§ 11-41-1. Stealing as larceny. Every person who shall steal any money, goods, or chattels, or any note of the general treasurer of this state for the payment of money, any bank bill, any certificate of any bank or of any public officer or corporation securing the payment of money to any person or certifying […]
§ 11-41-10. Robbing of fish nets and weirs. Every person who shall rob or draw any fishpot, weir, or net belonging to any other person shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00). History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 25; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 25; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 25; G.L. 1938, […]
§ 11-41-11. Embezzlement by bank officer or employee. Every officer, agent, or servant of any bank, savings bank, or trust company who shall embezzle or appropriate to his or her own use any moneys, goods, effects, or funds of any bank, savings bank or trust company with intent to cheat or defraud it or any […]
§ 11-41-11.1. Unlawful appropriation. Any person to whom any money or other property of another shall be entrusted or delivered for a particular purpose, who shall intentionally appropriate to his or her own use that money or property, shall be deemed guilty of unlawful appropriation and shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars […]
§ 11-41-12. Fraudulent conversion by agent or factor. Every agent or factor who shall deposit or pledge any goods, wares, or merchandise or any bill of lading, receipt, or certificate of a warehouse keeper or inspector, or any warrant or order for the delivery of goods with which he or she shall have been entrusted, […]
§ 11-41-13. Obtaining signature by false pretenses. Every person who, by any false pretense or pretenses, with intent to cheat or defraud, shall obtain the signature of any person to any written instrument, the false making of which would be punished as forgery, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years […]
§ 11-41-14. Failure to return book or other library property. (a) Any person who shall take or borrow any book or other library property from any of the libraries or collections as defined in § 11-44-15(b), and who, upon neglect to return it within the time required and specified in the bylaws, rules, or regulations […]
§ 11-41-14.1. Concealment of book or other property while on premises of library — Removal of book or other property from library. (a) Whoever, without authority, with the intention of converting to his or her own or another’s use, willfully conceals a book or other library property, while still on the premises of the library, […]
§ 11-41-15. Recovered stolen property. (a) The officer who shall apprehend any person as principal or accessory in any robbery or larceny shall secure the property alleged to be stolen and shall be answerable for the property, and shall annex a schedule of it to his or her return. Upon receipt of the property from […]
§ 11-41-16. Sale or concealment of property leased or purchased on conditional sale. Whoever, being in possession of personal property, other than wearing apparel, received upon a written and conditional contract of sale or acquired upon a written lease, or in which any person, firm, or corporation shall have a valid and perfected security interest […]
§ 11-41-16.1. Sale or concealment of leased personal property. (a) Any person being in possession of personal property under a lease who sells, transfers, conceals, or aids in concealing the property, or any part of it, or refuses to return the leased personal property after the time of expiration of the lease with the intent […]
§ 11-41-17. Unauthorized transfer of vehicle sold on conditional sale. Every person who, with intent to place beyond the control of the vendor, any motor vehicle sold on condition that the title shall remain in the vendor after delivery, shall remove, conceal, or aid or abet the removal or concealment of the vehicle, and any […]
§ 11-41-18. Defacement or conversion of rental battery. Any person, other than the owner or the owner’s duly authorized agent, who shall wrongfully or maliciously remove, deface, alter, or destroy, or cause to be removed, defaced, altered, or destroyed, the word “rental” printed, painted, stamped upon or attached to any electric storage battery, or who […]
§ 11-41-19. Refusal to return rental battery. Every person having in his or her possession any electric storage battery, the property of another, who neglects or refuses for a period of fourteen (14) days after demand for it shall have been made to deliver it to its owner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and […]
§ 11-41-2. Receiving stolen goods. Every person who shall fraudulently receive any stolen money, goods, securities, chattels, or other property, knowing it to be stolen, shall be deemed guilty of larceny, although the person who stole the property may not have been prosecuted or convicted for it. The possession of any stolen property shall be […]
§ 11-41-20. Shoplifting. (a) For the purpose of this section: (1) “Conceal” means to place merchandise in such a manner that it is not visible through ordinary observation. (2) “Full retail value” means the merchant’s stated price of the merchandise. (3) “Merchandise” means any items of tangible personal property offered for sale within a retail […]
§ 11-41-20.1. Shoplifting — Use of implements in concealment. Whoever shall willfully take possession of any goods, wares, or merchandise offered for sale by any store or other mercantile establishment, or whoever shall willfully conceal upon his or her person, among his belongings, or upon the person or among the belongings of another unpurchased goods, […]
§ 11-41-21. Shoplifting — Enforcement. (a) Any person reasonably believed to have committed or to be committing the crime of shoplifting as defined in § 11-41-20 shall be subject to detention by a police officer in accordance with § 12-7-1. (b) Any merchant who observes any person concealing or attempting to conceal merchandise on his […]
§ 11-41-22. Severability of shoplifting provisions. If any section, clause, sentence, paragraph or part of §§ 11-41-20 — 11-41-22 shall for any reason be adjudged invalid, the remainder of §§ 11-41-20 — 11-41-22 shall not be affected. History of Section.P.L. 1959, ch. 133, § 2.
§ 11-41-23. Larceny of marine equipment. Every person who shall steal or attempt to steal any boat, marine motor, marine electronic equipment, marine rescue or safety equipment, or navigational equipment, or who shall fraudulently receive any boat, marine motor, marine electronic equipment, marine safety or navigation equipment, or marine equipment with serial numbers removed, shall […]
