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Home » US Law » 2022 Rhode Island General Laws » Title 11 - Criminal Offenses » Chapter 11-17 - Forgery and Counterfeiting

Section 11-17-1. – Forgery and counterfeiting in general.

§ 11-17-1. Forgery and counterfeiting in general. Every person who shall falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, any public record, or any writ, process, or proceeding in any court of justice in this state, any certificate or attestation of any judge, justice of the peace, […]

Section 11-17-1.1. – Forgery — Public assistance check or authorization.

§ 11-17-1.1. Forgery — Public assistance check or authorization. (a) Any person who shall knowingly forge or cause to be forged one or more public assistance benefit check or authorization issued pursuant to chapter 6 of title 40, when the total value of the check or authorization so forged or caused to be forged in […]

Section 11-17-1.2. – Forgery and counterfeiting of registration plates.

§ 11-17-1.2. Forgery and counterfeiting of registration plates. Every person who shall forge, counterfeit, or cause to be forged or counterfeited, any registration plate or special use identification tag, or knowingly possess any forged or counterfeited registration plate or special use identification tag, as provided in § 31-3-40, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and […]

Section 11-17-11. – Seizure and destruction of counterfeits and counterfeiting devices.

§ 11-17-11. Seizure and destruction of counterfeits and counterfeiting devices. Whenever the existence of any false, forged, or counterfeit bank bills or notes, or any plates, dies, or other tools, instruments, or implements used by counterfeiters or designed for the forging or making of any false or counterfeit notes, coin, or bills, shall come to […]

Section 11-17-12. – Disposition of plates and dies of defunct banks.

§ 11-17-12. Disposition of plates and dies of defunct banks. Whenever the charter of any bank in this state shall expire or become forfeited, and whenever any bank in this state shall close its business for any cause whatsoever, the directors of the bank who shall have been last in office shall immediately deliver up […]

Section 11-17-13. – Forgery, counterfeiting, or alteration of trademark, service mark, or identification mark.

§ 11-17-13. Forgery, counterfeiting, or alteration of trademark, service mark, or identification mark. (a) As used in this chapter, “forged” or “counterfeited trademark”, “service mark”, or “identification mark” means any mark or design which is: (1) identical to, substantially indistinguishable from, or an imitation of a trademark, service mark, or identification mark which is registered […]

Section 11-17-3. – Passing of counterfeit certificates, bills, or notes.

§ 11-17-3. Passing of counterfeit certificates, bills, or notes. Every person who shall utter, publish, pass, or tender in payment as true, any false, forged, counterfeited, or altered certificate, security or bank bill or note, knowing it to be false, forged, counterfeited, or altered, with intent to defraud, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) […]

Section 11-17-4. – Importation or possession of counterfeit certificate, bill, or note.

§ 11-17-4. Importation or possession of counterfeit certificate, bill, or note. Every person who shall bring into this state or have in his or her possession or custody within this state, any false, forged, counterfeited, or altered certificate or security, bank bill, or note, knowing it to be false, forged, counterfeited or altered, with intent […]

Section 11-17-5. – Manufacture, repair, or possession of counterfeiting devices.

§ 11-17-5. Manufacture, repair, or possession of counterfeiting devices. Every person who shall engrave, form, make, or mend, or begin to engrave, form, make, or mend any plate, stone, paper, rolling press, or other instrument or material devised, adapted, and designed for the stamping, forging, or making any false, forged, and counterfeited bank bill or […]

Section 11-17-6. – Evidence as to handwriting.

§ 11-17-6. Evidence as to handwriting. In no prosecutions for forging, counterfeiting, or altering any bank bill or note or for uttering, passing, or tendering in payment as true any false, forged, counterfeited, or altered bank bill or note, or for bringing into this state or for having in possession or custody any false, forged, […]

Section 11-17-7. – Forgery or counterfeiting of coins.

§ 11-17-7. Forgery or counterfeiting of coins. Every person who shall forge or counterfeit any coin in imitation or similitude of any gold or silver coin current within this state by law or usage shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 280, § […]

Section 11-17-8. – Passing of counterfeit coins.

§ 11-17-8. Passing of counterfeit coins. Every person who shall utter or tender in payment as true any false, forged or counterfeit coin, made and forged in imitation and similitude of any gold or silver coin current within this state by law or usage, knowing it to be false or counterfeit, with intent to defraud, […]