Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians
Section 33-17-22. - Action on judgment for penalty.

§ 33-17-22. Action on judgment for penalty.
After judgment for the penalty of a bond, any person interested, upon giving surety for costs as in other cases, may bring a civil action on the judgment; and upon proof of his or her claim may have judgment so that an execution shall issue to his or her use.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 1033; G.L. 1909, ch. 320, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 371, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 576, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 33-17-22; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 61.

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Rhode Island General Laws

Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure

Chapter 33-17 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians

Section 33-17-1. - Conditions of bond.

Section 33-17-1.2. - When surety not required.

Section 33-17-1.3. - When surety not required for guardians.

Section 33-17-2. - Meaning of condition in bond of “faithful performance”.

Section 33-17-3. - Bond to pay debts, legacies, and allowances.

Section 33-17-4. - Testamentary exemption from bond or surety.

Section 33-17-5. - Failure to give bond as declination of trust.

Section 33-17-6. - Defective bonds.

Section 33-17-7. - Examination and approval of bond.

Section 33-17-8. - Joint fiduciaries.

Section 33-17-9. - Bonds payable to and suable by court — Lost bonds.

Section 33-17-10. - Requiring further bond or sureties.

Section 33-17-11. - Cancelation of bond — New bond.

Section 33-17-12. - Release of surety — New surety — Action by surety against principal.

Section 33-17-13. - Order to principal on bond to exhibit condition of estate.

Section 33-17-14. - Copies of bond — Suit in name of court.

Section 33-17-15. - Beneficiaries of suit on bond shown — Costs.

Section 33-17-16. - Facts to be shown by creditor suing on bond.

Section 33-17-17. - Decree of unfaithful administration.

Section 33-17-18. - Evidence in action by distributee.

Section 33-17-19. - Hearing and judgment of forfeiture of bond.

Section 33-17-20. - Execution on judgment of forfeiture.

Section 33-17-21. - Addition of parties to suit for forfeiture.

Section 33-17-22. - Action on judgment for penalty.

Section 33-17-23. - Obligors not released by judgment on bond.

Section 33-17-24. - Suit on bond following judgment for obligor.

Section 33-17-25. - Suit for benefit of all interested in estate.

Section 33-17-26. - Suit on bond for failure to inventory or account for property.

Section 33-17-27. - Judgment and execution in suit for failure to inventory or account.

Section 33-17-28. - Administration of amount recovered in suit for failure to inventory or account.

Section 33-17-29. - Consolidation of suits against joint fiduciaries — Execution.