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RI Gen L § 8-5-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-5 - Court Secretaries, Court Reporters, and Electronic Court Reporters|Section 8-5-5 - Reports of superior, family and district court and traffic tribunal.

§ 8-5-5. Reports of superior, family and district court and traffic tribunal.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 tribunal. Each court reporter or electronic court reporter or similar recording personnel shall also, upon the order of any justice of the court, transcribe or otherwise reproduce his or her report to be filed with the papers in the case. He or she shall also make a transcript of or otherwise reproduce the whole or any part of the report upon the written request, filed with the clerk, by either party to the action or proceeding, and when completed and within the time limited by the court for filing the transcript, shall immediately deliver the transcript to the party ordering it, or to the attorney of record of the party, and in the case of transcription by court reporters for such service shall be paid a reasonable compensation, not less than five dollars ($5.00) and not exceeding three dollars ($3.00) per page for originals and one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per page for copies thereof, to be allowed by the court; and, in case the transcript is used in subsequent proceedings in the cause, the cost of the transcript may be allowed as a part of the costs. In the case of electronic court recordings the person making the recordings or another person so designated by the court may be requested or ordered, in lieu of making a transcript, to reproduce the recording and certify its authenticity, and in such case each party requesting the reproduction shall pay to the court the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) per cassette.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 71; G.L. 1909, ch. 278, § 3; P.L. 1909, ch. 421, § 1; P.L. 1916, ch. 1402, § 1; P.L. 1920, ch. 1895, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2041, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2086, § 5; P.L. 1922, ch. 2164, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 328, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 503, § 4; P.L. 1956, ch. 3763, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 8-5-5; P.L. 1966, ch. 1, § 3; P.L. 1972, ch. 29, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 320, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 174, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 206, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 95, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 5, § 4; P.L. 1999, ch. 473, § 2.
RI Gen L § 8-5-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-5 - Court Secretaries, Court Reporters, and Electronic Court Reporters|Section 8-5-6 - Appointing court reporter and electronic court reporter for grand jury proceedings.

§ 8-5-6. Appointing court reporter and electronic court reporter for grand jury proceedings.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 designate and to report stenographically in the case of the court reporter or electronically in the case of an electronic court reporter or similar recording personnel the testimony given before the grand jury, and it shall be lawful for the court reporter or electronic court reporter or similar recording personnel to attend such sittings for such purpose; provided, that the court reporter or electronic court reporter or similar recording personnel shall not be present during the deliberations of the grand jury or other proceedings, except during the taking of testimony. The court reporter or electronic court reporter or similar recording personnel shall, in all cases, before entering upon such duties, be first sworn by the clerk of the court to secrecy. He or she shall transcribe such testimony as the attorney-general may direct, and all such transcripts or recordings shall be delivered forthwith to the attorney-general.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 70; P.L. 1907, ch. 1420, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 278, § 2; P.L. 1913, ch. 907, § 1; P.L. 1922, ch. 2162, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 328, § 3; P.L. 1929, ch. 1401, § 1; P.L. 1930, ch. 1541, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 503, § 3; P.L. 1946, ch. 1668, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 8-5-6; P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 2; P.L. 1990, ch. 206, § 2.
RI Gen L § 8-5-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-5 - Court Secretaries, Court Reporters, and Electronic Court Reporters|Section 8-5-7 - Appropriations for court reporters and electronic court reporters.

§ 8-5-7. Appropriations for court reporters and electronic court reporters.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 draw his or her order upon the general treasurer for the payment of that sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for that purpose, upon vouchers approved by the clerk of the superior court for the counties of Providence and Bristol.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 71; G.L. 1909, ch. 278, § 3; P.L. 1909, ch. 421, § 1; P.L. 1916, ch. 1402, § 1; P.L. 1920, ch. 1895, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2041, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2086, § 5; P.L. 1922, ch. 2164, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 328, § 4; P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 149; G.L. 1938, ch. 503, § 4; P.L. 1956, ch. 3763, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 8-5-7; P.L. 1990, ch. 206, § 2.
RI Gen L § 8-5-8.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-5 - Court Secretaries, Court Reporters, and Electronic Court Reporters|Section 8-5-8.1 - Waiver of interpreter/transliterator and CART provider.

§ 8-5-8.1. Waiver of interpreter/transliterator and CART provider.(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 speaking person through an interpreter/transliterator or a CART provider the nature and effect of the waiver; (2) The appointing authority determines on the record that the waiver has been made knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily; and (3) The non-English speaking person has been afforded the opportunity to consult with his or her attorney.(b) At any point in any proceeding or hearing, for good cause shown, a non-English speaking person may retract his or her waiver and request an interpreter/transliterator or a CART provider.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 179, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 218, § 2.
RI Gen L § 8-5-8.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-5 - Court Secretaries, Court Reporters, and Electronic Court Reporters|Section 8-5-8.2 - Privileged communications.

§ 8-5-8.2. Privileged communications.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 transliteration for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind, without the consent of the person making the statement. No duly licensed interpreter/transliterator for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind shall be allowed, in giving testimony to disclose any confidential communication, properly entrusted to him or her in his or her professional capacity, and necessary and proper to enable him or her to discharge the functions of his or her office in the usual course of practice or discipline, without the consent of the person making the communication.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 179, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 218, § 2.
RI Gen L § 8-5-8.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-5 - Court Secretaries, Court Reporters, and Electronic Court Reporters|Section 8-5-8.3 - Visual recording of testimony.

§ 8-5-8.3. Visual recording of testimony.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 the qualified interpreter/transliterator be visually recorded for use in verification of the official transcript of the proceeding or hearing.In any judicial proceeding involving a capital offense, 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 or the hearing by the qualified interpreter/transliterator be visually recorded for use in verification of the official transcript of the proceeding or the hearing.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 179, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 218, § 2.
RI Gen L § 8-5-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-5 - Court Secretaries, Court Reporters, and Electronic Court Reporters|Section 8-5-9 - Right to stenographic record.

§ 8-5-9. Right to stenographic record.(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 section the term "legal action" shall include all formal proceedings before any court or quasijudicial authority, all administrative hearings described in § 42-35-9, all zoning hearings, all district court trials, and all workers' compensation formal proceedings.(b) It shall be the duty of the party desiring the services of a stenographer to secure the presence of the stenographer, and there shall be no right to a continuance because of the unavailability of a stenographer.(c) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to permit stenographers to attend grand jury proceedings as a matter of right.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 382, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-6-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-6 - General Powers of Supreme and Superior Courts|Section 8-6-1 - Judgments, decrees, and orders - Writs and process - Punishment of contempt.

§ 8-6-1. Judgments, decrees, and orders — Writs and process — Punishment of contempt.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 shall be conferred upon them respectively by the constitution or by law. They shall have power to punish, by fine or imprisonment, or both, all contempts of their authority.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 33; G.L. 1909, ch. 274, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 324, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 497, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 8-6-1.
RI Gen L § 8-6-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-6 - General Powers of Supreme and Superior Courts|Section 8-6-2 - Rules of practice and procedure.

§ 8-6-2. Rules of practice and procedure.(a) The supreme court, the superior court, the family court, the district court and the workers' compensation court, by a majority of their members, shall have the power to make rules for regulating practice, procedure, and business therein. The chief magistrate of the traffic tribunal shall have the power to make rules for regulating practice, procedure and business in the traffic tribunal. The rules of the superior, family, district court, workers' compensation court and the traffic tribunal shall be subject to the approval of the supreme court. Such rules, when effective, shall supersede any statutory regulation in conflict therewith.(b) In prescribing such rules, the court shall have regard to the simplification of the system of pleading, practice, and procedure in the courts in which the rules shall apply in order to promote the speedy determination of litigation on the merits; provided, however, that each respective court shall not in the rules of procedure require a party to a civil action to produce either by discovery, motion, to produce or interrogatory an income tax return, W-2 statement, or copies thereof. The rules presently in effect in the courts of the judicial system shall remain and continue in force and effect until revised, amended, repealed, or superseded by rules adopted in accordance with this section.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 34; G.L. 1909, ch. 274, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 324, § 7; P.L. 1930, ch. 1613, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 497, § 7; P.L. 1940, ch. 943, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 8-6-2; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 2; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 2; P.L. 1971, ch. 111, § 1; P.L. 1975, ch. 222, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 5, § 8; P.L. 2008, ch. 1, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 29, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 44, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-6-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-6 - General Powers of Supreme and Superior Courts|Section 8-6-3 - Filing and publication of rules.

§ 8-6-3. Filing and publication of rules.All rules shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and shall be effective upon filing unless with respect to any rule the court adopting the rule shall specify a later date as the effective date thereof, in which case the rule shall be effective upon the date so specified. With each publication of the public laws as required by § 43-2-7, the secretary of state shall include all rules adopted since the last prior publication thereof.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 497, § 7; P.L. 1940, ch. 943, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 8-6-3; P.L. 1985, ch. 150, § 15.
RI Gen L § 8-6-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-6 - General Powers of Supreme and Superior Courts|Section 8-6-4 - Rules of criminal procedure.

§ 8-6-4. Rules of criminal procedure.The rules of criminal procedure of the superior court and the district court, which are to go into effect on September 1, 1972, shall govern practice and procedure in criminal proceedings in those courts and before justices of the peace and bail commissioners and shall remain and continue in force and effect until revised, amended, repealed, or superseded by rules adopted in accordance with the authority granted to those courts.History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 3.
RI Gen L § 8-6-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-6 - General Powers of Supreme and Superior Courts|Section 8-6-6 - Filing and publication of rules and regulations.

§ 8-6-6. Filing and publication of rules and regulations.Upon the approval of the supreme court, all rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to § 8-6-5 shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and shall be effective upon filing unless with respect to any such rule or regulation the presiding justice of the superior court shall specify a later date as the effective date thereof, in which case the rule or regulation shall be effective upon the date so specified. With each publication of the public laws as required by § 43-2-7, the secretary of state shall include all such rules and regulations adopted since the last prior publication thereof.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 522, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-7-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-7 - Sessions Of Supreme And Superior Courts|Section 8-7-1 - Supreme court sessions.

§ 8-7-1. Supreme court sessions.The supreme court shall be in session at Providence from the first Monday in October in each year to the second Monday in July in the succeeding year and at such other times as the court shall deem proper, with a recess from the third Monday in February to the first Monday in March; provided, that the court may hold sessions at other places within the state whenever it may deem advisable.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 37; G.L. 1909, ch. 275, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 325, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 498, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 8-7-1.
RI Gen L § 8-7-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-7 - Sessions Of Supreme And Superior Courts|Section 8-7-2 - Sessions of superior court.

§ 8-7-2. Sessions of superior court.The superior court shall be in session every year as follows:(1) At Providence, for the counties of Providence and Bristol, on a continuous basis; provided, that the presiding justice shall determine the duration of the various court calendars;(2) Within and for the county of Newport, for a period of not less than thirty-six (36) weeks during the court year;(3) Within and for the county of Kent, for a period of not less than thirty-six (36) weeks during the court year;(4) Within and for the county of Washington, for a period of not less than thirty-six (36) weeks during the court year;(5) At such other times and places as the presiding justice shall fix and determine; provided, that the superior court held within and for the counties of Providence and Bristol shall from time to time make up lists of causes to be tried at Woonsocket and shall sit at Woonsocket for a term of not less than twelve (12) weeks during the court year; and provided, further, that any trial in any of the counties commenced within any regular or special session may be continued thereafter with the consent of the court.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 38; P.L. 1907, ch. 1441, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 275, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 325, § 2; P.L. 1931, ch. 1775, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 498, § 2; P.L. 1939, ch. 704, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3498, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3729, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 8-7-2; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 51; P.L. 1971, ch. 76, § 1; P.L. 1974, ch. 243, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 255, § 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 429, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-7-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-7 - Sessions Of Supreme And Superior Courts|Section 8-7-3 - Superior court motion days.

§ 8-7-3. Superior court motion days.The superior court shall be in session for the purpose of hearing motions in the various counties during the calendar year at such times and places as the presiding justice shall fix and determine.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 40; P.L. 1907, ch. 1441, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 275, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 325, § 4; P.L. 1931, ch. 1775, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 498, § 4; P.L. 1956, ch. 3729, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 8-7-3; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 30, § 1; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 3; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 51.
RI Gen L § 8-7-4 - 8-7-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-7 - Sessions Of Supreme And Superior Courts|Section 8-7-4 - 8-7-6 - Repealed.

§ 8-7-4 — 8-7-6. Repealed.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, §§ 41 — 43; P.L. 1907, ch. 1441, §§ 3, 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 275, §§ 5 — 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 325, §§ 5 — 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 498, §§ 5 — 7; P.L. 1956, ch. 3729, § 2; G.L. 1956, §§ 8-7-4 — 8-7-6; P.L. 1959, ch. 172, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 52.
RI Gen L § 8-7-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-7 - Sessions Of Supreme And Superior Courts|Section 8-7-7 - Adjournment in absence of quorum or presiding justice.

§ 8-7-7. Adjournment in absence of quorum or presiding justice.In the absence of a quorum of the supreme court, the justices in attendance may adjourn. In case of the absence of any justice of the superior court from any trial pending before him or her, any other justice of the court may adjourn the trial.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 44; G.L. 1909, ch. 275, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 325, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 498, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 8-7-7.
RI Gen L § 8-7-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-7 - Sessions Of Supreme And Superior Courts|Section 8-7-8 - Adjournment of superior court by clerk.

§ 8-7-8. Adjournment of superior court by clerk.Whenever, at any time appointed for the sitting of the superior court, no justice thereof shall be in attendance, the clerk may adjourn the court from day to day until otherwise ordered by a justice of the court.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 45; G.L. 1909, ch. 275, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 325, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 498, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 8-7-8.
RI Gen L § 8-7-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-7 - Sessions Of Supreme And Superior Courts|Section 8-7-9 - Repealed.

§ 8-7-9. Repealed.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 39; G.L. 1909, ch. 275, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 325, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 498, § 3; P.L. 1956, ch. 3729, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 8-7-9; Repealed by P.L. 1979, ch. 255, § 1. For related provisions see §§ 8-7-2, 8-7-3 and 8-7-10, Super. Ct. R. Civ. P. Rule 77, Super. Ct. R. Cr. P. Rule 56.
RI Gen L § 8-7-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-7 - Sessions Of Supreme And Superior Courts|Section 8-7-10 - Superior court always open for business.

§ 8-7-10. Superior court always open for business.The superior court shall be always open for the transaction of all business; but no business shall be transacted on Sunday or on a legal holiday, unless the court shall deem it necessary, with the exception of the twenty-second day of February (as Washington's birthday) and the fourth day of May (as Rhode Island Independence Day).History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 46; G.L. 1909, ch. 275, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 325, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 498, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 8-7-10; P.L. 1968, ch. 4, § 1.
RI Gen L § 8-7-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-7 - Sessions Of Supreme And Superior Courts|Section 8-7-11 - Repealed.

§ 8-7-11. Repealed.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 47; P.L. 1908, ch. 1533, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 275, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 325, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 498, § 11; P.L. 1939, ch. 704, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 8-7-11; P.L. 1967, ch. 92, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1979, ch. 255, § 1. For present law see RP 1.4.
RI Gen L § 8-8-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts|Chapter 8-8 - District Court|Section 8-8-1 - District Court established - Chief and associate justices.

§ 8-8-1. District Court established — Chief and associate justices.There is established a district court for the state of Rhode Island which shall consist of a chief judge and thirteen (13) associate judges. The district court shall be a court of record and shall have a seal with such words and devices as it shall adopt.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 4; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 5, § 5; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 15, § 1.