Rhode Island § 35-6-31 § 35-6-31. Accounting for court fines and forfeitures.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 35-6-31 — § 35-6-31. Accounting for court fines and forfeitures.

Rhode Island § 35-6-31

Title 35Public Finance

Ch. 35-6Accounts and Control

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 35-6-31 (2026).

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§ 35-6-31. Accounting for court fines and forfeitures.
Deputy sheriffs, jailers, and other persons, including clerks of courts, receiving
            fines, penalties, and forfeitures accruing, imposed by the court or belonging to the
            state, or costs due or payable to the court and/or into the state treasury, shall
            account daily, with the supreme court director of finance, in accordance with § 8-15-9, for the fines, penalties, forfeitures, and costs.
         

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§ 35-6-31. Accounting for court fines and forfeitures.

Deputy sheriffs, jailers, and other persons, including clerks of courts, receiving fines, penalties, and forfeitures accruing, imposed by the court or belonging to the state, or costs due or payable to the court and/or into the state treasury, shall account daily, with the supreme court director of finance, in accordance with § 8-15-9, for the fines, penalties, forfeitures, and costs.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 34, § 25; G.L. 1909, ch. 44, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 45, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 28; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 35-6-31; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 70; P.L. 2015, ch. 254, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 269, § 1.