Title 8, Title 8 and Civil Procedure — Courts

For purposes of the calculation of retirement benefits, in the event that any justice or judge of the supreme court, the superior court, the family court, or the district court participates or acquiesces in a state shutdown or in a reduced salary or a salary deferral plan consist…

For purposes of this chapter, “domestic partner” shall be defined as a person who, prior to the decedent’s death, was in an exclusive, intimate and committed relationship with the decedent, and who certifies by affidavit that their relationship met the following qualifications: (…

The associate justices shall have precedence in their respective courts according to the dates of their commissions, or when the commission of two or more of them bear the same date, according to their ages.

The holding of any section or sections or parts of this chapter to be void, ineffective, or unconstitutional for any cause shall not be deemed to affect any other section or part hereof.

Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of chief justice of the supreme court, or whenever the chief justice shall be unable, by reason of illness or absence, to perform the duties of his or her office, the associate justice of the supreme court having precedence who is present…

Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of presiding justice of the superior court, or whenever the presiding justice shall be unable by reason of illness to perform the duties of his office, the associate justice of the superior court having precedence who is present and quali…

The justices of the supreme and superior court shall, by virtue of their office, be severally conservators of the peace throughout the state, and shall severally have the same power in criminal cases throughout the state that district courts have in their respective districts.

(a) Whenever any person engaged as a judge: (1) On or before July 2, 1997 has served as a justice of the supreme court, the superior court, the family court, the district court, or any combination thereof for twenty (20) years, or has so served for ten (10) years and has reached …

No increment in salary resulting from any rule or regulation providing for an increment in salary for temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice or chief judge shall be construed to add to the annual salary of a judicial officer for purposes of retirement under § 8-3-7…

(a) Whenever any person engaged as a judge: (1) On or before July 2, 1997 shall have served as a justice of the supreme court, the superior court, the family court, the district court, or any of them for twenty (20) years and has reached the age of sixty-five (65) years, or has s…

No increment in salary resulting from any rule or regulation providing for an increment in salary for temporary service as chief justice, presiding justice or chief judge shall be construed to add to the annual salary of a judicial officer for purposes of retirement under § 8-3-8…

For purposes of determining eligibility for retirement under §§ 8-3-7 and 8-3-8, the years of service of any person who has served as an associate judge of the juvenile court prior to September 1, 1961, or who has served as a judge or clerk of a district court as constituted prio…

There shall be a clerk of the supreme court, with an office in Providence.

The superior court clerks shall make or cause to be made two (2) indexes to every current book and electronic storage system or other data compilation system of records of judgments in their offices, one, an alphabetical index of the names of all the plaintiffs, complainants, or …

In case of the death, resignation, absence, inability, or refusal to serve of any of the superior court clerks, the chief justice, or the presiding justice of the court in which the vacancy, or inability, or refusal to serve occurs, may appoint a clerk pro tempore, who shall hold…

The clerk appointed pursuant to § 8-4-12 shall be sworn and give bond before he or she enters upon the duties of his or her office and shall, during his or her term of service, be entitled to the compensation of the office.

The clerk of the supreme court, with the approval of the Chief Justice, may appoint one or more deputy clerks, who, being sworn, may discharge all the duties of the clerk appointing them.

Each deputy clerk shall be removable at the pleasure of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; and the supreme court clerk appointing him or her shall fix the amount of his or her compensation within the amount appropriated therefor and shall be liable for his misconduct or negl…

The clerk of the supreme court shall appoint, with the approval of the court, not more than two (2) assistant clerks, who shall hold office until removed by the clerk or the court.

(a) The presiding justice shall appoint as many assistant clerks as may be necessary, who shall hold office until removed by the presiding justice. (b) The presiding justice is hereby authorized and empowered to employ such clerical assistance in addition to assistant clerks as m…

Each of the assistant clerks for the counties of Providence and Bristol shall aid his principal in the discharge of his duties and any act done by him or her, under direction of the clerk, in the line of duty of the clerk, shall have the same force and effect as though done by th…

The clerks of the superior courts within the counties of Kent, Washington, and Newport may employ such clerical assistance in their respective offices as they may deem necessary, and the general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary for this purpos…

In the month of April and every five (5) years thereafter, the chief justice of the supreme court with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a clerk of the supreme court. The person so appointed shall hold office until the first day of May in the fifth year next aft…

The files and records of the supreme court shall be in the custody of the clerk of the supreme court. The files and records now in the offices of the clerks of the superior court in the counties of Providence, Newport, Washington, and Kent, which were transferred to the offices f…

The presiding justice of the superior court shall appoint four (4) general assistant clerks, who shall hold office until removed by the presiding justice. Each of the general assistant clerks may be designated by the presiding justice for service in assisting any of the clerks of…

In case of a vacancy in the office of the clerk of the supreme court from any cause, the chief justice shall appoint some person to fill such vacancy for the balance of the unexpired term and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.

There shall be a clerk of the superior court for the counties of Providence and Bristol, and a clerk of the superior court for each of the counties of Newport, Washington, and Kent.

Any clerk of the superior court serving on or after May 16, 1984 and who retires from the position of clerk under the state retirement system after having served not less than nine (9) years in the position shall, upon such retirement, be deemed to be clerk emeritus of the superi…

In the month of May, 1971, and in the month of January in 1976 and in every fifth year thereafter, the presiding justice of the superior court, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a clerk of the superior court for the counties of Providence and Bristol, and a…

In case of a vacancy in the office of clerk of the superior court for the counties of Providence and Bristol, or in the office of clerk of the superior court of either of the counties of Newport, Washington, or Kent, from any cause, the presiding justice of the superior court wit…

The superior court clerks shall constantly attend the sittings of their respective courts, shall keep the seal, books, and papers thereof, shall collect and receive all fines and costs in criminal cases, and all court fees in civil cases and shall account therefor as required by …

The superior court clerks shall, in the record of every judgment, recite the substance of the pleadings in the cause, except that the court may by general rule, general order, or special order direct in what manner and to what extent, if any, the pleadings in any or all causes wh…

The supreme court may appoint a secretary and an assistant secretary, each of whom shall hold office during its pleasure and shall perform such duties as may be required by the court.

The justices of the superior court, or a majority of them, may appoint a secretary of the court and five (5) assistant secretaries, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the court and shall perform such duties as may be required by the court.

(a) The justices of the superior court, or a majority of them, shall appoint competent shorthand writers or stenotypists, known as court reporters, for regular service in the superior court, and one or more such persons for occasional service therein in the absence of other appoi…

All books, papers, recording media, and supplies necessary for use by court reporters and electronic court reporters shall be furnished by the state, and the notebooks used and notes and recordings taken by them shall be the property of the state and be deposited with the clerk o…

(a) All stenographic notes of freelance court reporters or recordings and notes of freelance electronic court reporters pertaining to all proceedings which have been completely transcribed may be destroyed after seven (7) years, unless otherwise ordered by any court. (b) Stenogra…

Court reporters shall report stenographically or electronic court reporters or similar recording personnel shall report electronically the proceedings in the trial of every action or proceeding, civil or criminal, in the superior court, family court, district court, and traffic t…

Whenever the attorney-general shall make request in writing to the presiding justice of the superior court, he or she shall designate a court reporter or electronic court reporter or similar recording personnel to attend such sittings of any grand jury as the attorney-general may…

The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary to compensate the stenographers, court reporters, and electronic court reporters and similar recording personnel for their services; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to dra…

(a) In all civil and criminal cases, in workers’ compensation, district, family, and superior court proceedings, mental health court competency hearings, state traffic tribunals, and in any case in any municipal court, including, but not limited to, on-site, court-provided, alter…

(a) A non-English speaking person may at any point in the proceeding waive the right to the services of an interpreter/transliterator or a CART provider, but only when: (1) The waiver is approved by the appointing authority after explaining on the record to the non-English speaki…

In the trial of every cause, both civil and criminal, no interpreter/transliterator for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind shall be competent to testify concerning any statement made to him or her in connection with the interpreter’s or transliterator’s interpretation or t…

At the request of any party to the proceeding or the hearing or on the appointing authority’s initiative, the appointing authority may order that the testimony of the person who is deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind and the interpretation/transliteration of the proceeding by t…

(a) Where not already provided by law, any party to any legal action shall have the right to have a stenographer present provided that the party bears the expense of the stenographer, his or her transcription, and any other expenses incidental thereto. For purposes of this sectio…

The supreme and superior courts shall have power to enter such judgments, decrees, and orders, and to frame and issue such citations, executions, and other writs and processes, as may be necessary or proper to carry into full effect all the powers and jurisdiction which are or sh…