Rhode Island § 12-2-4 § 12-2-4. Arrest and detention of disorderly persons and persons refusing to pay.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-2-4 — § 12-2-4. Arrest and detention of disorderly persons and persons refusing to pay.

Rhode Island § 12-2-4

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-2Railroad, Steamboat, and Bridge Police

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-2-4 (2026).

Text

§ 12-2-4. Arrest and detention of disorderly persons and persons refusing to pay.
If a passenger upon a railroad train refuses to pay his or her fare, or is noisy or
            disorderly, a railroad police officer may arrest him or her without a warrant, and
            remove him or her to the baggage or other suitable car of the train and confine him
            or her there until the arrival of the train at some station where the passenger can
            be placed in the charge of an officer, who shall take him or her to some place of
            lawful detention.
         

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§ 12-2-4. Arrest and detention of disorderly persons and persons refusing to pay.

If a passenger upon a railroad train refuses to pay his or her fare, or is noisy or disorderly, a railroad police officer may arrest him or her without a warrant, and remove him or her to the baggage or other suitable car of the train and confine him or her there until the arrival of the train at some station where the passenger can be placed in the charge of an officer, who shall take him or her to some place of lawful detention.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 107, § 6; G.L. 1896, ch. 107, § 4; P.L. 1902, ch. 972, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 128, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 134, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 615, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 12-2-4.