2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 11 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 11-41 - Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation
Section 11-41-25.1 - Theft of motor fuel.
§ 11-41-25.1. Theft of motor fuel.
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 punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or both. Any person convicted of violating this section, and the retail value of the fuel taken exceeds five hundred dollars ($500), shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or both.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2006, ch. 340, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 439, § 1.)
