§ 21-28-4.06 - Prohibited acts F – Places used for unlawful sale, use, or keeping of controlled substances. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 21-28-4.06

   § 21-28-4.06  Prohibited acts F –Places used for unlawful sale, use, or keeping of controlled substances. –(a) Any store, shop, warehouse, building, vehicle, aircraft, vessel, or anyplace which is used for the unlawful sale, use, or keeping of a controlledsubstance shall be deemed a common nuisance.

   (b) Any person who violates this section with respect to:

   (1) Knowingly keeping and maintaining a common nuisance asdescribed in subsection (a) may be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years,and fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both;

   (2) Knowingly permitting any store, shop, warehouse,building, vehicle, aircraft, vessel, or any place which is owned or controlledby him or her to be used as a common nuisance may be imprisoned for not morethan fifteen (15) years, and fined not more than twenty thousand dollars($20,000), or both;

   (3) Knowingly visiting a common nuisance as described insubsection (a) for the purpose of using or taking in any manner any controlledsubstance may be imprisoned for not more than one year and fined not more thanfive hundred dollars ($500).