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 - Repealed.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 Repealed.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