Rhode Island § 11-44-8 § 11-44-8. Injury to or interference with water-control structures.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 11-44-8 — § 11-44-8. Injury to or interference with water-control structures.

Rhode Island § 11-44-8

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Ch. 11-44Trespass and Vandalism

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-8 (2026).

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§ 11-44-8. Injury to or interference with water-control structures.
Every person who shall willfully and maliciously break down, injure, remove, or destroy
            any dam, reservoir, canal, or trench, or any gate, flume, flash-board, or other appurtenance,
            or any of the wheels, mill-gear, or machinery of a water-mill, or willfully or wantonly,
            without color of right, draw off the water contained in a millpond, reservoir, canal,
            or trench, or willfully and maliciously, without color of right, obstruct the water
            of a mill-pond, reservoir, canal, or trench from flowing out of it, shall be imprisoned
            not exceeding five (5) years or be fined not exceeding two t

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§ 11-44-8. Injury to or interference with water-control structures.

Every person who shall willfully and maliciously break down, injure, remove, or destroy any dam, reservoir, canal, or trench, or any gate, flume, flash-board, or other appurtenance, or any of the wheels, mill-gear, or machinery of a water-mill, or willfully or wantonly, without color of right, draw off the water contained in a millpond, reservoir, canal, or trench, or willfully and maliciously, without color of right, obstruct the water of a mill-pond, reservoir, canal, or trench from flowing out of it, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years or be fined not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000).