51 chapters · 604 sections in this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-20-10. Remission of costs — Indigency — Limited ability to pay — Inherent power — Prohibition against remitting order of restitution
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(a) The payment of court costs, assessments, and fees in criminal cases shall, upon application or sworn testimony, presented during sentencing or any time thereafter, be remitted in whole based on a determination that a defendant is indigent pursuant to the standards set forth i…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-20-11. Apportionment of costs among defendants
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Whenever more than one defendant in the same process shall be convicted and sentenced to fine or imprisonment in jail, the court pronouncing sentence may apportion the costs of prosecution between and among the defendants as, in its discretion, shall appear to be just and proper.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-20-12. Technology surcharge
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A technology surcharge shall be assessed as a cost against the defendant in accordance with § 8-15-11.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-20-3. Sheriff’s fees on commitments and habeas corpus
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All commitments upon process issued in criminal cases by the supreme court, the superior court within and for the counties of Providence and Newport, and the district court for the second and sixth divisions shall be made by deputy sheriffs attending upon the courts respectively,…