Every person who shall willfully swear falsely to any statement in an affidavit made by him or her, by means of which affidavit a writ of arrest or attachment shall have issued and been served by arrest or attachment, shall be deemed guilty of perjury.
False swearing in affidavit to support writ
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-5-22., under Chapter 9-5 Writs, Summons and Process.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-5-22.