Rhode Island § 45-16-1 § 45-16-1. Refusal to serve as sergeant — Maximum service required.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 45-16-1 — § 45-16-1. Refusal to serve as sergeant — Maximum service required.

Rhode Island § 45-16-1

Title 45Towns and cities

Ch. 45-16Sergeants and Constables

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-16-1 (2026).

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§ 45-16-1. Refusal to serve as sergeant — Maximum service required.
Whoever is legally chosen to the office of town sergeant, and refuses to serve in
            that office, shall pay a fine of seven dollars ($7.00), to and for the use of the
            town, to be levied and collected, upon conviction, by warrant of distress issued by
            any justice of the peace of a town, the warrant to be directed to the division of
            sheriffs, and no person is obliged to serve in the office more often than once in
            seven (7) years.
         

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§ 45-16-1. Refusal to serve as sergeant — Maximum service required.

Whoever is legally chosen to the office of town sergeant, and refuses to serve in that office, shall pay a fine of seven dollars ($7.00), to and for the use of the town, to be levied and collected, upon conviction, by warrant of distress issued by any justice of the peace of a town, the warrant to be directed to the division of sheriffs, and no person is obliged to serve in the office more often than once in seven (7) years.