§ 42-29-25. Assistance in execution of office.
Every deputy sheriff, in the due execution of his or her office, may command all necessary aid and assistance in the execution thereof; and every person who, whenever so required, shall refuse or neglect to give aid and assistance shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00).
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 209; G.L. 1909, ch. 282, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 332, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 493, § 22; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 42-29-25; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
Section 42-29-1. - Appointment — Powers and duties — Removal.
Section 42-29-5. - Record of appointment of deputies.
Section 42-29-10. - Removal of deputies by court.
Section 42-29-11. - Bond of deputies.
Section 42-29-12. - Action on sheriff’s bond.
Section 42-29-14. - Copies of bonds as evidence.
Section 42-29-15. - Pleadings and effect of judgment on bond.
Section 42-29-16. - Form of judgment for plaintiff on bond.
Section 42-29-17. - Judgment for costs against defendant.
Section 42-29-18. - Power to investigate and prosecute offenses.
Section 42-29-19. - Attendance on general assembly and courts.
Section 42-29-20.1. - Repealed.
Section 42-29-22. - Execution of writs and precepts.
Section 42-29-24. - Service of process on waters.
Section 42-29-25. - Assistance in execution of office.