{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-9-4","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-9-4","heading":"Manipulating controls with malicious intent.","body":"Any person who with intent to commit any malicious mischief, injury, or other crime climbs into or upon a vehicle whether it is in motion or at rest, or with like intent attempts to manipulate any of the levers, starting mechanism, brakes, or other mechanisms or devices of a vehicle while the vehicle is at rest and unattended, or with like intent sets in motion any vehicle while the vehicle is at rest and unattended is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["Title 31 Motor and Other Vehicles","Chapter 9 Theft and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE31/31-9/31-9-4.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:18Z","sha256":"29403615b0ca3afecbe971ddabc2ff68c8712176a2d1bf3b7ddd85279412f2cb","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-9-3","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-9-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}