§ 9-26-14. Recording of execution against real estate.
Whenever execution is to be levied upon real estate or any interest therein, the officer charged with the service of the execution shall file with the recorder of deeds, if any, or with the town clerk or the city clerk of the town or city in which the real estate shall lie, a copy of the execution, with his or her doings thereon, together with a description of the real estate or interest therein to be so levied upon, and the recorder of deeds, if any, or the town clerk or city clerk shall note upon the copy of the execution the exact time, as nearly as may be, when the execution was filed in his or her office, and shall also enter in a book, to be kept by him or her for that purpose, the names of all the parties in the execution, including the name of any partnership set forth in the writ where any real property of a defendant whose property is being levied upon is held in a partnership name, the amount of the judgment, the time when the copy was filed in his or her office, and the name of the court to which and the time when the execution is returnable, and shall be entitled to demand and to receive from the officer a fee of fifty cents ($.50) in each case.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 635; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 11, 12; P.L. 1932, ch. 1905, § 1; P.L. 1933, ch. 2032, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-14; P.L. 1985, ch. 93, § 2.
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.