Every deputy sheriff, in the due execution of the deputy's 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).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-29-25
Assistance in execution of office
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
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