Rhode Island General Laws 11-52.3-4. Online fencing
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A person commits the offense of online fencing when he or she sells stolen property using the Internet, knowing that the property was stolen. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a person who unknowingly purchases stolen property over the Internet.
History of Section.
P.L. 2008, ch. 467, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 11-52.3-4
- Internet: means an interactive computer service or system or an information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, and includes, but is not limited to, an information service, system, or access software provider that provides access to a network system commonly known as the Internet, or any comparable system or service and also includes, but is not limited to, a World Wide Web page, newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or chat area on any interactive computer service or system or other online service. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-52.3-1
- Online: means the use of any electronic or wireless device to access the Internet. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-52.3-1
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6