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RI Gen L § 6-16-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-16 - Uniform Voidable Transactions Act|Section 6-16-6 - When transfer is made or obligation is incurred.

§ 6-16-6. When transfer is made or obligation is incurred.For the purposes of this chapter:(1) A transfer is made:(i) With respect to an asset that is real property other than a fixture, but including the interest of a seller or purchaser under a contract for the sale of the asset, when the transfer is so far perfected that a good-faith purchaser of the asset from the debtor against whom applicable law permits the transfer to be perfected cannot acquire an interest in the asset that is superior to the interest of the transferee; and(ii) With respect to an asset that is not real property or that is a fixture, when the transfer is so far perfected that a creditor on a simple contract cannot acquire a judicial lien otherwise than under this chapter that is superior to the interest of the transferee;(2) If applicable law permits the transfer to be perfected as provided in subsection (1) and the transfer is not so perfected before the commencement of an action for relief under this chapter, the transfer is deemed made immediately before the commencement of the action;(3) If applicable law does not permit the transfer to be perfected as provided in subsection (1), the transfer is made when it becomes effective between the debtor and the transferee;(4) A transfer is not made until the debtor has acquired rights in the asset transferred;(5) An obligation is incurred:(i) If oral, when it becomes effective between the parties; or(ii) If evidenced by a record, when the record signed by the obligor is delivered to or for the benefit of the obligee.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 438, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 14; P.L. 2018, ch. 141, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 236, § 2.
RI Gen L § 6-16-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-16 - Uniform Voidable Transactions Act|Section 6-16-7 - Remedies of creditor.

§ 6-16-7. Remedies of creditor.(a) In an action for relief against a transfer or obligation under this chapter, a creditor, subject to the limitations in § 6-16-8, may obtain:(1) Avoidance of the transfer or obligation to the extent necessary to satisfy the creditor's claim;(2) An attachment or other provisional remedy against the asset transferred or other property of the transferee available under applicable law; and(3) Subject to applicable principles of equity and in accordance with applicable rules of civil procedure:(i) An injunction against further disposition by the debtor or a transferee, or both, of the asset transferred or of other property;(ii) Appointment of a receiver to take charge of the asset transferred or of other property of the transferee; or(iii) Any other relief the circumstances may require.(b) If a creditor has obtained a judgment on a claim against the debtor, the creditor, if the court so orders, may levy execution on the asset transferred or its proceeds.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 438, § 2; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 5; P.L. 2018, ch. 141, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 236, § 2.
RI Gen L § 6-16-8.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-16 - Uniform Voidable Transactions Act|Section 6-16-8.1 - Intentional concealment of support.

§ 6-16-8.1. Intentional concealment of support.(a) Whoever receives or conceals an asset of another knowing that the asset is being transferred for the purpose of concealing it to avoid payment of an order or judgment for support issued pursuant to chapters 5, 9, 10, 11.1, and 13 of title 15, or pursuant to any similar laws of other states, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, or by both that fine and imprisonment.(b) Whoever shall transfer an asset for the purpose of concealing it to avoid payment of an order or judgment for support issued pursuant to chapters 5, 9, 10, 11.1, and 13 of title 15, or pursuant to any similar laws of other states, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, or both by that fine or imprisonment.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 276, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 14.
RI Gen L § 6-16-8.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-16 - Uniform Voidable Transactions Act|Section 6-16-8.2 - Fraudulent conveyance by transferor of child support - Civil action.

§ 6-16-8.2. Fraudulent conveyance by transferor of child support — Civil action.(a) A person who has been adjudged to be in contempt of an order or judgment for child support entered pursuant to chapters 9, 10, 11.1, and 13 of title 15 who knowingly makes a conveyance without fair consideration to an individual for a fraudulent purpose relating to avoiding payment of the order or judgment shall be liable in a civil action to the obligee under the order or judgment in an amount equal to the value of the conveyance made.(b) A person shall not be liable under this section if the conveyance made does not exceed one hundred dollars ($100) in value in any calendar year.(c) For the purpose of this section, "conveyance" means any payment of money, gift, assignment, transfer, or lease of tangible or intangible property.(d) A conveyance shall be deemed to be made without fair consideration unless the conveyance was made in exchange for property or goods of equal value or to satisfy an existing debt created in good faith.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 276, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 14.
RI Gen L § 6-16-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-16 - Uniform Voidable Transactions Act|Section 6-16-9 - Extinguishment of claim for relief.

§ 6-16-9. Extinguishment of claim for relief.A claim for relief with respect to a transfer or obligation under this chapter is extinguished unless action is brought:(1) Under § 6-16-4(a)(1), not later than four (4) years after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred or, if later, not later than one year after the transfer or obligation was or could reasonably have been discovered by the claimant;(2) Under § 6-16-4(a)(2) or § 6-16-5(a), not later than four (4) years after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred; or(3) Under § 6-16-5(b), not later than one year after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 438, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 14; P.L. 2018, ch. 141, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 236, § 2.
RI Gen L § 6-16-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-16 - Uniform Voidable Transactions Act|Section 6-16-10 - Supplementary provisions.

§ 6-16-10. Supplementary provisions.Unless displaced by the provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relating to principal and agent, estoppel, laches, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, insolvency, or other validating or invalidating cause, supplement this chapter's provisions.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 438, § 2.
RI Gen L § 6-16-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-16 - Uniform Voidable Transactions Act|Section 6-16-11 - Uniformity of application and construction.

§ 6-16-11. 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. 1986, ch. 438, § 2.
RI Gen L § 6-16-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-16 - Uniform Voidable Transactions Act|Section 6-16-12 - Short title.

§ 6-16-12. Short title.This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Voidable Transactions Act."History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 438, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 141, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 236, § 2.
RI Gen L § 6-16-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-16 - Uniform Voidable Transactions Act|Section 6-16-13 - Governing law.

§ 6-16-13. Governing law.(a) As used in this section, the following rules determine a debtor's location:(1) A debtor who is an individual is located at the individual's principal residence.(2) A debtor that is an organization and has only one place of business is located at its place of business.(3) A debtor that is an organization and has more than one place of business is located at its chief executive office.(b) A claim for relief in the nature of a claim for relief under this chapter is governed by the local law of the jurisdiction in which the debtor is located when the transfer is made or the obligation is incurred.History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 141, § 3; P.L. 2018, ch. 236, § 3.
RI Gen L § 6-16-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-16 - Uniform Voidable Transactions Act|Section 6-16-14 - Application to series organization.

§ 6-16-14. Application to series organization.(a) As used in this section:(1) "Protected series" means an arrangement, however denominated, created by a series organization that, pursuant to the law under which the series organization is organized, has the characteristics set forth in subsection (a)(2).(2) "Series organization" means an organization that, pursuant to the law under which it is organized, has the following characteristics:(i) The organic record of the organization provides for creation by the organization of one or more protected series, however denominated, with respect to specified property of the organization, and for records to be maintained for each protected series that identify the property of or associated with the protected series.(ii) Debt incurred or existing with respect to the activities of, or property of or associated with, a particular protected series is enforceable against the property of or associated with the protected series only, and not against the property of or associated with the organization or other protected series of the organization.(iii) Debt incurred or existing with respect to the activities or property of the organization is enforceable against the property of the organization only, and not against the property of or associated with a protected series of the organization.(b) A series organization and each protected series of the organization is a separate person for purposes of this chapter, even if for other purposes a protected series is not a person separate from the organization or other protected series of the organization.History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 141, § 3; P.L. 2018, ch. 236, § 3.
RI Gen L § 6-16-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-16 - Uniform Voidable Transactions Act|Section 6-16-15 - Supplementary provisions.

§ 6-16-15. Supplementary provisions.Unless displaced by the provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relating to principal and agent, estoppel, laches, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, insolvency, or other validating or invalidating cause, supplement its provisions.History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 141, § 3; P.L. 2018, ch. 236, § 3.
RI Gen L § 6-16-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-16 - Uniform Voidable Transactions Act|Section 6-16-16 - Uniformity of application and construction.

§ 6-16-16. 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 the states enacting it.History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 141, § 3; P.L. 2018, ch. 236, § 3.
RI Gen L § 6-16-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-16 - Uniform Voidable Transactions Act|Section 6-16-17 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

§ 6-16-17. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede § 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in § 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. § 7003(b).History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 141, § 3; P.L. 2018, ch. 236, § 3.
RI Gen L § 6-17-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-17 - Bucket Shops|Section 6-17-1 - Definitions.

§ 6-17-1. Definitions.The following words and phrases used in this chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, have the following meanings:(1) "Bucketing" or "bucket shopping" means:(i) The making of or offering to make any contract respecting the purchase or sale, either upon credit or upon margin, of any securities or commodities, in which both parties to the contract intend, or the keeper intends, that the contract shall be, or may be, terminated, closed, or settled according to or upon the basis of the public market quotations of prices made on any board of trade or exchange upon which the securities or commodities are dealt in, and without a bona fide purchase or sale of the securities or commodities;(ii) The making of or offering to make any contract respecting the purchase or sale, either upon credit or upon margin, of any securities or commodities in which both parties intend, or the keeper intends, that the contract shall be or may be deemed terminated, closed, or settled when the public market quotations of prices for the securities or commodities named in the contract shall reach a certain figure without a bona fide purchase or sale of the securities or commodities; or(iii) The making of or offering to make any contract respecting the purchase or sale, either upon credit or upon margin, of any securities or commodities in which both parties do not intend, or the keeper does not intend, the actual or bona fide receipt or delivery of the securities or commodities, but do intend, or the keeper does intend, a settlement of the contract based upon the differences in the public market quotations of prices at which the securities or commodities are, or are asserted to be, bought and sold.(2) "Bucket shop" means any room, office, store, building, or other place where any contract prohibited by this chapter is made, or offered to be made.(3) "Commodities" mean anything movable that is bought and sold.(4) "Contract" means any agreement, trade, or transaction.(5) "Keeper" means any person owning, keeping, managing, operating, or promoting a bucket shop, or assisting to keep, manage, operate, or promote a bucket shop.(6) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association, whether acting in his, her, or their own right or as the officer, agent, servant, correspondent, or representative of another.(7) "Securities" mean all evidences of debt or property and options for the purchase and sale of debt or property, shares in any corporation or association, bonds, coupons, scrip, rights, choses in action, and other evidences of debt or property and options for the purchase or sale of debt or property.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1565, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 353, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 406, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 614, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 6-17-1.
RI Gen L § 6-17-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-17 - Bucket Shops|Section 6-17-2 - Penalties for violations.

§ 6-17-2. Penalties for violations.Any person who makes or offers to make any contract defined in § 6-17-1, or who is the keeper of any bucket shop, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not more than one year. Any person who shall be convicted of a second offense shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years. The continuing of the keeping of a bucket shop, by any person, after the first conviction, shall be deemed a second offense under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1565, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 353, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 406, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 614, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 6-17-2.
RI Gen L § 6-17-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-17 - Bucket Shops|Section 6-17-3 - Ouster of corporation from doing business.

§ 6-17-3. Ouster of corporation from doing business.If a domestic corporation shall be convicted of a second offense, the superior court shall have jurisdiction upon an action brought by the attorney general on the part of the state, and if a foreign corporation shall be convicted of a second offense, the superior court shall have jurisdiction in the same manner, to restrain the corporation from doing business in this state.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1565, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 353, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 406, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 614, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 6-17-3.
RI Gen L § 6-17-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-17 - Bucket Shops|Section 6-17-4 - Furnishing quotations to aid prohibited contract.

§ 6-17-4. Furnishing quotations to aid prohibited contract.Any person who shall communicate, receive, exhibit, or display in any manner any statement of quotations of prices of any securities or commodities with an intent to make or offer to make, or to aid in making or offering to make, any contract prohibited by this chapter, upon conviction shall be subject to the penalties provided in §§ 6-17-2 and 6-17-3.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1565, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 353, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 406, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 614, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 6-17-4.
RI Gen L § 6-17-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-17 - Bucket Shops|Section 6-17-5 - Disclosure of terms and parties to transactions - Failure to disclose as evidence.

§ 6-17-5. Disclosure of terms and parties to transactions — Failure to disclose as evidence.Every person shall furnish, upon demand, to any customer or principal for whom the person has executed any order for the actual purchase or sale of any securities or commodities, either for immediate or future delivery, a written statement containing the names of the persons from whom the property was bought, or to whom it has been sold, as the fact may be, the time when, place where, and the price at which the property was either bought or sold. If the person shall refuse or neglect to furnish the statement within twenty-four (24) hours after the demand, the refusal or neglect shall be evidence that the purchase or sale was bucketing or bucket shopping within the terms of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1908, ch. 1565, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 353, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 406, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 614, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 6-17-5.
RI Gen L § 6-26-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-26 - Interest and Usury|Section 6-26-1 - Legal rate of interest - Post judgment interest.

§ 6-26-1. Legal rate of interest — Post judgment interest.Post judgment interest on any judgment, and interest in all business transactions where interest is secured or paid, shall be computed at the rate of twelve dollars ($12.00) on one hundred dollars ($100) for one year, unless a different rate is expressly stipulated.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 166, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 201, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 228, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 485, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 6-26-1; P.L. 1981, ch. 54, § 2; P.L. 1988, ch. 129, art. 21, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 555, § 3.
RI Gen L § 6-26-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-26 - Interest and Usury|Section 6-26-3 - Criminal usury.

§ 6-26-3. Criminal usury.Any person, who, on his or her own behalf or on behalf of any other person, partnership, corporation, or association, shall willfully and knowingly violate any of the provisions of § 6-26-2 shall be guilty of criminal usury and shall be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years.History of Section.P.L. 1909, ch. 434, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 228, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 485, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 6-26-3; P.L. 1970, ch. 263, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 15.
RI Gen L § 6-26-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-26 - Interest and Usury|Section 6-26-4 - Usurious contracts - Penalty.

§ 6-26-4. Usurious contracts — Penalty.(a) Every contract made in violation of any of the provisions of § 6-26-2, and every mortgage, pledge, deposit, or assignment made or given as security for the performance of the contract, shall be usurious and void.(b) Nothing contained in this section shall affect the rights of an endorsee or transferee of a negotiable instrument who purchases the instrument before maturity, for value, and without notice of its usurious character.(c) Nothing contained in this section shall affect the rights, duties or liabilities of any persons acting under the provisions of title 19, and if the borrower shall, either before or after suit, make any payment on the contract, either of principal or interest, or of any part of either, and whether to the lender or to any assignee, endorsee, or transferee of the contract, the borrower shall be entitled to recover from the lender the amount so paid in an action of the case. Receipts shall be given whenever payments are made of either principal or interest.(d) The provisions previously stated in this section shall not apply to any financial institution and its subsidiaries, credit union, or bank holding company and its subsidiaries, organized under the laws of the state; any other entity regulated by the department of business regulation; a national bank and its subsidiaries; federal savings and loan association or federal credit union; or a bank, company, or association collectively and individually referred to as a regulated financial institution. In the event a regulated financial institution knowingly contracts or charges a usurious rate of interest in violation of any of the provisions of § 6-26-2, it shall forfeit the entire interest on the debt. In case the usurious rate of interest has been paid, the person by whom it has been paid, or his or her legal representative, may recover from the regulated financial institution in an action in the nature of an action on the debt, twice the amount of the interest so paid, provided that the action is commenced within two (2) years from the time the usurious transaction occurred.History of Section.P.L. 1909, ch. 434, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 228, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 485, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 6-26-4; P.L. 1982, ch. 437, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 82, § 58; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 15.
RI Gen L § 6-26-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions|Chapter 6-26 - Interest and Usury|Section 6-26-5 - Pawnbrokers exempt.

§ 6-26-5. Pawnbrokers exempt.Sections 6-26-2 — 6-26-4 shall not apply to loans made by duly licensed pawnbrokers on the security of a deposit of personal property.History of Section.P.L. 1909, ch. 434, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 228, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 485, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 6-26-5.