2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 11 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 11-9.1 - Commercial Transactions
Chapter 11-9.1-14 - Failure of depositor to disclose lien or want of title on negotiation of warehouse receipt.
§ 11-9.1-14 Failure of depositor to disclose lien or want of title on negotiation of warehouse receipt. – Any person who deposits goods to which he or she does not have title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for those goods a negotiable receipt which he or she afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his or her want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1908, ch. 1549, § 55; G.L. 1909, ch. 270, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 315, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 468, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 6-25-56.)
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