§ 12-13-2. Warrant for apprehension of accused person.
Any court before which an indictment or information shall be found or be pending, and any court before which a complaint shall be made or be pending, against any person for an offense of which the court has cognizance, may issue a warrant directed to each and all deputy sheriffs, town sergeants, and town constables within the state requiring them to apprehend the person and bring him or her before the court, if the court is in session, or if not, to commit him or her to jail in the county in which the indictment, information, or complaint is pending, there to be kept until he or she shall be brought before the court, or until he or she shall give recognizance before some person authorized to take recognizance for the offense, with sufficient surety or sureties in the sum named in the warrant, if any sum is named in the warrant, and, if not, in the sum as the person taking the recognizance shall deem reasonable if the offense is bailable, to appear before the court in which the indictment, information, or complaint is pending, at the time required by the person so taking the recognizance, and to answer the indictment, information, or complaint; provided, that the prisoner may give the recognizance while in the custody of the officer before he or she is committed to jail before some person authorized to take recognizance for the offense, and upon taking recognizance the officer shall discharge the prisoner from his or her custody. The officers to whom the warrant shall be directed are required to obey and execute it, and in its execution shall be protected from obstruction and assault, as in the service of other process.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 285, §§ 10-12; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, §§ 10-12; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 19; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 12-13-2; P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 21; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 12; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 44; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 23; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 23.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 12-13 - Bail and Recognizance
Section 12-13-1. - Right to release pending trial on giving of recognizance.
Section 12-13-1.1. - Hearings when state opposes bail — Medical disability of accused.
Section 12-13-1.2. - Penalty for an offense committed while on release.
Section 12-13-1.3. - Pretrial release.
Section 12-13-2. - Warrant for apprehension of accused person.
Section 12-13-3. - Guardian to give recognizance.
Section 12-13-4. - Persons authorized to bail jail prisoners.
Section 12-13-5. - Justices authorized to bail on accusation of serious crime.
Section 12-13-5.1. - Presumption of danger to the community.
Section 12-13-5.2. - Drug testing required.
Section 12-13-6. - Bail or discharge for want of indictment or information.
Section 12-13-7. - Right to prompt trial on indictment or information for serious crime.
Section 12-13-8. - Qualifications of sureties.
Section 12-13-8.1. - Penalty for false affidavit.
Section 12-13-9. - Commitment of juveniles on failure to give recognizance.
Section 12-13-10. - Deposit of money in lieu of bail.
Section 12-13-11. - New or additional recognizance.
Section 12-13-12 - — 12-13-15. Repealed.
Section 12-13-16. - Process on default of recognizance.
Section 12-13-16.1. - Forfeiture of bail.
Section 12-13-16.2. - Forfeiture of bail — Licensed bondsperson.
Section 12-13-18. - Power of surety on recognizance over principal.
Section 12-13-19. - Surrender or commitment of principal.
Section 12-13-20. - Status of person surrendered or committed.
Section 12-13-21. - Registration of sureties.
Section 12-13-22. - Recordation of recognizance — Lien.
Section 12-13-23. - Bail and bail bonds — Examination for sufficiency.
Section 12-13-24. - Confidentiality of pretrial services program records.