Rhode Island § 11-8-7 § 11-8-7. Making, repairing, or possessing burglar tools.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 11-8-7 — § 11-8-7. Making, repairing, or possessing burglar tools.

Rhode Island § 11-8-7

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Ch. 11-8Burglary and Breaking and Entering

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-8-7 (2026).

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§ 11-8-7. Making, repairing, or possessing burglar tools.
Whoever makes or mends, or does any work connected with the making or reparation of,
            or has in his or her possession any engine, machine, tool, false key, pick lock, nippers,
            or implement of any kind adapted and designed for cutting through, forcing, breaking
            open, or entering a building, room, vault, safe, or other depository, in order to
            steal from it money or other property, or to commit any other crime, knowing the equipment
            to be adapted and designed for this purpose, with intent to use or employ, or allow
            the equipment to be used or employed, for this purpose, shall be imprisoned not mo

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§ 11-8-7. Making, repairing, or possessing burglar tools.

Whoever makes or mends, or does any work connected with the making or reparation of, or has in his or her possession any engine, machine, tool, false key, pick lock, nippers, or implement of any kind adapted and designed for cutting through, forcing, breaking open, or entering a building, room, vault, safe, or other depository, in order to steal from it money or other property, or to commit any other crime, knowing the equipment to be adapted and designed for this purpose, with intent to use or employ, or allow the equipment to be used or employed, for this purpose, shall be imprisoned not more than ten (10) years.