{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-17-4","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-4","heading":"Importation or possession of counterfeit certificate, bill, or note.","body":"Every person who shall bring into this state or have in his or her possession or custody within this state, any false, forged, counterfeited, or altered certificate or security, bank bill, or note, knowing it to be false, forged, counterfeited or altered, with intent to utter, pass or, tender it in payment the same as true, 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/TITLE11/11-17/11-17-4.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:12Z","sha256":"0cb260e86e79436faefe035062d92da7850e24332431841d202690705e548e29","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-17-3","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-17-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}