Title 23
Health and Safety

Chapter 26
Bedding and Upholstered Furniture

R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-26-9

§ 23-26-9. Removal or defacement of tags.

No person other than a purchaser at retail for his or her own use, or except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall remove, deface, alter, or cause to be removed, defaced, or altered any tag attached to an article of bedding; but immediately after material used for filling has been removed from its container, the tag and inspection stamp thereon shall be removed and destroyed by the person removing the material.

History of Section.
P.L. 1940, ch. 820, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-26-9; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 86.