§ 20-10-17. Arrest, seizure, and prosecution of violators.
(a) Any police officer authorized to make arrests, the director, and conservation officers appointed under the authority of § 20-1-6 shall be empowered:
(1) To enforce all laws, rules, and regulations relating to this chapter;
(2) To execute all warrants and search warrants for the violation of laws, rules, and regulations relating to this chapter;
(3) To serve subpoenas issued for the trial of all offenses hereunder;
(4) To arrest, without a warrant and on view, any person found violating any law, rule, or regulation relating to this chapter; take that person before a court having jurisdiction for trials; detain that person in custody at the expense of the state until arraignment; and to make and execute complaints within any district, to the justice or clerk of the court, against any person for any of the offenses enumerated under this chapter, committed within the district.
(b) The director, and the director’s deputies and assistants, may, by virtue of their respective offices, make complaints of any violation of this chapter, and they shall not be required to give recognizance or to furnish surety for costs or be liable for costs on those complaints.
History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 219, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 451, § 29.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 20-10-1. - Declaration of intent and public policy.
Section 20-10-1.1. - Creation of the biosecurity board.
Section 20-10-1.2. - Biosecurity board — Powers and duties.
Section 20-10-2. - Definitions.
Section 20-10-3. - Authority to grant permits for aquaculture.
Section 20-10-3.1. - Sales and use tax exemption.
Section 20-10-4. - Application for a permit to conduct aquaculture.
Section 20-10-5. - Procedures for approval.
Section 20-10-8. - Performance requirements — Bond.
Section 20-10-9. - Marking of areas subject to permit — Restrictions on public use.
Section 20-10-10. - Assignability of permits.
Section 20-10-11. - Regulations.
Section 20-10-13. - Cultivated plants or animals as property of the permittee.
Section 20-10-14. - Emergency closure of areas subject to permit.
Section 20-10-15. - Authority to enter and inspect.
Section 20-10-16. - Penalties.
Section 20-10-16.1. - License or permit suspension or revocation.
Section 20-10-17. - Arrest, seizure, and prosecution of violators.