Title 11
Criminal Offenses

Chapter 36
Railroads and Carriers

R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-36-4

§ 11-36-4. Injuring railroad signals or signal lines.

Whoever unlawfully and intentionally injures, molests, or destroys any electric or other signal of a railroad corporation, or any line, wire, post, or other structure or mechanism used in connection with a signal on a railroad, or destroys, or in any way interferes with, the proper working of the signal, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment not exceeding two (2) years.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 32; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 33; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 33; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 33; G.L. 1956, § 11-36-4.