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Home » US Law » 2022 Rhode Island General Laws » Title 11 - Criminal Offenses » Chapter 11-17 - Forgery and Counterfeiting » Section 11-17-3. – 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) years nor less than two (2) years.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 280, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 346, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 398, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 609, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 11-17-3.