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2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 12 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 12-3 - Jurisdiction and Venue of Offenses
Section 12-3-10 - Enumeration of statutes of limitation.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 12-3-10 (2017)
§ 12-3-10. Enumeration of statutes of limitation.
The following compilation of statutes of limitation for criminal offenses is set forth as an aid to the public and is not intended to replace the specific statutes referred to in this section. The omission of any statute of limitation from this list shall in no way affect the validity of the statute.
| Section | Offense | Period of Limitations |
| 4-4-26 | Offenses relat | 30 days |
| ing to diseased | ||
| animals | ||
| 11-13-2 | Prosecution of | 30 days |
| illegal sale, | ||
| use or posses | ||
| sion of fire | ||
| works | ||
| 11-47-53 | Prosecution | 30 days |
| for firing | ||
| weapons or | ||
| carrying loaded | ||
| weapons in vehi | ||
| cles | ||
| 12-12-17 | Minor criminal | 3 years |
| offenses; time | ||
| for indictment | ||
| or information | ||
| 12-12-18 | New indictment | 1 year |
| or information | ||
| to replace one | ||
| stolen, lost | ||
| or destroyed | ||
| 17-23-11 | Prosecution of | 1 year |
| election law | ||
| offenses | ||
| 28-39-32 | Temporary dis | 5 years |
| ability insur | ||
| ance act offenses | ||
| 30-13-46(a) | Prosecution | No limit |
| for desertion, | ||
| AWOL during | ||
| war, aiding | ||
| the enemy or | ||
| mutiny under | ||
| the Rhode Island | ||
| Code of Military | ||
| Justice | ||
| 30-13-46(b) | Prosecution | 3 years |
| for desertion | ||
| in peacetime | ||
| or perjury | ||
| under the Rhode | ||
| Island Code of | ||
| Military Justice | ||
| 30-13-46(c) | Prosecution | 2 years |
| for summary | ||
| court-martial | ||
| offenses under | ||
| the Rhode Island | ||
| Code of Military | ||
| Justice | ||
| 31-23.2-8 | To enforce lia | 6 months |
| bility for tam | ||
| pering with | ||
| odometers | ||
| 46-7-4 | Proceedings | 6 months |
| for forfeitures | ||
| for wrongfully | ||
| making fast a | ||
| vessel to a | ||
| stake or buoy, | ||
| or damaging | ||
| same, in the | ||
| Pawtucket River, | ||
| Warren River | ||
| or upper | ||
| Narragansett | ||
| Bay, or to mark | ||
| ers or beacons | ||
| in other areas |
History of Section.
(P.L. 1982, ch. 388, § 1.)
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