Rhode Island § 17-23-11 § 17-23-11. Limitation of prosecutions — Payment to complainant.

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§ 17-23-11 — § 17-23-11. Limitation of prosecutions — Payment to complainant.

Rhode Island § 17-23-11

Title 17Elections

Ch. 17-23Election Offenses

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-23-11 (2026).

Text

§ 17-23-11. Limitation of prosecutions — Payment to complainant.
All prosecutions for offenses against the provisions of this chapter shall commence
            within one year after the offenses have been committed, and not afterwards. And upon
            the presentation of a certificate of the clerk of any court of the final conviction
            in the court of any person under the provisions of this chapter, the state controller
            is authorized and directed to draw his or her order on the general treasurer for the
            sum of fifty dollars ($50), and deliver the sum to the person complainant in the prosecution.
         

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§ 17-23-11. Limitation of prosecutions — Payment to complainant.

All prosecutions for offenses against the provisions of this chapter shall commence within one year after the offenses have been committed, and not afterwards. And upon the presentation of a certificate of the clerk of any court of the final conviction in the court of any person under the provisions of this chapter, the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her order on the general treasurer for the sum of fifty dollars ($50), and deliver the sum to the person complainant in the prosecution.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 14, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 20, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 19, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 325, § 11; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 65; G.L. 1956, § 17-23-11; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1.