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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-35-17

Crank or obscene telephone calls

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Commonwealth v. Richards (1998)

Most recently applied in Commonwealth v. Richards (February 1998)

P.L. 1965, ch. 195, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 278, § 1.

(a) Whoever shall originate a transmission by facsimile machine, or other telecommunication device or shall telephone any person repeatedly or cause any person to be telephoned repeatedly for the sole purpose of harassing, annoying, or molesting the other person or his or her family, whether or not conversation ensues; or whoever shall originate a transmission by facsimile machine, or other telecommunication device or shall telephone any person for the purpose of using any threatening, vulgar, indecent, obscene, or immoral language over the telephone, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

(b) This section shall not be construed to impose any liability upon providers of telecommunications services.

Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.