§ 10-13-9. Certificate of justice as to oath.
The oath being administered and taken by the prisoner, the justice shall deliver to him or her a certificate thereof under, his or her hand and seal, in the following form:
To .......... warden of the correctional institution at .......... in the county of .......... I, the subscriber, authorized by the statute in such case made and provided, do certify that .......... a poor prisoner confined upon mesne process (or otherwise, as the case may be) in the correctional institution at .......... aforesaid, has caused .......... the party at whose suit he or she was so confined, to be notified according to law, of his or her the said .......... desire of being admitted to take the poor debtor’s oath; that in my opinion the said .......... has not any estate, either real or personal, except what is exempt from attachment by law (or, over $10.00, as the case may be), and that he or she has not conveyed or concealed his or her estate with design to secure the same to his or her own use or to defraud his or her creditors; and that I have, after due caution to the said .......... administered to him or her the oath (or, affirmation,) prescribed by law to be administered to poor debtors.
Witness, my hand and seal, this .......... day of .......... A.D., .......... Justice of the District Court of the .......... Judicial District.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 260, § 6; C.P.A. 1905, § 1154; G.L. 1909, ch. 326, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 377, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 563, § 6; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-13-9.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions
Chapter 10-13 - Relief of Poor Debtors
Section 10-13-1. - Application to take poor debtor’s oath.
Section 10-13-2. - Persons not entitled to take oath.
Section 10-13-3. - Citation to creditor to show cause against debtor’s oath.
Section 10-13-4. - Service of citation on creditor.
Section 10-13-5. - Citations to state as creditor.
Section 10-13-6. - Service of citation on attorney general.
Section 10-13-7. - Administration of oath — Assignment of estate.
Section 10-13-8. - Form of debtor’s oath.
Section 10-13-9. - Certificate of justice as to oath.
Section 10-13-10. - Discharge of prisoner.
Section 10-13-11. - Detainment for fees prohibited.
Section 10-13-13. - Second citation to creditor by debtor not admitted to oath.
Section 10-13-14. - Administration of debtor’s oath pending original action.
Section 10-13-15. - Citation to show cause against oath by defendant.
Section 10-13-16. - Service of citation.
Section 10-13-17. - Examination of defendant and administration of oath.
Section 10-13-18. - Effect of execution after debtor’s oath.
Section 10-13-19. - Application for oath after judgment and before commitment.
Section 10-13-20. - Service of citation.
Section 10-13-21. - Administration of oath.
Section 10-13-22. - Effect of execution after oath.
Section 10-13-23. - Certificate as to oath — Certificate of discharge.
Section 10-13-24. - Assignment for benefit of creditors upon administration of oath.
Section 10-13-25. - Party deemed creditor — Effect of executions subsequent to oath.
Section 10-13-26. - Adjournment of hearings.
Section 10-13-27. - Petition for discharge by prisoner unable to pay tort judgment.
Section 10-13-28. - Examination of tort debtor — Assignment of property — Administration of oath.