Title 11 · RI

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Citation: R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-20-1

Section: 11-20-1

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Chapter 20Graves and Corpses

R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-20-1

§ 11-20-1. Disinterment of body.

Every person who shall, without proper authorization, disinter, dig up, remove, or carry away any human body from its place of sepulture, or who shall knowingly conceal any such body so disinterred or carried away, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).

History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 21; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 11-20-1; P.L. 1991, ch. 66, § 1.