2015 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 38 - Public Records
Chapter 38-1 - Custody and Protection
Section 38-1-4 - Keeping of records in vaults provided – Penalty.
§ 38-1-4 Keeping of records in vaults provided – Penalty. – When not in use, the records and documents shall be kept in the fireproof rooms, vaults, or safes provided for them. Whoever unlawfully keeps in his or her possession any public record, or unlawfully removes the record from the room in which it is usually kept, or alters, defaces, mutilates, or destroys any public record, or violates any provision of this section, shall, for each offense, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
History of Section.
(G.L. 1909, ch. 41, § 4; P.L. 1911, ch. 700, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 42, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 494, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 38-1-4.)
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