§ 19-26-6. Articles appearing to have been stolen.
If it appears to any of the officers specified in § 19-26-5 that any article or articles that have been pawned have been stolen, the officer may give notice in writing to the pawnbroker to hold the article or articles, and the pawnbroker shall thereafter hold the article or articles for sixty (60) days, unless the notice is recalled in writing by the officer giving it. The article or articles shall be subject to inspection of the officer and any person with the officer at all reasonable times, and the article or articles shall be produced on notice or summons before any court or grand jury if the question of the larceny of the article or articles is under investigation. The pawnbroker shall not be liable in damages or otherwise on account of the detention. Any person who willfully hinders, obstructs, or prevents the officer from inspecting the article or articles, or violates any provision of this section, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 105, § 16; P.L. 1909, ch. 435, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 131, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 364, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 19-26-6.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 19 - Financial Institutions
Section 19-26-1. - Businesses subject to chapter.
Section 19-26-2. - City or town license — Fee — Revocation.
Section 19-26-3. - License bond.
Section 19-26-4. - Penalty for unlicensed business.
Section 19-26-5. - Records and reports — Retention of articles pawned — Violations.
Section 19-26-6. - Articles appearing to have been stolen.
Section 19-26-7. - Dealing in second-hand articles.
Section 19-26-8. - Ascertainment of ownership of articles pawned.
Section 19-26-9. - Precious metals — Acts tending to destroy identity of articles pawned.
Section 19-26-10. - Sale of unredeemed articles.
Section 19-26-11. - Proceeds of sales.
Section 19-26-12. - Acceptance of pawns from incompetents, wastrels, or thieves.
Section 19-26-13. - Search of premises on warrant.
Section 19-26-14. - Property seized on warrant.
Section 19-26-15. - Bond of applicant for search warrant.
Section 19-26-16. - Sunday business.
Section 19-26-17. - Exercise of powers by boards and bureaus.