§ 30-9-8. Responsibility of persons to whom property issued.
Every officer and enlisted person or other person to whom public funds or public property, belonging to the state or for which the state is responsible, has been, or may hereafter be, issued shall be financially and personally responsible to the state for its good condition, safekeeping, and return when called upon by competent authority. No one shall be relieved from this responsibility, except if it is shown to the satisfaction of the governor that the loss, damage, or destruction of, or the failure to return, the property or funds was unavoidable, and not the fault of the person responsible for them.
History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3742, par. 146; G.L. 1956, § 30-9-8.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense
Chapter 30-9 - Military Property
Section 30-9-1. - Organizational property provided by state.
Section 30-9-2. - Annual allowance for maintenance of organizational property.
Section 30-9-3. - Issuance of property — Annual inventory.
Section 30-9-4. - Bonds of accountable and responsible officers.
Section 30-9-5. - Liability of officer unaffected by change in status.
Section 30-9-6. - Unauthorized use.
Section 30-9-7. - Clothing issued to state guard reserve.
Section 30-9-8. - Responsibility of persons to whom property issued.
Section 30-9-9. - Recovery of value of lost or damaged property.
Section 30-9-10. - Seizure of property in possession of unauthorized person.
Section 30-9-11. - Search warrant.