Section 45-16-4.4. – [Repealed.]
§ 45-16-4.4. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 336, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 101, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 311, § 3; Repealed by P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 40, effective September 1, 2015; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 40, effective September 1, 2015.
Section 45-16-4.5. – Immunity.
§ 45-16-4.5. Immunity. No town constable, while serving or executing any process or writ issued by or returnable to the court, is liable in any civil action to respond in damages as a result of his or her acts of commission or omission arising directly out of his or her negligent serving or executing the […]
Section 45-16-5. – Liability for neglect in serving process.
§ 45-16-5. Liability for neglect in serving process. Every town sergeant or town constable who neglects or refuses to serve any process issuing from lawful authority, directed to him or her to serve and execute, or who is guilty of neglect or misfeasance in executing the duties of his or her office (having in all […]
Section 45-16-6. – Aid and assistance in execution of office.
§ 45-16-6. Aid and assistance in execution of office. Every town sergeant and town constable, in the due execution of his or her office, may command all necessary aid and assistance in the execution of his or her office; and every person who, when so required, refuses or neglects to give aid and assistance, shall […]
Section 45-16-7. – Police officers.
§ 45-16-7. Police officers. The town councils of the several towns may elect any number of police officers for their towns, that they deem expedient, who are not required to give bond, nor be authorized to serve process in civil actions, but in all other matters they have the same power and authority as other […]
Section 45-16-8. – Election of special town constables.
§ 45-16-8. Election of special town constables. Every town council may elect for any amount of time, not exceeding one year, that they may determine, one or more special town constables who shall be commissioned and engaged but shall not be required to give bond. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 40, § 32; G.L. 1909, […]
Section 45-16-1. – Refusal to serve as sergeant — Maximum service required.
§ 45-16-1. Refusal to serve as sergeant — Maximum service required. Whoever is legally chosen to the office of town sergeant, and refuses to serve in that office, shall pay a fine of seven dollars ($7.00), to and for the use of the town, to be levied and collected, upon conviction, by warrant of distress […]
Section 45-16-2. – Bond of sergeants.
§ 45-16-2. Bond of sergeants. Every town sergeant shall, at the time of his or her being sworn into office, give bond with sufficient sureties to the town treasurer in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), for the faithful performance of the duties of the town sergeant’s office. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 232, […]
Section 45-16-3. – Action on bond of sergeants.
§ 45-16-3. Action on bond of sergeants. Any person injured by the breach of the bond of any town sergeant, may commence an action in the name of the town treasurer of the town, for his or her own use, under like circumstances and in the same manner and subject to the same provisions as […]