§ 10-10-5. Exemption of voters at time of elections.
No person entitled to vote shall be liable to arrest upon any civil process on the days of election of city or town officers, of state officers, representatives in congress, or of electors of president and vice-president of the United States, or on the day preceding or on the day following the election.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 598; G.L. 1909, ch. 302, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 352, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 560, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 10-10-5.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions
Chapter 10-10 - Imprisonment on Civil Process
Section 10-10-1. - Grounds for writ commanding arrest.
Section 10-10-2. - Form of writ from superior court.
Section 10-10-3. - Form of writ from district court.
Section 10-10-4. - Exemption of females from arrest on contract.
Section 10-10-5. - Exemption of voters at time of elections.
Section 10-10-6. - Exemption of persons on military duty.
Section 10-10-7. - Custody of person arrested.
Section 10-10-8. - Notation of cause of action on execution and commitment.
Section 10-10-9. - Privileges allowed person committed in absence of memorandum.
Section 10-10-10. - Validity of assignments made by prisoner.
Section 10-10-11. - Bonds and obligations not provided for void.
Section 10-10-12. - Payment of prisoner’s board.
Section 10-10-13. - Discharge of prisoner on default in board payments.