§ 9-25-20. Return of executions.
Every execution issued by the supreme or superior or family court shall, unless otherwise specially provided therein, be made returnable thereto one year from the date of the execution, and shall be returned by the officer charged therewith; and if the officer shall not return the execution within that time, he or she shall be liable therefor as by law prescribed.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 608; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-20; P.L. 1979, ch. 373, § 8; P.L. 1982, ch. 130, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally
Section 9-25-1. - “Trustee” defined.
Section 9-25-2. - Time of issue.
Section 9-25-3. - Limitation on issuance.
Section 9-25-4. - Stay of execution.
Section 9-25-5. - Fee prerequisite to issuance.
Section 9-25-6. - Style of executions.
Section 9-25-7. - Form of superior court writ of execution.
Section 9-25-8. - Form of district court writ of execution.
Section 9-25-9. - Form of superior court writs of possession.
Section 9-25-10. - Form of district court writs of possession.
Section 9-25-11. - Bracketed words in forms.
Section 9-25-12. - Form of execution against trustee or trust estate.
Section 9-25-13. - Variation of forms to comply with law.
Section 9-25-14. - Marginal notations on execution.
Section 9-25-15. - Cases in which execution may issue against body.
Section 9-25-17. - Execution against female on small judgment.
Section 9-25-18. - Setoff of judgments and execution for balance.
Section 9-25-19. - Replacement of lost or destroyed executions.
Section 9-25-20. - Return of executions.
Section 9-25-21. - Return of district court executions.
Section 9-25-22. - Execution against defendant released from arrest by court.
Section 9-25-23. - Execution against attached property.
Section 9-25-25. - Execution against real estate held in partnership name.