2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 12 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 12-17 - Trial
Chapter 12-17-6 - Control and disposition of property used as evidence.


RI Gen L § 12-17-6 (2012) What's This?

§ 12-17-6 Control and disposition of property used as evidence. – All property, money, or estate taken or detained as evidence in any criminal cause shall be subject to the order of the court before which the indictment, information, or complaint shall be brought or pending, and shall, at the termination of the cause, be restored to the rightful owner.

History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 30; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 30; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 66; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 66; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 59; G.L. 1956, § 12-17-6; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 13.)

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