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RI Gen L § 9-25-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-22 - Execution against defendant released from arrest by court.

§ 9-25-22. Execution against defendant released from arrest by court.Whenever the court in which an original writ is returnable shall release the defendant therein from arrest and discharge the bail, if any taken thereon, the execution in such actions shall not issue against the body of the defendant so released, but against his or her goods and chattels and real estate.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 619; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-22.
RI Gen L § 9-25-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-23 - Execution against attached property.

§ 9-25-23. Execution against attached property.Whenever final judgment or decree shall be rendered for the plaintiff in any action or suit in which a writ was served attaching real estate, or goods and chattels, or stock or shares in any incorporated company, the execution issued on the judgment or decree shall be levied on the property so attached, as soon as may be; but if execution shall not be so levied within one year from the day of entry of judgment or decree, the property attached shall be discharged from the attachment. In computing the periods of time provided in this section, time during which execution is stayed shall not be included.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 621; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-23; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 43; P.L. 1979, ch. 373, § 8; P.L. 1982, ch. 130, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-25-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-24 - Trustee's affidavit as to want of notice, accident, mistake, or excusable neglect.

§ 9-25-24. Trustee's affidavit as to want of notice, accident, mistake, or excusable neglect.If any person named as the trustee of a defendant, who shall have been charged as trustee by reason of his or her default, shall make affidavit as to whether or not he or she had personal property of the defendant in his or her hands or possession at the time of the service of a writ in the action or suit upon him or her, and stating the amount or articles, if any, so in his or her hands, and that he or she failed to file an affidavit therein before he or she was charged by the court as the trustee of the defendant, either from want of actual notice of the service of the writ, or by accident, mistake, or excusable neglect, and shall give the affidavit to the officer charged with the service of the execution, who shall annex the affidavit to his or her return on the execution, or, if execution has not issued, if the person shall file the affidavit in the court in which he or she has been charged, with the clerk, if there is a clerk, otherwise with the justice thereof, and shall pay to the officer, clerk, or justice, respectively, the money paid for his or her attendance at the time of the service of the writ, and another like sum, and, in case execution has issued, shall pay to the officer the sum stated in his or her affidavit to be so in his or her hands, if any, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the execution, or, if the property in his or her hand as disclosed by his or her affidavit consists of specific articles, shall then deliver the articles to the officer, no further proceeding shall be commenced against the trustee, except as is provided in § 10-17-14 in case of a false answer or affidavit by the person summoned as trustee, and the officer shall pay the money paid to him or her by the trustee to the plaintiff, or take the specific articles on the execution.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 623; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-24; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 43; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 72.
RI Gen L § 9-25-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-25 - Execution against real estate held in partnership name.

§ 9-25-25. Execution against real estate held in partnership name.Whenever a writ of execution is issued by the superior court or district court against real estate, title to which is held in the name of a partnership, the writ shall include, among other things, the name of the partnership.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 93, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-26-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-1 - "Trustee" defined.

§ 9-26-1. "Trustee" defined.The word "trustee", wherever occurring in this chapter, shall be deemed to include the words "attorney", "agent", "factor", or "debtor".History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 596; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 550, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-1.
RI Gen L § 9-26-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-2 - Duty to execute and return writs.

§ 9-26-2. Duty to execute and return writs.Every officer to whom a writ of execution or other judicial writ shall be lawfully issued shall execute the mandates therein contained as commanded, and shall make returns of his or her doings thereon. If he or she is unable to execute the mandates, he or she shall set forth the reason of his or her failure in his or her return.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 624; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-2.
RI Gen L § 9-26-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-3 - Body of deceased person exempt.

§ 9-26-3. Body of deceased person exempt.The body of a deceased person shall not be liable to be taken for debt or damages on execution or upon any process whatsoever; and if any officer shall, under color of an execution or process, seize or take the body of any deceased person for debt or damages, he or she shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 625; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-3.
RI Gen L § 9-26-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-5 - Exemption of police and firefighters' pensions - Assignments invalid.

§ 9-26-5. Exemption of police and firefighters' pensions — Assignments invalid.No interest of any person in any pension fund or in any pension derivable therefrom, for the benefit of police officers or firefighters, now or hereafter created or held by authority of law by any city or town, or by any public officer or officers or board of officers therein, to which fund the city or town contributes in any way, shall be subject to trustee process or liable to attachment on any writ, original, mesne, or judicial, or be taken on execution or any process, legal or equitable; and no assignment of any such interest shall be valid.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 602; G.L. 1909, ch. 302, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 352, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 557, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-5.
RI Gen L § 9-26-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-6 - Setoff of executions.

§ 9-26-6. Setoff of executions.If any officer shall, at the same time, have two or more executions delivered to him or her to serve, in which the parties shall be reversed, and shall sue and be sued in the same right and capacity, he or she shall set off the debts or damages in the actions and levy and collect the balance only that shall remain due thereon, with the costs on all the executions.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 626; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-6; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 73.
RI Gen L § 9-26-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-7 - Mortgaged personal property.

§ 9-26-7. Mortgaged personal property.Personal estate, when mortgaged and in the possession of the mortgagor, and while the mortgage is redeemable either at law or in equity, may be levied on by execution against the mortgagor in the same manner as on his or her unincumbered personal estate.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 627; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-7.
RI Gen L § 9-26-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-8 - Sale of mortgaged property.

§ 9-26-8. Sale of mortgaged property.When levied on, whether by virtue of an attachment or otherwise, mortgaged property shall be sold by the officer as in other cases of levies on personal property on executions.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 628; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-8.
RI Gen L § 9-26-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-9 - Proceeds of sale of mortgaged property.

§ 9-26-9. Proceeds of sale of mortgaged property.The proceeds of the sale shall be applied to the payment of the amount due on the mortgage, with such deduction for interest for the anticipated payment, or allowance for damages for such anticipated payment, as may be ascertained and allowed by the court to which the execution is returnable, and the balance shall be applied to the payment of the amount due on the execution.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 629; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-9.
RI Gen L § 9-26-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-10 - Redemption of mortgaged property by plaintiff in execution.

§ 9-26-10. Redemption of mortgaged property by plaintiff in execution.In case of such levy, the plaintiff in execution may redeem the mortgaged property in the same manner as the mortgagor might have done, and upon the redemption shall have the same lien on the property for the amount paid by him or her, with interest, as the mortgagee had.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 630; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-10.
RI Gen L § 9-26-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-11 - Attachment void unless mortgage redeemed or property sold.

§ 9-26-11. Attachment void unless mortgage redeemed or property sold.If the mortgage is not redeemed by the plaintiff or sold as provided in § 9-26-8, before the time of redemption expires, the attachment shall become void.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 631; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-11; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 23.
RI Gen L § 9-26-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-12 - Retention of goods levied on by officer - Perishable goods.

§ 9-26-12. Retention of goods levied on by officer — Perishable goods.In all cases when execution shall be levied on any goods or chattels, the goods and chattels shall be kept in the possession of the officer and shall be advertised at least ten (10) days before they shall be exposed and offered for sale, in order that the person who owned the goods or chattels may, if he or she think fit, pay the money due, together with the costs which shall have accrued thereon, and thereupon have his or her goods or chattels restored to him or her again; provided, that if the goods and chattels shall be of a quickly perishable nature, the officer levying execution thereon shall immediately notify the defendant or his or her agent thereof, and may obtain an order from the court, or any justice thereof, issuing the execution, to sell the goods and chattels at such time and in such manner as the court or justice may prescribe, and the order may be obtained at any time. Such an order to the officer may also be obtained by either party or his or her agent.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 632; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-12.
RI Gen L § 9-26-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-13 - Sale at auction - Surplus proceeds.

§ 9-26-13. Sale at auction — Surplus proceeds.In case the owner shall not redeem them as provided in § 9-26-12, and in case they are not sold under special order, the officer shall sell the goods or chattels at public auction to the highest bidder, and in any case if any surplus shall remain after the debt or damages and costs and charges are paid, the surplus shall be delivered by the officer to the owner or to any person legally qualified on his or her behalf to receive the surplus.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 633; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-13; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 23.
RI Gen L § 9-26-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-14 - Recording of execution against real estate.

§ 9-26-14. Recording of execution against real estate.Whenever execution is to be levied upon real estate or any interest therein, the officer charged with the service of the execution shall file with the recorder of deeds, if any, or with the town clerk or the city clerk of the town or city in which the real estate shall lie, a copy of the execution, with his or her doings thereon, together with a description of the real estate or interest therein to be so levied upon, and the recorder of deeds, if any, or the town clerk or city clerk shall note upon the copy of the execution the exact time, as nearly as may be, when the execution was filed in his or her office, and shall also enter in a book, to be kept by him or her for that purpose, the names of all the parties in the execution, including the name of any partnership set forth in the writ where any real property of a defendant whose property is being levied upon is held in a partnership name, the amount of the judgment, the time when the copy was filed in his or her office, and the name of the court to which and the time when the execution is returnable, and shall be entitled to demand and to receive from the officer a fee of fifty cents ($.50) in each case.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 635; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 11, 12; P.L. 1932, ch. 1905, § 1; P.L. 1933, ch. 2032, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-14; P.L. 1985, ch. 93, § 2.
RI Gen L § 9-26-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-15 - Recording effective as levy.

§ 9-26-15. Recording effective as levy.The filing of the copy of the execution with the recorder of deeds, if any, or with the town clerk or city clerk, as provided in § 9-26-14, shall constitute and be deemed a good and sufficient levy upon the real estate or any interest therein so described upon the copy of the execution.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 12; P.L. 1932, ch. 1905, § 1; P.L. 1933, ch. 2032, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-15.
RI Gen L § 9-26-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-17 - Adjournment of sale.

§ 9-26-17. Adjournment of sale.The officer may, for good cause, from time to time adjourn the sale of the real estate or of any interest therein levied on, giving one week's notice thereof by publication in some public newspaper in the manner as provided in § 9-26-16.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 636; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, §§ 13, 14; P.L. 1932, ch. 1905, § 1; P.L. 1933, ch. 2032, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-17; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 23.
RI Gen L § 9-26-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-18 - Sale after return day of execution.

§ 9-26-18. Sale after return day of execution.The sale shall be made under the execution levied thereon, although the return day thereof may have passed.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 638; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-18.
RI Gen L § 9-26-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-19 - Form of deed on execution sale.

§ 9-26-19. Form of deed on execution sale.(a) The following shall be substantially the form of the deed to be given whenever real estate is levied upon and sold as provided in this chapter:TO ALL PEOPLE TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.send Greeting:Whereas an execution against .......... at the suit of .......... was by me the said  .......... on the .......... day of .......... levied on (here describe the premises); and whereas on the .......... day of .......... all the estate, right, title, interest, and property of the said .......... in the premises aforesaid, were by me, the said .......... sold at public auction, for the satisfaction of the said execution, to .........., who was the highest bidder, for the sum of .......... which the said  .......... hath since well and truly paid to me the said ..........: NOW KNOW YE, that by force and virtue of the law in such case made and provided, I, the said .......... in consideration of the sum of money paid unto me as aforesaid, do by these presents bargain, sell, assign, and set over unto the said .......... heirs and assigns forever, all the estate, right, title, interest, property, freehold, and inheritance of the said .......... of, in and to the said premises and appurtenances at the time of the levy thereon. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said premises and appurtenances to the said .......... heirs and assigns forever. IN WITNESS, &C. (b) And there shall be annexed to the deed, and forming a part thereof, a copy of the execution and the officer's return thereon, duly certified by the officer.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 639; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-19.
RI Gen L § 9-26-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-20 - Time of attachment shown in deed.

§ 9-26-20. Time of attachment shown in deed.Whenever attachment shall have been made by original writ or writ of mesne process, the officer shall insert the time thereof and vary his or her deed accordingly.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 640; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-20.
RI Gen L § 9-26-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-21 - Copies of execution records as evidence.

§ 9-26-21. Copies of execution records as evidence.A certified copy of the record of execution and return shall be admissible as evidence of the contents of the execution and return; and in the event of the destruction, loss, or obliteration of the return, amendments thereof may be allowed to be made upon a copy of the record certified by the city clerk, town clerk, or recorder of deeds, as the case may be, of the city or town wherein the deed, execution, or return shall have been recorded, with the same effect as if the amendment had been made on the original return.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 641; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-21.
RI Gen L § 9-26-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-22 - Levy on attached stock.

§ 9-26-22. Levy on attached stock.Whenever execution shall issue against a defendant whose stock or shares in any banking association or any body corporate established within this state shall have been attached, the officer charged therewith shall serve a copy of the execution, if a bank, upon the cashier; if an insurance company, upon the president or secretary; if any other corporate body within this state, upon the treasurer or person executing the duties of treasurer; and if any foreign corporation, upon the clerk or agent or its attorney authorized to accept service of process in its behalf in this state; which shall be deemed a good and sufficient levy of the execution upon the stock or shares of the defendant in the company, provided the levying officer complies with the requirements of § 6A-8-317 [repealed].History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 642; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-22; P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 3.
RI Gen L § 9-26-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-23 - Sale and transfer of stock.

§ 9-26-23. Sale and transfer of stock.The stock or shares, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be advertised and sold in the same manner as other personal property levied on by execution, and a deed or deeds thereof given by the officer shall vest in the purchaser all the right, title, and interest of the defendant in the shares so sold, and shall be recorded by the recording officer of the company, subject to the provisions of § 6A-8-317.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 643; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-23; P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 3.
RI Gen L § 9-26-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-24 - Levy on corporate stock not previously attached.

§ 9-26-24. Levy on corporate stock not previously attached.The stock or shares of any person whatsoever in any banking association or in any incorporated company within this state, or in any foreign corporation having an attorney in this state appointed by law upon whom service of process against it can be made according to the provisions of chapter 5 of this title, shall be liable to be levied on by execution duly obtained, like other personal property; and the execution being directed to the proper officer according to law, he or she may levy the stock and shares, in the manner set forth in §§ 9-26-22 and 9-26-23, upon any stock or shares of the defendant to be found within his or her precinct, and shall proceed to advertise and sell and give deeds thereof in the manner therein prescribed subject to the requirements of § 6A-8-317 [repealed].History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 644; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-24; P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 3.