2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 46 - Waters and Navigation
Chapter 46-10 - Shipwrecks
Section 46-10-7 - Penalty for unauthorized intermeddling with property.
§ 46-10-7 Penalty for unauthorized intermeddling with property. – Every person who shall after the arrival of the commissioner take, detain, or intermeddle with any property shipwrecked or found as aforesaid, except under the direction of the commissioner or of the owner, agent, or other person interested, provided, that the owner, agent, or other person interested, has possession of the property, shall forfeit one thousand dollars ($1,000) for such offense, to be recovered in the name of the commissioner, one-half ( 1/2) thereof to the use of the commissioner and one-half ( 1/2) thereof to the use of the person lawfully authorized to receive the property.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 119, § 24; G.L. 1909, ch. 145, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 150, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 115, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 46-10-7.)
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