2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-4 - Office of State Medical Examiners
Section 23-4-12 - Compensation for recovery of body from water.

Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 23-4-12 (2017)

§ 23-4-12. Compensation for recovery of body from water.

When services are rendered in bringing to land the dead body of a person found in any of the harbors, rivers, or waters of the state, compensation for services as he or she deemed reasonable may be allowed; but this privilege shall not entitle any person to compensation for services rendered in search for a dead body.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1973, ch. 169, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 400, § 1.)

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