When services are rendered in bringing to land the dead body of a person found in any of the harbors, rivers, or waters of the state, compensation for services as he or she deemed reasonable may be allowed; but this privilege shall not entitle any person to compensation for services rendered in search for a dead body.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-4-12
Compensation for recovery of body from water
P.L. 1973, ch. 169, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 400, § 1.
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