2019 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 11 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 11-17 Forgery and Counterfeiting
Section 11-17-2 Forgery, counterfeiting, or alteration of state debt certificate or bank bill or note.
§ 11-17-2. Forgery, counterfeiting, or alteration of state debt certificate or bank bill or note.
Every person who shall falsely make, forge, counterfeit, or falsely alter any note, certificate, or other security, in imitation of and purporting to be a note, certificate, or other security, which has been or hereafter may be issued for any debt of this state, or any bank bill or note in imitation of or purporting to be a bank bill which has been or hereafter may be issued by any corporation which is or hereafter may be established as a bank, in this state or elsewhere, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 280, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 346, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 398, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 609, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-17-2.)
