{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-17-1.1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-1.1","heading":"Forgery — Public assistance check or authorization.","body":"(a) Any person who shall knowingly forge or cause to be forged one or more public assistance benefit check or authorization issued pursuant to chapter 6 of title 40, when the total value of the check or authorization so forged or caused to be forged in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months exceeds five hundred dollars ($500), shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction 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.\n(b) Any person who shall knowingly forge or cause to be forged any public assistance benefit check or authorization issued pursuant to chapter 6 of title 40, when the value of the check or authorization forged or caused to be forged shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500), shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.\n(c) All criminal actions for any violation of this section shall be prosecuted by the attorney general.","path":["Title 11 Criminal Offenses","Chapter 17 Forgery and Counterfeiting"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE11/11-17/11-17-1.1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:12Z","sha256":"48d88b33ff3c410e65cf645ff02d3d79ca4b1fca0450faa96fdbee8296441233","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-17-1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-17-1.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}