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RI Gen L § 9-32.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act|Section 9-32.1-5 - Determining money of the claim.

§ 9-32.1-5. Determining money of the claim.(a) The money in which the parties to a transaction have agreed that payment is to be made is the proper money of the claim for payment.(b) If the parties to a transaction have not otherwise agreed, the proper money of the claim, as in each case may be appropriate, is the money:(1) Regularly used between the parties as a matter of usage or course of dealing;(2) Used at the time of a transaction in international trade, by trade usage or common practice, for valuing or settling transactions in the particular commodity or service involved; or(3) In which the loss was ultimately felt or will be incurred by the party claimant.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-32.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act|Section 9-32.1-6 - Determining the amount of money of certain contract claims.

§ 9-32.1-6. Determining the amount of money of certain contract claims.(a) If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is measured by a specified amount of a different money, the amount to be paid is determined on the conversion date.(b) If an amount contracted to be paid in foreign money is to be measured by a different money at the rate of exchange prevailing on a date before default, that rate of exchange applies only to payments made within a reasonable time after default, not exceeding thirty (30) days. Thereafter, conversion is made at the bank-offered spot rate on the conversion date.(c) A monetary claim is neither usurious nor unconscionable because the agreement on which it is based provides that the amount of the debtor's obligation to be paid in the debtor's money, when received by the creditor, must equal a specified amount of the foreign money of the country of the creditor. If, because of unexcused delay in payment of a judgment or award, the amount received by the creditor does not equal the amount of the foreign money specified in the agreement, the court or arbitrator shall amend the judgment or award accordingly.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-32.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act|Section 9-32.1-7 - Asserting and defending a foreign money claim.

§ 9-32.1-7. Asserting and defending a foreign money claim.(a) A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars.(b) An opposing party may allege and prove that a claim, in whole or in part, is in different money than that asserted by the claimant.(c) A person may assert a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.(d) The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-32.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act|Section 9-32.1-8 - Judgments and awards on foreign money claims - Times of money conversion - Form of judgment.

§ 9-32.1-8. Judgments and awards on foreign money claims — Times of money conversion — Form of judgment.(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim must be stated in an amount of the money of the claim.(b) A judgment or award on a foreign money claim is payable in that foreign money or, at the option of the debtor, in the amount of United States dollars which will purchase that foreign money on the conversion date at a bank-offered spot rate.(c) Assessed costs must be entered in United States dollars.(d) Each payment in United States dollars must be accepted and credited on a judgment or award on a foreign money claim in the amount of the foreign money that could be purchased by the dollars at a bank-offered spot rate of exchange at or near the close of business on the conversion date for that payment.(e) A judgment or award made in an action or distribution proceeding on both: (1) A defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim and (2) The adverse party's claim, must be netted by converting the money of the smaller into the money of the larger, and by subtracting the smaller from the larger, and specify the rates of exchange used.(f) A judgment substantially in the following form complies with subsection (a):[IT IS ADJUDGED AND ORDERED, that Defendant (insert name) pay to Plaintiff (insert name) the sum of (insert amount in the foreign money) plus interest on that sum at the rate of (insert rate — in accordance with § 9-32.1-10) percent a year or, at the option of the judgment debtor, the number of United States dollars which will purchase the (insert name of foreign money) with interest due, at a bank-offered spot rate at or near the close of business on the banking day next before the day of payment, together with assessed costs of (insert amount) United States dollars.](g) If a contract claim is of the type covered by subsection 9-32.1-4(a) or (b), the judgment or award must be entered for the amount of money stated to measure the obligation to be paid in the money specified for payment or, at the option of the debtor, the number of United States dollars which will purchase the computed amount of the money of payment on the conversion date at a bank-offered spot rate.(h) A judgment must be filed and indexed in foreign money in the same manner, and has the same effect as a lien, as other judgments. It may be discharged by payment.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-32.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act|Section 9-32.1-9 - Conversions of foreign money in distribution proceeding.

§ 9-32.1-9. Conversions of foreign money in distribution proceeding.The rate of exchange prevailing at or near the close of business on the day the distribution proceeding is initiated, governs all exchanges of foreign money in a distribution proceeding. A foreign money claimant in a distribution proceeding shall assert its claim in the named foreign money and show the amount of United States dollars resulting from a conversion as of the date the proceeding was initiated.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-32.1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act|Section 9-32.1-10 - Prejudgment and judgment interest.

§ 9-32.1-10. Prejudgment and judgment interest.(a) With respect to a foreign money claim, recovery of pre-judgment or pre-award interest and the rate of interest to be applied in the action or distribution proceeding, except as provided in subsection (b), are matters of the substantive law governing the right to recovery under the conflict-of-laws rules of this state.(b) The court or arbitrator shall increase or decrease the amount of pre-judgment or pre-award interest otherwise payable in a judgment or award in foreign money to the extent required by the law of this state governing a failure to make or accept an offer of settlement or offer of judgment, or conduct by a party or its attorney causing undue delay or expense.(c) A judgment or award on a foreign money claim bears interest at the rate applicable to judgments of this state.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-32.1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act|Section 9-32.1-11 - Enforcement of foreign judgments.

§ 9-32.1-11. Enforcement of foreign judgments.(a) If an action is brought to enforce a judgment of another jurisdiction expressed in a foreign money and the judgment is recognized in this state as enforceable, the enforcing judgment must be entered as provided in § 9-32.1-8, whether or not the foreign judgment confers an option to pay in an equivalent amount of United States dollars.(b) A foreign judgment may be filed in accordance with any rule or statute of this state providing a procedure for its recognition and enforcement.(c) A satisfaction or partial payment made upon the foreign judgment, on proof thereof, must be credited against the amount of foreign money specified in the judgment, notwithstanding the entry of judgment in this state.(d) A judgment entered on a foreign money claim only in United States dollars in another state must be enforced in this state in United States dollars only.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-32.1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act|Section 9-32.1-12 - Determining United States dollar value of foreign money claims for limited purposes.

§ 9-32.1-12. Determining United States dollar value of foreign money claims for limited purposes.(a) Computations under this section are for the limited purposes of the section and do not affect computation of the United States dollar equivalent of the money of the judgment for the purpose of payment.(b) For the limited purpose of facilitating the enforcement of provisional remedies in an action, the value in United States dollars of assets to be seized or restrained pursuant to a writ of attachment, garnishment, execution, or other legal process, the amount of United States dollars at issue for assessing costs, or the amount of United States dollars involved for a surety bond or other court-required undertaking, must be ascertained as provided in subsections (c) and (d).(c) A party seeking process, costs, bond, or other undertaking under subsection (b) shall compute in United States dollars the amount of the foreign money claimed from a bank-offered spot rate prevailing at or near the close of business on the banking day next preceding the filing of a request or application for the issuance of process or for the determination of costs, or an application for a bond or other court-required undertaking.(d) A party seeking the process, costs, bond, or other undertaking under subsection (b) shall file with each request or application an affidavit or certificate executed in good faith by its counsel or a bank officer, stating the market quotation used and how it was obtained, and setting forth the calculation. Affected court officials incur no liability, after a filing of the affidavit or certificate, for acting as if the judgment were in the amount of United States dollars stated in the affidavit or certificate.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-32.1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act|Section 9-32.1-13 - Effect of currency revalorization.

§ 9-32.1-13. Effect of currency revalorization.(a) If, after an obligation is expressed or a loss is incurred in a foreign money, the country issuing or adopting that money substitutes a new money in place of that money, the obligation or the loss is treated as if expressed or incurred in the new money at the rate of conversion the issuing country establishes for the payment of like obligations or losses denominated in the former money.(b) If substitution under subsection (a) occurs after a judgment or award is entered on a foreign money claim, the court or arbitrator shall amend the judgment or award by a like conversion of the former money.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-32.1-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act|Section 9-32.1-14 - Supplementary general principles of law.

§ 9-32.1-14. Supplementary general principles of law.Unless displaced by particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant, and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating causes supplement its provisions.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-32.1-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act|Section 9-32.1-15 - Uniformity of application and construction.

§ 9-32.1-15. Uniformity of application and construction.This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-32.1-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act|Section 9-32.1-16 - Severability.

§ 9-32.1-16. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-32.1-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act|Section 9-32.1-17 - Legislative intent.

§ 9-32.1-17. Legislative intent.It is the intention of the general assembly that the official comments of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws pertaining to this chapter represent the express legislative intent of the general assembly and shall be used as a guide for interpretation of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-33-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-33 - Limits on Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation|Section 9-33-1 - Findings.

§ 9-33-1. Findings.The legislature finds and declares that full participation by persons and organizations and robust discussion of issues of public concern before the legislative, judicial, and administrative bodies and in other public fora are essential to the democratic process, that there has been a disturbing increase in lawsuits brought primarily to chill the valid exercise of the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and petition for the redress of grievances; that such litigation is disfavored and should be resolved quickly with minimum cost to citizens who have participated in matters of public concern.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 354, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 448, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-33-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-33 - Limits on Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation|Section 9-33-3 - Intervention.

§ 9-33-3. Intervention.Any governmental agency or subdivision to which the party's petition or free speech were directed or the attorney general may intervene to defend or otherwise support the party claiming lawful exercise of its right of petition or of free speech under United States or Rhode Island constitution.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 354, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 448, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 386, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-33-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-33 - Limits on Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation|Section 9-33-4 - Construction of chapter.

§ 9-33-4. Construction of chapter.Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit or affect any additional constitutional, statutory, or common law protections of defendants in actions involving their exercise of rights of petition or of free speech.History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 354, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 448, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 78.
RI Gen L § 10-1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances|Section 10-1-1 - Action to abate nuisance - Contents.

§ 10-1-1. Action to abate nuisance — Contents.Whenever a nuisance is alleged to exist, the attorney general or any citizen of the state may bring an action in the name of the state, upon the relation of the attorney general or of an individual citizen, to abate the nuisance and to perpetually enjoin the person or persons maintaining the nuisance and any or all persons owning any legal or equitable interest in the place from further maintaining or permitting the nuisance either directly or indirectly. The complaint shall be duly sworn to by the complaining party, unless brought by the attorney general, and shall set forth the names of the parties, the object of the action, a description of the place complained of, and a statement of the facts constituting the alleged nuisance.History of Section.P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-1.
RI Gen L § 10-1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances|Section 10-1-2 - Filing of action - Application for temporary injunction.

§ 10-1-2. Filing of action — Application for temporary injunction.The action shall be filed in the superior court of the county in which the nuisance is alleged to exist. Upon the filing of the action, application for a temporary injunction may be made to any justice of the superior court, and the justice shall order process to issue for a hearing to be held on the application within twenty (20) days thereafter. If the court shall not be in session in the county for which the action is filed on the date for the hearing, the process shall be made returnable to the court at Providence and the hearing shall be held at Providence, unless otherwise agreed by the parties or ordered by the court. Notice of the time and place of the hearing of the application for a temporary injunction shall be served upon the defendants named in the complaint at least three (3) days before the hearing. The hearing shall have precedence over all matters upon the docket.History of Section.P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-2; P.L. 1985, ch. 150, § 20.
RI Gen L § 10-1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances|Section 10-1-3 - Temporary injunction - Enforcement.

§ 10-1-3. Temporary injunction — Enforcement.If it shall appear to the court at the hearing that the alleged nuisance exists, a temporary injunction shall issue enjoining any and all respondents from further maintaining or permitting the nuisance, and from removing any personal property from the place where the nuisance is alleged to exist. It shall be within the power of the court to require any and all respondents to furnish a bond in a given amount, with or without surety, within such time as the court shall direct, conditioned upon the due observance of the temporary injunction. Any violation of the temporary injunction or any condition thereof shall be contempt of court to be punished as provided in § 10-1-10.History of Section.P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-3; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 79.
RI Gen L § 10-1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances|Section 10-1-4 - Application of rules of equity.

§ 10-1-4. Application of rules of equity.Proceedings under this chapter shall follow the usual and accepted rules of equity, except as provided in this chapter or otherwise provided by statute or rule of court.History of Section.P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-4; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 79.
RI Gen L § 10-1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances|Section 10-1-5 - Evidence of reputation - Conviction of offenses against decency.

§ 10-1-5. Evidence of reputation — Conviction of offenses against decency.In any hearing in proceedings under this chapter, evidence of the general reputation of the place, or the conviction, whether by trial or plea, including a plea of nolo, of any person of the violation of statutes against prostitution, lewdness, or assignation committed in any such place shall be admissible for the purposes of proving the existence of the nuisance.History of Section.P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-5.
RI Gen L § 10-1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances|Section 10-1-6 - Substitution of attorney general for original plaintiff - Costs against plaintiff.

§ 10-1-6. Substitution of attorney general for original plaintiff — Costs against plaintiff.No action filed under § 10-1-1 shall be dismissed without the consent of the attorney general, and if the attorney general is of the opinion that the action ought not to be dismissed, he or she may be substituted for the original plaintiff and prosecute the case to a final decree. If the action is brought by a person other than the attorney general and the court finds that there is no reasonable ground therefor, costs shall be awarded against the plaintiff.History of Section.P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-6.
RI Gen L § 10-1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances|Section 10-1-7 - Decree and order of abatement - Sale of property.

§ 10-1-7. Decree and order of abatement — Sale of property.If the existence of a nuisance shall finally be admitted or established in any proceeding under this chapter, a decree permanently enjoining the maintenance thereof shall be entered, and, in addition thereto, an order of abatement shall be entered, directing a deputy sheriff to enter the place where the nuisance exists and to sell and remove, in the manner provided for the sale of goods and chattels under execution, all personal property used in maintaining the nuisance, unless the owner of the personal property shall prove to the satisfaction of the court that he or she had no knowledge and by the exercise of reasonable diligence could not have learned of the maintenance of the nuisance before the filing of the complaint, and the court may further direct that the place where the nuisance exists shall be kept closed for all purposes for a period of one year unless otherwise ordered. The proceeds of any sale under this section shall be applied first to the payment of all costs incurred in connection with the proceedings brought under this chapter in connection with the nuisance, and secondly to the payment of a reasonable counsel fee for the plaintiff, and any balance remaining shall be paid to the owner of the property so sold.History of Section.P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-7; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 22.