Costs and damages on forfeiture action

R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-21-32., under Chapter 12-21 Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures.

R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-21-32.

Costs shall be awarded to the prosecutor if a reasonable cause of seizure appear, in which shall be included the necessary expenses of the seizure and detention of the property; but in case no reasonable cause of seizure shall appear, costs and damages, as well as the restoration of the property, shall be awarded to the claimant.