§ 28-15-5. Recording of assignments.
No assignment of future earnings or wages shall be valid, except as between the parties to the assignment, unless the assignment is recorded within five (5) days after it is signed by the assignor in a book to be kept for that purpose in the office of the recorder of deeds, if there is one, otherwise in the office of the clerk of the town or city in which the assignor resides, if a resident of this state, or in the town or city in which he or she is employed if not a resident of this state.
History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1551, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 260, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 304, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 292, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 28-15-5.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
Chapter 28-15 - Assignment of Future Wages
Section 28-15-1. - “Assignment” defined.
Section 28-15-2. - Maximum period of assignment — Form and contents.
Section 28-15-3. - Standard form.
Section 28-15-4. - Copy delivered to assignor.
Section 28-15-5. - Recording of assignments.
Section 28-15-6. - Copy of assignment delivered to employer.
Section 28-15-7. - Effect of assignment.