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Rhode Island Statutes, Title 10

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Title 10, Title 10 and Civil Procedure — Procedure in Particular Actions

23 chapters · 356 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 10356 Ch 10-5, Chapter 10-5 Attachment43 Ch 10-21, Chapter 10-21 Rhode Island Commercia…39 Ch 10-9, Chapter 10-9 Habeas Corpus31 Ch 10-13, Chapter 10-13 Relief of Poor Debtors29 Ch 10-3, Chapter 10-3 Arbitration25 Ch 10-17, Chapter 10-17 Trustee Process22 Ch 10-18, Chapter 10-18 Wage Earner Receivership21 Ch 10-7, Chapter 10-7 Death by Wrongful Act17 Ch 10-16, Chapter 10-16 Small Claims and Consu…17 Ch 10-11, Chapter 10-11 Bail of Persons Impris…16 Ch 10-10, Chapter 10-10 Imprisonment on Civil …14 Ch 10-4, Chapter 10-4 Assignment for Benefit …13 Ch 10-9.1, Chapter 10-9.1 Post Conviction Remedy12 Ch 10-6, Chapter 10-6 Contribution Among Join…11

14 sections·Filtered byTitle 10✕Ch 10-10✕

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-1. Grounds for writ commanding arrest
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At the commencement of a civil action, a writ, commanding the arrest of any person not exempt by law from arrest, shall be issued from the superior court or from any district court only after application to a justice thereof, who may, in his or her discretion, order the issuance …
R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-10. Validity of assignments made by prisoner
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All assignments, transfers, and conveyances of property made by a debtor during his or her imprisonment, for the payment or security of any debt, except that of the committing creditor, shall be utterly void, unless made for the benefit of all his or her creditors in proportion t…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-11. Bonds and obligations not provided for void
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If any deputy sheriff, town sergeant, constable or the warden of the adult correctional institutions shall take or receive from any prisoner in his or her custody any bond, obligation, covenant, promise, or assurance whatsoever, to indemnify and save harmless the person taking th…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-12. Payment of prisoner’s board
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Whenever any person shall be imprisoned in or committed to the adult correctional institution upon original writ, mesne process, execution, or surrender or commitment by bail, in any action whatsoever, the party at whose suit the person is imprisoned, or committed for the benefit…

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-13. Discharge of prisoner on default in board payments

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In case of default made in payment of the prisoner’s board, as required in § 10-10-12, the warden shall discharge such prisoner from the institution, stating in his or her formal discharge on the records of the institution the reason for the discharge.

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-14. Board payments as costs

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The amount thus paid by the creditor, for the board of the prisoner so imprisoned at his or her suit, shall be added to and form a part of the costs of commitment and detention; and as such costs, shall be paid by the prisoner in the then existing or any future proceedings which …

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-2. Form of writ from superior court

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An original writ of arrest issued from the superior court shall be substantially in the following form: THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND. SC. To the sheriffs of our several counties, or to their deputies, (SEAL) Greeting: We command you to arrest the body of .......... of .......... , i…

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-3. Form of writ from district court

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An original writ of arrest issued from a district court shall be substantially in the following form: THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND. SC. To the sheriff of the county of .......... , his or her deputies, or to either of the town sergeants or constables in said county, (SEAL) Greeting:…

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-4. Exemption of females from arrest on contract

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No female shall be arrested on original writ in any action founded on contract.

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-5. Exemption of voters at time of elections

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No person entitled to vote shall be liable to arrest upon any civil process on the days of election of city or town officers, of state officers, representatives in congress, or of electors of president and vice-president of the United States, or on the day preceding or on the day…

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-6. Exemption of persons on military duty

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No officer, noncommissioned officer, or private shall be arrested on civil process while going to, or coming from, or remaining at any place which he or she shall have been ordered to attend for the election of any military officer or the performance of any military duty.

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-7. Custody of person arrested

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Every officer who shall arrest any person by virtue of any writ of arrest, in a civil action, shall keep the person in safe custody until he or she is discharged pursuant to law.

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-8. Notation of cause of action on execution and commitment

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Every clerk of any court, issuing an execution against any person, shall note on the margin of the execution the cause of action on which the execution issued, to the end that the warden of the adult correctional institutions may ascertain whether the person, if committed, is ent…

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-9. Privileges allowed person committed in absence of memorandum

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If no memorandum as described in § 10-10-8 is made by the clerk on any execution, or if the officer shall not note the cause of action as provided in § 10-10-8 in his or her commitment, the warden of the adult correctional institutions shall be held harmless if he or she permits …