§ 9-26-12. Retention of goods levied on by officer — Perishable goods.
In all cases when execution shall be levied on any goods or chattels, the goods and chattels shall be kept in the possession of the officer and shall be advertised at least ten (10) days before they shall be exposed and offered for sale, in order that the person who owned the goods or chattels may, if he or she think fit, pay the money due, together with the costs which shall have accrued thereon, and thereupon have his or her goods or chattels restored to him or her again; provided, that if the goods and chattels shall be of a quickly perishable nature, the officer levying execution thereon shall immediately notify the defendant or his or her agent thereof, and may obtain an order from the court, or any justice thereof, issuing the execution, to sell the goods and chattels at such time and in such manner as the court or justice may prescribe, and the order may be obtained at any time. Such an order to the officer may also be obtained by either party or his or her agent.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 632; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-12.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally
Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution
Section 9-26-1. - “Trustee” defined.
Section 9-26-2. - Duty to execute and return writs.
Section 9-26-3. - Body of deceased person exempt.
Section 9-26-4. - Property exempt from attachment.
Section 9-26-4.1. - Homestead estate exemption.
Section 9-26-5. - Exemption of police and firefighters’ pensions — Assignments invalid.
Section 9-26-6. - Setoff of executions.
Section 9-26-7. - Mortgaged personal property.
Section 9-26-8. - Sale of mortgaged property.
Section 9-26-9. - Proceeds of sale of mortgaged property.
Section 9-26-10. - Redemption of mortgaged property by plaintiff in execution.
Section 9-26-11. - Attachment void unless mortgage redeemed or property sold.
Section 9-26-12. - Retention of goods levied on by officer — Perishable goods.
Section 9-26-13. - Sale at auction — Surplus proceeds.
Section 9-26-14. - Recording of execution against real estate.
Section 9-26-15. - Recording effective as levy.
Section 9-26-16. - Advertisement and sale of real estate levied on — Disposition of proceeds.
Section 9-26-17. - Adjournment of sale.
Section 9-26-18. - Sale after return day of execution.
Section 9-26-19. - Form of deed on execution sale.
Section 9-26-20. - Time of attachment shown in deed.
Section 9-26-21. - Copies of execution records as evidence.
Section 9-26-22. - Levy on attached stock.
Section 9-26-23. - Sale and transfer of stock.
Section 9-26-24. - Levy on corporate stock not previously attached.
Section 9-26-25. - Execution against corporations — Action against officers and stockholders.
Section 9-26-26. - Execution against corporation officers and stockholders.
Section 9-26-27. - Interest on execution.
Section 9-26-28. - Execution against a deputy sheriff.
Section 9-26-29. - Execution against body of a deputy sheriff for want of property.
Section 9-26-30. - Priority of attachments.
Section 9-26-31. - Priority of levies.
Section 9-26-32. - Time of day of levy to be noted.
Section 9-26-33. - Discharge after twenty years of levy against real estate.
Section 9-26-34. - Attachment of state and municipal employees’ wages.