R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-3-10

Current through 2024 Public Law 457
Section 12-3-10 - Enumeration of statutes of limitation

The following compilation of statutes of limitation for criminal offenses is set forth as an aid to the public and is not intended to replace the specific statutes referred to in this section. The omission of any statute of limitation from this list shall in no way affect the validity of the statute.

Section

Offense

Period of Limitations

4-4-26

Offenses relating to diseased animals

30 days

11-13-2

Prosecution of illegal sale, use or possession of fireworks

30 days

11-47-53

Prosecution for firing weapons or carrying loaded weapons in vehicles

30 days

12-12-17

Minor criminal offenses; time for indictment or information

3 years

12-12-18

New indictment or information to replace one stolen, lost or destroyed

1 year

17-23-11

Prosecution of election law offenses

1 year

28-39-32

Temporary disability insurance act offenses

5 years

30-13-46(a)

Prosecution for desertion, AWOL during war, aiding the enemy or mutiny under the Rhode Island Code of Military Justice

No limit

30-13-46(b)

Prosecution for desertion in peacetime or perjury under the Rhode Island Code of Military Justice

3 years

30-13-46(c)

Prosecution for summary court-martial offenses under the Rhode Island Code of Military Justice

2 years

31-23.2-8

To enforce liability for tampering with odometers

6 months

46-7-4

Proceedings for forfeitures for wrongfully making fast a vessel to a stake or buoy, or damaging same, in the Pawtucket River, Warren River or upper Narragansett Bay, or to markers or beacons in other areas

6 months

R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-3-10

P.L. 1982, ch. 388, § 1.