Title 30
Military Affairs and Defense

Chapter 28
Monuments and Memorials

R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-28-9

§ 30-28-9. Despoiling any veterans’ monument or memorial.

Any person or persons who shall mutilate, deface, or otherwise despoil any veterans’ monument and/or memorial shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined no less than five hundred dollars ($500) for each and every offense plus the cost of full restoration.

History of Section.
P.L. 1943, ch. 1118, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 30-28-9; P.L. 2004, ch. 337, § 1.