§ 10-10-8. Notation of cause of action on execution and commitment.
Every clerk of any court, issuing an execution against any person, shall note on the margin of the execution the cause of action on which the execution issued, to the end that the warden of the adult correctional institutions may ascertain whether the person, if committed, is entitled to the liberty of the jail yard, and every officer committing any person to correctional institutions on such execution shall note in his or her commitment the cause of action on which the execution is founded, according to the note or memorandum of the clerk.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 259, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 325, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 376, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 562, § 13; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-10-8; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 21.
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.