{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-20-16-4","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-16-4","heading":"Raccoon hunting.","body":"Raccoons may be taken and possessed with the use of a gun, when the taker is accompanied by a dog. No person shall hunt raccoons at night by the use of rifle larger than a twenty-two (22) caliber rim fire long rifle or by the use of shotgun shells carrying shot larger than number four (no. 4) shot or by the use of a light other than a kerosene lantern, exclusive of the pressure type, or a flashlight with more than six (6) cells. No person shall take, or attempt to take, raccoons by use of a light from a motor vehicle.","path":["Title 20 Fish and Wildlife","Chapter 16 Furbearing Animals"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE20/20-16/20-16-4.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:21Z","sha256":"ed222cd0190c0563b6b909a5e22f6db739de1977a6aa750d1f8c0b871d555d39","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-20-16-3","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-20-16-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}