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 - Repealed.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 Repealed.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 - Repealed.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 Repealed.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