Rhode Island § 11-17-1.1 § 11-17-1.1. Forgery — Public assistance check or authorization.

Rhode Island Statutes

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

Rhode Island § 11-17-1.1

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Ch. 11-17Forgery and Counterfeiting

This text of Rhode Island § 11-17-1.1 (§ 11-17-1.1. Forgery — Public assistance check or authorization.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Rhode Island primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-1.1 (2026).

Text

§ 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 any period of twelve (12) consecutive months exceeds five hundred dollars ($500),
            shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment
            for not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars
            ($1,000), or both.
         
(b) Any person who shall kno

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

§ 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 any period of twelve (12) consecutive months exceeds five hundred dollars ($500), shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

(b) Any person who shall knowingly forge or cause to be forged any public assistance benefit check or authorization issued pursuant to chapter 6 of title 40, when the value of the check or authorization forged or caused to be forged shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500), shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.

(c) All criminal actions for any violation of this section shall be prosecuted by the attorney general.