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RI Gen L § 11-18-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-1 - Giving false document to agent, employee, or public official.

§ 11-18-1. Giving false document to agent, employee, or public official.(a) No person shall knowingly give to any agent, employee, servant in public or private employ, or public official any receipt, account, or other document in respect of which the principal, master, or employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official is interested, which contains any statement which is false or erroneous, or defective in any important particular, and which, to his or her knowledge, is intended to mislead the principal, master, employer, or state, city, or town of which he or she is an official.(b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for a term not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).History of Section.P.L. 1905, ch. 1219, §§ 3, 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, §§ 23, 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, §§ 23, 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, §§ 23, 24; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-1.
RI Gen L § 11-18-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-1.1 - Fraudulent insurance claims for stolen motor vehicles.

§ 11-18-1.1. Fraudulent insurance claims for stolen motor vehicles.Any person who knowingly and with criminal intent shall file a fraudulent claim with an insurance company for the purpose of securing money based on a claim of a stolen motor vehicle when, in fact, the motor vehicle did not exist or was not stolen, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 221, § 13.
RI Gen L § 11-18-1.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-1.2 - False statement to obtain replacement public assistance check or authorization.

§ 11-18-1.2. False statement to obtain replacement public assistance check or authorization.Any person who shall knowingly and intentionally file or cause to be filed with the department of human services, or any employee or agent of the department, any statement or affidavit in writing which is false or erroneous, or defective in any important particular, and which, to his or her knowledge, is intended to report that one or more public assistance benefit checks or authorizations issued pursuant to chapter 6 of title 40, has been lost, destroyed, or stolen and is intended to induce or cause the department or its employees or agents, to issue a replacement check or authorization, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both, if the total value of the replacement checks or authorization(s) so issued in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months shall exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both, if the value of the replacement check or authorization so issued shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500). All criminal actions for any violation of this section shall be prosecuted by the attorney general. The statement or affidavit shall contain language notifying the signer, in conspicuous language, that any false statement on the statement or affidavit is punishable by up to five (5) years imprisonment and a five thousand dollar ($5,000) fine.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 237, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-18-1.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-1.3 - False statement to fraudulently obtain license or registration.

§ 11-18-1.3. False statement to fraudulently obtain license or registration.Any person who shall knowingly and intentionally prepare, file or cause to be filed with the division of motor vehicles, or any employee or agent of the division of motor vehicles, any application, statement or affidavit in writing which is knowingly false in any important particular, and which, to his or her knowledge, is intended to fraudulently induce or cause the department or its employees or agents, to issue a registration or license, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 2010, ch. 148, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 150, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-18-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-2 - False information to registrar of vital statistics.

§ 11-18-2. False information to registrar of vital statistics.Every person who shall knowingly furnish or cause to be furnished to the registrar of vital statistics of any city or town false information concerning any birth, marriage, death and/or divorce shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 46; P.L. 1949, ch. 2310, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-2.
RI Gen L § 11-18-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-3 - Fraudulent notice to newspaper of birth, marriage, or death.

§ 11-18-3. Fraudulent notice to newspaper of birth, marriage, or death.Every person who shall willfully send to the publishers of any newspaper, for the purpose of publication, a fraudulent notice of the birth of a child or of the marriage of any persons or of the death of any person, shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 27; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 27; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-3.
RI Gen L § 11-18-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-4 - Concealment of birth out of wedlock.

§ 11-18-4. Concealment of birth out of wedlock.Every woman who shall conceal the birth of any issue of her body, which, if it were born alive, would be born out of wedlock, so that it may not be known whether it was born dead or alive, or shall conceal the death of any infant child born of her body out of wedlock, so that it may not be known whether the child was murdered or not, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) months or be fined not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300).History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 281, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 347, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 399, § 10; P.L. 1926, ch. 858, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 610, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-4.
RI Gen L § 11-18-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-5 - Misrepresentation of circulation of periodical.

§ 11-18-5. Misrepresentation of circulation of periodical.Every proprietor or publisher of a newspaper or periodical, or any agent or employee of the proprietor or publisher, who shall knowingly misrepresent the circulation of the newspaper or periodical for the purpose of securing advertising or other patronage, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).History of Section.P.L. 1905, ch. 1251, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 43; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 43; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 41; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-5.
RI Gen L § 11-18-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-6 - False financial statement to obtain loan or credit.

§ 11-18-6. False financial statement to obtain loan or credit.No person shall knowingly make or cause to be made, either directly or indirectly, or through any agency whatsoever, any false statement in writing, with intent that it shall be relied upon, respecting the financial condition, or means or ability to pay, of himself or herself, or any other person, firm, or corporation in whom he or she is interested, or for whom he or she is acting, for the purpose of procuring in any form whatsoever, either the delivery of personal property, the payment of cash, the making of a loan or credit, the extension of a credit, the discount of an account receivable, or the making, acceptance, discount, sale, or endorsement of a bill of exchange, or promissory note, for the benefit of either himself or herself or of such person, firm, or corporation.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 809, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 53; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 50; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-6.
RI Gen L § 11-18-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-7 - Procuring loan or credit on faith of false statement.

§ 11-18-7. Procuring loan or credit on faith of false statement.No person knowing that a false statement in writing has been made, respecting the financial condition or means or ability to pay, of himself or herself, or the person, firm, or corporation in which he or she is interested, or for whom he or she is acting, shall procure, upon the faith of the statement, for the benefit either of himself or herself, or of such person, firm, or corporation, either or any of the things of benefit as provided in § 11-18-6.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 809, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 54; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 51; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-7.
RI Gen L § 11-18-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-8 - False representations as to continuing truth of financial statements.

§ 11-18-8. False representations as to continuing truth of financial statements.No person knowing that a statement in writing has been made, respecting the financial condition or means or ability to pay, of himself or herself or the person, firm, or corporation, in which he or she is interested, or for whom he or she is acting, shall represent on a later day, either orally or in writing, that the statement previously made, if then again made on that day, would be then true, when in fact, that statement if then made would be false, and procure upon the faith of it, for the benefit either of himself or herself or of the person, firm, or corporation, either or any of the things of benefit as provided in § 11-18-6.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 809, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 55; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 52; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-8.
RI Gen L § 11-18-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-9 - Penalty for financial misrepresentations.

§ 11-18-9. Penalty for financial misrepresentations.Any person violating the provisions of §§ 11-18-6 — 11-18-8 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 809, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 56; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 53; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-9.
RI Gen L § 11-18-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-10 - False statements in advertising.

§ 11-18-10. False statements in advertising.(a) No person, firm, corporation, or association with intent to sell or in any way dispose of merchandise, securities, service or anything offered by that person, firm, corporation or association, directly or indirectly, to the public for sale or distribution, or with intent to increase the consumption of or to induce the public in any manner to enter into any obligation relating to the merchandise or service, or to acquire title to it or an interest in it, shall make, publish, disseminate, circulate, or place before the public, or cause directly or indirectly to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public, in this state, in a newspaper or other publication, or in the form of a book, notice, handbill, poster, sign, billboard, bill, circular, pamphlet, or letter, or by means of a photograph, motion pictures, radio, loudspeaker, television, telephone, telegraph, or in any other way, an advertisement of any sort regarding merchandise, securities, service or anything so offered to the public, which advertisement contains any assertion, representation, or statement of fact which is untrue and designed to be deceptive or misleading or is intended or designed not to sell the merchandise, securities, service, or anything so advertised at the price stated in it, or otherwise communicated or with intent not to sell the merchandise, securities, service, or anything so advertised.(b) Any person, firm, corporation, or association who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or be imprisoned not more than ninety (90) days, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment.History of Section.P.L. 1914, ch. 1073, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 57; P.L. 1928, ch. 1199, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 54; P.L. 1956, ch. 3761, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-10.
RI Gen L § 11-18-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-11 - Immunity of publishers and advertising media.

§ 11-18-11. Immunity of publishers and advertising media.The provisions of § 11-8-10 shall not apply to any radio station, television station, publisher of a newspaper, magazine or other publication or any other recognized advertising media or printer who publishes or prints the advertisement without actual knowledge of its falsity. The fact of the publishing or printing of the advertisement shall not be prima facie evidence of actual knowledge of falsity or deceptiveness.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 54; P.L. 1956, ch. 3761, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-11.
RI Gen L § 11-18-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-12 - Injunction of false advertising.

§ 11-18-12. Injunction of false advertising.(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, when it appears to the director of business regulation of the state of Rhode Island that any person, firm, corporation, or association is violating any of the provisions of § 11-18-10, the director of business regulation may cause to be instituted an action, commenced in the name of the director of business regulation in his or her capacity as director of business regulation, to enjoin the violation in the superior court and the court shall have jurisdiction to enjoin and/or restrain any person, firm, corporation or association from violating any of the provisions of § 11-18-10 without regard to whether criminal proceedings have been or may be instituted.(b) When it appears to the director of labor and training of the state of Rhode Island that any person, firm, corporation, or association is violating any of the provisions of § 11-18-10 with respect to the offer or sale of liquid fuels, lubricating oils or other similar products, the director of labor and training may cause to be instituted an action, commenced in the name of the director of labor and training in his or her capacity as director of labor and training, to enjoin the violation in the superior court and the court shall have jurisdiction to enjoin and/or restrain any person, firm, corporation, or association from violating any of the provisions of § 11-18-10 with respect to the offer or sale of liquid fuels, lubricating oils or other similar products without regard to whether criminal proceedings have been or may be instituted.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 54; P.L. 1956, ch. 3761, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-12; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 3, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-18-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-13 - Deception in sale of fuels and lubricants.

§ 11-18-13. Deception in sale of fuels and lubricants.It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, to store, sell, expose for sale, or offer for sale, any liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or other similar products, in any manner whatsoever, so as to deceive or tend to deceive the purchaser as to the nature, quality, and identity, of the product so sold or offered for sale.History of Section.P.L. 1928, ch. 1189, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 51; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-13.
RI Gen L § 11-18-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-14 - Sale of fuels and lubricants other than those shown by trade name on container.

§ 11-18-14. Sale of fuels and lubricants other than those shown by trade name on container.It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, to store, keep, expose for sale offer for sale, or sell, from any tank or container, or from any pump, or other distributing device or equipment, any liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or other similar products other than those indicated by the name, trade name, symbol, sign, or other distinguishing mark, or device, of the manufacturer or distributor, appearing upon the tank, container, pump, or other distributing equipment, from which the products are sold, offered for sale, or distributed.History of Section.P.L. 1928, ch. 1189, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 52; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-14.
RI Gen L § 11-18-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-15 - Imitation of trade symbols of fuels and lubricants.

§ 11-18-15. Imitation of trade symbols of fuels and lubricants.It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, to disguise or camouflage that person's or firm's own equipment, by imitating the design, symbol or trade name of the equipment under which recognized brands of liquid fuels, lubricating oils, and similar products are generally marketed.History of Section.P.L. 1928, ch. 1189, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 53; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-15.
RI Gen L § 11-18-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-16 - Sale of fuels and lubricants under false trademark or name - Adulteration.

§ 11-18-16. Sale of fuels and lubricants under false trademark or name — Adulteration.It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, to expose for sale, offer for sale, or sell under any trademark or trade name in general use, any liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or other like products, except those manufactured or distributed by the manufacturer or distributor marketing liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or other like products, under the trademark or trade name, or to substitute, mix, or adulterate, the liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or other similar products, sold, offered for sale, or distributed, under the trademark or trade name.History of Section.P.L. 1928, ch. 1189, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 54; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-16.
RI Gen L § 11-18-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-17 - Delivery of fuels and lubricants into container bearing false trade name.

§ 11-18-17. Delivery of fuels and lubricants into container bearing false trade name.It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, to aid or assist any other person, firm, or corporation, in the violation of §§ 11-18-13 — 11-18-16 by depositing or delivering into any tank, receptacle, or other container, any other liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or like products, than those intended to be stored in and distributed from it, as indicated by the name of the manufacturer or distributor or the trademark or trade name of the product displayed on the container itself, or on the pump or other distributing device used in connection with it.History of Section.P.L. 1928, ch. 1189, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 55; G.L. 1956, §§ 11-18-17.
RI Gen L § 11-18-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-18 - Penalty for violations with respect to fuels and lubricants.

§ 11-18-18. Penalty for violations with respect to fuels and lubricants.Any person, firm, or corporation or any officer, agent, servant, or employee who shall violate any provision of §§ 11-18-13 — 11-18-17 shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300), or be imprisoned ninety (90) days, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment, and each separate sale or attempt to sell in violation of these provisions shall be deemed a separate offense.History of Section.P.L. 1928, ch. 1189, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 56; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-18.
RI Gen L § 11-18-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-19 - Repealed.

§ 11-18-19. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 11-18-20.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-20.1 - Possession of false identification.

§ 11-18-20.1. Possession of false identification.The possession of a motor vehicle operator's license card or other documents commonly used to identify the bearer containing a photograph of the possessor, but with the name, or date of birth of a person other than that of the possessor, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).History of Section.P.L. 2002, ch. 106, § 2; P.L. 2002, ch. 148, § 2.
RI Gen L § 11-18-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing|Section 11-18-21 - Cheating of coin-operated devices.

§ 11-18-21. Cheating of coin-operated devices.Whoever: (1) operates or causes to be operated, or attempts to operate or to cause to be operated, any automatic vending machine, slot machine, turnstile, meter, register, coin-box telephone, or other receptacle designed to receive lawful coin of the United States in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property, transportation, or other service, by means of a slug or any false, counterfeited, mutilated, or sweated coin or by any means, method, trick, or device whatsoever not lawfully authorized by the owner, lessee, or licensee of the machine, turnstile, meter, register, coin-box telephone, or receptacle; or (2) takes, obtains, or receives from or in connection with any automatic vending machine, slot machine, turnstile, meter, register, coin-box telephone, or other receptacle designed to receive lawful coins of the United States in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, any goods, wares, merchandise, transportation, gas, electric current, article of value, or the use or enjoyment of any transportation or any telephone or telegraph facilities or service, or of any musical instrument, phonograph, or other property, without depositing in and surrendering to the machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other receptacle lawful coin to the amount required by the owner, lessee, or licensee of the machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or receptacle, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or both.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 76; P.L. 1932, ch. 1891, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 84; G.L. 1956, § 11-18-21.