Rhode Island § 35-6-7 § 35-6-7. Forfeiture on failure to account or pay money into treasury.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 35-6-7 — § 35-6-7. Forfeiture on failure to account or pay money into treasury.

Rhode Island § 35-6-7

Title 35Public Finance

Ch. 35-6Accounts and Control

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 35-6-7 (2026).

Text

§ 35-6-7. Forfeiture on failure to account or pay money into treasury.
Every clerk, officer, or other person who shall neglect or refuse to account to the
            department of administration as required by § 35-6-6, or shall neglect or refuse to pay into the state treasury any money belonging to
            the state, at the time when the money ought to be paid, shall forfeit thrice the amount
            of the money so withheld or not paid, to be recovered in an action of debt, in the
            name of the general treasurer, for the use of the state.
         

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§ 35-6-7. Forfeiture on failure to account or pay money into treasury.

Every clerk, officer, or other person who shall neglect or refuse to account to the department of administration as required by § 35-6-6, or shall neglect or refuse to pay into the state treasury any money belonging to the state, at the time when the money ought to be paid, shall forfeit thrice the amount of the money so withheld or not paid, to be recovered in an action of debt, in the name of the general treasurer, for the use of the state.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 34, § 36; G.L. 1909, ch. 44, § 37; G.L. 1923, ch. 45, § 37; G.L. 1938, ch. 7, § 39; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 35-6-7.