Rhode Island General Laws
Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions

Section 10-1-5. - Evidence of reputation — Conviction of offenses against decency. - § 10-1-5. Evidence of reputation — Conviction of offenses against...

Section 10-1-6. - Substitution of attorney general for original plaintiff — Costs against plaintiff. - § 10-1-6. Substitution of attorney general for original plaintiff —...

Section 10-1-7. - Decree and order of abatement — Sale of property. - § 10-1-7. Decree and order of abatement — Sale of...

Section 10-1-8. - Dissolution of order to keep closed. - § 10-1-8. Dissolution of order to keep closed. (a) The...

Section 10-1-9. - Proceedings after conviction in criminal proceedings. - § 10-1-9. Proceedings after conviction in criminal proceedings. In case...

Section 10-1-10. - Proceedings and punishment for contempt. - § 10-1-10. Proceedings and punishment for contempt. In case any...

Chapter 10-2 - Account

Section 10-2-1. - Account between owners of common property. - § 10-2-1. Account between owners of common property. Whenever two...

Section 10-2-2. - Appointment and meeting of auditors. - § 10-2-2. Appointment and meeting of auditors. Upon rendering final...

Section 10-2-3. - Commitment of parties refusing to give evidence to auditors. - § 10-2-3. Commitment of parties refusing to give evidence to...

Section 10-2-4. - Judgment on auditors’ award. - § 10-2-4. Judgment on auditors’ award. Whenever the auditors appointed...

Section 10-2-5. - Majority report of auditors — Quorum. - § 10-2-5. Majority report of auditors — Quorum. If a...

Chapter 10-3 - Arbitration

Section 10-3-1. - Short title. - § 10-3-1. Short title. This chapter may be referred to...

Section 10-3-2. - Agreements to arbitrate subject to chapter. - § 10-3-2. Agreements to arbitrate subject to chapter. When clearly...

Section 10-3-3. - Stay of actions on issues referable to arbitration. - § 10-3-3. Stay of actions on issues referable to arbitration....

Section 10-3-4. - Petition for arbitration — Service, hearing, and reference. - § 10-3-4. Petition for arbitration — Service, hearing, and reference....

Section 10-3-5. - Determination as to whether issue is subject to arbitration. - § 10-3-5. Determination as to whether issue is subject to...

Section 10-3-6. - Judicial appointment of arbitrators. - § 10-3-6. Judicial appointment of arbitrators. If, in the agreement,...

Section 10-3-7. - Manner of making and hearing applications. - § 10-3-7. Manner of making and hearing applications. Any application...

Section 10-3-8. - Arbitrators’ hearing — Summons of witnesses. - § 10-3-8. Arbitrators’ hearing — Summons of witnesses. When more...

Section 10-3-9. - Taking of depositions. - § 10-3-9. Taking of depositions. Upon petition, approved by the...

Section 10-3-10. - Form and signature of arbitrators’ award. - § 10-3-10. Form and signature of arbitrators’ award. The award...

Section 10-3-11. - Order confirming award. - § 10-3-11. Order confirming award. At any time within one...

Section 10-3-12. - Grounds for vacating award. - § 10-3-12. Grounds for vacating award. In any of the...

Section 10-3-13. - Rehearing after vacation of award. - § 10-3-13. Rehearing after vacation of award. Where an award...

Section 10-3-14. - Modification or correction of award. - § 10-3-14. Modification or correction of award. (a) In any...

Section 10-3-15. - Notice of motion to vacate, modify, or correct award. - § 10-3-15. Notice of motion to vacate, modify, or correct...

Section 10-3-16. - Judgment on award. - § 10-3-16. Judgment on award. Upon the granting of an...

Section 10-3-17. - Papers filed for judgment. - § 10-3-17. Papers filed for judgment. Any party to a...

Section 10-3-18. - Effect of judgment. - § 10-3-18. Effect of judgment. The judgment so entered shall...

Section 10-3-19. - Appeal to supreme court. - § 10-3-19. Appeal to supreme court. Any party aggrieved by...

Section 10-3-20. - Severability. - § 10-3-20. Severability. If any provision of this chapter shall...

Section 10-3-21. - Sureties — Bound to arbitration award on construction contract. - § 10-3-21. Sureties — Bound to arbitration award on construction...

Chapter 10-4 - Assignment for Benefit of Creditors

Section 10-4-1. - Residence of assignee — Bond. - § 10-4-1. Residence of assignee — Bond. Every assignee at...

Section 10-4-2. - Filing of schedules and lists — Certificate of deed of assignment. - § 10-4-2. Filing of schedules and lists — Certificate of...

Section 10-4-3. - Place of filing of papers. - § 10-4-3. Place of filing of papers. In all proceedings...

Section 10-4-4. - Recording and notice of assignments. - § 10-4-4. Recording and notice of assignments. Every assignee under...

Section 10-4-5. - Removal or replacement of assignee. - § 10-4-5. Removal or replacement of assignee. Any assignee under...

Section 10-4-6. - Effect of assignment on liens. - § 10-4-6. Effect of assignment on liens. Every assignment at...

Section 10-4-7. - Sale of assigned property — Continuation of business — Redemption of property subject to liens. - § 10-4-7. Sale of assigned property — Continuation of business...

Section 10-4-8. - Demands for and protection of property by assignee. - § 10-4-8. Demands for and protection of property by assignee....

Section 10-4-9. - Effect on suits and proceedings of death, resignation, or removal of assignee. - § 10-4-9. Effect on suits and proceedings of death, resignation,...

Section 10-4-10. - Dividends to creditors — Assignee’s report — Discharge of surety on bond. - § 10-4-10. Dividends to creditors — Assignee’s report — Discharge...

Section 10-4-11. - Record of proceedings. - § 10-4-11. Record of proceedings. The proceedings in all cases...

Section 10-4-12. - Appeal to supreme court — Certification of questions. - § 10-4-12. Appeal to supreme court — Certification of questions....

Section 10-4-13. - Chancery jurisdiction preserved — Provisions mandatory. - § 10-4-13. Chancery jurisdiction preserved — Provisions mandatory. The provisions...

Chapter 10-5 - Attachment

Section 10-5-1. - “Trustee” defined. - § 10-5-1. “Trustee” defined. The word “trustee,” wherever occurring in...

Section 10-5-2. - Procedure. - § 10-5-2. Procedure. (a) A court having jurisdiction over a...

Section 10-5-3, 10-5-4. - Repealed. - § 10-5-3, 10-5-4. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, §§ 511,...

Section 10-5-5. - Writ of attachment after filing of equitable complaint. - § 10-5-5. Writ of attachment after filing of equitable complaint....

Section 10-5-6. - Writ in tort action against nonresident. - § 10-5-6. Writ in tort action against nonresident. At the...

Section 10-5-7. - Classes of property named in writ. - § 10-5-7. Classes of property named in writ. Whenever a...

Section 10-5-8. - Garnishment of wages restricted to amounts not exempt — Child support to have priority. - § 10-5-8. Garnishment of wages restricted to amounts not exempt...

Section 10-5-9. - Method of attaching real estate. - § 10-5-9. Method of attaching real estate. The officer commanded...

Section 10-5-10. - Value of goods attached. - § 10-5-10. Value of goods attached. Whenever a writ of...

Section 10-5-11. - Service of writ on defendant. - § 10-5-11. Service of writ on defendant. The officer making...

Section 10-5-12. - Custody of attached goods. - § 10-5-12. Custody of attached goods. The officer shall keep...

Section 10-5-13. - Defendant’s bond. - § 10-5-13. Defendant’s bond. The defendant in any writ upon...

Section 10-5-14. - Reduction of damages before bond. - § 10-5-14. Reduction of damages before bond. If the defendant...

Section 10-5-15. - Filing of bond and delivery of property to defendant. - § 10-5-15. Filing of bond and delivery of property to...

Section 10-5-16. - Surrender of attached goods on defendant’s bond. - § 10-5-16. Surrender of attached goods on defendant’s bond. Every...

Section 10-5-17. - Release of real estate on bond. - § 10-5-17. Release of real estate on bond. The director...

Section 10-5-17.1. - Discharge of sheriff’s bond for want of action. - § 10-5-17.1. Discharge of sheriff’s bond for want of action....

Section 10-5-18. - Reduction of damages or partial release of property. - § 10-5-18. Reduction of damages or partial release of property....

Section 10-5-19. - Attachment of corporate stock or trust estate. - § 10-5-19. Attachment of corporate stock or trust estate. Whenever...

Section 10-5-20. - Account rendered by corporate officer. - § 10-5-20. Account rendered by corporate officer. Subject to the...

Section 10-5-21. - Filing of officer’s account — Certification. - § 10-5-21. Filing of officer’s account — Certification. The disclosure...

Section 10-5-22. - Defendant’s bond on corporate stock or trust estate. - § 10-5-22. Defendant’s bond on corporate stock or trust estate....

Section 10-5-23. - Release of stock or trust estate on acceptance of bond by officer. - § 10-5-23. Release of stock or trust estate on acceptance...

Section 10-5-24. - Release of stock or trust estate by plaintiff. - § 10-5-24. Release of stock or trust estate by plaintiff....

Section 10-5-25. - Liens and claims on stock preserved. - § 10-5-25. Liens and claims on stock preserved. Nothing contained...

Section 10-5-26. - Attachment of mortgaged personal property. - § 10-5-26. Attachment of mortgaged personal property. Personal estate, when...

Section 10-5-27. - Sale of mortgaged property. - § 10-5-27. Sale of mortgaged property. When attached, the mortgaged...

Section 10-5-28. - Proceeds of sale of mortgaged property. - § 10-5-28. Proceeds of sale of mortgaged property. Upon any...

Section 10-5-29. - Redemption of mortgage by plaintiff in attachment. - § 10-5-29. Redemption of mortgage by plaintiff in attachment. The...

Section 10-5-30. - Defeat of attachment by failure to sell or redeem from mortgage. - § 10-5-30. Defeat of attachment by failure to sell or...

Section 10-5-31. - Defendant in one county and property in another — Summons of defendants from different counties. - § 10-5-31. Defendant in one county and property in another...

Section 10-5-32. - Surety on defendant’s bond — Lien on surety’s real estate. - § 10-5-32. Surety on defendant’s bond — Lien on surety’s...

Section 10-5-33. - Inventory included in return of writ. - § 10-5-33. Inventory included in return of writ. If the...

Section 10-5-34. - Subsequent attachments of other property. - § 10-5-34. Subsequent attachments of other property. After an attachment...

Section 10-5-35. - Application to sell perishable property or property expensive to keep. - § 10-5-35. Application to sell perishable property or property expensive...

Section 10-5-36. - Sale of perishable property or property expensive to keep. - § 10-5-36. Sale of perishable property or property expensive to...

Section 10-5-37, 10-5-38. - Repealed. - § 10-5-37, 10-5-38. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, §§ 545,...

Section 10-5-39. - Charges for attested copies restricted to charge for one person. - § 10-5-39. Charges for attested copies restricted to charge for...

Section 10-5-40. - Attested copies on demand — Fee. - § 10-5-40. Attested copies on demand — Fee. The officer...

Section 10-5-41. - Time of attachment shown in return. - § 10-5-41. Time of attachment shown in return. The officer...

Section 10-5-42. - Appointment of receiver — Effect on attachment. - § 10-5-42. Appointment of receiver — Effect on attachment. An...

Section 10-5-43. - Prerequisites to dismissal of receivership. - § 10-5-43. Prerequisites to dismissal of receivership. If an attachment...

Section 10-5-44. - Dissolution of attachment of real property for want of action. - § 10-5-44. Dissolution of attachment of real property for want...

Section 10-5-45. - Dissolution of attachment for failure to file complaint. - § 10-5-45. Dissolution of attachment for failure to file complaint....

Section 10-5-46. - Dissolution of attachment of real estate after 20 years. - § 10-5-46. Dissolution of attachment of real estate after 20...

Chapter 10-6 - Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors

Section 10-6-1. - Short title. - § 10-6-1. Short title. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 10-6-2. - “Joint tortfeasors” defined. - § 10-6-2. “Joint tortfeasors” defined. For the purposes of this...

Section 10-6-3. - Right of contribution declared. - § 10-6-3. Right of contribution declared. Except as otherwise provided...

Section 10-6-4. - Payment as prerequisite — Limitation of actions. - § 10-6-4. Payment as prerequisite — Limitation of actions. Except...

Section 10-6-5. - Separate settlement with injured person. - § 10-6-5. Separate settlement with injured person. A joint tortfeasor...

Section 10-6-6. - Effect of judgment against one tortfeasor. - § 10-6-6. Effect of judgment against one tortfeasor. The recovery...

Section 10-6-7. - Effect of release of one tortfeasor on liability of others. - § 10-6-7. Effect of release of one tortfeasor on liability...

Section 10-6-8. - [Repealed.] - § 10-6-8. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1940, ch. 940, §...

Section 10-6-9. - Right of indemnity preserved. - § 10-6-9. Right of indemnity preserved. This chapter does not...

Section 10-6-10. - Uniformity of construction. - § 10-6-10. Uniformity of construction. This chapter shall be so...

Section 10-6-11. - Severability. - § 10-6-11. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Section 10-6-12. - Court-approved settlements. - § 10-6-12. Court-approved settlements. The following provisions apply solely and...

Chapter 10-7 - Death by Wrongful Act

Section 10-7-1. - Liability for damages for causing death. - § 10-7-1. Liability for damages for causing death. Whenever the...

Section 10-7-1.1. - Pecuniary damages — How determined. - § 10-7-1.1. Pecuniary damages — How determined. Pecuniary damages to...

Section 10-7-1.2. - Liability for loss of consortium — Liability for loss of society and companionship. - § 10-7-1.2. Liability for loss of consortium — Liability for...

Section 10-7-2. - Persons who may bring actions — Limitation of actions — Minimum recovery period. - § 10-7-2. Persons who may bring actions — Limitation of...

Section 10-7-3. - Action by beneficiaries. - § 10-7-3. Action by beneficiaries. If there is no executor...

Section 10-7-4. - Cause surviving death of person liable. - § 10-7-4. Cause surviving death of person liable. Any cause...

Section 10-7-5. - Liability for medical expense and diminution of earning power. - § 10-7-5. Liability for medical expense and diminution of earning...

Section 10-7-6. - Executor or administrator to bring § 10-7-5 action — Amount recovered to estate. - § 10-7-6. Executor or administrator to bring § 10-7-5 action...

Section 10-7-7. - Pain and suffering recoverable — Limitation of action. - § 10-7-7. Pain and suffering recoverable — Limitation of action....

Section 10-7-7.1. - Punitive damages. - § 10-7-7.1. Punitive damages. In an action commenced under §...

Section 10-7-8. - Cause surviving death of person liable. - § 10-7-8. Cause surviving death of person liable. Any cause...

Section 10-7-9. - Criminal proceedings not prerequisite. - § 10-7-9. Criminal proceedings not prerequisite. In order to maintain...

Section 10-7-10. - Damages not to estate or asset of estate. - § 10-7-10. Damages not to estate or asset of estate....

Section 10-7-11. - Applicability to pending actions. - § 10-7-11. Applicability to pending actions. The provisions of this...

Section 10-7-12. - Applicability to actions commenced after passage. - § 10-7-12. Applicability to actions commenced after passage. The provisions...

Section 10-7-13. - Severability. - § 10-7-13. Severability. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall...

Section 10-7-14. - “Homemaker” defined. - § 10-7-14. “Homemaker” defined. A homemaker as used in this...

Chapter 10-7.1 - Libel of a Deceased Person

Section 10-7.1-1. - Liability for damages for libel of a deceased person. - § 10-7.1-1. Liability for damages for libel of a deceased...

Section 10-7.1-2. - Action by executor or administrator — Persons benefited — Limitation of action. - § 10-7.1-2. Action by executor or administrator — Persons benefited...

Section 10-7.1-3. - Action by beneficiaries. - § 10-7.1-3. Action by beneficiaries. If there is no executor...

Section 10-7.1-4. - Cause surviving death of person liable. - § 10-7.1-4. Cause surviving death of person liable. Any cause...

Section 10-7.1-5. - Damages not to estate or asset of estate. - § 10-7.1-5. Damages not to estate or asset of estate....

Chapter 10-8 - Distress Warrants

Section 10-8-1. - Procedure as in attachment. - § 10-8-1. Procedure as in attachment. In case any officer...

Chapter 10-9 - Habeas Corpus

Section 10-9-1. - General right to writ. - § 10-9-1. General right to writ. Every person imprisoned in...

Section 10-9-2. - Repealed. - § 10-9-2. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 653; G.L....

Section 10-9-3. - Application for writ — Contents. - § 10-9-3. Application for writ — Contents. Application for such...

Section 10-9-4. - Issuance of writ — Forms. - § 10-9-4. Issuance of writ — Forms. (a) The court...

Section 10-9-5. - Court to which writ returnable. - § 10-9-5. Court to which writ returnable. Any justice issuing...

Section 10-9-6. - Return to Providence superior court when other courts not in session. - § 10-9-6. Return to Providence superior court when other courts...

Section 10-9-7. - Receipt and return of writ. - § 10-9-7. Receipt and return of writ. Any person to...

Section 10-9-8. - Return or statement by person to whom writ directed. - § 10-9-8. Return or statement by person to whom writ...

Section 10-9-9. - Signature and oath to return or statement. - § 10-9-9. Signature and oath to return or statement. The...

Section 10-9-10. - Body brought with return or statement. - § 10-9-10. Body brought with return or statement. The person...

Section 10-9-11. - Illness of person confined. - § 10-9-11. Illness of person confined. Whenever, from the sickness...

Section 10-9-12. - Remand, bail, or commitment pending judgment. - § 10-9-12. Remand, bail, or commitment pending judgment. Until judgment...

Section 10-9-13. - Failure of officer to deliver copy of process by which prisoner held. - § 10-9-13. Failure of officer to deliver copy of process...

Section 10-9-14. - Examination of cause of restraint — Adjournment. - § 10-9-14. Examination of cause of restraint — Adjournment. When...

Section 10-9-15. - Notice to party on whose process restraint based. - § 10-9-15. Notice to party on whose process restraint based....

Section 10-9-16. - Notice to attorney general or complainant in criminal cases. - § 10-9-16. Notice to attorney general or complainant in criminal...

Section 10-9-17. - Denial of facts in return or statement — Hearing of evidence. - § 10-9-17. Denial of facts in return or statement —...

Section 10-9-18. - Discharge on failure to show cause for restraint. - § 10-9-18. Discharge on failure to show cause for restraint....

Section 10-9-19. - Admission to bail. - § 10-9-19. Admission to bail. If the party is detained...

Section 10-9-20. - Order as to bail when person held on civil mesne process. - § 10-9-20. Order as to bail when person held on...

Section 10-9-21. - Remand to custody. - § 10-9-21. Remand to custody. If the party is lawfully...

Section 10-9-22. - Appeals and exceptions barred — Subsequent application to supreme court allowed. - § 10-9-22. Appeals and exceptions barred — Subsequent application to...

Section 10-9-23. - Enforcement of writ by attachment as for contempt. - § 10-9-23. Enforcement of writ by attachment as for contempt....

Section 10-9-24. - Attachment and commitment of a member of the division of sheriffs. - § 10-9-24. Attachment and commitment of a member of the...

Section 10-9-25. - Forfeiture for failure to receive and execute writ. - § 10-9-25. Forfeiture for failure to receive and execute writ....

Section 10-9-26. - Precept after disobedience of writ. - § 10-9-26. Precept after disobedience of writ. Upon the refusal...

Section 10-9-27. - Transfer or concealment of prisoner with intent to avoid writ. - § 10-9-27. Transfer or concealment of prisoner with intent to...

Section 10-9-28. - Common law remedies not barred by penalties. - § 10-9-28. Common law remedies not barred by penalties. The...

Section 10-9-29. - Rearrest of discharged person. - § 10-9-29. Rearrest of discharged person. No person who has...

Section 10-9-30. - Judicial powers not restrained. - § 10-9-30. Judicial powers not restrained. Nothing contained in this...

Section 10-9-31. - Power of justices to admit to bail. - § 10-9-31. Power of justices to admit to bail. Whenever...

Section 10-9-32. - Judicial power to bring in criminal defendants and witnesses. - § 10-9-32. Judicial power to bring in criminal defendants and...

Chapter 10-9.1 - Post Conviction Remedy

Section 10-9.1-1. - Remedy — To whom available — Conditions. - § 10-9.1-1. Remedy — To whom available — Conditions. (a)...

Section 10-9.1-2. - Court in which brought — Appeal of district court denial. - § 10-9.1-2. Court in which brought — Appeal of district...

Section 10-9.1-3. - Commencement of proceedings — Verification — Filing — Service. - § 10-9.1-3. Commencement of proceedings — Verification — Filing —...

Section 10-9.1-4. - Application — Contents. - § 10-9.1-4. Application — Contents. The application shall identify the...

Section 10-9.1-5. - Representation for indigent applicants. - § 10-9.1-5. Representation for indigent applicants. An applicant who is...

Section 10-9.1-6. - Pleadings and judgment on pleadings. - § 10-9.1-6. Pleadings and judgment on pleadings. (a) Within twenty...

Section 10-9.1-7. - Procedure — Evidence — Order. - § 10-9.1-7. Procedure — Evidence — Order. A record of...

Section 10-9.1-8. - Waiver of or failure to assert claims. - § 10-9.1-8. Waiver of or failure to assert claims. All...

Section 10-9.1-9. - Review. - § 10-9.1-9. Review. An aggrieved party seeking review of a...

Section 10-9.1-10. - Innocence protection — Definitions. - § 10-9.1-10. Innocence protection — Definitions. (a) “DNA Testing” means...

Section 10-9.1-11. - Innocence protection — Mandatory preservation of biological evidence. - § 10-9.1-11. Innocence protection — Mandatory preservation of biological evidence....

Section 10-9.1-12. - Innocence protection — DNA testing of evidence. - § 10-9.1-12. Innocence protection — DNA testing of evidence. (a)...

Chapter 10-10 - Imprisonment on Civil Process

Section 10-10-1. - Grounds for writ commanding arrest. - § 10-10-1. Grounds for writ commanding arrest. At the commencement...

Section 10-10-2. - Form of writ from superior court. - § 10-10-2. Form of writ from superior court. An original...

Section 10-10-3. - Form of writ from district court. - § 10-10-3. Form of writ from district court. An original...

Section 10-10-4. - Exemption of females from arrest on contract. - § 10-10-4. Exemption of females from arrest on contract. No...

Section 10-10-5. - Exemption of voters at time of elections. - § 10-10-5. Exemption of voters at time of elections. No...

Section 10-10-6. - Exemption of persons on military duty. - § 10-10-6. Exemption of persons on military duty. No officer,...

Section 10-10-7. - Custody of person arrested. - § 10-10-7. Custody of person arrested. Every officer who shall...

Section 10-10-8. - Notation of cause of action on execution and commitment. - § 10-10-8. Notation of cause of action on execution and...

Section 10-10-9. - Privileges allowed person committed in absence of memorandum. - § 10-10-9. Privileges allowed person committed in absence of memorandum....

Section 10-10-10. - Validity of assignments made by prisoner. - § 10-10-10. Validity of assignments made by prisoner. All assignments,...

Section 10-10-11. - Bonds and obligations not provided for void. - § 10-10-11. Bonds and obligations not provided for void. If...

Section 10-10-12. - Payment of prisoner’s board. - § 10-10-12. Payment of prisoner’s board. Whenever any person shall...

Section 10-10-13. - Discharge of prisoner on default in board payments. - § 10-10-13. Discharge of prisoner on default in board payments....

Section 10-10-14. - Board payments as costs. - § 10-10-14. Board payments as costs. The amount thus paid...

Chapter 10-11 - Bail of Persons Imprisoned on Civil Process

Section 10-11-1. - Bail taken by arresting officer. - § 10-11-1. Bail taken by arresting officer. Every officer who...

Section 10-11-2. - Giving of bail bond. - § 10-11-2. Giving of bail bond. Whoever shall become bail...

Section 10-11-3. - Bail by indorsement of process. - § 10-11-3. Bail by indorsement of process. Instead of giving...

Section 10-11-4. - Bail at any time before judgment — Counties other than Providence. - § 10-11-4. Bail at any time before judgment — Counties...

Section 10-11-5. - Bail in Providence county at any time before judgment. - § 10-11-5. Bail in Providence county at any time before...

Section 10-11-6. - Bond or indorsement in Providence county. - § 10-11-6. Bond or indorsement in Providence county. In case...

Section 10-11-7. - Discharge of bail by surrender of principal pending action. - § 10-11-7. Discharge of bail by surrender of principal pending...

Section 10-11-8. - Discharge of bail before judgment. - § 10-11-8. Discharge of bail before judgment. A person may...

Section 10-11-9. - Commitment of principal surrendered before judgment. - § 10-11-9. Commitment of principal surrendered before judgment. If the...

Section 10-11-10. - Commitment of principal after judgment. - § 10-11-10. Commitment of principal after judgment. If the principal...

Section 10-11-11. - Discharge of principal on failure to take execution. - § 10-11-11. Discharge of principal on failure to take execution....

Section 10-11-12. - Death of principal discharging bail. - § 10-11-12. Death of principal discharging bail. The death of...

Section 10-11-13. - Judgment against bail. - § 10-11-13. Judgment against bail. Whenever the principal shall avoid,...

Section 10-11-14. - Action against bail in superior court based on district court judgment. - § 10-11-14. Action against bail in superior court based on...

Section 10-11-15. - Period after judgment allowed for action against bail. - § 10-11-15. Period after judgment allowed for action against bail....

Section 10-11-16. - Bail’s remedy against principal. - § 10-11-16. Bail’s remedy against principal. The bail may have...

Chapter 10-12 - Liberty of Jail Yard

Section 10-12-1. - Repealed. - § 10-12-1. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 259, §...

Section 10-12-2. - Repealed. - § 10-12-2. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 259, §...

Section 10-12-3. - Limits of jail yard. - § 10-12-3. Limits of jail yard. The limits of each...

Section 10-12-4. - Entry into places within yard. - § 10-12-4. Entry into places within yard. Any person confined...

Section 10-12-5. - Assignment of property by person committed on execution. - § 10-12-5. Assignment of property by person committed on execution....

Section 10-12-6. - Warden’s responsibility on assignment. - § 10-12-6. Warden’s responsibility on assignment. The warden receiving an...

Section 10-12-7. - Failure to report or assign to warden deemed an escape. - § 10-12-7. Failure to report or assign to warden deemed...

Section 10-12-8. - Repealed. - § 10-12-8. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 259, §...

Section 10-12-9. - Judgment on jail yard bond. - § 10-12-9. Judgment on jail yard bond. If the creditor...

Section 10-12-10. - Limitation of actions on jail yard bond. - § 10-12-10. Limitation of actions on jail yard bond. No...

Chapter 10-13 - Relief of Poor Debtors

Section 10-13-1. - Application to take poor debtor’s oath. - § 10-13-1. Application to take poor debtor’s oath. Except as...

Section 10-13-2. - Persons not entitled to take oath. - § 10-13-2. Persons not entitled to take oath. No person...

Section 10-13-3. - Citation to creditor to show cause against debtor’s oath. - § 10-13-3. Citation to creditor to show cause against debtor’s...

Section 10-13-4. - Service of citation on creditor. - § 10-13-4. Service of citation on creditor. The citation shall...

Section 10-13-5. - Citations to state as creditor. - § 10-13-5. Citations to state as creditor. Every person imprisoned...

Section 10-13-6. - Service of citation on attorney general. - § 10-13-6. Service of citation on attorney general. The citation...

Section 10-13-7. - Administration of oath — Assignment of estate. - § 10-13-7. Administration of oath — Assignment of estate. The...

Section 10-13-8. - Form of debtor’s oath. - § 10-13-8. Form of debtor’s oath. The oath to be...

Section 10-13-9. - Certificate of justice as to oath. - § 10-13-9. Certificate of justice as to oath. The oath...

Section 10-13-10. - Discharge of prisoner. - § 10-13-10. Discharge of prisoner. Whenever any prisoner shall present...

Section 10-13-11. - Detainment for fees prohibited. - § 10-13-11. Detainment for fees prohibited. No person who has...

Section 10-13-12. - Responsibility of warden for property — Assignment to or on direction of creditor. - § 10-13-12. Responsibility of warden for property — Assignment to...

Section 10-13-13. - Second citation to creditor by debtor not admitted to oath. - § 10-13-13. Second citation to creditor by debtor not admitted...

Section 10-13-14. - Administration of debtor’s oath pending original action. - § 10-13-14. Administration of debtor’s oath pending original action. The...

Section 10-13-15. - Citation to show cause against oath by defendant. - § 10-13-15. Citation to show cause against oath by defendant....

Section 10-13-16. - Service of citation. - § 10-13-16. Service of citation. The citation shall be served...

Section 10-13-17. - Examination of defendant and administration of oath. - § 10-13-17. Examination of defendant and administration of oath. If...

Section 10-13-18. - Effect of execution after debtor’s oath. - § 10-13-18. Effect of execution after debtor’s oath. If the...

Section 10-13-19. - Application for oath after judgment and before commitment. - § 10-13-19. Application for oath after judgment and before commitment....

Section 10-13-20. - Service of citation. - § 10-13-20. Service of citation. The citation as described in...

Section 10-13-21. - Administration of oath. - § 10-13-21. Administration of oath. Upon the return of the...

Section 10-13-22. - Effect of execution after oath. - § 10-13-22. Effect of execution after oath. If the defendant...

Section 10-13-23. - Certificate as to oath — Certificate of discharge. - § 10-13-23. Certificate as to oath — Certificate of discharge....

Section 10-13-24. - Assignment for benefit of creditors upon administration of oath. - § 10-13-24. Assignment for benefit of creditors upon administration of...

Section 10-13-25. - Party deemed creditor — Effect of executions subsequent to oath. - § 10-13-25. Party deemed creditor — Effect of executions subsequent...

Section 10-13-26. - Adjournment of hearings. - § 10-13-26. Adjournment of hearings. Any judge of the district...

Section 10-13-27. - Petition for discharge by prisoner unable to pay tort judgment. - § 10-13-27. Petition for discharge by prisoner unable to pay...

Section 10-13-28. - Examination of tort debtor — Assignment of property — Administration of oath. - § 10-13-28. Examination of tort debtor — Assignment of property...

Section 10-13-29. - Costs paid by debtor. - § 10-13-29. Costs paid by debtor. The cost of the...

Chapter 10-14 - Quo Warranto

Section 10-14-1. - Equity petition in supreme court. - § 10-14-1. Equity petition in supreme court. The title to...

Section 10-14-2. - Issues determinable in proceedings in nature of quo warranto — Parties. - § 10-14-2. Issues determinable in proceedings in nature of quo...

Section 10-14-3. - Enforcement of judgments — Order of new elections. - § 10-14-3. Enforcement of judgments — Order of new elections....

Chapter 10-15 - Receivers of Joint Estates

Section 10-15-1. - Appointment to receive income from joint or common property. - § 10-15-1. Appointment to receive income from joint or common...

Section 10-15-2. - Duties of receiver. - § 10-15-2. Duties of receiver. It shall be the duty...

Section 10-15-3. - Removal and replacement of receiver. - § 10-15-3. Removal and replacement of receiver. A receiver may...

Section 10-15-4. - Termination of receivership on notice by parties. - § 10-15-4. Termination of receivership on notice by parties. A...

Chapter 10-16 - Small Claims and Consumer Claims

Section 10-16-1. - Actions subject to chapter. - § 10-16-1. Actions subject to chapter. In all ex contractu...

Section 10-16-2. - Jurisdiction of district court. - § 10-16-2. Jurisdiction of district court. The district court shall...

Section 10-16-3. - Venue of actions — Rules of practice. - § 10-16-3. Venue of actions — Rules of practice. The...

Section 10-16-3.1. - Corporations — Representatives. - § 10-16-3.1. Corporations — Representatives. (a) Any corporation with total...

Section 10-16-4. - Filing fee — Waiver of appeal. - § 10-16-4. Filing fee — Waiver of appeal. (a) The...

Section 10-16-5. - Rules of procedure. - § 10-16-5. Rules of procedure. (a) The judges of the...

Section 10-16-6. - Notations in docket — Refusal or return undelivered of notice to defendant. - § 10-16-6. Notations in docket — Refusal or return undelivered...

Section 10-16-7. - Judgment on default by defendant. - § 10-16-7. Judgment on default by defendant. At the time...

Section 10-16-8. - Default by plaintiff — Prevention of abuse of procedure by claimants. - § 10-16-8. Default by plaintiff — Prevention of abuse of...

Section 10-16-9. - Filing of defense — Counterclaim. - § 10-16-9. Filing of defense — Counterclaim. Prior to or...

Section 10-16-10. - Amendment of statements — Informality of proceedings — Evidence. - § 10-16-10. Amendment of statements — Informality of proceedings —...

Section 10-16-11. - Vacation of decisions or orders — Order of new hearing. - § 10-16-11. Vacation of decisions or orders — Order of...

Section 10-16-12. - Manner of payment of judgment — Stay of execution. - § 10-16-12. Manner of payment of judgment — Stay of...

Section 10-16-13. - Disbursements allowed as costs. - § 10-16-13. Disbursements allowed as costs. The actual cash disbursements...

Section 10-16-14. - Appeals by defendant. - § 10-16-14. Appeals by defendant. (a) The defendant, if aggrieved...

Section 10-16-15. - Remedies for enforcement of judgments. - § 10-16-15. Remedies for enforcement of judgments. Except as otherwise...

Section 10-16-16. - Appropriations for carrying out chapter. - § 10-16-16. Appropriations for carrying out chapter. The general assembly...

Chapter 10-17 - Trustee Process

Section 10-17-1. - “Trustee” defined. - § 10-17-1. “Trustee” defined. The word “trustee”, wherever occurring in...

Section 10-17-2. - Account by trustee as to attached property. - § 10-17-2. Account by trustee as to attached property. (a)...

Section 10-17-3. - Oath to account — Certified copy. - § 10-17-3. Oath to account — Certified copy. The disclosure...

Section 10-17-4. - Time of filing account. - § 10-17-4. Time of filing account. (a) The account shall...

Section 10-17-5. - Surrender of property to officer. - § 10-17-5. Surrender of property to officer. When the personal...

Section 10-17-6. - Summons of garnishee as witness. - § 10-17-6. Summons of garnishee as witness. (a) In any...

Section 10-17-7. - Amount with which trustee charged — Action against trustee. - § 10-17-7. Amount with which trustee charged — Action against...

Section 10-17-8. - Suits against separate trustees. - § 10-17-8. Suits against separate trustees. Whenever it shall appear...

Section 10-17-9. - Satisfaction by trustee after judgment against defendant. - § 10-17-9. Satisfaction by trustee after judgment against defendant. Any...

Section 10-17-10. - Delivery of specific articles on execution. - § 10-17-10. Delivery of specific articles on execution. If it...

Section 10-17-11. - Delivery of money to court before judgment. - § 10-17-11. Delivery of money to court before judgment. If...

Section 10-17-12. - Discharge of trustee by surrender or delivery. - § 10-17-12. Discharge of trustee by surrender or delivery. The...

Section 10-17-13. - Determination as to whether trustee is chargeable. - § 10-17-13. Determination as to whether trustee is chargeable. Whenever...

Section 10-17-14. - Liability of trustee for false answers. - § 10-17-14. Liability of trustee for false answers. Any person...

Section 10-17-15. - Liability on failure to render account — Action against trustee. - § 10-17-15. Liability on failure to render account — Action...

Section 10-17-16. - Joint action against trustees failing to account. - § 10-17-16. Joint action against trustees failing to account. If...

Section 10-17-17. - Defense in name of defendant. - § 10-17-17. Defense in name of defendant. Every person, who...

Section 10-17-18. - Dismissal of person served who holds no property. - § 10-17-18. Dismissal of person served who holds no property....

Section 10-17-19. - Intervention by other claimant of estate. - § 10-17-19. Intervention by other claimant of estate. Whenever the...

Section 10-17-20. - Questions of fact on additional allegations. - § 10-17-20. Questions of fact on additional allegations. Any question...

Section 10-17-21. - Apportionment of costs. - § 10-17-21. Apportionment of costs. In all cases under this...

Section 10-17-22. - Costs and charges incurred by trustee. - § 10-17-22. Costs and charges incurred by trustee. Every person,...

Chapter 10-18 - Wage Earner Receivership

Section 10-18-1. - Short title. - § 10-18-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...

Section 10-18-2. - Definitions. - § 10-18-2. Definitions. (a) A “prior creditor” is any creditor...

Section 10-18-3. - Filing of petition. - § 10-18-3. Filing of petition. (a) Any individual debtor whose...

Section 10-18-4. - Appointment of receiver and assignment. - § 10-18-4. Appointment of receiver and assignment. (a) After the...

Section 10-18-5. - Resignation and removal of receiver — Termination of receivership. - § 10-18-5. Resignation and removal of receiver — Termination of...

Section 10-18-6. - Compensation of receiver. - § 10-18-6. Compensation of receiver. The receiver shall be compensated...

Section 10-18-7. - Effect of filing. - § 10-18-7. Effect of filing. (a) After the filing of...

Section 10-18-8. - Filing of the accepted plan with the secretary of state and its effect. - § 10-18-8. Filing of the accepted plan with the secretary...

Section 10-18-9. - Effect of approval of plan on prior unsecured creditors. - § 10-18-9. Effect of approval of plan on prior unsecured...

Section 10-18-10. - Effect of approval of plan on prior secured creditors. - § 10-18-10. Effect of approval of plan on prior secured...

Section 10-18-11. - Subsequent creditors. - § 10-18-11. Subsequent creditors. (a) All subsequent creditors who have...

Section 10-18-12. - Claims brought to judgment — Priority in case of default. - § 10-18-12. Claims brought to judgment — Priority in case...

Section 10-18-13. - Establishment of plan. - § 10-18-13. Establishment of plan. (a) Upon his or her...

Section 10-18-14. - Contents and payments of plan. - § 10-18-14. Contents and payments of plan. (a) The plan,...

Section 10-18-15. - Dispute of claims during pendency of proceedings. - § 10-18-15. Dispute of claims during pendency of proceedings. (a)...

Section 10-18-16. - Termination of the plan. - § 10-18-16. Termination of the plan. (a) If any payment...

Section 10-18-17. - Duration of proceedings. - § 10-18-17. Duration of proceedings. (a) Receivership proceedings under this...

Section 10-18-18. - Subpoenas — Costs. - § 10-18-18. Subpoenas — Costs. The court may issue subpoenas...

Section 10-18-19. - Deferred obligations of debtor during pendency of receivership proceedings. - § 10-18-19. Deferred obligations of debtor during pendency of receivership...

Section 10-18-20. - Notices — Employment changes. - § 10-18-20. Notices — Employment changes. (a) All notices provided...

Section 10-18-21. - Payments by employers. - § 10-18-21. Payments by employers. (a) Payments by any employer...

Chapter 10-19 - Rhode Island Medical Liability Actions [Repealed.]

Section 10-19-1 - — 10-19-10. Repealed. - § 10-19-1 — 10-19-10. Repealed. History of Section.A chapter concerning...

Chapter 10-20 - State Environmental Rights

Section 10-20-1. - Legislative findings and purpose. - § 10-20-1. Legislative findings and purpose. The general assembly finds...

Section 10-20-2. - Definitions. - § 10-20-2. Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following...

Section 10-20-3. - Civil actions — Environmental advocate — Notice — Intervention. - § 10-20-3. Civil actions — Environmental advocate — Notice —...

Section 10-20-4. - Burden of proof. - § 10-20-4. Burden of proof. (a) In any action maintained...

Section 10-20-5. - Appointment of referee. - § 10-20-5. Appointment of referee. The court may appoint a...

Section 10-20-6. - Relief. - § 10-20-6. Relief. The court may grant declaratory relief, temporary...

Section 10-20-7. - Remand for administrative or licensing proceedings. - § 10-20-7. Remand for administrative or licensing proceedings. (a) If...

Section 10-20-8. - Administrative and licensing proceedings — Intervention by environment advocate. - § 10-20-8. Administrative and licensing proceedings — Intervention by environment...

Section 10-20-9. - Actions against state — Challenge to environmental quality standard — Remand to state agency — Intervention — Venue. - § 10-20-9. Actions against state — Challenge to environmental quality...

Section 10-20-10. - Rights and remedies nonexclusive. - § 10-20-10. Rights and remedies nonexclusive. No existing civil or...

Section 10-20-11. - Short title. - § 10-20-11. Short title. Chapter 20 of this title may...

Chapter 10-21 - Rhode Island Commercial Receivership Act

Section 10-21-1. - Short title. - § 10-21-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...

Section 10-21-2. - Definitions. - § 10-21-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Affiliate”...

Section 10-21-2.1. - Additional definitions for emergency declaration temporary non-liquidating receivership. - § 10-21-2.1. Additional definitions for emergency declaration temporary non-liquidating receivership....

Section 10-21-3. - Notice and opportunity for hearing. - § 10-21-3. Notice and opportunity for hearing. (a) Except as...

Section 10-21-3.1. - Administrative and procedural orders in temporary non-liquidating receivership. - § 10-21-3.1. Administrative and procedural orders in temporary non-liquidating receivership....

Section 10-21-4. - Scope — Exclusions. - § 10-21-4. Scope — Exclusions. (a) Except as otherwise provided...

Section 10-21-5. - Power of court. - § 10-21-5. Power of court. The court that appoints a...

Section 10-21-6. - Appointment of receiver. - § 10-21-6. Appointment of receiver. (a) The court may appoint...

Section 10-21-6.1. - Appointment of temporary non-liquidating receiver. - § 10-21-6.1. Appointment of temporary non-liquidating receiver. The court may...

Section 10-21-7. - Disqualification from appointment as receiver — Disclosure of interest. - § 10-21-7. Disqualification from appointment as receiver — Disclosure of...

Section 10-21-8. - Receiver’s bond — Alternative security. - § 10-21-8. Receiver’s bond — Alternative security. (a) Except as...

Section 10-21-9. - Status of receiver as lien creditor. - § 10-21-9. Status of receiver as lien creditor. On appointment...

Section 10-21-10. - Security interest covering after-acquired property. - § 10-21-10. Security interest covering after-acquired property. Except as otherwise...

Section 10-21-11. - Collection and turnover of receivership property. - § 10-21-11. Collection and turnover of receivership property. (a) Unless...

Section 10-21-12. - Powers and duties of receiver. - § 10-21-12. Powers and duties of receiver. (a) Except as...

Section 10-21-12.1. - Powers and duties of temporary non-liquidating receiver — Operating plan. - § 10-21-12.1. Powers and duties of temporary non-liquidating receiver —...

Section 10-21-13. - Duties of owner. - § 10-21-13. Duties of owner. (a) An owner shall: (1)...

Section 10-21-13.1. - Owner’s duties in temporary non-liquidating receivership. - § 10-21-13.1. Owner’s duties in temporary non-liquidating receivership. Unless the...

Section 10-21-14. - Stay — Injunction. - § 10-21-14. Stay — Injunction. (a) Except as otherwise provided...

Section 10-21-14.1. - Stay in a temporary non-liquidating receivership. - § 10-21-14.1. Stay in a temporary non-liquidating receivership. On appointment...

Section 10-21-15. - Engagement and compensation of professional. - § 10-21-15. Engagement and compensation of professional. (a) With court...

Section 10-21-16. - Use or transfer of receivership property not in the ordinary course of business. - § 10-21-16. Use or transfer of receivership property not in...

Section 10-21-16.1. - Use or transfer of receivership property in a temporary non-liquidating receivership. - § 10-21-16.1. Use or transfer of receivership property in a...

Section 10-21-17. - Executory contract. - § 10-21-17. Executory contract. (a) In this section, “timeshare interest”...

Section 10-21-18. - Defenses and immunities of receiver. - § 10-21-18. Defenses and immunities of receiver. (a) A receiver...

Section 10-21-19. - Interim report of receiver. - § 10-21-19. Interim report of receiver. A receiver may file...

Section 10-21-19.1. - Interim report of temporary non-liquidating receiver. - § 10-21-19.1. Interim report of temporary non-liquidating receiver. In addition...

Section 10-21-20. - Notice of appointment — Claim against receivership — Distribution to creditors. - § 10-21-20. Notice of appointment — Claim against receivership —...

Section 10-21-21. - Fees and expenses. - § 10-21-21. Fees and expenses. (a) The court may award...

Section 10-21-21.1. - Emergency declaration receivership program coordinator. - § 10-21-21.1. Emergency declaration receivership program coordinator. The presiding justice...

Section 10-21-22. - Removal of receiver — Replacement — Termination of receivership. - § 10-21-22. Removal of receiver — Replacement — Termination of...

Section 10-21-23. - Final report of receiver — Discharge. - § 10-21-23. Final report of receiver — Discharge. (a) On...

Section 10-21-24. - Receivership in another state — Ancillary proceeding. - § 10-21-24. Receivership in another state — Ancillary proceeding. (a)...

Section 10-21-25. - Effect of enforcement by secured party. - § 10-21-25. Effect of enforcement by secured party. A request...

Section 10-21-26. - Uniformity of application and construction. - § 10-21-26. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and...

Section 10-21-27. - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. - § 10-21-27. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National...

Section 10-21-28. - Transition. - § 10-21-28. Transition. This chapter does not apply to a...

Section 10-21-28.1. - Emergency declaration temporary non-liquidating receivership transition provisions. - § 10-21-28.1. Emergency declaration temporary non-liquidating receivership transition provisions. (a)...

Section 10-21-29. - Official comments. - § 10-21-29. Official comments. It is the intention of the...

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Rhode Island General Laws Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions

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Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions