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State | Statute | Description/Statute Name | Statutory language | Amount | Level of offense | Mandatory | Imposed by | Delegation of authority | |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-5-10.3 | Assault on persons 60 years of age or older by caretaker bodily injury |
Any person who shall commit an assault and battery upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing bodily injury, and who was, at the time of the + See moreassault and battery, responsible for the care and treatment of the victim, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or both. Further, if at the time of the assault and battery the person committing the act was employed by a health care facility that either condoned the act or attempted to conceal it, the health care facility shall be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000).
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$0.00 - $5000.00 | Felony | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-5-10.4 | Assault on persons 60 years of age or older by caretaker serious bodily injury |
Any person who shall commit an assault or battery, or both, upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing serious bodily injury, and who was, at the + See moretime of the assault and battery, responsible for the care and treatment of the victim, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned for not less than two (2) years but not more than twenty (20) years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both. Further, if at the time of the assault and battery the person committing the act was employed by a health care facility that either condoned the act or attempted to conceal it, the health care facility shall be fined not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). Every person so convicted shall be ordered to make restitution to the victim of the offense or to perform up to five hundred (500) hours of public community restitution work or attend violence counseling and/or substance abuse counseling, or any combination of them imposed by the sentencing judge. The court may not waive the obligation to make restitution and/or public community restitution work. The restitution and/or public community restitution work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and not in lieu of the fine or sentence.
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$0.00 - $15000.00 | Felony | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-6-1 | Bigamy |
Every person who shall be convicted of being married to another, or of cohabiting with another as husband and wife, having at the time a former husband or wife living, + See moreshall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000); provided, that this shall not extend to any person whose husband or wife shall be continually remaining without the limits of this state for the space of seven (7) years together, the party being married after the expiration of the seven (7) years, not knowing the other to be living within that time, nor to any person who shall be divorced at the time of the second marriage, nor to any person by reason of any former or prior marriage made when the man was less than fourteen (14) and the woman less than twelve (12) years of age.
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$0.00 - $1000.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-6-2 | Adultery |
Every person who shall commit adultery shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500); and illicit sexual intercourse between any two (2) persons, where either of them is married, + See moreshall be deemed adultery in each.
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$0.00 - $500.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. 11-9-13.15(d) | Penalty for operating without a dealer license |
The court after a hearing on a citation shall make a determination as to whether a violation has been committed. If it is established that the violation did occur, the + See morecourt shall impose a ten-thousand-dollar ($10,000) fine, in addition to any court costs or other court fees.
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$10000.00 - $10000.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-19-32.1 | Mandatory restitution |
Any person who sells, causes to be sold, or otherwise delivers or causes to be delivered any stolen article or metal to a person licensed pursuant to chapter 11.1 of + See moretitle 6 shall make full monetary restitution to the person so licensed. For purposes of this section, the amount of monetary restitution shall equal the monetary value of the loss actually sustained by the licensed person. A licensed person who knowingly receives stolen goods shall not be entitled to restitution.
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The monetary value of the loss actually sustained by the licensed person
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-41-28(a) | Civil restitution for shoplifting |
(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 + See morecivilly liable to the merchant in an amount consisting of: (1) Not more than the retail value of the merchandise if not recovered in merchantable condition; plus
(2) A penalty of not more than one hundred dollars ($100); plus
(3) Court costs.
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$0 - $100
Plus court costs |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-44-1 | Vandalism - obstruction of lawful pursuits |
Every person who shall willfully and maliciously or mischievously injure or destroy or write upon, paint, or otherwise deface the property of another, or obstruct the use of the property + See moreof another, or obstruct another in the prosecution of his or her lawful business or pursuits, in any manner, the punishment of which is not specifically provided for by statute, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) and/or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, and shall be liable to make restitution for the injury or damage caused. Every person convicted of a first offense under this section shall be required to perform up to one hundred (100) hours of public community restitution work, and for a second or subsequent conviction shall be required to perform up to two hundred (200) hours of public community restitution work. Provided, further that every person who shall willfully and maliciously or mischievously injure or destroy or write upon, paint or otherwise deface government property, or obstruct the use of that property, shall be punished in accordance with this statute. Jurisdiction for matters involving government property shall be concurrent with the district court or the respective city or town police or municipal court.
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Restitution for the injury or damage caused
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Misdemeanor | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-44-4 | Shooting, trapping, or fishing on posted lands - destruction of signs |
Whoever shall enter upon the land of another without the owner's permission for the purpose of either shooting, trapping, or fishing when that land shall be conspicuously posted with clear + See moreand legible signs stating that shooting, trapping or fishing, as the case may be, is prohibited, or whoever shall remain upon the premises of another for the purpose of shooting, trapping, or fishing after having been forbidden to do so by the owner of the premises or the owner's authorized agent, or whoever shall without right mutilate, destroy, or remove any sign stating that shooting, trapping or fishing, as the case may be, is prohibited, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00).
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$0.00 - $20.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-44-5 | Willful damage while hunting, trapping, or fishing |
Whoever shall enter upon land of another for the purpose of hunting, trapping or fishing, and while upon the land shall do any willful damage to the property of the + See moreowner of the land, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00). The owner of the property may recover from any person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section, in an action of the case, twice the amount of the damages so sustained; and the license to pursue, hunt, and kill game in the state of Rhode Island during the open season issued under the provisions of chapter 13 of title 20 to any persons who shall thereafter be convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be forfeited and no license shall be issued to him or her under the provisions of title 20 for a period of one year after that conviction.
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$0.00 - $20.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-44-9 | Firing of weapon near baiting place |
Every person who, between the first day of April and the first day of November in any year, shall maliciously fire any gun, musket, blunderbuss, or pistol, within eighty (80) + See morerods of any baiting place, not his or her own property, and actually used in the proper season for the baiting and netting of wild pigeons, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00), nor less than five dollars ($5.00).
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$5.00 - $20.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-44-10 | Injurious substances on baiting places |
Every person who shall strew or place any powder or brimstone or other sulfurous substance upon any baiting place not his or her own property, or shall burn upon that + See moreplace any of those substances saturated with tar or turpentine, shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty dollars ($20.00).
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$5.00 - $20.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-44-14 | Breaking lamps or windows | Every person who shall willfully break any lamp, lantern, or window, shall, for every lamp, lantern, or window broken, be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200). | $0.00 - $200.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-44-16 | Removal of gravel from or deposit of debris on Easton's beach |
Every person who shall remove any sand or any gravel from any part of Easton's Beach, as defined in § 11-44-18, shall be fined twenty dollars ($20.00) for every offense. Every + See moreperson who shall deposit or leave on the beach any dead animal, offal, filth, rubbish, or refuse matter, shall be fined twenty dollars ($20.00) for every offense.
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$20.00 - $20.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-44-21.1(a)(2) | Graffiti - defacing private residences, offices, businesses, or commercial property |
If the graffiti is positioned on an overpass or an underpass and requires that traffic be interfered with in order to remove it, or the entity responsible for the area + See morein which the clean-up is to take place must provide assistance in order for the removal to take place safely, the court shall order an additional assessment of one thousand dollars ($1,000).
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$1000
In addition to base fine |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-47-54 | Licensing of shooting galleries |
Every person who shall keep any pistol gallery, rifle gallery, or other building or other enclosure in any city or town of this state where firearms are used without a + See morelicense from the duly constituted licensing authority of the city or town shall, upon conviction, be fined two hundred dollars ($200) for the first offense, and five hundred dollars ($500) for each subsequent offense; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to organizations that receive arms and ammunition from the United States or this state.
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$200.00 - $200.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 11-47-54 | Licensing of shooting galleries |
Every person who shall keep any pistol gallery, rifle gallery, or other building or other enclosure in any city or town of this state where firearms are used without a + See morelicense from the duly constituted licensing authority of the city or town shall, upon conviction, be fined two hundred dollars ($200) for the first offense, and five hundred dollars ($500) for each subsequent offense; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to organizations that receive arms and ammunition from the United States or this state.
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$500.00 - $500.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 8-15-11 | Electronic filing and online payments | A technology surcharge shall be assessed as a cost against the defendant in accordance with § 8-15-11. |
$0 - $25
Value of fee determiend by R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 8-15-11(a): In addition to any other filing fees or court costs required by law or court rule, parties to any court matter may be required to pay a technology surcharge or fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) at the inception or the conclusion of any case, or upon making any electronic payment online to any of the courts within the unified judicial system. Such surcharges or fees shall be determined by the state court administrator with the approval of the chief justice.
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-20-11 | Apportionment of costs among defendants |
Whenever more than one defendant in the same process shall be convicted and sentenced to fine or imprisonment in jail, the court pronouncing sentence may apportion the costs of prosecution + See morebetween and among the defendants as, in its discretion, shall appear to be just and proper.
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Not a fine or fee, per se, but directs the court on apportioning prosecution costs among multiple defendants
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All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-20-8 | Payment of costs where defendant committed to correctional institutions |
The costs of prosecution and conviction of persons imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions shall be paid by the state, and the payment of those costs shall form no part + See moreof the sentence of convicts. Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to prevent the imposition of costs provided for in chapter 25 of this title. The cost of commitment shall be paid by the state except as otherwise provided by the general laws; provided, that persons imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions shall be responsible for any assessments made pursuant to § 23-1-3.
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Prosecution costs for defendants committed to adult correctional institutions shall not be charged to the defendant but paid for by + See morethe state
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