§ 12-19-31. Commitment for nonpayment of fines and costs.
Whenever any person shall be committed for nonpayment of fines and costs, the sheriffs of the several counties and their deputies, and the town sergeants and town constables of any town in the several counties, upon due warrant from the court before whom the person has been convicted, may lawfully remove and commit the persons to the adult correctional institutions and they shall be allowed any fees that are now provided by law in similar cases; provided, that in the counties of Newport and Washington, any person before removal from the county of Newport or the county of Washington, in which sentence is entered, may pay the fine and costs into the court or into the office of the clerk of the court in which sentence is imposed and upon payment shall be discharged.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 41; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 41; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; P.L. 1920, ch. 1938, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 41; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 41; P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-19-31; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 24; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 24.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 12-19 - Sentence and Execution
Section 12-19-2. - Selection of method and amount or term of punishment.
Section 12-19-2.1. - Crimes committed in a public housing for the elderly project.
Section 12-19-2.2. - Alternative confinement.
Section 12-19-3. - Deodands — Benefit of clergy — Petit treason.
Section 12-19-4. - Corruption of blood — Forfeiture of estate.
Section 12-19-5. - Imprisonment to commence at expiration of previous term of imprisonment.
Section 12-19-6. - Presentence reports.
Section 12-19-7. - Recommendations of counsel as to sentence.
Section 12-19-8. - Suspension of sentence and probation by superior or district court.
Section 12-19-8.1. - Conditions of probation.
Section 12-19-10. - Suspension of imprisonment already commenced.
Section 12-19-11. - Suspension of life sentence.
Section 12-19-12. - Powers of superior court additional.
Section 12-19-13. - Suspension of sentence and probation by district court.
Section 12-19-15. - Term of probation — Power to commit after termination of original sentence.
Section 12-19-16. - Suspension of imprisonment already commenced.
Section 12-19-17. - Powers of district court additional.
Section 12-19-19. - Sentencing on plea of guilty or nolo contendere — Deferment of sentence.
Section 12-19-20. - [Obsolete.]
Section 12-19-21. - Habitual criminals.
Section 12-19-22. - Infliction of punishment on sentence.
Section 12-19-23. - Place of imprisonment.
Section 12-19-23.1. - Intermediate punishments — Purpose.
Section 12-19-23.2. - Intermediate punishments.
Section 12-19-24. - Report of sentence and court recommendations.
Section 12-19-25. - Warrant for commitment to institutions.
Section 12-19-26. - Sentence of minor to training school for youth.
Section 12-19-27. - Commitment to training school for youth.
Section 12-19-29. - Sentence to give recognizance to keep the peace.
Section 12-19-30. - Certification and default on recognizances.
Section 12-19-31. - Commitment for nonpayment of fines and costs.
Section 12-19-32. - Restitution.
Section 12-19-32.1. - Mandatory restitution.
Section 12-19-33. - Restitution — Family court.
Section 12-19-34. - Priority of restitution payments to victims of crime.
Section 12-19-35. - Evidence of damages sustained.
Section 12-19-36. - Payment to violent crimes indemnity fund.
Section 12-19-37. - Aliens — Felony conviction records.
Section 12-19-38. - Hate Crimes Sentencing Act.