Rhode Island § 11-18-26 § 11-18-26. Obtaining food or accommodations with intent to defraud.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 11-18-26 — § 11-18-26. Obtaining food or accommodations with intent to defraud.

Rhode Island § 11-18-26

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Ch. 11-18Fraud and False Dealing

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-26 (2026).

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§ 11-18-26. Obtaining food or accommodations with intent to defraud.
(a) Every person who shall obtain credit or accommodation at any hotel, inn, restaurant,
            boarding house, or lodging house by means of any false pretense, or who, with intent
            to defraud the proprietor, or the proprietor's agent or servant, obtains any credit
            or accommodation at a hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house or lodging house, without
            paying, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) or be imprisoned not
            exceeding thirty (30) days.
         
(b) Proof that lodging, food or other accommodation was obtained by false or fictitious
  

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§ 11-18-26. Obtaining food or accommodations with intent to defraud.

(a) Every person who shall obtain credit or accommodation at any hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house, or lodging house by means of any false pretense, or who, with intent to defraud the proprietor, or the proprietor's agent or servant, obtains any credit or accommodation at a hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house or lodging house, without paying, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days.

(b) Proof that lodging, food or other accommodation was obtained by false or fictitious showing or pretense of baggage, or that the person refused or neglected to pay for the food, lodging, or other accommodation, or removed or caused to be removed his or her baggage from the premises, without paying for the food, lodging, or other accommodation, shall be presumptive evidence of the fraudulent intent referred to in subsection (a) of this section; but this provision shall not apply where there has been a special agreement for delay in payment.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 51; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 54; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 54; P.L. 1927, ch. 1047, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 62; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-26.