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RI Gen L § 11-18-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-22 - Manufacture or distribution of slugs.

§ 11-18-22. Manufacture or distribution of slugs.Whoever manufactures for sale, advertises for sale, sells, offers for sale, or gives away any slug, device, or substance whatsoever, designed or calculated to be placed or deposited in any automatic vending machine, slot machine, turnstile, meter, register, coin-box telephone, or other receptacle, depository, or contrivance, designed to receive lawful coin of the United States in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, with the intent that the slug, device, or substance shall be used to cheat or defraud the person entitled to the contents of the machine, turnstile, meter, register, coin-box telephone, or other the receptacle, depository, or contrivance, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 77; P.L. 1932, ch. 1891, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 85; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-22.
RI Gen L § 11-18-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-23 - Defacement or alteration of manufacturer's serial number.

§ 11-18-23. Defacement or alteration of manufacturer's serial number.Any person who: (1) willfully removes, defaces, covers, alters, or destroys the manufacturer's serial number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark on any machine or any electrical or mechanical device for the purpose of preventing the detection of a crime or defrauding the manufacturer or any seller or any purchaser of the machine or the electrical or mechanical device; or (2) being a dealer in merchandise or the agent, employee, or representative of a dealer, knowingly buys, sells, receives, disposes of, conceals, or knowingly has in his or her possession any machine or any electrical or mechanical device from which the manufacturer's serial number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark has been removed, defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed for a purpose specified in subdivision (1) of this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2704, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-23.
RI Gen L § 11-18-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-24 - Penalty for serial number violations.

§ 11-18-24. Penalty for serial number violations.Every person convicted of a misdemeanor for the violation of any provision of § 11-18-23 shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both fine and imprisonment.History of Section.P.L. 1951, ch. 2704, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-24.
RI Gen L § 11-18-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-25 - Concealment or transfer of property with intent to defraud creditors.

§ 11-18-25. Concealment or transfer of property with intent to defraud creditors.Every person who, while insolvent, shall, with intent to defraud his or her creditors, remove from out of the state, secrete, or unlawfully transfer or otherwise dispose of any property belonging to his or her estate, which is not exempt from attachment by law, or who, having made an assignment for the benefit of creditors, shall secrete, destroy, or withhold from his or her assignee any books, deeds, documents, or writings relating to the property, shall, upon conviction of the offense, be imprisoned not exceeding two (2) years.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 67; P.L. 1902, ch. 1000, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 70; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 70; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 77; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-25.
RI Gen L § 11-18-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-26 - Obtaining food or accommodations with intent to defraud.

§ 11-18-26. Obtaining food or accommodations with intent to defraud.(a) Every person who shall obtain credit or accommodation at any hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house, or lodging house by means of any false pretense, or who, with intent to defraud the proprietor, or the proprietor's agent or servant, obtains any credit or accommodation at a hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house or lodging house, without paying, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days.(b) Proof that lodging, food or other accommodation was obtained by false or fictitious showing or pretense of baggage, or that the person refused or neglected to pay for the food, lodging, or other accommodation, or removed or caused to be removed his or her baggage from the premises, without paying for the food, lodging, or other accommodation, shall be presumptive evidence of the fraudulent intent referred to in subsection (a) of this section; but this provision shall not apply where there has been a special agreement for delay in payment.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 51; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 54; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 54; P.L. 1927, ch. 1047, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 62; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-26.
RI Gen L § 11-18-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-27 - Sale of false diplomas or certificates.

§ 11-18-27. Sale of false diplomas or certificates.Any person who unlawfully sells, buys, creates, duplicates, alters, gives, or obtains or attempts to buy, sell, create, duplicate, alter, give, or obtain a diploma or certificate of enrollment, conferred by an accredited institution of education in any country, with the intent to use fraudulently the document or to allow the fraudulent use of the document, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be sentenced for not more than two (2) years in jail or fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 62; P.L. 1952, ch. 2895, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-27; P.L. 1990, ch. 104, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-18-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-28 - False animal registrations and pedigrees.

§ 11-18-28. False animal registrations and pedigrees.Every person who by any false pretense shall obtain from any club, association, society, or company for improving the breed of cattle, horses, sheep, swine, or other domestic animals, the registration of any animal in the herd register or other register of the club, association, society or company, or who knowingly shall obtain a transfer of that registration, and every person who shall knowingly give a false pedigree of any animal, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or both.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 19; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-28.
RI Gen L § 11-18-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-29 - Fraudulent stock certificates.

§ 11-18-29. Fraudulent stock certificates.Every president, secretary, cashier, treasurer, or other officer or agent of any incorporated company or institution, who shall fraudulently issue any stock or certificate of stock of the company or institution, shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years, nor less than one year.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 20; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-29.
RI Gen L § 11-18-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-30 - Prearranged funerals - Receipt of money with intent to defraud.

§ 11-18-30. Prearranged funerals — Receipt of money with intent to defraud.No person may arrange, promote, enter into, or sell any funeral service contract on behalf of a funeral service establishment unless the person is an embalmer or funeral director licensed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 33.2 of title 5. All monies received under these contracts shall be placed into segregated escrow accounts and marked accordingly. Any funeral director or licensed employee who receives monies under the contracts with intent to defraud the purchaser shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). Failure to hold such monies under the contract in segregated escrow accounts shall be prima facie evidence of the intent to defraud.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 382, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 103, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-18-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-31 - Solicitation in name of law enforcement agency.

§ 11-18-31. Solicitation in name of law enforcement agency.(a) No professional solicitor shall solicit money from any individual or business in the name of any law enforcement agency or any organization which would reasonably appear to be affiliated in any way with any law enforcement agency or personnel. For the purposes of this section, "professional solicitor" means any firm or corporation or any person other than a sworn police officer or retired police officer in the agency or organization for which the solicitation is being made, who, for compensation or other consideration, solicits contributions for or on behalf of another.(b) No person shall solicit money in the name of any law enforcement agency or any organization which would reasonably appear to be affiliated in any way with any law enforcement agency or personnel, unless notification is given to the superintendent of the state police and the police chief of the municipality in which solicitations shall be conducted.(c) Only sworn police officers and retired police officers shall solicit money in the name of any law enforcement agency or any organization which would reasonably appear to be affiliated in any way with any law enforcement agency or personnel. Every sworn police officer and retired police officer so soliciting shall identify himself or herself by name, rank, department and status as an active or retired police officer to each person solicited. If the solicitation is done by telephone, the same officer or retired officer who makes the telephone solicitation shall personally appear before the donor to accept the donation.(d) Any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding two (2) years and/or fined in an amount not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000).History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 208, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-18-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-32 - Video, audio and publication rentals.

§ 11-18-32. Video, audio and publication rentals.(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to reveal, transmit, publish, or disseminate in any manner, any records which would identify the names and addresses of individuals, with the titles or nature of video films, records, cassettes, or the like, which they purchased, leased, rented, or borrowed, from libraries, book stores, video stores, or record and cassette shops or any retailer or distributor of those products, whether or not the identities and listings are kept in a remote computing service or electronic storage or the disclosure is made through or by a remote computing service. It shall not be unlawful to make disclosures to other employees of the library or business incident to the normal course of their work or pursuant to lawful compulsion.(b) All records of such transactions shall be maintained as confidential and may only be released by written waiver.(c) Any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine in an amount not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation, or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or both.(d) Any person injured as a result of a violation of this section may bring a civil action against the violator for actual damages or two hundred fifty dollars ($250), whichever is greater, for each violation, plus reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 94, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-18-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-33 - Defrauding the administration of a drug or alcohol test.

§ 11-18-33. Defrauding the administration of a drug or alcohol test.(a) As used in this section, "defraud the administration of a drug or alcohol test" means to submit a substance that purports to be from a person other than its actual source, or purports to have been excreted or collected at a time other than when it was actually excreted or collected, or to otherwise engage in conduct intended to produce a false or misleading outcome of a test for the presence of alcohol or a chemical, drug or controlled dangerous substance, or metabolite of a drug or controlled dangerous substance, in the human body. It shall specifically include, but not be limited to, the furnishing of urine with the purpose that the urine be submitted for urinalysis as a true specimen of a person.(b) Any person who offers for sale or rental, or who manufactures, markets, sells, transfers or gives to any person, any instrument or tool, devise or substance adapted, designed or commonly used to defraud the administration of a drug or alcohol test with the intent to defraud the administration, is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment for up to one year and a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.(c) Any person who knowingly defrauds the administration of a drug or alcohol test that is administered as a condition of monitoring a person on bail, in custody or on parole, probation or pretrial intervention, or any other form of supervision administered in connection with a criminal offense or juvenile delinquency matter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment for up to one year and a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 120, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 141, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-19-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries|Section 11-19-1 - Forms of gambling prohibited.

§ 11-19-1. Forms of gambling prohibited.Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, set up, put forth, carry on, promote, or draw, publicly or privately, any lottery, chance, game, or device of any nature or kind whatsoever, or by whatsoever name it may be called, for the purpose of exposing, setting for sale or disposing of any money, houses, lands, merchandise, or articles of value, or shall sell or expose to sale lottery policies, purporting to be governed by the drawing of any public or private lottery, or shall sign or endorse any book, document, or paper whatsoever, for the purpose of enabling others to sell, or expose to sale, lottery policies, except as authorized in this chapter and in title 41 and chapters 61 and 61.2 of title 42, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned not exceeding two (2) years or be fined not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 283, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-19-1; P.L. 1975, ch. 41, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 309, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 389, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 406, § 4; P.L. 1982, ch. 72, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 279, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 84, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-19-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries|Section 11-19-1.1 - Lotteries permitted.

§ 11-19-1.1. Lotteries permitted.(a) Any state, city, town, ward, or district committee elected pursuant to the provisions of title 17 or certified candidates, but not both, as defined in title 17, shall be allowed to conduct that lottery commonly known as a "twenty (20) week club" or conduct a raffle once within a twelve (12) month period subsequent to notification to the Rhode Island lottery commission. For the purposes of this section a "certified candidate" does not include any state, city, town, ward, or district committee person.(b) Credit unions may conduct "savings promotion raffles" as authorized by § 19-5-29.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 84, § 2; P.L. 2010, ch. 222, § 3.
RI Gen L § 11-19-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries|Section 11-19-2 - Unauthorized sale of lottery tickets.

§ 11-19-2. Unauthorized sale of lottery tickets.Every person not authorized by the Rhode Island state police who shall sell or expose to sale any ticket, or certificate in the nature of a ticket, or share in any ticket or certificate in the nature of a ticket, in any lottery set up within or without this state, shall be fined for every such ticket, certificate or share of the ticket or certificate by that person sold or exposed to sale not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 283, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-19-2; P.L. 1975, ch. 41, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 309, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-19-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries|Section 11-19-3 - Instruments given for lottery tickets void.

§ 11-19-3. Instruments given for lottery tickets void.All notes, obligations, securities, or promises whatsoever, given for the purchase of any lottery ticket or certificate, lottery policy, or of any document or paper taken or received for the purpose of enabling others to sell or dispose of lottery tickets or lottery policies, shall be null and void.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 283, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 11-19-3.
RI Gen L § 11-19-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries|Section 11-19-4 - Recovery of lottery ticket value by holder.

§ 11-19-4. Recovery of lottery ticket value by holder.The purchaser or receiver of any lottery ticket or certificate in the nature of a lottery ticket, or share in either, not authorized by the Rhode Island state police whether it shall have been paid for in money, or however received, even though by way of gift, for the purpose of enabling the seller or giver to dispose of any article or piece of property, real, personal, or mixed, shall recover back the amount paid by him or her, or the value at which, according to the proof, the ticket or certificate may be reckoned in the transaction, as the case may be, from the person from whom the ticket or policy was purchased or received, in an action of the case for money had and received.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 283, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 11-19-4; P.L. 1975, ch. 41, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 309, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-19-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries|Section 11-19-6 - Possession of policy devices as evidence of knowledge.

§ 11-19-6. Possession of policy devices as evidence of knowledge.The possession, by any person not authorized by the Rhode Island state police other than a public official in the course of his or her duty, of any bill, slip, certificate, token, or other device, or article of any kind such as is used in carrying on, promoting, or playing the game commonly known as lottery-policy or policy, shall be presumptive evidence of possession of that item knowingly and in violation of § 11-19-5.History of Section.P.L. 1909, ch. 376, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 37; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 36; G.L. 1956, § 11-19-6; P.L. 1975, ch. 41, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 309, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-19-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries|Section 11-19-7 - Judicial notice of policy methods.

§ 11-19-7. Judicial notice of policy methods.Any court or magistrate having criminal jurisdiction may take judicial notice of the general methods and character of lotteries, policy-lotteries, of the game called policy, pools, or combination bets, and the buying and selling of pools and registering of bets, not authorized by the Rhode Island state police.History of Section.P.L. 1909, ch. 376, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 37; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 36; G.L. 1956, § 11-19-7; P.L. 1975, ch. 41, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 309, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-19-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries|Section 11-19-8 - Policy devices as evidence of existence of game.

§ 11-19-8. Policy devices as evidence of existence of game.In the trial of a complaint or indictment to which it may be relevant any lottery, policy, or pool ticket, certificate, slip, or check, manifold, or other policy or pool book or sheet, or memorandum of any pool or sale of pools, or of a bet or odds, or combination bet, or any other implement, apparatus, materials, or articles of a character commonly employed in or in connection with lotteries, policy-lotteries, or policy, the buying or selling of pools, or registering of bets, or other form of gaming not authorized by the Rhode Island state police shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and unlawful character of a lottery, policy-lottery, or game, pool or pools, bet, game, or hazard, or other form of gaming in which like articles are commonly used, and that the article has relation to it.History of Section.P.L. 1909, ch. 376, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 37; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 36; G.L. 1956, § 11-19-8; P.L. 1975, ch. 41, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 309, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-19-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-19 - Gambling and Lotteries|Section 11-19-9 - Illegal trading stamps and coupons.

§ 11-19-9. Illegal trading stamps and coupons.All schemes and devices by which any person or corporation shall sell, give, or distribute any stamp, trading-stamp, cash discount stamp, amusement stamp, check, coupon, or other similar device to any purchaser of goods, wares, or merchandise, which will entitle the holder of the stamp, trading-stamp, cash discount stamp, amusement stamp, check, coupon, or other similar device, on presentation of it, either singly or in definite numbers, to receive either directly from the vendor or indirectly through any other person or corporation, some indefinite and undescribed article, the nature and value of which are unknown to the purchaser of the goods, wares, and merchandise at the time of the purchase of the merchandise, are declared to partake so much of the nature of a lottery as to be detrimental to the public morals, and are declared to be illegal.History of Section.P.L. 1901, ch. 842, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 11-19-9.