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2021 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 11 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 11-9.1 - Commercial Transactions
Section 11-9.1-12 - Failure to state warehouse operator's title in warehouse receipt.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 11-9.1-12 (2021)
§ 11-9.1-12. Failure to state warehouse operator's title in warehouse receipt.
Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouse operator goods of which he or she is owner, either solely or jointly or in common with others, the warehouse operator, or any of his or her officers, agents, or servants who, knowing this ownership, issues or aids in issuing a negotiable receipt for the goods which does not state that ownership, 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, § 53; G.L. 1909, ch. 270, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 315, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 468, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 6-25-54.
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