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.)