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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-41-13: Obtaining signature by false pretenses.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 11 Criminal Offenses
- Chapter 41 Theft, Embezzlement, False Pretenses, and Misappropriation
Every person who, by any false pretense or pretenses, with intent to cheat or defraud, shall obtain the signature of any person to any written instrument, the false making of which would be punished as forgery, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
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