{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-2-6","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-2-6","heading":"Detention of persons arrested without warrant — Jurisdiction of offenses — Penalty.","body":"Any person arrested without a warrant under the provisions of §§ 12-2-3 — 12-2-5 may be detained until a complaint can be made against him or her, and he or she is taken upon a warrant issued upon the complaint; provided, that arrest and detention without a warrant shall not continue longer than the space of six (6) hours when the arrest is made between the hours of four o’clock (4:00) in the morning and eight o’clock (8:00) in the evening, and when made at any other hours the person arrested shall not be so detained after ten o’clock (10:00) in the morning of the following day. The district court for the division in which the person is detained shall have jurisdiction of the offenses specified in §§ 12-2-3 — 12-2-5, and any person found guilty of those offenses shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00).","path":["Title 12 Criminal Procedure","Chapter 2 Railroad, Steamboat, and Bridge Police"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE12/12-2/12-2-6.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:23Z","sha256":"47d2b812c0d6f3cfb2020701bb0e4f4ad1e4eecddc37b970231986444c3fb47d","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-2-5","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-2-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}