Title 7
Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships

Chapter 1.2
Rhode Island Business Corporation Act

Part 16
The Secretary of State and Fees

R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-1603



§ 7-1.2-1603.  Penalties imposed upon officers and directors.

Any individual who signs any articles, statement, report, application, or other document intended to be filed with the secretary of state that is known to the individual to be false in any material respect, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction of it may be fined in any amount not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500). For purposes of this chapter, a document is signed whether by any manual, facsimile or electronic signature.

History of Section.
P.L. 2004, ch. 216, § 2; P.L. 2004, ch. 274, § 2.