Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-21-32 — § 12-21-32. Costs and damages on forfeiture action.

Rhode Island·Title 12 Criminal Procedure·Ch. 12-21 Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures

§ 12-21-32. Costs and damages on forfeiture action.

Costs shall be awarded to the prosecutor if a reasonable cause of seizure appear, in which shall be included the necessary expenses of the seizure and detention of the property; but in case no reasonable cause of seizure shall appear, costs and damages, as well as the restoration of the property, shall be awarded to the claimant.

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Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 24; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 26; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-32.

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