Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 8-4 - Clerks of Supreme and Superior Courts
Section 8-4-10. - Indexing of judgment records.

§ 8-4-10. Indexing of judgment records.
The superior court clerks shall make or cause to be made two (2) indexes to every current book and electronic storage system or other data compilation system of records of judgments in their offices, one, an alphabetical index of the names of all the plaintiffs, complainants, or petitioners, giving also the names of the defendants or respondents, in each case; and the other, an alphabetical index of the names of all the defendants or respondents, giving also the names of the plaintiffs, complainants, or petitioners, in each case.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 53; G.L. 1909, ch. 276, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 326, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 499, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 8-4-10; P.L. 1990, ch. 203, § 1.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts

Chapter 8-4 - Clerks of Supreme and Superior Courts

Section 8-4-1. - Clerk of supreme court.

Section 8-4-2. - Appointment and term of supreme court clerk.

Section 8-4-3. - Vacancy in office of clerk.

Section 8-4-3.1. - Repealed.

Section 8-4-4. - Clerks of superior court.

Section 8-4-4.1. - Retirement of superior court clerks as clerks emeritus.

Section 8-4-5. - Appointment, terms, and salaries of superior court clerks.

Section 8-4-6. - Vacancies in office of superior court clerk.

Section 8-4-7. - Repealed.

Section 8-4-8. - General duties of clerks.

Section 8-4-9. - Duty to recite pleadings in record of judgment.

Section 8-4-10. - Indexing of judgment records.

Section 8-4-11. - Repealed.

Section 8-4-12. - Appointment of clerk pro tempore.

Section 8-4-13. - Qualification and compensation of clerk pro tempore.

Section 8-4-14. - Appointment of deputies.

Section 8-4-15. - Removal of deputies — Compensation — Liability for misconduct or neglect.

Section 8-4-16. - Assistant supreme court clerks.

Section 8-4-17. - Appointment of assistant superior court clerks — Employment of clerical assistance by the presiding justice.

Section 8-4-18. - Powers of assistants in Providence and Bristol counties.

Section 8-4-19. - Employment of clerical assistants in Kent, Washington, and Newport counties.

Section 8-4-20. - Custody of files and records.

Section 8-4-21. - General assistant clerks.