{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-17-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-3","heading":"Passing of counterfeit certificates, bills, or notes.","body":"Every person who shall utter, publish, pass, or tender in payment as true, any false, forged, counterfeited, or altered certificate, security or bank bill or note, knowing it to be false, forged, counterfeited, or altered, with intent to defraud, 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/TITLE11/11-17/11-17-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:12Z","sha256":"48899209376f5821e206cd711854d453ddf40fc3a8bd46226acd754e1a8733c1","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-17-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-17-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}