{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-4-12-17","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-12-17","heading":"Penalties.","body":"Any person who violates any provision or requirement of §§ 4-12-1 — 4-12-16 or who forges, counterfeits, defaces, destroys, or wrongfully uses or possesses any certificate provided for in §§ 4-12-5 — 4-12-14 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).","path":["Title 4 Animals and Animal Husbandry","Chapter 12 Apiculture"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE4/4-12/4-12-17.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:18:07Z","sha256":"e54ab9554014e67379d3a7acf1e89a036ebff5528f62a33742cb86fc8a141df0","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-4-12-16","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-4-13-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}