R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-1.2

Every person who shall forge, counterfeit, or cause to be forged or counterfeited, any registration plate or special use identification tag, or knowingly possess any forged or counterfeited registration plate or special use identification tag, as provided in § 31-3-40, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.