TITLE 12
Criminal Procedure
CHAPTER 12-21
Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures
SECTION 12-21-3
§ 12-21-3 Venue of actions based on penal
statutes.
Unless otherwise specially provided, all fines of and informations founded on
any penal statute shall be brought within the county in which the offense was
committed, and not elsewhere; provided, that the superior court for the county
of Providence shall have jurisdiction of all proceedings for the recovery of
more than five hundred dollars ($500) when the offense was committed in the
county of Bristol.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 2; C.P.A. 1905, § 1190; G.L. 1909, ch. 357,
§ 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 2; G.L.
1956, § 12-21-3.)