Rhode Island General Laws
Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts

Chapter 8-1 - Supreme Court

Section 8-1-1. - Composition — Effect of resignation or retirement on pending cases. - § 8-1-1. Composition — Effect of resignation or retirement on...

Section 8-1-2. - Jurisdiction and powers of court. - § 8-1-2. Jurisdiction and powers of court. The supreme court...

Section 8-1-3. - Written opinions. - § 8-1-3. Written opinions. The supreme court shall render written...

Section 8-1-4. - Seal of court. - § 8-1-4. Seal of court. The supreme court shall have...

Section 8-1-5. - Reporter — Appointment and tenure. - § 8-1-5. Reporter — Appointment and tenure. The supreme court...

Section 8-1-6. - Duties of reporter. - § 8-1-6. Duties of reporter. The reporter shall make true...

Section 8-1-7. - Printing of reports. - § 8-1-7. Printing of reports. The reporter shall, as often...

Section 8-1-8. - Distribution of reports — Payment of cost. - § 8-1-8. Distribution of reports — Payment of cost. Whenever...

Section 8-1-9. - Judicial conference of Rhode Island. - § 8-1-9. Judicial conference of Rhode Island. There is hereby...

Chapter 8-1.1 - Selection of Supreme Court Justices [Repealed.]

Section 8-1.1-1 - — 8-1.1-9. Repealed. - § 8-1.1-1 — 8-1.1-9. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch....

Chapter 8-2 - Superior Court

Section 8-2-1. - Composition. - § 8-2-1. Composition. There shall be a superior court which...

Section 8-2-1.1. - Repealed. - § 8-2-1.1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 404, §...

Section 8-2-1.2. - Repealed. - § 8-2-1.2. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 358, §...

Section 8-2-2. - Repealed. - § 8-2-2. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 5; G.L....

Section 8-2-3. - Time and place of holding court. - § 8-2-3. Time and place of holding court. A superior...

Section 8-2-4. - Presiding justice as administrative judge. - § 8-2-4. Presiding justice as administrative judge. The presiding justice...

Section 8-2-5. - Repealed. - § 8-2-5. Repealed. History of Section.G.L., ch. 496, § 3,...

Section 8-2-6. - Recommendations by administrative judge to chief justice. - § 8-2-6. Recommendations by administrative judge to chief justice. The...

Section 8-2-7. - Information requests by administrative judge. - § 8-2-7. Information requests by administrative judge. The judges of...

Section 8-2-8. - Repealed. - § 8-2-8. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1233, §...

Section 8-2-9. - Repealed. - § 8-2-9. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1233, §...

Section 8-2-10. - Repealed. - § 8-2-10. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1233, §...

Section 8-2-11. - Administrative clerk. - § 8-2-11. Administrative clerk. There shall be an administrative clerk...

Section 8-2-11.1. - Administrator/magistrate. - § 8-2-11.1. Administrator/magistrate. (a) Any person holding the position of...

Section 8-2-12. - Seal of superior court. - § 8-2-12. Seal of superior court. The superior court shall...

Section 8-2-13. - Exclusive jurisdiction of equity actions. - § 8-2-13. Exclusive jurisdiction of equity actions. The superior court...

Section 8-2-13.1. - Retaining equity jurisdiction during arbitration. - § 8-2-13.1. Retaining equity jurisdiction during arbitration. Notwithstanding the existence...

Section 8-2-14. - Jurisdiction of actions at law. - § 8-2-14. Jurisdiction of actions at law. (a) The superior...

Section 8-2-15. - Criminal jurisdiction. - § 8-2-15. Criminal jurisdiction. The superior court shall have original...

Section 8-2-15.1. - Gun court calendar. - § 8-2-15.1. Gun court calendar. (a) Findings and declarations. The...

Section 8-2-16. - Jurisdiction of motions for new trial and extraordinary writs. - § 8-2-16. Jurisdiction of motions for new trial and extraordinary...

Section 8-2-17. - Jurisdiction of appeals, statutory proceedings, and probate matters. - § 8-2-17. Jurisdiction of appeals, statutory proceedings, and probate matters....

Section 8-2-18 - — 8-2-22. Repealed. - § 8-2-18 — 8-2-22. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch....

Section 8-2-23. - One justice quorum — Two or more sitting together. - § 8-2-23. One justice quorum — Two or more sitting...

Section 8-2-24. - Simultaneous sessions. - § 8-2-24. Simultaneous sessions. Superior courts may be held, with...

Section 8-2-25. - Powers of supreme court justice in vacation. - § 8-2-25. Powers of supreme court justice in vacation. Any...

Section 8-2-26. - Power of justice after retirement, resignation, or elevation. - § 8-2-26. Power of justice after retirement, resignation, or elevation....

Section 8-2-27. - Venue — Consolidation of actions. - § 8-2-27. Venue — Consolidation of actions. (a) Any civil...

Section 8-2-28. - Transfer of papers between counties. - § 8-2-28. Transfer of papers between counties. The superior court...

Section 8-2-29. - Grounds for change of venue. - § 8-2-29. Grounds for change of venue. Whenever it shall...

Section 8-2-30. - Petition for change of venue. - § 8-2-30. Petition for change of venue. Applications for the...

Section 8-2-31. - Order for change of venue. - § 8-2-31. Order for change of venue. If, upon hearing...

Section 8-2-32. - Retention of papers or return to original county. - § 8-2-32. Retention of papers or return to original county....

Section 8-2-33. - Territorial extent of powers of justices. - § 8-2-33. Territorial extent of powers of justices. Any justice...

Section 8-2-34. - Impaneling and instruction of grand juries. - § 8-2-34. Impaneling and instruction of grand juries. All grand...

Section 8-2-35. - Arraignment of persons presented — Warrants on indictments or information. - § 8-2-35. Arraignment of persons presented — Warrants on indictments...

Section 8-2-36. - Admission to bail. - § 8-2-36. Admission to bail. The superior court may admit...

Section 8-2-37. - Requiring recognizance of criminal complainants. - § 8-2-37. Requiring recognizance of criminal complainants. The superior court...

Section 8-2-38. - Instructions to jury. - § 8-2-38. Instructions to jury. In every case, civil and...

Section 8-2-39. - General magistrate — Appointment, duties and powers. - § 8-2-39. General magistrate — Appointment, duties and powers. (a)...

Section 8-2-39.1. - Special magistrate. - § 8-2-39.1. Special magistrate. There is hereby created within the...

Section 8-2-39.2. - Drug court magistrate — Appointment, duties and powers. - § 8-2-39.2. Drug court magistrate — Appointment, duties and powers....

Section 8-2-39.3. - Superior court diversion. - § 8-2-39.3. Superior court diversion. (a) In accordance with §...

Chapter 8-3 - Justices of Supreme, Superior, and Family Courts

Section 8-3-1. - Engagement of office — Restriction on practice of law. - § 8-3-1. Engagement of office — Restriction on practice of...

Section 8-3-2. - Precedence of associate justices. - § 8-3-2. Precedence of associate justices. The associate justices shall...

Section 8-3-3. - Vacancy in office or inability of chief justice of supreme court. - § 8-3-3. Vacancy in office or inability of chief justice...

Section 8-3-4. - Vacancy in office, inability, or absence of presiding justice of superior court. - § 8-3-4. Vacancy in office, inability, or absence of presiding...

Section 8-3-5. - Repealed. - § 8-3-5. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 30; G.L....

Section 8-3-6. - Justices as conservators of peace — Powers in criminal cases. - § 8-3-6. Justices as conservators of peace — Powers in...

Section 8-3-7. - Retirement of justices on reduced pay — Assignment as associate justices. - § 8-3-7. Retirement of justices on reduced pay — Assignment...

Section 8-3-7.1. - Repealed. - § 8-3-7.1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 93, §...

Section 8-3-7.2. - No incremental retirement benefit for temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice or chief judge. - § 8-3-7.2. No incremental retirement benefit for temporary service as...

Section 8-3-8. - Retirement of justices on full pay — Assignment as associate justices. - § 8-3-8. Retirement of justices on full pay — Assignment...

Section 8-3-8.1. - Repealed. - § 8-3-8.1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 93, §...

Section 8-3-8.2. - No incremental retirement benefit for temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice or chief judge. - § 8-3-8.2. No incremental retirement benefit for temporary service as...

Section 8-3-9. - Computation of service time as to former courts. - § 8-3-9. Computation of service time as to former courts....

Section 8-3-10. - Service after retirement. - § 8-3-10. Service after retirement. Any justice or judge of...

Section 8-3-11. - Allowances to surviving spouses, domestic partners or minor children of deceased justices. - § 8-3-11. Allowances to surviving spouses, domestic partners or minor...

Section 8-3-12. - Retirement of judges with general assembly or office service. - § 8-3-12. Retirement of judges with general assembly or office...

Section 8-3-13. - Pension for surviving spouses or domestic partners of judges dying prior to May 10, 1974. - § 8-3-13. Pension for surviving spouses or domestic partners of...

Section 8-3-14. - Applicability of §§ 8-3-12 — 8-3-14. - § 8-3-14. Applicability of §§ 8-3-12 — 8-3-14. Sections 8-3-12...

Section 8-3-15. - Cost-of-living allowance. - § 8-3-15. Cost-of-living allowance. (a) All justices of the supreme...

Section 8-3-16. - Retirement contribution. - § 8-3-16. Retirement contribution. (a) Judges engaged after December 31,...

Section 8-3-17. - State contributions. - § 8-3-17. State contributions. The state of Rhode Island shall...

Section 8-3-18. - Calculation of retirement benefits. - § 8-3-18. Calculation of retirement benefits. For purposes of the...

Section 8-3-19. - Domestic partner — Definition. - § 8-3-19. Domestic partner — Definition. For purposes of this...

Section 8-3-20. - Severability. - § 8-3-20. Severability. The holding of any section or sections...

Chapter 8-4 - Clerks of Supreme and Superior Courts

Section 8-4-1. - Clerk of supreme court. - § 8-4-1. Clerk of supreme court. There shall be a...

Section 8-4-2. - Appointment and term of supreme court clerk. - § 8-4-2. Appointment and term of supreme court clerk. In...

Section 8-4-3. - Vacancy in office of clerk. - § 8-4-3. Vacancy in office of clerk. In case of...

Section 8-4-3.1. - Repealed. - § 8-4-3.1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 266, §...

Section 8-4-4. - Clerks of superior court. - § 8-4-4. Clerks of superior court. There shall be a...

Section 8-4-4.1. - Retirement of superior court clerks as clerks emeritus. - § 8-4-4.1. Retirement of superior court clerks as clerks emeritus....

Section 8-4-5. - Appointment, terms, and salaries of superior court clerks. - § 8-4-5. Appointment, terms, and salaries of superior court clerks....

Section 8-4-6. - Vacancies in office of superior court clerk. - § 8-4-6. Vacancies in office of superior court clerk. In...

Section 8-4-7. - Repealed. - § 8-4-7. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 50; G.L....

Section 8-4-8. - General duties of clerks. - § 8-4-8. General duties of clerks. The superior court clerks...

Section 8-4-9. - Duty to recite pleadings in record of judgment. - § 8-4-9. Duty to recite pleadings in record of judgment....

Section 8-4-10. - Indexing of judgment records. - § 8-4-10. Indexing of judgment records. The superior court clerks...

Section 8-4-11. - Repealed. - § 8-4-11. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 54; G.L....

Section 8-4-12. - Appointment of clerk pro tempore. - § 8-4-12. Appointment of clerk pro tempore. In case of...

Section 8-4-13. - Qualification and compensation of clerk pro tempore. - § 8-4-13. Qualification and compensation of clerk pro tempore. The...

Section 8-4-14. - Appointment of deputies. - § 8-4-14. Appointment of deputies. The clerk of the supreme...

Section 8-4-15. - Removal of deputies — Compensation — Liability for misconduct or neglect. - § 8-4-15. Removal of deputies — Compensation — Liability for...

Section 8-4-16. - Assistant supreme court clerks. - § 8-4-16. Assistant supreme court clerks. The clerk of the...

Section 8-4-17. - Appointment of assistant superior court clerks — Employment of clerical assistance by the presiding justice. - § 8-4-17. Appointment of assistant superior court clerks — Employment...

Section 8-4-18. - Powers of assistants in Providence and Bristol counties. - § 8-4-18. Powers of assistants in Providence and Bristol counties....

Section 8-4-19. - Employment of clerical assistants in Kent, Washington, and Newport counties. - § 8-4-19. Employment of clerical assistants in Kent, Washington, and...

Section 8-4-20. - Custody of files and records. - § 8-4-20. Custody of files and records. The files and...

Section 8-4-21. - General assistant clerks. - § 8-4-21. General assistant clerks. The presiding justice of the...

Chapter 8-4.1 - Court Clerks’ Incentive Pay

Section 8-4.1-1. - Incentive pay plan. - § 8-4.1-1. Incentive pay plan. There is hereby established an...

Section 8-4.1-2. - Eligibility for plan. - § 8-4.1-2. Eligibility for plan. (a) Any full time clerk...

Section 8-4.1-3. - Incentive steps. - § 8-4.1-3. Incentive steps. Advancement to each of the incentive...

Section 8-4.1-4. - Eligible education. - § 8-4.1-4. Eligible education. No credit shall be granted for...

Section 8-4.1-5. - Appropriation. - § 8-4.1-5. Appropriation. The state of Rhode Island shall bear...

Section 8-4.1-6. - Additional credit for masters degree. - § 8-4.1-6. Additional credit for masters degree. Any other provision...

Section 8-4.1-7. - Effective date. - § 8-4.1-7. Effective date. Sections 8-4.1-1 — 8-4.1-3 shall not...

Chapter 8-5 - Court Secretaries, Court Reporters, and Electronic Court Reporters

Section 8-5-1. - Supreme court secretary and assistant. - § 8-5-1. Supreme court secretary and assistant. The supreme court...

Section 8-5-2. - Superior court secretary and assistants. - § 8-5-2. Superior court secretary and assistants. The justices of...

Section 8-5-3. - Appointment of superior court reporters and electronic court reporters. - § 8-5-3. Appointment of superior court reporters and electronic court...

Section 8-5-4. - Court reporters and electronic court reporters — Supplies and preservation of notes and other materials. - § 8-5-4. Court reporters and electronic court reporters — Supplies...

Section 8-5-4.1. - Freelance court reporters and electronic court reporters. - § 8-5-4.1. Freelance court reporters and electronic court reporters. (a)...

Section 8-5-5. - Reports of superior, family and district court and traffic tribunal. - § 8-5-5. Reports of superior, family and district court and...

Section 8-5-6. - Appointing court reporter and electronic court reporter for grand jury proceedings. - § 8-5-6. Appointing court reporter and electronic court reporter for...

Section 8-5-7. - Appropriations for court reporters and electronic court reporters. - § 8-5-7. Appropriations for court reporters and electronic court reporters....

Section 8-5-8. - Sign language interpreters/transliterators and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) providers for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind persons. - § 8-5-8. Sign language interpreters/transliterators and Communication Access Realtime Translation...

Section 8-5-8.1. - Waiver of interpreter/transliterator and CART provider. - § 8-5-8.1. Waiver of interpreter/transliterator and CART provider. (a) A...

Section 8-5-8.2. - Privileged communications. - § 8-5-8.2. Privileged communications. In the trial of every cause,...

Section 8-5-8.3. - Visual recording of testimony. - § 8-5-8.3. Visual recording of testimony. At the request of...

Section 8-5-9. - Right to stenographic record. - § 8-5-9. Right to stenographic record. (a) Where not already...

Chapter 8-6 - General Powers of Supreme and Superior Courts

Section 8-6-1. - Judgments, decrees, and orders — Writs and process — Punishment of contempt. - § 8-6-1. Judgments, decrees, and orders — Writs and process...

Section 8-6-2. - Rules of practice and procedure. - § 8-6-2. Rules of practice and procedure. (a) The supreme...

Section 8-6-3. - Filing and publication of rules. - § 8-6-3. Filing and publication of rules. All rules shall...

Section 8-6-4. - Rules of criminal procedure. - § 8-6-4. Rules of criminal procedure. The rules of criminal...

Section 8-6-5. - Arbitration of civil actions. - § 8-6-5. Arbitration of civil actions. The presiding justice of...

Section 8-6-6. - Filing and publication of rules and regulations. - § 8-6-6. Filing and publication of rules and regulations. Upon...

Chapter 8-7 - Sessions of Supreme and Superior Courts

Section 8-7-1. - Supreme court sessions. - § 8-7-1. Supreme court sessions. The supreme court shall be...

Section 8-7-2. - Sessions of superior court. - § 8-7-2. Sessions of superior court. The superior court shall...

Section 8-7-3. - Superior court motion days. - § 8-7-3. Superior court motion days. The superior court shall...

Section 8-7-4 - — 8-7-6. Repealed. - § 8-7-4 — 8-7-6. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, §§...

Section 8-7-7. - Adjournment in absence of quorum or presiding justice. - § 8-7-7. Adjournment in absence of quorum or presiding justice....

Section 8-7-8. - Adjournment of superior court by clerk. - § 8-7-8. Adjournment of superior court by clerk. Whenever, at...

Section 8-7-9. - Repealed. - § 8-7-9. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 39; G.L....

Section 8-7-10. - Superior court always open for business. - § 8-7-10. Superior court always open for business. The superior...

Section 8-7-11. - Repealed. - § 8-7-11. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 47; P.L....

Chapter 8-8 - District Court

Section 8-8-1. - District Court established — Chief and associate justices. - § 8-8-1. District Court established — Chief and associate justices....

Section 8-8-1.1. - Veterans’ treatment calendar. - § 8-8-1.1. Veterans’ treatment calendar. (a) Findings and declarations. The...

Section 8-8-1.2. - Mental health treatment calendar. - § 8-8-1.2. Mental health treatment calendar. (a) Findings and declarations....

Section 8-8-2. - Divisions. - § 8-8-2. Divisions. (a) For the distribution of court business,...

Section 8-8-3. - Jurisdiction. - § 8-8-3. Jurisdiction. (a) The district court shall have exclusive...

Section 8-8-3.1. - Equitable powers as to housing matters. - § 8-8-3.1. Equitable powers as to housing matters. (a) In...

Section 8-8-3.2. - Record and appeal of housing matters. - § 8-8-3.2. Record and appeal of housing matters. (a) An...

Section 8-8-3.3. - Equitable powers in residential landlord and tenant matters. - § 8-8-3.3. Equitable powers in residential landlord and tenant matters....

Section 8-8-4. - Habeas corpus. - § 8-8-4. Habeas corpus. The district court may issue writs...

Section 8-8-5. - Contempt of court. - § 8-8-5. Contempt of court. The district court may punish...

Section 8-8-6. - Special service of process. - § 8-8-6. Special service of process. The district court may...

Section 8-8-7. - Judges — Temporary service in other courts. - § 8-8-7. Judges — Temporary service in other courts. (a)...

Section 8-8-8. - Engagement and acceptance of appointment. - § 8-8-8. Engagement and acceptance of appointment. Every judge accepting...

Section 8-8-8.1. - Administrator/clerk — Magistrate. - § 8-8-8.1. Administrator/clerk — Magistrate. (a) Administrator/clerk. There shall be...

Section 8-8-9. - Vacancies. - § 8-8-9. Vacancies. (a) Whenever any person appointed to the...

Section 8-8-10. - Repealed. - § 8-8-10. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 239, §...

Section 8-8-10.1. - Retirement contribution. - § 8-8-10.1. Retirement contribution. (a) Judges engaged after December 31,...

Section 8-8-10.2. - State contributions. - § 8-8-10.2. State contributions. The state of Rhode Island shall...

Section 8-8-11. - Repealed. - § 8-8-11. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 239, §...

Section 8-8-12. - Duties of chief judge. - § 8-8-12. Duties of chief judge. (a) The chief judge...

Section 8-8-12.1. - Constable regulation program. - § 8-8-12.1. Constable regulation program. (a) Creation of program. There...

Section 8-8-13. - Sessions of the court. - § 8-8-13. Sessions of the court. The district court shall...

Section 8-8-14. - [Repealed.] - § 8-8-14. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 239, §...

Section 8-8-15. - Chief, deputy, and assistant clerks. - § 8-8-15. Chief, deputy, and assistant clerks. (a) There shall...

Section 8-8-16. - Duties of district court clerks. - § 8-8-16. Duties of district court clerks. Every clerk of...

Section 8-8-16.1. - Office of clerk/magistrate — Purpose. - § 8-8-16.1. Office of clerk/magistrate — Purpose. The general assembly...

Section 8-8-16.2. - District court clerk/magistrate. - § 8-8-16.2. District court clerk/magistrate. (a) Any person who is...

Section 8-8-17. - Duties of division clerks. - § 8-8-17. Duties of division clerks. The clerk of each...

Section 8-8-18. - Failure of clerk to account for fines and costs. - § 8-8-18. Failure of clerk to account for fines and...

Section 8-8-19. - Duties of chief clerk. - § 8-8-19. Duties of chief clerk. The chief clerk shall...

Section 8-8-20. - Sale of blank writs prohibited. - § 8-8-20. Sale of blank writs prohibited. No judge or...

Section 8-8-21. - District court conference. - § 8-8-21. District court conference. There shall be a district...

Section 8-8-22. - Statutory references to earlier courts. - § 8-8-22. Statutory references to earlier courts. Whenever in any...

Section 8-8-23. - Savings clause. - § 8-8-23. Savings clause. The divisions of the district court...

Section 8-8-24. - Tax proceedings to be without jury and de novo — Precedence on calendar. - § 8-8-24. Tax proceedings to be without jury and de...

Section 8-8-25. - Time for commencement of proceeding against the division of taxation. - § 8-8-25. Time for commencement of proceeding against the division...

Section 8-8-26. - Prepayment as condition precedent to review of tax case. - § 8-8-26. Prepayment as condition precedent to review of tax...

Section 8-8-27. - Refund suits. - § 8-8-27. Refund suits. (a) Any taxpayer may bring an...

Section 8-8-28. - Burden of proof in tax cases. - § 8-8-28. Burden of proof in tax cases. In all...

Section 8-8-29. - Court stenographer in tax cases. - § 8-8-29. Court stenographer in tax cases. Any party may...

Section 8-8-30. - Decision of the court — Form and contents. - § 8-8-30. Decision of the court — Form and contents....

Section 8-8-31. - Frivolous appeals. - § 8-8-31. Frivolous appeals. Whenever it appears to the court...

Section 8-8-32. - Review by supreme court. - § 8-8-32. Review by supreme court. Any party in interest,...

Section 8-8-33. - Severability. - § 8-8-33. Severability. The holding of any section or sections...

Chapter 8-8.1 - Domestic Assault

Section 8-8.1-1. - Definitions. - § 8-8.1-1. Definitions. The following words as used in this...

Section 8-8.1-2. - Filing of complaint. - § 8-8.1-2. Filing of complaint. (a) Proceedings under this chapter...

Section 8-8.1-3. - Protective orders — Penalty — Jurisdiction. - § 8-8.1-3. Protective orders — Penalty — Jurisdiction. (a) A...

Section 8-8.1-4. - Temporary orders — Ex parte proceedings. - § 8-8.1-4. Temporary orders — Ex parte proceedings. (a)(1) Upon...

Section 8-8.1-4.1. - Report to law enforcement agency. - § 8-8.1-4.1. Report to law enforcement agency. Whenever the court...

Section 8-8.1-4.2. - Return of service — Alternate service. - § 8-8.1-4.2. Return of service — Alternate service. (a) The...

Section 8-8.1-5. - Duties of police officers. - § 8-8.1-5. Duties of police officers. (a) Whenever any police...

Section 8-8.1-6. - Form of complaint. - § 8-8.1-6. Form of complaint. (a) A form in substantially...

Section 8-8.1-7. - Notice of penalties — Notice of renewal. - § 8-8.1-7. Notice of penalties — Notice of renewal. Each...

Section 8-8.1-8. - Appeal. - § 8-8.1-8. Appeal. An order granting relief pursuant to §...

Chapter 8-8.2 - Traffic Tribunal

Section 8-8.2-1. - Establishment — Rulemaking authority — Adjudication of violations. [Effective until January 1, 2023.] - § 8-8.2-1. Establishment — Rulemaking authority — Adjudication of violations....

Section 8-8.2-2. - Jurisdiction. - § 8-8.2-2. Jurisdiction. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,...

Section 8-8.2-3. - Collection authority — Contempt. - § 8-8.2-3. Collection authority — Contempt. (a) A judge or...

Section 8-8.2-4. - Subpoena. - § 8-8.2-4. Subpoena. (a) The traffic tribunal through its judges,...

Section 8-8.2-5. - Security officers — Powers. - § 8-8.2-5. Security officers — Powers. (a) All full time...

Section 8-8.2-6. - Retirement of judges on reduced pay. - § 8-8.2-6. Retirement of judges on reduced pay. (a) Whenever...

Section 8-8.2-7. - Retirement contribution. - § 8-8.2-7. Retirement contribution. (a) Judges of the administrative adjudication...

Section 8-8.2-8. - State contributions. - § 8-8.2-8. State contributions. The state of Rhode Island shall...

Section 8-8.2-9. - Retirement of judges on reduced pay. - § 8-8.2-9. Retirement of judges on reduced pay. (a) Whenever...

Section 8-8.2-10. - No incremental retirement benefit for temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice or chief judge or chief magistrate. - § 8-8.2-10. No incremental retirement benefit for temporary service as...

Section 8-8.2-11. - Allowance to surviving spouses or domestic partners of deceased judges. - § 8-8.2-11. Allowance to surviving spouses or domestic partners of...

Section 8-8.2-12. - Additional benefits payable to retired judges and their surviving spouses or domestic partners. - § 8-8.2-12. Additional benefits payable to retired judges and their...

Section 8-8.2-13. - Calculation of retirement benefits. - § 8-8.2-13. Calculation of retirement benefits. For the purposes of...

Section 8-8.2-14. - Transfer of records and other property. - § 8-8.2-14. Transfer of records and other property. All books,...

Section 8-8.2-15. - Transfer of employees. - § 8-8.2-15. Transfer of employees. All employees of the administrative...

Section 8-8.2-16. - Interpretation. - § 8-8.2-16. Interpretation. Whenever, in the general laws, the words...

Section 8-8.2-17. - Repealed. - § 8-8.2-17. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art....

Section 8-8.2-18. - Custody of records. - § 8-8.2-18. Custody of records. The traffic tribunal established by...

Section 8-8.2-19. - Severability. - § 8-8.2-19. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Section 8-8.2-20. - Domestic partner — Definition. - § 8-8.2-20. Domestic partner — Definition. For purposes of this...

Section 8-8.2-21. - Abstracts of court records — Traffic tribunal. - § 8-8.2-21. Abstracts of court records — Traffic tribunal. A...

Chapter 8-8.3 - Extreme Risk Protection Orders

Section 8-8.3-1. - Definitions. - § 8-8.3-1. Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following...

Section 8-8.3-2. - Filing of petition. - § 8-8.3-2. Filing of petition. Proceedings under this chapter shall...

Section 8-8.3-3. - Contents of petition. - § 8-8.3-3. Contents of petition. (a) A petition for an...

Section 8-8.3-4. - Temporary orders — Proceedings. - § 8-8.3-4. Temporary orders — Proceedings. (a) Upon the filing...

Section 8-8.3-5. - Hearings on petition — Grounds for issuance — Contents of order. - § 8-8.3-5. Hearings on petition — Grounds for issuance —...

Section 8-8.3-6. - Service of one-year extreme risk protection orders. - § 8-8.3-6. Service of one-year extreme risk protection orders. (a)...

Section 8-8.3-7. - Termination — Expiration — Renewal of orders. - § 8-8.3-7. Termination — Expiration — Renewal of orders. (a)...

Section 8-8.3-8. - Firearms return — Disposal. - § 8-8.3-8. Firearms return — Disposal. (a) Any firearm seized...

Section 8-8.3-9. - Reporting of orders. - § 8-8.3-9. Reporting of orders. (a) The clerk of the...

Section 8-8.3-10. - Penalties. - § 8-8.3-10. Penalties. (a) Any violation of any extreme risk...

Section 8-8.3-11. - Liability. - § 8-8.3-11. Liability. Except as provided in §§ 8-8.3-8 and...

Section 8-8.3-12. - Required notice on orders — Confidentiality of proceedings. - § 8-8.3-12. Required notice on orders — Confidentiality of proceedings....

Section 8-8.3-13. - Appeal. - § 8-8.3-13. Appeal. Any order under this chapter shall remain...

Section 8-8.3-14. - Severability. - § 8-8.3-14. Severability. If any section of this chapter or...

Chapter 8-9 - Probate Courts

Section 8-9-1, 8-9-2. - Repealed. - § 8-9-1, 8-9-2. Repealed. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, ch. 35;...

Section 8-9-2.1. - Probate judges — Qualifications. - § 8-9-2.1. Probate judges — Qualifications. No person shall be...

Section 8-9-2.2. - New Shoreham town council as probate court. - § 8-9-2.2. New Shoreham town council as probate court. The...

Section 8-9-2.3. - Probate judge in town where council sits as probate court. - § 8-9-2.3. Probate judge in town where council sits as...

Section 8-9-3. - Providence probate court. - § 8-9-3. Providence probate court. The probate court of the...

Section 8-9-4. - Election and powers of probate judge. - § 8-9-4. Election and powers of probate judge. The town...

Section 8-9-5. - Disqualification or inability of probate judge. - § 8-9-5. Disqualification or inability of probate judge. Unless otherwise...

Section 8-9-6. - Town or city clerk as clerk of court. - § 8-9-6. Town or city clerk as clerk of court....

Section 8-9-7. - Duties of probate clerk. - § 8-9-7. Duties of probate clerk. The probate clerk shall...

Section 8-9-8. - Clerk pro tempore in absence of probate clerk. - § 8-9-8. Clerk pro tempore in absence of probate clerk....

Section 8-9-9. - General probate jurisdiction. - § 8-9-9. General probate jurisdiction. Every probate court shall have...

Section 8-9-10. - Appointment and supervision of temporary custodians of decedents’ estates. - § 8-9-10. Appointment and supervision of temporary custodians of decedents’...

Section 8-9-11. - Power to take probate and grant administration of decedents’ estates. - § 8-9-11. Power to take probate and grant administration of...

Section 8-9-12. - Payment of legacies. - § 8-9-12. Payment of legacies. Probate courts may determine all...

Section 8-9-13. - Revocation or modification of warrants and commissions. - § 8-9-13. Revocation or modification of warrants and commissions. Any...

Section 8-9-14. - Revocation or modification of orders or decrees. - § 8-9-14. Revocation or modification of orders or decrees. Any...

Section 8-9-15. - Annulment of probate of will. - § 8-9-15. Annulment of probate of will. When it shall...

Section 8-9-16. - Confirmation of prior acts and proceedings. - § 8-9-16. Confirmation of prior acts and proceedings. When the...

Section 8-9-17. - Power to summon and receive evidence. - § 8-9-17. Power to summon and receive evidence. Any probate...

Section 8-9-17.1. - Subpoenas issued by other officials. - § 8-9-17.1. Subpoenas issued by other officials. Justices of the...

Section 8-9-18. - Judicial aid in taking possession of property of estates. - § 8-9-18. Judicial aid in taking possession of property of...

Section 8-9-19. - Expense of commitment for failure to deliver property of estate. - § 8-9-19. Expense of commitment for failure to deliver property...

Section 8-9-20. - Right to counsel of person suspected of withholding property. - § 8-9-20. Right to counsel of person suspected of withholding...

Section 8-9-21. - Contempt of court — Habeas corpus. - § 8-9-21. Contempt of court — Habeas corpus. Every probate...

Section 8-9-22. - Presumption of death from sea disaster. - § 8-9-22. Presumption of death from sea disaster. If a...

Section 8-9-23. - Missing person — Presumption of death. - § 8-9-23. Missing person — Presumption of death. If a...

Chapter 8-10 - Family Court

Section 8-10-1. - Short title. - § 8-10-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...

Section 8-10-2. - Purpose of chapter. - § 8-10-2. Purpose of chapter. This chapter shall be liberally...

Section 8-10-3. - Establishment of court — Jurisdiction — Seal — Oaths. - § 8-10-3. Establishment of court — Jurisdiction — Seal —...

Section 8-10-3.1. - Magistrates — Appointment, duties, and powers. - § 8-10-3.1. Magistrates — Appointment, duties, and powers. (a) The...

Section 8-10-3.2. - General magistrate of the family court. - § 8-10-3.2. General magistrate of the family court. (a) There...

Section 8-10-4. - Criminal cases referred to family court. - § 8-10-4. Criminal cases referred to family court. To the...

Section 8-10-5. - Attempts at reconciliation by family court. - § 8-10-5. Attempts at reconciliation by family court. In all...

Section 8-10-6. - Notice to department of human services. - § 8-10-6. Notice to department of human services. The clerk...

Section 8-10-7. - Family counselling service. - § 8-10-7. Family counselling service. Within the family court there...

Section 8-10-8. - Medical, psychological, and other expert assistance. - § 8-10-8. Medical, psychological, and other expert assistance. The department...

Section 8-10-9. - Assistance of services of department of corrections. - § 8-10-9. Assistance of services of department of corrections. (a)...

Section 8-10-10. - Family court registry. - § 8-10-10. Family court registry. Within the family court there...

Section 8-10-11. - Repealed. - § 8-10-11. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, §...

Section 8-10-12. - Vacancy in office or inability of chief judge of family court. - § 8-10-12. Vacancy in office or inability of chief judge...

Section 8-10-13. - Repealed. - § 8-10-13. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, §...

Section 8-10-14. - Administration of operation of family court. - § 8-10-14. Administration of operation of family court. The chief...

Section 8-10-14.1. - Powers of justices of the peace. - § 8-10-14.1. Powers of justices of the peace. (a) The...

Section 8-10-14.2. - Recording and certification of appointments and revocations — Signature of warrants. - § 8-10-14.2. Recording and certification of appointments and revocations —...

Section 8-10-15. - Family court administrator. - § 8-10-15. Family court administrator. (a) There shall be a...

Section 8-10-16. - Quarters. - § 8-10-16. Quarters. The director of administration shall provide the...

Section 8-10-17. - Repealed. - § 8-10-17. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, §...

Section 8-10-18. - Repealed. - § 8-10-18. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73, §...

Section 8-10-19. - Limitation on transfer or parole of juveniles. - § 8-10-19. Limitation on transfer or parole of juveniles. During...

Section 8-10-20. - Repealed. - § 8-10-20. Repealed. History of Section.G.L., § 8-10-20, as enacted...

Section 8-10-21. - Records of court. - § 8-10-21. Records of court. The records of the family...

Section 8-10-22. - Intake department — Duties. - § 8-10-22. Intake department — Duties. Within the family court...

Section 8-10-23. - Intake supervisors. - § 8-10-23. Intake supervisors. The justices of the family court,...

Section 8-10-23.1. - Statewide juvenile hearing board. - § 8-10-23.1. Statewide juvenile hearing board. (a) The chief judge...

Section 8-10-23.2. - Creating a juvenile hearing board. - § 8-10-23.2. Creating a juvenile hearing board. The town of...

Section 8-10-23.3. - Jamestown juvenile hearing board. - § 8-10-23.3. Jamestown juvenile hearing board. The town of Jamestown...

Section 8-10-23.4. - North Providence juvenile hearing board. - § 8-10-23.4. North Providence juvenile hearing board. The town of...

Section 8-10-24. - Sessions, motions, assignments, etc. - § 8-10-24. Sessions, motions, assignments, etc. The provisions of chapter...

Section 8-10-25 - — 8-10-27. Repealed. - § 8-10-25 — 8-10-27. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch....

Section 8-10-28. - Authority and duties of clerk. - § 8-10-28. Authority and duties of clerk. In addition to...

Section 8-10-29. - Report of divorce proceedings to director of health. - § 8-10-29. Report of divorce proceedings to director of health....

Section 8-10-30. - Appointment of clerk pro tempore. - § 8-10-30. Appointment of clerk pro tempore. In case of...

Section 8-10-31. - Appointment of deputies. - § 8-10-31. Appointment of deputies. The clerk of the family...

Section 8-10-32. - Employment of clerical assistance by clerk. - § 8-10-32. Employment of clerical assistance by clerk. (a) The...

Section 8-10-33. - Powers of assistant clerks of family court. - § 8-10-33. Powers of assistant clerks of family court. Each...

Section 8-10-34. - Court secretary and assistant. - § 8-10-34. Court secretary and assistant. The justices of the...

Section 8-10-35. - Appointment of stenographers. - § 8-10-35. Appointment of stenographers. The justices of the family...

Section 8-10-36. - Court reporters and court recording clerks — Supplies and preservation of notes and other materials. - § 8-10-36. Court reporters and court recording clerks — Supplies...

Section 8-10-37. - Report of trials — Transcripts. - § 8-10-37. Report of trials — Transcripts. Subject to the...

Section 8-10-38. - Judgments, decrees, and orders — Punishment for contempt. - § 8-10-38. Judgments, decrees, and orders — Punishment for contempt....

Section 8-10-38.1. - Imprisonment for contempt. - § 8-10-38.1. Imprisonment for contempt. The justices of the family...

Section 8-10-39. - Repealed. - § 8-10-39. Repealed. History of Section.G.L., § 8-10-39, as enacted...

Section 8-10-40, 8-10-41. - Repealed. - § 8-10-40, 8-10-41. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1961, ch. 73,...

Section 8-10-42. - Engagement — Precedence — Retirement and powers of justices. - § 8-10-42. Engagement — Precedence — Retirement and powers of...

Section 8-10-42.1. - Service after retirement. - § 8-10-42.1. Service after retirement. Any justice of the family...

Section 8-10-43. - References to family court — Powers and duties. - § 8-10-43. References to family court — Powers and duties....

Section 8-10-43.1. - Venue of criminal offenses. - § 8-10-43.1. Venue of criminal offenses. The chief judge of...

Section 8-10-44. - Annual appropriations. - § 8-10-44. Annual appropriations. The general assembly shall annually appropriate...

Section 8-10-45. - Severability. - § 8-10-45. Severability. The provisions of this chapter are severable,...

Chapter 8-11 - Motion Days and Terms of Court

Section 8-11-1. - Assignment or motion day falling on holiday. - § 8-11-1. Assignment or motion day falling on holiday. If...

Section 8-11-2. - Number of sessions on motion days. - § 8-11-2. Number of sessions on motion days. The superior...

Section 8-11-3. - Filing and notice of motions in supreme and superior courts. - § 8-11-3. Filing and notice of motions in supreme and...

Section 8-11-4. - Docketing and calling of motions — Calendar. - § 8-11-4. Docketing and calling of motions — Calendar. All...

Section 8-11-5. - Business continued by adjournment. - § 8-11-5. Business continued by adjournment. All writs, actions, pleas,...

Section 8-11-6. - Continuance of business when court fails to meet. - § 8-11-6. Continuance of business when court fails to meet....

Section 8-11-7. - Postponement of hearing. - § 8-11-7. Postponement of hearing. Whenever provision is made for...

Chapter 8-12 - Conditional Escheat of Unclaimed Funds in Court Registries

Section 8-12-1. - Report of unclaimed funds in court registries. - § 8-12-1. Report of unclaimed funds in court registries. (a)...

Section 8-12-2. - Deposit of unclaimed funds. - § 8-12-2. Deposit of unclaimed funds. If, upon examination of...

Section 8-12-3. - Claim for escheated funds. - § 8-12-3. Claim for escheated funds. (a) Any person who...

Chapter 8-13 - Judicial Council

Section 8-13-1. - Creation — Composition. - § 8-13-1. Creation — Composition. A judicial council is hereby...

Section 8-13-2. - Appointment of members — Vacancies. - § 8-13-2. Appointment of members — Vacancies. In the month...

Section 8-13-3. - Officers of council. - § 8-13-3. Officers of council. The members of the council...

Section 8-13-4. - Powers and duties. - § 8-13-4. Powers and duties. The judicial council may from...

Section 8-13-5. - Compensation of secretary — Expenses of council. - § 8-13-5. Compensation of secretary — Expenses of council. The...

Chapter 8-14 - Inactive Records

Section 8-14-1. - Management, storage, and disposition of state court records. - § 8-14-1. Management, storage, and disposition of state court records....

Section 8-14-2. - Attorney records. - § 8-14-2. Attorney records. After a period of seven (7)...

Section 8-14-3 - — 8-14-5. Repealed. - § 8-14-3 — 8-14-5. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1957, ch....

Chapter 8-15 - Court Administration

Section 8-15-1. - Unified system. - § 8-15-1. Unified system. The supreme court, the superior court,...

Section 8-15-2. - Executive head of system. - § 8-15-2. Executive head of system. The chief justice of...

Section 8-15-2.1. - Powers of the chief justice to ensure court operations. - § 8-15-2.1. Powers of the chief justice to ensure court...

Section 8-15-3. - Power to assign judges. - § 8-15-3. Power to assign judges. In order to aid...

Section 8-15-3.1. - Chief justice — Power to assign magistrates. - § 8-15-3.1. Chief justice — Power to assign magistrates. The...

Section 8-15-4. - Appointment of court administrator and assistants. - § 8-15-4. Appointment of court administrator and assistants. (a) The...

Section 8-15-4.1. - Deposit of proceeds. - § 8-15-4.1. Deposit of proceeds. The state court administrator may...

Section 8-15-5. - Advisory board. - § 8-15-5. Advisory board. The chief justice shall appoint an...

Section 8-15-6. - Internal administration of courts not affected. - § 8-15-6. Internal administration of courts not affected. The presiding...

Section 8-15-7. - Annual report of the judiciary. - § 8-15-7. Annual report of the judiciary. Under the direction...

Section 8-15-8. - Repealed. - § 8-15-8. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 191, §...

Section 8-15-9. - Supervision of court imposed and court related costs, fines, restitution, and other payments, deposits, and receipts. - § 8-15-9. Supervision of court imposed and court related costs,...

Section 8-15-9.1. - Payment by credit card. - § 8-15-9.1. Payment by credit card. (a) The director of...

Section 8-15-9.2. - Information to be provided to State Controller. - § 8-15-9.2. Information to be provided to State Controller. Each...

Section 8-15-9.3. - Public inspection of court payments owed. - § 8-15-9.3. Public inspection of court payments owed. (a) Notwithstanding...

Section 8-15-10. - Receipt and use of funds. - § 8-15-10. Receipt and use of funds. There is hereby...

Section 8-15-11. - Electronic filing and online payments. - § 8-15-11. Electronic filing and online payments. (a) In addition...

Chapter 8-16 - Commission on Judicial Tenure and Discipline

Section 8-16-1. - Composition — Appointment. - § 8-16-1. Composition — Appointment. (a) There is hereby created...

Section 8-16-2. - Terms of the commissioners. - § 8-16-2. Terms of the commissioners. Except as otherwise provided,...

Section 8-16-3. - Meetings of the commission — Compensation. - § 8-16-3. Meetings of the commission — Compensation. (a) The...

Section 8-16-4. - Employment of personnel — Investigation of unfitness. - § 8-16-4. Employment of personnel — Investigation of unfitness. (a)...

Section 8-16-4.1. - Subpoena powers of commission. - § 8-16-4.1. Subpoena powers of commission. The members of the...

Section 8-16-4.2. - Discovery. - § 8-16-4.2. Discovery. After the commission institutes formal proceedings and...

Section 8-16-4.3. - Compelling evidence in commission proceedings — Immunity. - § 8-16-4.3. Compelling evidence in commission proceedings — Immunity. Whenever...

Section 8-16-5. - Certification of recommendations to supreme court. - § 8-16-5. Certification of recommendations to supreme court. Whenever the...

Section 8-16-6. - Review of commission’s recommendations by supreme court. - § 8-16-6. Review of commission’s recommendations by supreme court. (a)...

Section 8-16-6.1. - Suspension of judge pending review. - § 8-16-6.1. Suspension of judge pending review. Whenever the supreme...

Section 8-16-7. - Power of the supreme court to discipline, suspend, or remove judges. - § 8-16-7. Power of the supreme court to discipline, suspend,...

Section 8-16-7.1. - Confidentiality of supreme court review of recommendation of private reprimand. - § 8-16-7.1. Confidentiality of supreme court review of recommendation of...

Section 8-16-8. - Discipline of judges upon indictment or conviction for a crime. - § 8-16-8. Discipline of judges upon indictment or conviction for...

Section 8-16-9. - Retirement of judges for incapacity or disability. - § 8-16-9. Retirement of judges for incapacity or disability. (a)...

Section 8-16-10. - Disqualification from acting as a commissioner. - § 8-16-10. Disqualification from acting as a commissioner. (a) No...

Section 8-16-11. - Papers and testimony privileged. - § 8-16-11. Papers and testimony privileged. The filing of papers...

Section 8-16-12. - Rules of practice and procedure — Confidentiality of proceedings. - § 8-16-12. Rules of practice and procedure — Confidentiality of...

Section 8-16-13. - Closed meetings of the commission — Public hearings — Evidence to remain confidential until made public at hearing. - § 8-16-13. Closed meetings of the commission — Public hearings...

Section 8-16-13.1. - Related judicial proceedings — Confidentiality. - § 8-16-13.1. Related judicial proceedings — Confidentiality. Judicial proceedings in...

Section 8-16-14. - Reasonable counsel fees. - § 8-16-14. Reasonable counsel fees. Any judge who has been...

Chapter 8-16.1 - Judicial Selection

Section 8-16.1-1. - Definitions. - § 8-16.1-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the...

Section 8-16.1-2. - Judicial nominating commission. - § 8-16.1-2. Judicial nominating commission. (a) There is hereby established...

Section 8-16.1-3. - Reimbursement. - § 8-16.1-3. Reimbursement. Members of the commission shall not be...

Section 8-16.1-4. - Criteria for selection of best qualified nominees. - § 8-16.1-4. Criteria for selection of best qualified nominees. (a)...

Section 8-16.1-5. - Nomination and appointment of supreme court justices. - § 8-16.1-5. Nomination and appointment of supreme court justices. (a)...

Section 8-16.1-6. - Nomination and appointment of judges. - § 8-16.1-6. Nomination and appointment of judges. (a) The governor...

Section 8-16.1-7. - Tenure of justices. - § 8-16.1-7. Tenure of justices. The justices of the supreme...

Chapter 8-17 - Retired Justice Trial Act

Section 8-17-1. - Retired justice program. - § 8-17-1. Retired justice program. There is hereby authorized and...

Chapter 8-18 - State and Municipal Court Compact

Section 8-18-1. - Legislative findings. - § 8-18-1. Legislative findings. It is hereby found and declared...

Section 8-18-2. - Universal summons. - § 8-18-2. Universal summons. All state agencies and municipalities that...

Section 8-18-3. - Jurisdiction for certain violations. - § 8-18-3. Jurisdiction for certain violations. (a) Subject to subsection...

Section 8-18-4. - Adjudication of summonses by municipal courts. - § 8-18-4. Adjudication of summonses by municipal courts. (a) All...

Section 8-18-5. - Administration of funds. - § 8-18-5. Administration of funds. The cities and towns and...

Section 8-18-6. - Joint violation fines — Distribution of funds. - § 8-18-6. Joint violation fines — Distribution of funds. Cities...

Section 8-18-7. - Repealed. - § 8-18-7. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 488, §...

Section 8-18-8. - Judicial conduct. - § 8-18-8. Judicial conduct. All judges of any municipal court...

Section 8-18-9. - Appeals. - § 8-18-9. Appeals. Any person desiring to appeal from an...

Section 8-18-10. - Exclusive jurisdiction. - § 8-18-10. Exclusive jurisdiction. The universal summons shall also be...

Section 8-18-11. - Municipal court adherence to promulgated procedures. - § 8-18-11. Municipal court adherence to promulgated procedures. All municipal...

Chapter 8-19 - Language Interpreters — Use of Language Interpreters in Legal Proceedings

Section 8-19-1. - Legislative declaration — Intent. - § 8-19-1. Legislative declaration — Intent. (a) It is hereby...

Section 8-19-2. - Definitions. - § 8-19-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) A...

Section 8-19-3. - Appointment of certified or qualified interpreters. - § 8-19-3. Appointment of certified or qualified interpreters. (a) When...

Section 8-19-4. - Compensation of interpreters. - § 8-19-4. Compensation of interpreters. Interpreters appointed pursuant to this...

Section 8-19-5. - Certification of interpreters — Establishment and procedure. - § 8-19-5. Certification of interpreters — Establishment and procedure. The...

Section 8-19-6. - Severability. - § 8-19-6. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Section 8-19-7. - Confidential communications. - § 8-19-7. Confidential communications. No interpreter/transliterator appointed pursuant to this...

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