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RI Gen L § 12-20-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-20 - Costs|Section 12-20-6 - Fees of city and town police departments and state agencies.

§ 12-20-6. Fees of city and town police departments and state agencies.For each criminal complaint filed in the district court by a city or town police department, the state police, or a state agency, the clerk of the district court shall assess against the defendant and remit to the city or town or the state the sum of three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50), to be taxed as costs against the defendant.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 295, § 12; P.L. 1897, ch. 444, § 1; P.L. 1898, ch. 578, § 1; P.L. 1900, ch. 714, § 1; P.L. 1901, ch. 831, § 1; C.P.A. 1905, § 1200; P.L. 1908, ch. 1580, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 364, § 11; P.L. 1918, ch. 1648, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 417, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 633, § 12; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-20-6; P.L. 1960, ch. 72, § 2; P.L. 1961, ch. 89, § 5; P.L. 1980, ch. 397, §§ 1, 2.
RI Gen L § 12-20-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-20 - Costs|Section 12-20-7 - Witness fees.

§ 12-20-7. Witness fees.(a) The fees of witnesses shall be:(1) For every day's attendance before the supreme or superior court, or before any other tribunal or magistrate, including attendance in giving depositions, except that no officer or other employee of the state or of any city or town shall be entitled to receive a fee for attendance if he or she attends during his or her regular hours of employment for which he or she is entitled to receive his or her ordinary salary or if he or she appears outside his or her regular hours of employment and is entitled to receive additional compensation from his or her employer for attendance: $ 10.00(2) For every mile's travel: $ 0.10(3) For every day's commitment in jail upon default to enter into recognizance with surety: $ 2.00(4) For any witness who shall come from without the jurisdiction of the state to testify in behalf of the state, in any criminal proceedings, any sum, in addition to this travel and attendance, that the court before which the proceedings are had shall deem proper.(b) In addition to the fees provided in subsection (a) of this section, witnesses summoned and testifying as experts in behalf of the state, or any person acting as an interpreter, before the supreme, superior, or district court, may be allowed and paid any sum that the court may deem just and reasonable.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 295, § 10; C.P.A. 1905, § 1199; G.L. 1909, ch. 364, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 417, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 633, § 10; P.L. 1939, ch. 715, § 7; P.L. 1956, ch. 3624, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-20-7; P.L. 1974, ch. 153, § 2; P.L. 1984, ch. 182, § 1.
RI Gen L § 12-20-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-20 - Costs|Section 12-20-8 - Payment of costs where defendant committed to correctional institutions.

§ 12-20-8. Payment of costs where defendant committed to correctional institutions.The costs of prosecution and conviction of persons imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions shall be paid by the state, and the payment of those costs shall form no part of the sentence of convicts. Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to prevent the imposition of costs provided for in chapter 25 of this title. The cost of commitment shall be paid by the state except as otherwise provided by the general laws; provided, that persons imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions shall be responsible for any assessments made pursuant to § 23-1-3.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 58; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 58; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 52; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 52; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 52; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-20-8; P.L. 1980, ch. 116, § 3; P.L. 1987, ch. 589, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 94, § 3.
RI Gen L § 12-20-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-20 - Costs|Section 12-20-9 - Costs as to other defendants.

§ 12-20-9. Costs as to other defendants.The payment of costs shall, in all other cases, be a part of the sentence of a convict who shall be sentenced to be imprisoned until the costs are paid or remitted.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 59; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 59; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 53; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 53; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 53; G.L. 1956, § 12-20-9.
RI Gen L § 12-20-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-20 - Costs|Section 12-20-10 - Remission of costs - Prohibition against remitting restitution to victims of crime - Ability to pay - Indigency.

§ 12-20-10. Remission of costs — Prohibition against remitting restitution to victims of crime — Ability to pay — Indigency.(a) The payment of costs in criminal cases may, upon application, be remitted by any justice of the superior court; provided, that any justice of a district court may, in his or her discretion, remit the costs in any criminal case pending in his or her court, or in the case of any prisoner sentenced by the court, and from which sentence no appeal has been taken. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this section shall not limit the court's inherent power to remit any fine, fee, assessment or other costs of prosecution, provided no order of restitution shall be suspended by the court.(b) For purposes of §§ 12-18.1-3(d), 12-21-20, 12-25-28(b), 21-28-4.01(c)(3)(iv) and 21-28-4.17.1, the following conditions shall be prima facie evidence of the defendant's indigency and limited ability to pay:(1) Qualification for and/or receipt of any of the following benefits or services by the defendant:(i) temporary assistance to needy families(ii) social security including supplemental security income and state supplemental payments program;(iii) public assistance(iv) disability insurance; or(v) food stamps(2) Despite the defendant's good faith efforts to pay, outstanding court orders for payment in the amount of one-hundred dollars ($100) or more for any of the following:(i) restitution payments to the victims of crime;(ii) child support payments; or(iii) payments for any counseling required as a condition of the sentence imposed including, but not limited to, substance abuse, mental health, and domestic violence.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 60; P.L. 1898, ch. 588, § 1; P.L. 1905, ch. 1241, § 1; C.P.A. 1905, § 1223; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 60; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 54; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 54; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 54; G.L. 1956, § 12-20-10; P.L. 2008, ch. 297, § 4; P.L. 2008, ch. 326, § 4.
RI Gen L § 12-20-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-20 - Costs|Section 12-20-11 - Apportionment of costs among defendants.

§ 12-20-11. Apportionment of costs among defendants.Whenever more than one defendant in the same process shall be convicted and sentenced to fine or imprisonment in jail, the court pronouncing sentence may apportion the costs of prosecution between and among the defendants as, in its discretion, shall appear to be just and proper.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 61; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 61; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 55; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 55; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 55; G.L. 1956, § 12-20-11.
RI Gen L § 12-20-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-20 - Costs|Section 12-20-12 - Technology surcharge.

§ 12-20-12. Technology surcharge.A technology surcharge shall be assessed as a cost against the defendant in accordance with § 8-15-11.History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 34, § 7; P.L. 2014, ch. 42, § 7.
RI Gen L § 12-21-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-1 - Methods of recovering fines and forfeitures.

§ 12-21-1. Methods of recovering fines and forfeitures.Unless otherwise specially provided:(1) All fines of five hundred dollars ($500) and under shall be recovered by complaint and summons;(2) All fines of upwards of five hundred dollars ($500), by indictment or information;(3) All penalties and pecuniary forfeitures, by action of debt; and(4) All forfeitures of personal property, by complaint and warrant or by information.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 1; C.P.A. 1905, § 1231; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-1; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 15; P.L. 1976, ch. 173, § 4.
RI Gen L § 12-21-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-2 - Limitation of prosecutions.

§ 12-21-2. Limitation of prosecutions.All suits or prosecutions founded upon any penal statute, which are wholly or in part for the use of the prosecutor, shall be brought within one year, and all other suits and prosecutions on a penal statute within two (2) years after the commission of the offense, unless otherwise specially provided.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-2.
RI Gen L § 12-21-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-3 - Venue of actions based on penal statutes.

§ 12-21-3. Venue of actions based on penal statutes.Unless otherwise specially provided, all fines of and informations founded on any penal statute shall be brought within the county in which the offense was committed, and not elsewhere; provided, that the superior court for the county of Providence shall have jurisdiction of all proceedings for the recovery of more than five hundred dollars ($500) when the offense was committed in the county of Bristol.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 2; C.P.A. 1905, § 1190; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-3.
RI Gen L § 12-21-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-4 - Jurisdiction of district and superior courts.

§ 12-21-4. Jurisdiction of district and superior courts.All fines, penalties, and forfeitures, whether of money or property, of five hundred dollars ($500) and under or of the value of five hundred dollars ($500) and under, shall be prosecuted before a district court; if upwards of five hundred dollars ($500) in amount or value, before the superior court, unless otherwise specially provided.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 4; C.P.A. 1905, §§ 1216, 1231; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-4.
RI Gen L § 12-21-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-5 - Action by town or city.

§ 12-21-5. Action by town or city.Whenever any penalty or forfeiture, or any part of a penalty or forfeiture, shall be given to any town by any penal statute, the town council may sue for the penalty or forfeiture in the name of the town, or the proper prosecuting officer in the name of any city which shall be entitled to the benefit of the penalty or forfeiture, and the town council may remit the whole of the penalty or forfeiture.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-5.
RI Gen L § 12-21-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-6 - Commencement of period of neglect.

§ 12-21-6. Commencement of period of neglect.Whenever any penalty shall be imposed for neglect during any period of time, the neglect may be alleged to have commenced at any specified time, and shall be reckoned from the time so specified.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-6.
RI Gen L § 12-21-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-7 - Residence of court member in city or town to be benefited.

§ 12-21-7. Residence of court member in city or town to be benefited.In actions for the recovery of any penalty or forfeiture before any court, it shall be no cause of exception that any member of the court resides or has property in the city or town in which the offense was committed, or that the penalty or any part of the penalty is recoverable to the use of the city or town.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-7.
RI Gen L § 12-21-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-8 - Plea of general issue.

§ 12-21-8. Plea of general issue.The defendant to an action for a penalty may plead the general issue, and under it give any special matter in evidence.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-8.
RI Gen L § 12-21-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-9 - Commitment for failure to obey judgment or sentence.

§ 12-21-9. Commitment for failure to obey judgment or sentence.If any person against whom sentence is passed or judgment rendered, under any penal statute, shall refuse or neglect to perform the sentence or to pay the judgment, he or she shall, by order of the court passing the sentence or by the officer charged with the execution issued on the judgment, be committed to the adult correctional institutions, and be imprisoned there until the sentence is performed or he or she is discharged by due course of law.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 10; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-9.
RI Gen L § 12-21-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-10 - Disposition of recoveries.

§ 12-21-10. Disposition of recoveries.Unless otherwise specially provided:(1) All fines recovered shall be to the use of the state;(2) All penalties and pecuniary forfeitures, one-half (½) to the use of the state and one-half (½) to the use of the person who shall sue for it; and(3) All forfeitures of personal property shall be disposed of as provided by law.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-10.
RI Gen L § 12-21-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-11 - Quarterly reports and payments by district court.

§ 12-21-11. Quarterly reports and payments by district court.The clerk of each division of the district court, shall, between the first and fifteenth days of February, May, August, and November in each year, make an itemized return in writing to the city or town treasurer of every city or town in the division of all fines received by the clerk during the preceding quarter, which or part of which shall be due to the city or town, and of costs paid by the clerk out of money belonging to the city or town, and the amount and circumstances of all of these fines received by the clerk and costs paid by the clerk and not included in any previous return. The clerk making the return shall immediately thereafter cause to be paid to the city or town treasurer the balance of all moneys belonging to the city or town.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 183; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 36; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 36; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 36; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-11; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 28.
RI Gen L § 12-21-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-12 - Payment of costs taxable to cities or towns out of fines due.

§ 12-21-12. Payment of costs taxable to cities or towns out of fines due.All costs taxed by courts in criminal prosecutions, which by law any city or town is or may be required to pay, may be paid by the clerk to the several persons entitled to them, out of fines in his or her hands belonging to the city or town; provided, that fines received by the clerk which are by law to be applied to the support of the public schools shall not be used in the payment of these costs.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 184; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 37; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 37; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 37; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-12; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 28.
RI Gen L § 12-21-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-13 - Accounting by clerk on vacation of office.

§ 12-21-13. Accounting by clerk on vacation of office.Whenever the clerk shall vacate his or her office he or she shall render account and pay over any money which may be due from him or her as clerk to the city or town within ten (10) days after vacating the office.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 185; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 38; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 38; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 38; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-13; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 28.
RI Gen L § 12-21-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-14 - Forfeiture for failure to account.

§ 12-21-14. Forfeiture for failure to account.Every clerk who shall neglect or refuse to account with the city or town treasurer as required in this chapter, or to pay over to him or her all moneys due the city or town at the time when they ought to be paid, shall forfeit thrice the amount of the moneys so withheld or not paid, to be recovered by an action of debt for the use of the city or town.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 186; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 39; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 39; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 39; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-14; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 28.
RI Gen L § 12-21-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-15 - Access of city or town treasurer to district court records.

§ 12-21-15. Access of city or town treasurer to district court records.The city or town treasurer of any city or town in the division in which the district court is situated shall have access at all times to all books and papers in the office of the division, and may examine them for the purpose of verifying the returns of the clerk.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 187; G.L. 1909, ch. 281, § 40; G.L. 1923, ch. 331, § 40; G.L. 1938, ch. 501, § 40; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-15; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 28.
RI Gen L § 12-21-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-16 - Payment of amounts due to the state.

§ 12-21-16. Payment of amounts due to the state.All fines and all penalties and forfeitures to the use of the state shall be paid over to the general treasurer, unless otherwise specially provided.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-17.
RI Gen L § 12-21-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-17 - Payment and accounting for fines due other than to state.

§ 12-21-17. Payment and accounting for fines due other than to state.All fines recovered under any statute of this state, the whole or any part of which may be due or payable to any city, town, or society, or to any person as complainant, shall be accounted for with the state controller, and be paid to the general treasurer. The general treasurer shall, upon the order of the state controller, pay to the city, town, society, or person so much of the amount of the fine so recovered as the city, town, society, or person may be entitled to, which order shall be drawn by the state controller whenever he or she shall receive a proper return or certificate from the clerk of the court in which the fine was imposed.History of Section.P.L. 1898, ch. 536, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 12; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 65; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-17; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 28.
RI Gen L § 12-21-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-18 - Payment of fine liquidated by labor.

§ 12-21-18. Payment of fine liquidated by labor.Whenever a fine payable in whole or in part, to any city, town, or society, or to any person as complainant, shall have been liquidated by the labor of the person fined, or paid by him or her at any jail in the state, the general treasurer shall, upon the proper order of the state controller, pay to the city, town, society or person so much of the amount of the fine so liquidated or paid, as the city, town, society, or person may be entitled to, which order of the state controller shall be by him or her drawn on his or her receiving a proper return or certificate from the clerk of the court in which the fine was imposed, together with a proper return or certificate from the jailer.History of Section.P.L. 1898, ch. 536, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 13; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 65; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-18; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 28.
RI Gen L § 12-21-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 12 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 12-21 - Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures|Section 12-21-19 - Payment of fines to general treasurer - Accounting.

§ 12-21-19. Payment of fines to general treasurer — Accounting.Whenever a fine is recovered under any statute of this state, the whole of which may be due the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Children's Friend and Service, or to any other society, or the one-half (½) of which may be due the state or any society, or to any person, as complainant, the whole of the fine shall be accounted for with the state controller and paid to the general treasurer. The fine due any society, or the one-half (½) fine due any society, or to any person, as complainant, shall be paid by the general treasurer upon order of the state controller and the state controller shall draw his or her order whenever he or she shall receive a proper return or certificate from the clerk of the court in which the fine was imposed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-19; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 28.