Every deputy sheriff, in the due execution of his or her office, may command all necessary aid and assistance in the execution thereof; and every person who, whenever so required, shall refuse or neglect to give aid and assistance shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00). History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 209; G.L. 1909, ch. 282, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 332, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 493, § 22; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 42-29-25; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 1.
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