Share and membership certificates

R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-8-18., under Chapter 7-8 Consumers’ Cooperatives.

R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-8-18.

(a) No certificate for share or membership capital shall be issued until its par value has been paid for in full. There shall be printed on each certificate issued by an association a full or condensed statement of the requirements of § 7-8-12, the first clause of the first sentence of § 7-8-13, and §§ 7-8-20 — 7-8-24.

(b) Each member, upon fulfilling the requirements of § 7-8-17, and of the articles of association, and/or bylaws of the association, including approval of his or her membership by the board of directors, if required, is entitled to a certificate for the amount of his paid-up share or membership capital.