Rhode Island § 12-21-19 § 12-21-19. Payment of fines to general treasurer — Accounting.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-21-19 — § 12-21-19. Payment of fines to general treasurer — Accounting.

Rhode Island § 12-21-19

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-21Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-21-19 (2026).

Text

§ 12-21-19. Payment of fines to general treasurer — Accounting.
Whenever a fine is recovered under any statute of this state, the whole of which may
            be due the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Children's
            Friend and Service, or to any other society, or the one-half (Â½) of which may be due
            the state or any society, or to any person, as complainant, the whole of the fine
            shall be accounted for with the state controller and paid to the general treasurer.
            The fine due any society, or the one-half (Â½) fine due any society, or to any person,
            as complainant, shall be paid by the general treasurer upon order of the state c

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§ 12-21-19. Payment of fines to general treasurer — Accounting.

Whenever a fine is recovered under any statute of this state, the whole of which may be due the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Children's Friend and Service, or to any other society, or the one-half (Â½) of which may be due the state or any society, or to any person, as complainant, the whole of the fine shall be accounted for with the state controller and paid to the general treasurer. The fine due any society, or the one-half (Â½) fine due any society, or to any person, as complainant, shall be paid by the general treasurer upon order of the state controller and the state controller shall draw his or her order whenever he or she shall receive a proper return or certificate from the clerk of the court in which the fine was imposed.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-19; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 28.