identification numbers shall, upon conviction, be sentenced as follows: (1) If the value of the property exceeds five hundred dollars ($500), by imprisonmen…

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to prohibit unreasonable, excessive and annoying noise levels from all sources subject to its police power. At certain levels, low frequency sound (between 100-20 cps) when substantially amplified, often referred to as sub-woofe…

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any equipment as set forth in § 11-45.1-1 from which the sound created by this equipment is capable of penetrating a closed vehicle from twenty (20) feet away from the location at which the sound is being generated, or heard from one…

Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) for a first offense, two hundred dollars ($200) for a second offense, and three hundred dollars ($300) for the third and any subsequent …

(a) Whereas: (1) Article I, § 17 of the constitution of the state of Rhode Island guarantees to the people the free right of fishery; and (2) The free right of fishery cannot be enjoyed unless both finfish and shellfish are in abundance to be caught; and (3) The metabolism and ca…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Rhode Island Large Capacity Feeding Device Ban Act of 2022.”