For each criminal complaint filed in the district court by a city or town police department, the state police, or a state agency, the clerk of the district court shall assess against the defendant and remit to the city or town or the state the sum of three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50), to be taxed as costs against the defendant.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-20-6
Fees of city and town police departments and state agencies
G.L. 1896, ch. 295, § 12; P.L. 1897, ch. 444, § 1; P.L. 1898, ch. 578, § 1; P.L. 1900, ch. 714, § 1; P.L. 1901, ch. 831, § 1; C.P.A. 1905, § 1200; P.L. 1908, ch. 1580, § 1; G.L.…
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