Rhode Island § 12-21-22 § 12-21-22. Payment of fines due to person or corporation from proceeds of forfeited recognizance.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-21-22 — § 12-21-22. Payment of fines due to person or corporation from proceeds of forfeited recognizance.

Rhode Island § 12-21-22

Title 12Criminal Procedure

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

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-21-22 (2026).

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§ 12-21-22. Payment of fines due to person or corporation from proceeds of forfeited recognizance.
If any recognizance shall be forfeited in any case in which, if the recognizor had
            been convicted, any sum might have been due to the complainant, or any person or corporation,
            the court in which the amount of the recognizance is, in whole or part, recovered,
            shall ascertain the just sum and costs, if any, which are due from the recognizor
            to the complainant, person, or corporation and grant a certificate for the amount,
            which, upon being audited by the state controller, shall be paid, upon his or her
            warrant for the amount upon the general treasurer.

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§ 12-21-22. Payment of fines due to person or corporation from proceeds of forfeited recognizance.

If any recognizance shall be forfeited in any case in which, if the recognizor had been convicted, any sum might have been due to the complainant, or any person or corporation, the court in which the amount of the recognizance is, in whole or part, recovered, shall ascertain the just sum and costs, if any, which are due from the recognizor to the complainant, person, or corporation and grant a certificate for the amount, which, upon being audited by the state controller, shall be paid, upon his or her warrant for the amount upon the general treasurer.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 16; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 65; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-22.