{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-44-20-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-20-3","heading":"Penalties for unlicensed business.","body":"Any manufacturer, importer, distributor, or dealer who sells, offers for sale, or possesses with intent to sell, cigarettes and/or any other tobacco products and/or any electronic nicotine delivery system products, without a license as provided in § 44-20-2, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each offense, or be imprisoned for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or be punished by both a fine and imprisonment.","path":["Title 44 Taxation","Chapter 20 Cigarette, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Nicotine-Delivery System Products"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE44/44-20/44-20-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:00:29Z","sha256":"bf0a776e07b0c24edb8223f976c6253a8d4c1ed7f355222134b5d8736275fe91","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-44-20-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-44-20-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}