Rhode Island § 31-26-3.1 § 31-26-3.1. Duty to stop in accidents resulting in death or injury to domesticated animals.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 31-26-3.1 — § 31-26-3.1. Duty to stop in accidents resulting in death or injury to domesticated animals.

Rhode Island § 31-26-3.1

Title 31Motor and Other vehicles

Ch. 31-26Accidents and Accident Reports

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-26-3.1 (2026).

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§ 31-26-3.1. Duty to stop in accidents resulting in death or injury to domesticated animals.
(a) The driver of any vehicle knowingly involved in an accident resulting in death or
            injury to a domesticated animal, shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of
            the accident or as close to it as possible, but shall immediately return to and in
            every event shall remain at the scene of the accident until the driver shall render
            all possible assistance to the injured animal. The driver shall immediately, by the
            quickest means of communication known to the driver or which should have reasonably
            been known to be available to the driver to be avail

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§ 31-26-3.1. Duty to stop in accidents resulting in death or injury to domesticated animals.

(a) The driver of any vehicle knowingly involved in an accident resulting in death or injury to a domesticated animal, shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident or as close to it as possible, but shall immediately return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of the accident until the driver shall render all possible assistance to the injured animal. The driver shall immediately, by the quickest means of communication known to the driver or which should have reasonably been known to be available to the driver to be available in the locality, give notice of the accident to the owner of the animal if known to the driver or to a nearby office of local or state police. In the event the office so notified does not have jurisdiction of the locale of the accident, it shall be the duty of the officer receiving the notice to give notice immediately of the accident to the office having jurisdiction.

(b) Any person failing to stop or comply with the requirements of this section shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00).