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2024 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 12 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 12-7 - Arrest
- Section 12-7-1. - Temporary detention of suspects.
- Section 12-7-2. - Search of detained person for weapons.
- Section 12-7-3. - Arrest without warrant for misdemeanor or petty misdemeanor.
- Section 12-7-4. - Arrest without warrant for felony.
- Section 12-7-5. - Arrest on improper ground.
- Section 12-7-6. - Arrest on warrant not in possession of arresting officer.
- Section 12-7-7. - Methods of arrest.
- Section 12-7-8. - Restraint and force used.
- Section 12-7-9. - Conditions justifying force dangerous to life.
- Section 12-7-10. - Resisting legal or illegal arrest.
- Section 12-7-11. - Summons.
- Section 12-7-12. - Release of arrested person by officer.
- Section 12-7-13. - Repealed.
- Section 12-7-14. - Punitive damages for false arrest or imprisonment.
- Section 12-7-15. - Severability.
- Section 12-7-16. - Arrest or seizure after commission of offense.
- Section 12-7-17. - Arrest of escapees and parole violators without warrant.
- Section 12-7-18. - Temporary detention powers of National Guard.
- Section 12-7-19. - Arrest after close pursuit by officers from cities or towns.
- Section 12-7-20. - Right to use telephone for call to attorney — Bail bondsperson.
- Section 12-7-21. - “Peace officer” defined.
- Section 12-7-22. - Electronic recording of custodial interrogations task force.
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