Rhode Island § 42-29-25 § 42-29-25. Assistance in execution of office.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 42-29-25 — § 42-29-25. Assistance in execution of office.

Rhode Island § 42-29-25

Title 42State Affairs and Government

Ch. 42-29Sheriffs

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-29-25 (2026).

Text

§ 42-29-25. Assistance in execution of office.
Every deputy sheriff, in the due execution of the deputy's office, may command all
            necessary aid and assistance in the execution thereof; and every person who, whenever
            so required, shall refuse or neglect to give aid and assistance shall be fined not
            exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00).
         

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Legislative History

C.P.A. 1905, § 209; G.L. 1909, ch. 282, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 332, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 493, § 22; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 42-29-25; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 1.