2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-28.2 - Division of Fire Safety
Section 23-28.2-15 - Assistance by attorney general - Prosecution of violations.

Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 23-28.2-15 (2017)

§ 23-28.2-15. Assistance by attorney general - Prosecution of violations.

The attorney general, upon request of the state fire marshal, shall assist upon any investigation of any fire which, in the opinion of the state fire marshal, is of suspicious origin, and shall institute and conduct all prosecutions of persons charged with arson, burning to defraud, crimes incident to incendiary fires, and violations of the provision of the Fire Safety Code, chapters 28.1 through 28.39 of this title and all codes referenced therein and adopted thereunder.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1966, ch. 216, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-28.2-14; P.L. 1973, ch. 176, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-28.2-12; P.L. 1975, ch. 165, § 10; P.L. 2004, ch. 220, § 3; P.L. 2004, ch. 225, § 3.)

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