§ 8-4-20. Custody of files and records.
The files and records of the supreme court shall be in the custody of the clerk of the supreme court. The files and records now in the offices of the clerks of the superior court in the counties of Providence, Newport, Washington, and Kent, which were transferred to the offices from the appellate division and the common pleas division of the supreme court in those counties, shall be and remain, respectively, in the custody of the clerks of the superior court in each of those counties. The files and records in the office of the clerk of the superior court in Providence, including all books, papers, and records of the office and all other public property, which were transferred from the office of the assistant clerk of the superior court in Bristol to the office in Providence, shall there remain in the custody of the clerk.
History of Section.P.L. 1906, ch. 1327, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 276, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 326, § 16; P.L. 1932, ch. 1856, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 499, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 8-4-20.
Structure 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 8-4-4. - 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 8-4-8. - 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 8-4-12. - 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 8-4-18. - Powers of assistants in Providence and Bristol counties.
Section 8-4-19. - Employment of clerical assistants in Kent, Washington, and Newport counties.