R.I. Gen. Laws § 3-12-23

It is the duty of each clerk of a court upon the final conviction or sentence of any person for violating any provision of this title, to notify, within ten (10) days after that final conviction or sentence, the town council of the town or the board of commissioners for granting of licenses of the city or town where the person convicted or sentenced at the time of the complaint carried on business, and also at the time of the conviction carries on business, and also to notify the department of business regulation and the division of taxation within ten (10) days after the final conviction or sentence of the fact of that final conviction or sentence and of the offense for which that final conviction or sentence was had, and any clerk who neglects or refuses to notify as provided in this section shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) for each and every offense.