§ 42-29-1. Appointment — Powers and duties — Removal. (a) The director of the department of public safety shall appoint deputy sheriffs and other necessary classifications pursuant to rank structure, subject to the appropriations process. Deputy sheriffs and other employees of the sheriff’s division shall be subject to the supervision of the chief/sheriff appointed by […]
§ 42-29-10. Removal of deputies by court. Any deputy sheriff may be removed for misdemeanor in office by the Rhode Island supreme court or by the superior court sitting for the county to which the officer belongs, upon complaint made. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 220; G.L. 1909, ch. 282, § 35; G.L. 1923, ch. […]
§ 42-29-11. Bond of deputies. Every deputy shall give bond with sufficient surety or sureties to the director of the department of public safety, in a sum satisfactory to the director, not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), for the faithful execution of his or her office according to law. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § […]
§ 42-29-12. Action on sheriff’s bond. Any person injured by the breach of the bond of any deputy sheriff may, after recovering judgment against the deputy sheriff, his or her executors, or administrators, in an action brought for the default, misfeasance, or nonfeasance of such deputy sheriff, cause a suit to be instituted upon the […]
§ 42-29-13. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 198; G.L. 1909, ch. 282, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 332, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 493, § 11; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 42-29-13; Repealed by P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 2, effective June 20, 2012.
§ 42-29-14. Copies of bonds as evidence. The general treasurer shall deliver an attested copy of the bond of any deputy sheriff to the director of the department of public safety and deliver a copy of the bond of any deputy sheriff, filed in his or her office, to any person applying and paying the […]
§ 42-29-15. Pleadings and effect of judgment on bond. In every suit on such bond, the declaration shall set forth the condition of the bond and assign the breach or breaches relied upon in the action, and judgment in the suit shall not be a bar to any other action on the bond assigning other […]
§ 42-29-16. Form of judgment for plaintiff on bond. In a suit brought under § 42-29-13, if the plaintiff shall recover, judgment shall be rendered in favor of the general treasurer or sheriff, as the case may be, for the use of the person alleged in the writ and declaration to be injured by the […]
§ 42-29-17. Judgment for costs against defendant. If the defendant shall recover judgment for costs, execution shall issue therefor against the person for whose use the suit is brought, and not against the general treasurer or sheriff, and the surety for costs of such person, if any there be, shall be liable for such costs […]
§ 42-29-18. Power to investigate and prosecute offenses. Any member of the division of sheriffs may investigate the same and apprehend and bring to justice the person or persons committing such offense, and may make complaint in behalf of the state against such person or persons and may prosecute said complaint to final conviction. History […]
§ 42-29-19. Attendance on general assembly and courts. The director of the department of public safety or his or her designees shall assign deputy sheriffs to attend the general assembly when in session. The director of the department of public safety or his or her designee shall designate such number of deputy sheriffs to attend […]
§ 42-29-2. Repealed.
§ 42-29-20. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1902, ch. 1005, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 282, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 332, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 493, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 42-29-20; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 56; Repealed by P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 2, effective June 20, 2012.
§ 42-29-20.1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 105, § 6; P.L. 1998, ch. 404, § 6; Repealed by P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 2, effective June 20, 2012.
§ 42-29-21. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 206; G.L. 1909, ch. 282, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 332, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 493, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 42-29-21; P.L. 1958, ch. 97, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 2, effective June 20, 2012.
§ 42-29-22. Execution of writs and precepts. A deputy sheriff shall serve and execute all writs and as directed wherever he or she may be authorized by law, or by special order of the court issuing the writ or precept. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 207; G.L. 1909, ch. 282, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. […]
§ 42-29-23. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 210; G.L. 1909, ch. 282, § 25; G.L. 1923, ch. 332, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 493, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 42-29-23; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 32; Repealed by P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 2, effective June 20, 2012.
§ 42-29-24. Service of process on waters. Any deputy sheriff duly authorized may serve any writ or other process, whether of a civil or criminal nature, within any part of the waters of Narragansett Bay, and within any waters not more than one marine league from the seashore of the state at high-water mark. History […]
§ 42-29-25. Assistance in execution of office. Every deputy sheriff, in the due execution of his or her office, may command all necessary aid and assistance in the execution thereof; and every person who, whenever so required, shall refuse or neglect to give aid and assistance shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00). History […]
§ 42-29-26. Failure to serve process. Every deputy sheriff who shall neglect or refuse to serve any process issuing from lawful authority, directed to him or her to serve and execute (having in all civil causes, paid or tendered unto him or her his or her legal fees, if he or she demand the same, […]
