{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-16-1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-16-1","heading":"Refusal to serve as sergeant — Maximum service required.","body":"Whoever is legally chosen to the office of town sergeant, and refuses to serve in that office, shall pay a fine of seven dollars ($7.00), to and for the use of the town, to be levied and collected, upon conviction, by warrant of distress issued by any justice of the peace of a town, the warrant to be directed to the division of sheriffs, and no person is obliged to serve in the office more often than once in seven (7) years.","path":["Title 45 Towns and Cities","Chapter 16 Sergeants and Constables"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE45/45-16/45-16-1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:00:44Z","sha256":"3ebaf3bc50620016c87202d59636e635498b991997aaa1ba909327d8d3ba5cc6","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-15-17","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-16-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}