Rhode Island § 12-19-31 § 12-19-31. Commitment for nonpayment of fines and costs.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-19-31 — § 12-19-31. Commitment for nonpayment of fines and costs.

Rhode Island § 12-19-31

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-19Sentence and Execution

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-19-31 (2026).

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§ 12-19-31. Commitment for nonpayment of fines and costs.
Whenever any person shall be committed for nonpayment of fines and costs, the sheriffs
            of the several counties and their deputies, and the town sergeants and town constables
            of any town in the several counties, upon due warrant from the court before whom the
            person has been convicted, may lawfully remove and commit the persons to the adult
            correctional institutions and they shall be allowed any fees that are now provided
            by law in similar cases; provided, that in the counties of Newport and Washington,
            any person before removal from the county of Newport or the county of Washington,
         

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§ 12-19-31. Commitment for nonpayment of fines and costs.

Whenever any person shall be committed for nonpayment of fines and costs, the sheriffs of the several counties and their deputies, and the town sergeants and town constables of any town in the several counties, upon due warrant from the court before whom the person has been convicted, may lawfully remove and commit the persons to the adult correctional institutions and they shall be allowed any fees that are now provided by law in similar cases; provided, that in the counties of Newport and Washington, any person before removal from the county of Newport or the county of Washington, in which sentence is entered, may pay the fine and costs into the court or into the office of the clerk of the court in which sentence is imposed and upon payment shall be discharged.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 41; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 41; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; P.L. 1920, ch. 1938, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 41; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 41; P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-19-31; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 24; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 24.