{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-44-49-10","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-49-10","heading":"Penalties — Criminal provisions.","body":"(a) Penalties. Any dealer violating this chapter is subject to a penalty of one hundred percent (100%) of the tax in addition to the tax imposed by § 44-49-9. The penalty will be collected as part of the tax.\n(b) Criminal penalty; sale without affixed stamps. In addition to the tax penalty imposed, a dealer distributing or possessing controlled substances without affixing the appropriate stamps, labels, or other indicia is guilty of a crime and, upon conviction, may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or to payment of a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.\n(c) Statute of limitations. An indictment may be found and filed, or a complaint filed, upon any criminal offense specified in this section, in the proper court within six (6) years after the commission of this offense.","path":["Title 44 Taxation","Chapter 49 Controlled Substances Taxation Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE44/44-49/44-49-10.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:00:37Z","sha256":"9360a8989e7cef6cb747de6ab0980add68066615897d87d094ad40827368d684","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-44-49-9.1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-44-49-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}