Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.3-10. Penalties
(a) Any violation of any extreme risk protection order shall subject the violator to being found in contempt of court. The contempt order shall not be exclusive and shall not preclude any other available civil or criminal remedies.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.3-10
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Court: means the superior court in the county in which the respondent resides. See Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.3-1
- Extreme risk protection order: means either a temporary order or a one-year order granted under this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.3-1
- Respondent: means the person who is identified as the respondent in a petition filed pursuant to this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 8-8.3-1
(b) Any violation of an extreme risk protection order issued under this chapter of which the respondent has actual notice shall be a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.
(c) Filing a petition or providing information pursuant to this chapter knowing the information in or for such petition to be materially false, or with intent to harass the respondent, shall be a felony that shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 2018, ch. 6, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 7, § 1.