Rhode Island § 11-18-1 § 11-18-1. Giving false document to agent, employee, or public official.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 11-18-1 — § 11-18-1. Giving false document to agent, employee, or public official.

Rhode Island § 11-18-1

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Ch. 11-18Fraud and False Dealing

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-18-1 (2026).

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§ 11-18-1. Giving false document to agent, employee, or public official.
(a) No person shall knowingly give to any agent, employee, servant in public or private
            employ, or public official any receipt, account, or other document in respect of which
            the principal, master, or employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is
            an official is interested, which contains any statement which is false or erroneous,
            or defective in any important particular, and which, to his or her knowledge, is intended
            to mislead the principal, master, employer, or state, city, or town of which he or
            she is an official.
         
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§ 11-18-1. Giving false document to agent, employee, or public official.

(a) No person shall knowingly give to any agent, employee, servant in public or private employ, or public official any receipt, account, or other document in respect of which the principal, master, or employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official is interested, which contains any statement which is false or erroneous, or defective in any important particular, and which, to his or her knowledge, is intended to mislead the principal, master, employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official.

(b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for a term not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).