{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-9-21","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-9-21","heading":"Forfeiture of unlawfully imported goods.","body":"All goods imported in a vessel as described in this chapter that shall be clandestinely landed or brought into any house, shop, or warehouse without a certificate and allowance as provided in § 23-9-19, or that shall be imported by land as provided in § 23-9-20 and not cleansed or aired by order of the city or town council, shall be forfeited; one-third (⅓) of those goods to the use of the state and two-thirds (⅔) to the use of the person who shall sue for the goods.","path":["Title 23 Health and Safety","Chapter 9 Quarantine of Vessels"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-9/23-9-21.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:40Z","sha256":"1cf0b9c4327dd4414bffbcd8af700bdf47762ff18d7d026854894b6dc61010ef","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-9-20","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-9-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}