§ 42-29-19. Attendance on general assembly and courts.
The director of the department of public safety or his or her designees shall assign deputy sheriffs to attend the general assembly when in session. The director of the department of public safety or his or her designee shall designate such number of deputy sheriffs to attend the session of the supreme court as the chief justice or presiding justice of the superior, district, family and workers’ compensation courts may request and any such deputy sheriff shall be relieved of attendance at the request of the chief justice or the presiding justice of the applicable court.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 203; G.L. 1909, ch. 282, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 332, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 493, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 42-29-19; P.L. 1952, ch. 3030, § 4; P.L. 1961, ch. 73, § 13; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
Section 42-29-1. - Appointment — Powers and duties — Removal.
Section 42-29-5. - Record of appointment of deputies.
Section 42-29-10. - Removal of deputies by court.
Section 42-29-11. - Bond of deputies.
Section 42-29-12. - Action on sheriff’s bond.
Section 42-29-14. - Copies of bonds as evidence.
Section 42-29-15. - Pleadings and effect of judgment on bond.
Section 42-29-16. - Form of judgment for plaintiff on bond.
Section 42-29-17. - Judgment for costs against defendant.
Section 42-29-18. - Power to investigate and prosecute offenses.
Section 42-29-19. - Attendance on general assembly and courts.
Section 42-29-20.1. - Repealed.
Section 42-29-22. - Execution of writs and precepts.
Section 42-29-24. - Service of process on waters.
Section 42-29-25. - Assistance in execution of office.