Title 45
Towns and Cities

Chapter 15
Actions by and Against Towns

R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-15-3

§ 45-15-3. Costs in prosecutions for ordinance violations.

Officers elected by a town to prosecute for violations of the town’s ordinances, bylaws, and regulations are not required to give surety for costs upon complaints made by them, but the town is directly liable to the state for costs incurred in the prosecution.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 39, § 21; G.L. 1909, ch. 49, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 50, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 332, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 45-15-3.