{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-20-6-9","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-6-9","heading":"Penalty for exceeding allowance without license.","body":"Every person taking in any one day more than one half (½) bushel each of oysters, bay quahaugs, soft-shell clams, sea clams, or mussels from the free and common fisheries of this state, without a license, shall be fined, upon conviction, not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) and costs for each one half (½) bushel or fraction thereof above the stated limits or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both.","path":["Title 20 Fish and Wildlife","Chapter 6 Shellfish"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE20/20-6/20-6-9.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:19Z","sha256":"fed84ec1ed9c3410904ccb70ecddc2bb8dcda1605b710944378b4a595404d1c9","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-20-6-8","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-20-6-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}