Rhode Island § 11-17-4 § 11-17-4. Importation or possession of counterfeit certificate, bill, or note.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 11-17-4 — § 11-17-4. Importation or possession of counterfeit certificate, bill, or note.

Rhode Island § 11-17-4

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Ch. 11-17Forgery and Counterfeiting

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-4 (2026).

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§ 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 to utter, pass or, tender it in payment the same as true, shall be imprisoned
            not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.
         

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§ 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 to utter, pass or, tender it in payment the same as true, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.