§ 11-27-17. Penalty for violations by corporation.
Any corporation violating any of the provisions of §§ 11-27-3, 11-27-4, and 11-27-16 — 11-27-18 shall be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), and every officer, director, trustee, agent, or employee of any corporation or association who, directly or indirectly, engages in any of the acts prohibited in this chapter, or assists a corporation or association to do any prohibited acts, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to the penalty prescribed in § 11-27-14. The fact that any officer, trustee, director, agent, or employer shall be entitled to practice law in this state shall not be held to permit or allow any corporation or association to do any of the acts prohibited in this chapter, nor shall that fact be a defense upon the trial of any corporation or of any of the persons mentioned in this section for a violation of any of the provisions of §§ 11-27-3, 11-27-4, and 11-27-16 — 11-27-18.
History of Section.P.L. 1917, ch. 1494, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 46; P.L. 1935, ch. 2190, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 44; G.L. 1956, § 11-27-17.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 11-27-1. - “Hold himself or herself out” and “person” defined.
Section 11-27-2. - “Practice of law” defined.
Section 11-27-3. - Receipt of fees as practice of law.
Section 11-27-4. - Forwarding of claim not deemed practice of law.
Section 11-27-5. - Practice restricted to members of bar.
Section 11-27-6. - Compensation of unqualified persons for legal services prohibited.
Section 11-27-8. - Solicitation of business by agents prohibited.
Section 11-27-9. - Restriction on acts of insurance claim adjusters.
Section 11-27-10. - Agreement or offer to furnish legal services.
Section 11-27-11. - Practices permitted to persons not members of bar.
Section 11-27-12. - Unauthorized holding out as qualified to practice law.
Section 11-27-13. - Visiting attorneys.
Section 11-27-14. - Penalties for violations.
Section 11-27-15. - [Superseded.]
Section 11-27-16. - Practices permitted to corporations and associations.
Section 11-27-17. - Penalty for violations by corporation.
Section 11-27-18. - Legal Aid Society — Powers of supreme court.