{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-17-2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-2","heading":"Forgery, counterfeiting, or alteration of state debt certificate or bank bill or note.","body":"Every person who shall falsely make, forge, counterfeit, or falsely alter any note, certificate, or other security, in imitation of and purporting to be a note, certificate, or other security, which has been or hereafter may be issued for any debt of this state, or any bank bill or note in imitation of or purporting to be a bank bill which has been or hereafter may be issued by any corporation which is or hereafter may be established as a bank, in this state or elsewhere, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.","path":["Title 11 Criminal Offenses","Chapter 17 Forgery and Counterfeiting"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE11/11-17/11-17-2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:12Z","sha256":"5e74c1d3671202e7e2146e451baeaca0279cd5bc1cde132bb39f8b4081b29b81","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-17-1.2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-17-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}