{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-21-32","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-21-32","heading":"Costs and damages on forfeiture action.","body":"Costs shall be awarded to the prosecutor if a reasonable cause of seizure appear, in which shall be included the necessary expenses of the seizure and detention of the property; but in case no reasonable cause of seizure shall appear, costs and damages, as well as the restoration of the property, shall be awarded to the claimant.","path":["Title 12 Criminal Procedure","Chapter 21 Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE12/12-21/12-21-32.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:28Z","sha256":"5131cf867c1d26a84631fd04ab05694ec8735b4de40a61db37056ca9f3686944","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-21-31","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-21-33"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}