39 chapters · 507 sections in this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-23-1. Signature and labeling of advertising in periodicals
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No person shall publish or cause to be published in any newspaper or other periodical, either in its advertising or reading columns, any paid matter designed or tending to aid, injure, or defeat any candidate for public office or any question submitted to the voters, unless the n…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-23-10. Violations by public officers generally
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Any public officer, upon whom a duty is imposed by this title, who willfully neglects to perform his or her duty, or who performs it in a way that hinders the objects of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-23-11. Limitation of prosecutions — Payment to complainant
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All prosecutions for offenses against the provisions of this chapter shall commence within one year after the offenses have been committed, and not afterwards. And upon the presentation of a certificate of the clerk of any court of the final conviction in the court of any person …
R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-23-12. Qualification of person obtaining signatures
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(a) No person, except one qualified to sign a petition for the adoption of a home rule charter as provided in § 6 of article XIII of the Constitution of this state, shall circulate any petition, or obtain signatures on any petition, and any petition circulated, or any signature o…