{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-44-8","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-44-8","heading":"Injury to or interference with water-control structures.","body":"Every person who shall willfully and maliciously break down, injure, remove, or destroy any dam, reservoir, canal, or trench, or any gate, flume, flash-board, or other appurtenance, or any of the wheels, mill-gear, or machinery of a water-mill, or willfully or wantonly, without color of right, draw off the water contained in a millpond, reservoir, canal, or trench, or willfully and maliciously, without color of right, obstruct the water of a mill-pond, reservoir, canal, or trench from flowing out of it, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years or be fined not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000).","path":["Title 11 Criminal Offenses","Chapter 44 Trespass and Vandalism"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE11/11-44/11-44-8.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:18Z","sha256":"08a39f35af4b312ea534b4268a08b890e3f60e8092a9b4d7d867b05be9520ab3","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-44-7","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-44-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}