Rhode Island § 10-12-7 § 10-12-7. Failure to report or assign to warden deemed an escape.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 10-12-7 — § 10-12-7. Failure to report or assign to warden deemed an escape.

Rhode Island § 10-12-7

Title 10Courts and civil procedure–Procedure in particular actions

Ch. 10-12Liberty of Jail Yard

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-12-7 (2026).

Text

§ 10-12-7. Failure to report or assign to warden deemed an escape.
If any person so committed shall neglect to render himself or herself to the warden
            of the institution, in the institution, within thirty (30) days, or make an assignment
            as provided in § 10-12-5, he or she shall be deemed to have committed an escape under his or her bond for
            the liberty of the jail yard.
         

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§ 10-12-7. Failure to report or assign to warden deemed an escape.

If any person so committed shall neglect to render himself or herself to the warden of the institution, in the institution, within thirty (30) days, or make an assignment as provided in § 10-12-5, he or she shall be deemed to have committed an escape under his or her bond for the liberty of the jail yard.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 259, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 325, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 376, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 562, § 9; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-12-7; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 33.