Section 12-21-1 - Methods of recovering fines and forfeituresUnless otherwise specially provided:
(1) All fines of five hundred dollars ($500) and under shall be recovered by complaint and summons;(2) All fines of upwards of five hundred dollars ($500), by indictment or information;(3) All penalties and pecuniary forfeitures, by action of debt; and(4) All forfeitures of personal property, by complaint and warrant or by information.G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 1; C.P.A. 1905, § 1231; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-1; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 15; P.L. 1976, ch. 173, § 4.