2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 11 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 11-18 - Fraud and False Dealing
Chapter 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.)
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