§ 20-1-8.1. Procedures for seizure and forfeiture.
(a) Any vessel, boat, fishing tackle, guns, shooting and hunting paraphernalia, traps, decoys, or any other implements, appliances, or equipment used in violation of any law, rule, or regulation relating to fish and wildlife, that, by provision of any section of this title, is subject to forfeiture to the state, shall be seized pursuant to § 20-1-8(a)(6) and forfeited under the provisions of this section.
(b) The attorney general shall proceed pursuant to §§ 12-21-23 — 12-21-32, to show cause why the vessel, boat, fishing tackle, guns, shooting and hunting paraphernalia, traps, decoys, or any other implements, appliances, or equipment used in the knowing and willful violation of any law, rule, or regulation relating to fish and wildlife that, by provision of any section of this title, is subject to forfeiture to the state, may be forfeited to the use of or the sale of the department on producing due proof that the vessel, fishing tackle, guns, shooting and hunting paraphernalia, traps, decoys, or any other implements, appliances, or equipment was used in this violation.
(c) Whenever property is forfeited under this section and the specific provision of this title requiring forfeiture for a particular offense, the department may:
(1) Retain the property for official use; or
(2) Sell any forfeited property that is not required by this title to be destroyed and that is not harmful to the public; but the proceeds of this sale, after first deducting the amount sufficient for all proper expenses of the proceedings for forfeiture and sale, including expenses of seizure, maintenance of custody, and advertising and court costs, shall be paid to the general treasurer for the use of the state.
History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 20-1 - General Provisions
Section 20-1-1. - Legislative findings.
Section 20-1-2. - Authority over fish and wildlife.
Section 20-1-3. - Definitions.
Section 20-1-4. - Rules and regulations.
Section 20-1-5. - General enforcement powers.
Section 20-1-5.1. - Advice of the marine fisheries council.
Section 20-1-6. - Appointment and delegation of powers to conservation officers.
Section 20-1-7. - Deputy wardens.
Section 20-1-8. - Enforcement powers of director and conservation officers.
Section 20-1-8.1. - Procedures for seizure and forfeiture.
Section 20-1-9. - Operation of patrol boats.
Section 20-1-10. - Obligation of vessels to heave-to on command of a patrol boat.
Section 20-1-11. - Prosecution of violations.
Section 20-1-12. - Fixing of seasons and bag limits.
Section 20-1-13. - Publication and effective date of seasons and bag limits.
Section 20-1-15. - Entry of private property.
Section 20-1-16. - Penalty for violations.
Section 20-1-17. - Cooperation with other states.
Section 20-1-18. - Collector’s permits.
Section 20-1-19. - Powers of enforcement of officers in waters between states.
Section 20-1-20. - Power to require reports.
Section 20-1-21. - General powers.
Section 20-1-22. - Severability.
Section 20-1-23. - [Reserved.]
Section 20-1-24. - Wildlife Damage Act.
Section 20-1-25. - Internet hunting.
Section 20-1-26. - Freshwater invasive aquatic plants — Prohibition on importation and possession.