Title 12
Criminal Procedure

Chapter 7
Arrest

R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-7-7

§ 12-7-7. Methods of arrest.

An arrest is made by the restraint of the person to be arrested or by his or her submission of his or her person to the custody of the person making the arrest.

History of Section.
G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 68; P.L. 1941, ch. 982, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-7-7.