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R.I. Gen. Laws § 14-1-64 (2026)

Disposition of juvenile records

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(a) All police records relating to the arrest, detention, apprehension, and disposition of any juveniles shall be kept in files separate and apart from the arrest records of adults and shall be withheld from public inspection, but the police report relating to the arrest or detention of a juvenile shall be open to inspection and copying upon request and upon payment of copying costs in accordance with § 38-2-4 by the parent, guardian, or attorney of the juvenile involved. After disposition of an offense and upon execution of an appropriate release and upon payment of copying costs in accordance with § 38-2-4 by the parent, guardian or attorney of the juvenile involved, records relating to the arrest, detention, apprehension and disposition of the juveniles shall be open to inspection and copying by the parent, guardian, or attorney of the juvenile involved.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the identity of any juvenile waived pursuant to § 14-1-7.1 or certified and convicted pursuant to § 14-1-7.2 shall be made public.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1994–1994 · leading case: Matter of Falstaff Brewing Corp., 637 A.2d 1047 (R.I. 1994).
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Matter of Falstaff Brewing Corp., 637 A.2d 1047 (R.I. 1994). · cites it 15× “-1-64- The petitioners also argued that the Family Court justice erred by failing to factor § 14-1-64, as amended by P.L.1990, ch. 325, § 1, into the interpretation of § 14-1-66.”
State v. Almonte, 644 A.2d 295 (R.I. 1994). · cites it 2× “317, § 1) as also permitting the release of a juvenile's police record notwithstanding the separate statute that provides for confidentiality of such a record (§ 14-1-64, as amended by P.L. 1990, ch. 325, § 1).”
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