§ 30-25-3. Burial at public expense.
Whenever any person who served in the army, navy, air force, or marine corps of the United States during any period of war, and was honorably discharged therefrom, shall die within this state without leaving means sufficient to defray necessary funeral expenses, he or she shall be buried and the expenses thereof paid in the manner provided in this chapter.
History of Section.P.L. 1904, ch. 1154, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 105, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 117, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 655, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 30-25-3.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense
Chapter 30-25 - Burial of Veterans
Section 30-25-1. - Firing squad for funerals.
Section 30-25-2. - Appropriations for firing squads.
Section 30-25-3. - Burial at public expense.
Section 30-25-5. - Place of burial — Disinterment from pauper cemetery.
Section 30-25-7. - Veterans dying in state institutions.
Section 30-25-8. - Maintenance of north cemetery.
Section 30-25-9. - Expenses of north cemetery.
Section 30-25-10. - Care of neglected graves.
Section 30-25-11. - Consent of custodian of neglected grave.
Section 30-25-12. - Appropriations for care of graves.
Section 30-25-13. - Acceptance and administration of gifts.
Section 30-25-14. - Rhode Island veterans’ memorial cemetery.