§ 42-9.3-2 - Action by attorney general. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 42-9.3-2

   § 42-9.3-2  Action by attorney general.– (a) Whenever any person, whether or not acting under color of law,intentionally interferes or threatens to intentionally interfere, by physicalforce or violence against a person, by damage or destruction of property or bytrespass on property, with the exercise or enjoyment by any other person ofrights secured by the United States Constitution or the laws of the UnitedStates or of rights secured by the Constitution of Rhode Island or laws of thestate, the attorney general may bring a civil action for injunctive or otherappropriate equitable relief in order to protect the peaceable exercise orenjoyment of the rights secured.

   (b) A civil action under this chapter shall be brought in thename of the state for or on behalf of any person so aggrieved and shall beinstituted in the superior court for the county where the alleged victimresides or has a principal place of business or where the alleged violationoccurred or is threatened.