Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 10-5 - Attachment
Section 10-5-1. - “Trustee” defined.

§ 10-5-1. “Trustee” defined.
The word “trustee,” wherever occurring in this chapter, shall be deemed to include the words “attorney”, “agent”, “factor”, or “debtor.”
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 596; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 550, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-1.

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Rhode Island General Laws

Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions

Chapter 10-5 - Attachment

Section 10-5-1. - “Trustee” defined.

Section 10-5-2. - Procedure.

Section 10-5-3, 10-5-4. - Repealed.

Section 10-5-5. - Writ of attachment after filing of equitable complaint.

Section 10-5-6. - Writ in tort action against nonresident.

Section 10-5-7. - Classes of property named in writ.

Section 10-5-8. - Garnishment of wages restricted to amounts not exempt — Child support to have priority.

Section 10-5-9. - Method of attaching real estate.

Section 10-5-10. - Value of goods attached.

Section 10-5-11. - Service of writ on defendant.

Section 10-5-12. - Custody of attached goods.

Section 10-5-13. - Defendant’s bond.

Section 10-5-14. - Reduction of damages before bond.

Section 10-5-15. - Filing of bond and delivery of property to defendant.

Section 10-5-16. - Surrender of attached goods on defendant’s bond.

Section 10-5-17. - Release of real estate on bond.

Section 10-5-17.1. - Discharge of sheriff’s bond for want of action.

Section 10-5-18. - Reduction of damages or partial release of property.

Section 10-5-19. - Attachment of corporate stock or trust estate.

Section 10-5-20. - Account rendered by corporate officer.

Section 10-5-21. - Filing of officer’s account — Certification.

Section 10-5-22. - Defendant’s bond on corporate stock or trust estate.

Section 10-5-23. - Release of stock or trust estate on acceptance of bond by officer.

Section 10-5-24. - Release of stock or trust estate by plaintiff.

Section 10-5-25. - Liens and claims on stock preserved.

Section 10-5-26. - Attachment of mortgaged personal property.

Section 10-5-27. - Sale of mortgaged property.

Section 10-5-28. - Proceeds of sale of mortgaged property.

Section 10-5-29. - Redemption of mortgage by plaintiff in attachment.

Section 10-5-30. - Defeat of attachment by failure to sell or redeem from mortgage.

Section 10-5-31. - Defendant in one county and property in another — Summons of defendants from different counties.

Section 10-5-32. - Surety on defendant’s bond — Lien on surety’s real estate.

Section 10-5-33. - Inventory included in return of writ.

Section 10-5-34. - Subsequent attachments of other property.

Section 10-5-35. - Application to sell perishable property or property expensive to keep.

Section 10-5-36. - Sale of perishable property or property expensive to keep.

Section 10-5-37, 10-5-38. - Repealed.

Section 10-5-39. - Charges for attested copies restricted to charge for one person.

Section 10-5-40. - Attested copies on demand — Fee.

Section 10-5-41. - Time of attachment shown in return.

Section 10-5-42. - Appointment of receiver — Effect on attachment.

Section 10-5-43. - Prerequisites to dismissal of receivership.

Section 10-5-44. - Dissolution of attachment of real property for want of action.

Section 10-5-45. - Dissolution of attachment for failure to file complaint.

Section 10-5-46. - Dissolution of attachment of real estate after 20 years.