Rhode Island § 5-5-21 § 5-5-21. Engaging in business without a license.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 5-5-21 — § 5-5-21. Engaging in business without a license.

Rhode Island § 5-5-21

Title 5Businesses and Professions

Ch. 5-5Private Detective Act

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-5-21 (2026).

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§ 5-5-21. Engaging in business without a license.
Whoever without a license engages in the general business of a private detective,
            or holds him or herself out as a private detective, or pretends to be a detective
            police officer, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200)
            nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment in the adult correctional
            institutions not exceeding six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment. Nothing
            contained in this section applies to a detective of another state coming within this
            state in the performance of his or her duties, for a temporary period and on a specific
            

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§ 5-5-21. Engaging in business without a license.

Whoever without a license engages in the general business of a private detective, or holds him or herself out as a private detective, or pretends to be a detective police officer, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment in the adult correctional institutions not exceeding six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment. Nothing contained in this section applies to a detective of another state coming within this state in the performance of his or her duties, for a temporary period and on a specific matter.