Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-28-1 (2026)

Failure to pay state funds into treasury

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Every officer or other person receiving or having in his or her hands money belonging to the state that should be paid into the state treasury, shall pay that money to the general treasurer within seven (7) business days after he or she shall receive it or at any other times that may be deemed necessary by the general treasurer. In the case of funds which have been received by the state court system, he or she shall pay at any other times that may be initially approved by the director of finance of the supreme court and then approved by the general treasurer or unless otherwise provided by law. Every person who shall, without just cause, neglect or refuse to pay over that money, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2005–2015 · leading case: State v. Mlyniec, 15 A.3d 983 (R.I. 2011).
State v. Mlyniec, 15 A.3d 983 (R.I. 2011). · cites it 2× “I Facts and Procedural History On December 11, 2006, defendant was charged with the murder of Kelly Anderson, 1 in violation of G.L.1956 § 11-28-1. 2 The state also filed notice that it would be seeking a sentence of life without parole under § 11-23-2(4), 3 alleging the murder…”
State v. Oliveira, 882 A.2d 1097 (R.I. 2005). “Count 1 of the indictment charged “murder in the first degree, to wit: murder committed during the course of the perpetration, or attempted perpetration of felony manufacture, sale, delivery or other distribution of a controlled substance otherwise prohibited by the provisions…”
State v. Michael Tully, a.k.a. Michael Vanover, 110 A.3d 1181 (R.I. 2015). · cites it 2× “I Facts and Procedural History In December 2012, a grand jury returned an indictment containing six felony charges against defendant: the murder of Ralph Joseph, in violation of G.L.1956 §§ 11-28-1 and 11-23-2 (count 1); discharging a firearm in the commission of a crime of…”
State v. Diaz, 46 A.3d 849 (R.I. 2012). · cites it 2× “A The Indictment and the Evidence Presented at Trial On January 23, 2009, a Providence County grand jury indicted defendant for the murder of Mayra Cruz (the victim of the shooting at issue), in violation of G.L. 1956 § 11-28-1 and G.L.1956 §§ 12-29-2 and 12-29-5; 2 he was also…”
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