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2021 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 2 - Agriculture and Forestry
Chapter 2-12 - Forest Fires and Prevention
Section 2-12-17 - Right of fire fighters and officials to enter land.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 2-12-17 (2021)
§ 2-12-17. Right of fire fighters and officials to enter land.
No action of trespass shall lie against any person crossing or working upon the land of another to extinguish fire or to the director of environmental management or his or her representatives from crossing or working upon lands of another to investigate fire.
History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 2-12-17; P.L. 1970, ch. 124, § 4.
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