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Welcome to the Rhode Island Law section of FindLaw's State Law collection. This section contains user-friendly summaries of Rhode Island laws as well as citations or links to relevant sections of Rhode Island's statutes. Please select a topic from the list below to get started.

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  • Providence Laws

    The Creative City has offers many ways for its young artists to show off their creative talents. However, the legal world is usually not one of them. Even the most rebellious artist needs to learn the local laws and courthouse rules in order to succe...

  • Rhode Island Abortion Laws
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    Basics of Rhode Island's abortion laws and restrictions, including the state's definition of a legal abortion, consent requirements for minors, and more.

  • Rhode Island Accident and Injury Laws

    Injuries are just a part of life, whether it's a skinned knee or a severe concussion. But when you suffer an injury because someone else was negligent or acted intentionally, Rhode Island's civil courts provide a process for obtaining financial compe...

  • Rhode Island Adoption Laws
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    Overview of Rhode Island's adoption laws and procedures, including the requirements for prospective parents and the age at which a child's consent is needed.

  • Rhode Island Adverse Possession Law
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    Information about Rhode Island's adverse possession law, which allows someone openly inhabiting an otherwise neglected piece of property to gain legal title.

  • Rhode Island Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
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    Adults are mostly free to marry whomever they choose, including same-sex couples in a growing majority of states, but not all unions are considered legitimate. Each state has laws governing which marriages are legal , which are prohibited, eligibilit...

  • Rhode Island Antitrust Laws
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    The basics of Rhode Island antitrust law, which protects consumers by preventing mergers and other business deals that are meant to eliminate competition.

  • Rhode Island Asbestos Regulations
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    Information about Rhode Island's regulations pertaining to the handling, removal, and disposal of asbestos-containing products, which are known to cause serious illness upon exposure.

  • Rhode Island

    Business isn't just the part of the newspaper you toss aside while looking for the sports headlines, it's the engine of the economy and relates to the goods and services we buy and often our careers. Because business touches so many facets of our liv...

  • Rhode Island
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    The death penalty, or capital punishment, was reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1976 ( Gregg v. Georgia ) after it was ruled unconstitutional just a few years earlier. This ruling didn't reinstate capital punishment everywhere, though, but gave...

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