Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 8-9 - Probate Courts
Section 8-9-8. - Clerk pro tempore in absence of probate clerk.

§ 8-9-8. Clerk pro tempore in absence of probate clerk.
Whenever the clerk of any probate court shall not appear at the time and place appointed for the meeting of the court, the court may appoint a clerk for the time being, who, after being duly sworn, shall perform all the duties, exercise all the powers, enjoy all the emoluments, and be subject to all the requirements granted to or conferred on or required of clerks of probate courts.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, ch. 35; G.L. 1909, ch. 306, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 357, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 568, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 8-9-8.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts

Chapter 8-9 - Probate Courts

Section 8-9-1, 8-9-2. - Repealed.

Section 8-9-2.1. - Probate judges — Qualifications.

Section 8-9-2.2. - New Shoreham town council as probate court.

Section 8-9-2.3. - Probate judge in town where council sits as probate court.

Section 8-9-3. - Providence probate court.

Section 8-9-4. - Election and powers of probate judge.

Section 8-9-5. - Disqualification or inability of probate judge.

Section 8-9-6. - Town or city clerk as clerk of court.

Section 8-9-7. - Duties of probate clerk.

Section 8-9-8. - Clerk pro tempore in absence of probate clerk.

Section 8-9-9. - General probate jurisdiction.

Section 8-9-10. - Appointment and supervision of temporary custodians of decedents’ estates.

Section 8-9-11. - Power to take probate and grant administration of decedents’ estates.

Section 8-9-12. - Payment of legacies.

Section 8-9-13. - Revocation or modification of warrants and commissions.

Section 8-9-14. - Revocation or modification of orders or decrees.

Section 8-9-15. - Annulment of probate of will.

Section 8-9-16. - Confirmation of prior acts and proceedings.

Section 8-9-17. - Power to summon and receive evidence.

Section 8-9-17.1. - Subpoenas issued by other officials.

Section 8-9-18. - Judicial aid in taking possession of property of estates.

Section 8-9-19. - Expense of commitment for failure to deliver property of estate.

Section 8-9-20. - Right to counsel of person suspected of withholding property.

Section 8-9-21. - Contempt of court — Habeas corpus.

Section 8-9-22. - Presumption of death from sea disaster.

Section 8-9-23. - Missing person — Presumption of death.