Rhode Island § 35-6-20 § 35-6-20. Audit of accounts of officers receiving money for state.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 35-6-20 — § 35-6-20. Audit of accounts of officers receiving money for state.

Rhode Island § 35-6-20

Title 35Public Finance

Ch. 35-6Accounts and Control

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 35-6-20 (2026).

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§ 35-6-20. Audit of accounts of officers receiving money for state.
The department of administration shall examine and audit all accounts between the
            state and clerks of courts, sheriffs, jailers, town councils, town treasurers, and
            licensed persons from whom an account is by law required, and all other persons indebted
            to the state, or who may receive money belonging to the state; and, for the purpose
            of making the audits, it may require the production of such documentary and other
            evidence by the accounting party as it shall think proper.
         

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§ 35-6-20. Audit of accounts of officers receiving money for state.

The department of administration shall examine and audit all accounts between the state and clerks of courts, sheriffs, jailers, town councils, town treasurers, and licensed persons from whom an account is by law required, and all other persons indebted to the state, or who may receive money belonging to the state; and, for the purpose of making the audits, it may require the production of such documentary and other evidence by the accounting party as it shall think proper.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 34, §§ 13, 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 44, §§ 14, 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 45, §§ 14, 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 17; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 35-6-20.