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RI Gen L § 9-3-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-3 - Liens Against Causes of Action|Section 9-3-2 - Operation of attorney's lien.

§ 9-3-2. Operation of attorney's lien.From the time notice is given by an attorney of the relationship of attorney and client to the person or party against whom a claim, demand, or counterclaim is made, or a cause of action or other matter is pending, the attorney's implied or express agreement shall begin to operate as a lien, and no settlement either before or after judgment shall invalidate it, but it may be enforced like any other lien against the money or thing of value which is the consideration for the settlement, or the parties, if they have made a settlement, may be proceeded against jointly or severally in an action on the case at law and shall be jointly or severally liable to the attorney for the full value of his or her lien in accordance with his or her implied or express agreement.History of Section.P.L. 1917, ch. 1515, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 301, § 32; P.L. 1931, ch. 1761, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 450, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-3-2.
RI Gen L § 9-3-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-3 - Liens Against Causes of Action|Section 9-3-3 - Enforcement of attorney's lien.

§ 9-3-3. Enforcement of attorney's lien.Any lien created by the provisions of §§ 9-3-1 and 9-3-2 may, at the election of the attorney, be established, foreclosed, and enforced by a civil action, which action may be tried and determined according to the usages in chancery and the principles of equity.History of Section.G.L., ch. 301, § 32, as enacted by P.L. 1931, ch. 1761, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 450, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-3-3; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 10.
RI Gen L § 9-3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-3 - Liens Against Causes of Action|Section 9-3-4 - Hospital lien on claim for personal injuries.

§ 9-3-4. Hospital lien on claim for personal injuries.Every association, corporation, or other institution, including a municipal corporation, maintaining a hospital in the state, which shall furnish medical or other service to any patient injured by reason of an accident not covered by the workers' compensation act, shall, if the injured party shall assert or maintain a claim against another for damages on account of the injuries, have a lien upon that part going or belonging to the patient, of any recovery or sum had or collected or to be collected by the patient, or by his or her heirs or personal representatives in the case of his or her death, whether by judgment or by settlement or compromise, to the amount of the reasonable and necessary charges of the hospital up to the date of payment of the damages; provided, however, that the lien herein set forth shall not be applied or considered valid against anyone coming under the workers' compensation act in this state; and, provided, further, that nothing herein enacted shall be so construed as to give the lien herein created precedence over the lien of an attorney.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 708, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-3-4.
RI Gen L § 9-3-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-3 - Liens Against Causes of Action|Section 9-3-5 - Notice of hospital lien.

§ 9-3-5. Notice of hospital lien.No hospital lien shall be effective unless a written notice containing the name and address of the injured person, the date of the accident, the name and location of the hospital, and the name of the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations alleged to be liable to the injured party for the injuries received shall be filed in the office of the city or town clerk in which the hospital is located, prior to the payment of any money to the injured person, his or her attorneys, or legal representatives as compensation for the injuries; nor unless the hospital shall also mail, postage prepaid, a copy of the notice with a statement of the date of filing thereof to the injured person and to the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations alleged to be liable to the injured party for the injuries sustained prior to the payment of any money to the injured person, his or her attorneys, or legal representative as compensation for the injuries. The hospital shall mail a copy of the notice to any insurance carrier which has insured the person, firm, or corporation against such liability.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 708, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 9-3-5.
RI Gen L § 9-3-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-3 - Liens Against Causes of Action|Section 9-3-6 - Liability for payments to patient without honoring hospital lien.

§ 9-3-6. Liability for payments to patient without honoring hospital lien.Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, making any payment to a hospital patient or to his or her attorneys or heirs or legal representatives as compensation for the injury sustained, after the filing and mailing of the notice provided in § 9-3-5, without paying to the hospital the amount of its lien or so much thereof as can be satisfied out of the money due under any final judgment or compromise or settlement agreement after paying the amount of any prior liens, shall, for a period of one year from the date of payment to the patient or his or her heirs, attorneys, or legal representatives, be and remain liable to the hospital for the amount which the hospital was entitled to receive; and any such association, corporation, or other institution maintaining the hospital may, within such period, enforce its lien by a suit at law against the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, making any such payment.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 708, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 9-3-6; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 16.
RI Gen L § 9-3-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-3 - Liens Against Causes of Action|Section 9-3-7 - Examination of hospital records.

§ 9-3-7. Examination of hospital records.Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations legally liable for a hospital lien or against whom a claim shall be asserted for compensation for injuries, shall be permitted to examine the records of any such association or other institution or body maintaining the hospital in reference to the treatment, care, and maintenance of the injured person.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 708, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 9-3-7.
RI Gen L § 9-3-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-3 - Liens Against Causes of Action|Section 9-3-8 - Hospital lien docket.

§ 9-3-8. Hospital lien docket.Every city or town clerk shall, at the expense of the city or town, provide a suitable well bound book to be called the hospital lien docket in which, upon the filing of any lien claim under the provisions of §§ 9-3-4 — 9-3-7, he or she shall enter the name of the injured person, the name of the person, firm, or corporation alleged to be liable for the injuries, the name of an insurance carrier where it is known at the time of filing of the notice, the date of the accident, and the name of the hospital or other institution making the claim, and the clerk shall index the lien in the name of the injured person and the hospital and in the name of the insurance carrier where the name of the carrier is known at the time of filing the notice.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 708, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 9-3-8.
RI Gen L § 9-3-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-3 - Liens Against Causes of Action|Section 9-3-9 - Motor vehicle repairer's lien.

§ 9-3-9. Motor vehicle repairer's lien.Every motor vehicle repairer who shall furnish material and labor, or either, in the repair of a motor vehicle shall, if the owner of the vehicle has insured the automobile against damage or loss by collision, have a lien upon any payment due the owner of the vehicle, his or her representative, or assignee, on account of the insurance, to the amount of the reasonable and necessary charges of the repairer up to the date of payment of the amount; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to give the lien herein created precedence over the lien of an attorney.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 40, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-3-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-3 - Liens Against Causes of Action|Section 9-3-10 - Notice of repairer's lien.

§ 9-3-10. Notice of repairer's lien.The lien provided in § 9-3-9 shall be effective only if a written notice containing the name and address of the owner, the date of the accident, and the name and address of the repairer shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the insurance carrier insuring against damage or loss by collision prior to the payment of any money to the owner, his or her representative, or assignee in compensation for the damage or loss.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 40, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-3-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-3 - Liens Against Causes of Action|Section 9-3-11 - Liability where lien is not honored.

§ 9-3-11. Liability where lien is not honored.Any insurance carrier making any payment to the owner, his or her representative, or assignee as compensation for the repair of damage to the vehicle after the mailing of the notice without paying to the repairer the amount of his or her lien or so much thereof as can be satisfied out of the money due under any final judgment or compromise or settlement agreement after paying the amount of any prior liens, shall, for a period of one year from the date of payment to the owner, his or her representative, or assignee, be and remain liable to the repairer for the amount which the repairer was entitled to receive; and any such repairer may, within such period, enforce his or her lien by a suit at law against the insurance carrier making the payment.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 40, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-3-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-3 - Liens Against Causes of Action|Section 9-3-12 - Motor vehicle lessor's lien.

§ 9-3-12. Motor vehicle lessor's lien.Every person, firm, or corporation licensed pursuant to § 31-5-33, who shall rent a vehicle to a lessee as a substitute vehicle for one owned by the lessee and the vehicle owned by the lessee is insured against transportation expenses, shall have a lien upon any payment due the owner of the vehicle, his or her representative, or assignee for transportation expenses and on account of the insurance, to the amount of the reasonable and necessary charges of the rental up to the date of payment of the amount; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to give the lien herein created precedence over the lien of an attorney.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 211, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-3-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-3 - Liens Against Causes of Action|Section 9-3-13 - Notice of lessor's lien.

§ 9-3-13. Notice of lessor's lien.The lien provided in § 9-3-12 shall be effective only if a written notice containing the name and address of the owner, the date of the accident, and the name and address of the lessor shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the insurance carrier insuring against the loss prior to the payment of any money to the owner, his or her representative, or assignee in compensation for the damage or loss.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 211, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-3-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-3 - Liens Against Causes of Action|Section 9-3-14 - Liability where lien is not honored.

§ 9-3-14. Liability where lien is not honored.Any insurance carrier making any payment to the owner, his or her representative, or assignee as compensation for the particular loss after the mailing of the notice without paying to the lessor the amount of his or her lien or so much thereof as can be satisfied out of the money due under any final judgment or compromise or settlement agreement after paying the amount of any prior liens, shall, for a period of one year from the date of payment to the owner, his or her representative, or assignee, be and remain liable to the lessor for the amount which the lessor was entitled to receive; and any such lessor may, within such period, enforce his or her lien by a civil action against the insurance carrier making the payment.History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 211, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-4-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-4 - Commencement of Proceedings|Section 9-4-1 - Repealed.

§ 9-4-1. Repealed.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 246; G.L. 1909, ch. 283, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 333, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 509, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-4-1; Repealed by P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 12, effective January 10, 1966. For rule regulating joinder of claims and remedies in superior court see Super Ct. R. Civ. P. Rule 18. For rule regulating joinder of claims and remedies in district court, see Dist. Ct. R. Civ. P. Rule 18.
RI Gen L § 9-4-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-4 - Commencement of Proceedings|Section 9-4-2 - Venue of actions involving realty.

§ 9-4-2. Venue of actions involving realty.All civil actions which concern realty, or any right, easement, or interest therein, or the possession thereof, all civil actions for breaking and entering the close of any plaintiff, and all actions in which the title to real estate may be tried and determined, shall, if brought in the superior court, be brought in the court for the county, and if brought in the district court, in the division where the land lies; and whenever the land, whether consisting of an entire tract or of two (2) or more separate tracts, lies partly in two (2) or more counties or divisions, such actions, if brought in the superior court, may be brought in the court for any county, or if brought in a district court, in any division where the land or any portion thereof lies.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 221; G.L. 1909, ch. 283, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 333, § 1; P.L. 1933, ch. 2051, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 511, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-4-2; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 11; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 7.
RI Gen L § 9-4-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-4 - Commencement of Proceedings|Section 9-4-3 - Venue based on residence of parties.

§ 9-4-3. Venue based on residence of parties.All other actions and suits, if brought in the superior court, shall be brought in the court for the county, or if brought in the district court, shall be brought in the division in which some one of the plaintiffs or defendants shall dwell, or in the superior court for the county or in the district court for the division in which the defendant or some one of the defendants shall be found; and if no one of the plaintiffs or defendants shall dwell in the state, the action, if brought in the superior court, may be brought in the court for any county, or if in a district court, in any division.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 222; G.L. 1909, ch. 283, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 333, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 511, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 9-4-3; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 7.
RI Gen L § 9-4-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-4 - Commencement of Proceedings|Section 9-4-4 - Venue in personal or transitory actions involving corporations.

§ 9-4-4. Venue in personal or transitory actions involving corporations.Personal or transitory actions and suits brought by or against corporations, if brought in the superior court, shall be brought in the court for the county, and if brought in a district court, shall be brought in the division in which the other party or some one of the other parties dwell, or in the court for the county or in the district court for the division in which the defendant or some one of the defendants shall be found, or in which the corporation is located by its charter, or if not located by its charter, in which the annual meetings of the corporation are required to be, or if not required to be, are actually held.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 223; G.L. 1909, ch. 283, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 333, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 511, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 9-4-4; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 7.
RI Gen L § 9-4-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-4 - Commencement of Proceedings|Section 9-4-5 - Venue of actions between nonresident parties.

§ 9-4-5. Venue of actions between nonresident parties.If no one of the plaintiffs or defendants dwell within the state, and a corporation established out of the state be a party, personal or transitory actions or suits by or against it may, if brought in the superior court, be brought in the court for any county, or if in the district court, in any division.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 224; G.L. 1909, ch. 283, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 333, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 511, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 9-4-5; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 7.
RI Gen L § 9-4-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-4 - Commencement of Proceedings|Section 9-4-6 - Dismissal for improper venue - Transfer.

§ 9-4-6. Dismissal for improper venue — Transfer.Except as otherwise provided herein, all actions and suits brought contrary to the provisions of § 9-4-2 shall be dismissed, and any action contrary to §§ 9-4-3 — 9-4-5, may be dismissed. In lieu of dismissal, any civil action brought in the wrong county, if brought in the superior court, or in the wrong division, if brought in the district court, may, in the discretion of the court, be transferred to a proper county or division.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 225; G.L. 1909, ch. 283, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 333, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 511, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 9-4-6; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 11; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 7.
RI Gen L § 9-4-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-4 - Commencement of Proceedings|Section 9-4-7 - Filing of papers and payment of entry fee.

§ 9-4-7. Filing of papers and payment of entry fee.No proceedings, original or appellate, shall be deemed to be entered until the necessary papers are properly filed and the entry fee, if any is required, is paid.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 259; G.L. 1909, ch. 285, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 335, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 513, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 9-4-7.
RI Gen L § 9-4-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-4 - Commencement of Proceedings|Section 9-4-8 - Correction of defective entries.

§ 9-4-8. Correction of defective entries.Except as otherwise provided by law, whenever any civil action (except in a district court) or whenever any appeal shall not be entered according to law, the court to which the action or appeal is returnable may, in case of accident, mistake, unforeseen cause, or excusable neglect, in its discretion, allow the action or appeal to be entered with or without terms; provided, that if the action or appeal is not entered according to law, in the first instance, all attachments and arrests made therein shall be thereby vacated.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 258; G.L. 1909, ch. 285, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 335, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 513, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-4-8; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 11; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 17.
RI Gen L § 9-4-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-4 - Commencement of Proceedings|Section 9-4-9 - Lis pendens.

§ 9-4-9. Lis pendens.(a) No proceeding in court, hereafter taken, whether by filing bill, petition, declaration, or other complaint, or by rule of court or otherwise, and no final order, decree, or judgment, concerning the title to any real estate, in this state, or to any interest or easement therein, shall affect the title (except as to parties thereto and their heirs and devisees, and those having actual notice thereof) as to any rights acquired before notice of the filing, or entry of the notice shall be recorded in the records of land evidence in the town or city where the real estate is situated; the notice to be copied in a book duly indexed and kept for that purpose. The notice shall briefly state the names of all the parties, the court wherein filed, the date of filing, and the substance of the bill, petition, declaration or other complaint, rule, order, decree, or judgment, and a description of the real estate thereby affected, so as far as may be necessary to warn any person subsequently dealing with the title to the land.(b) Any person causing such notice to be recorded shall, within seven (7) days of the recording, cause a copy of said notice to be mailed, regular mail, postage prepaid to all parties named in the bill, petition, declaration or other complaint, rule, order, decree, or judgment at their last known address. Failure to comply with this provision shall not invalidate the lis pendens.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 439; G.L. 1909, ch. 294, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 344, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 439, § 1; P.L. 1940, ch. 942, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-4-9; P.L. 1988, ch. 85, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-5-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-5 - Writs, Summons and Process|Section 9-5-1 - Writs in name of state - Seal - Signature by clerk or justice.

§ 9-5-1. Writs in name of state — Seal — Signature by clerk or justice.Writs issuing from any court shall issue in the name of the state of Rhode Island, shall be under the seal of the court from which they issue, and shall be signed by the clerk or by one of the justices thereof.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 498; G.L. 1909, ch. 299, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 349, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 514, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-5-1; P.L. 2021, ch. 77, § 5, effective June 23, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 78, § 5, effective June 23, 2021.
RI Gen L § 9-5-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-5 - Writs, Summons and Process|Section 9-5-2 - Counties in which superior court writs made and returnable.

§ 9-5-2. Counties in which superior court writs made and returnable.Any original writ or writ of mesne process from the superior court for any county may be sealed and signed by the clerk of the court for any county and be made returnable in any other county where the court may sit.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 499; G.L. 1909, ch. 299, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 349, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 514, § 2; P.L. 1942, ch. 1143, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-5-2.