2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 11 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing
Chapter 11-18-1.3 - False statement to fraudulently obtain license or registration.


RI Gen L § 11-18-1.3 (2012) What's This?

§ 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.)

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