§ 11-44-12 Injury to public property.
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Every person who shall willfully cut or deface or otherwise injure any public
building or fence or other property shall be fined not less than one hundred
dollars ($100) unless the amount of damage exceeds one hundred dollars ($100).
If that amount shall exceed one hundred dollars ($100), then he or she shall be
punished by a fine which is not less than three (3) times the amount of the
damage nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment not
exceeding one year, or both, and, in addition to any sentence, shall be ordered
to make restitution in the full amount of damage done.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 278, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 344, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch.
396, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 607, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 11-44-12; P.L.
1982, ch. 243, §§ 1, 2.)