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RI Gen L § 10-5-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-5 - Writ of attachment after filing of equitable complaint.

§ 10-5-5. Writ of attachment after filing of equitable complaint.In any civil action of an equitable character, at or after the filing of the complaint, the complainant may move the superior court, ex parte, to issue a writ of attachment, to run against the property of the defendants or any defendant in the cause; and the court, in its discretion, if the cause is of such a nature that an attachment of property is for the proper security of the complainant, shall on the motion, properly supported by affidavits to be filed in the cause, enter an order granting a writ of attachment, which writ may command the attachment of the real and personal estate of the defendant, including his or her personal estate in the hands or possession of any person, co-partnership or corporation, as the trustee of the defendant and his or her stock or shares in any banking association or other incorporated company, like a writ of attachment at the commencement of a civil action in conformity to the specific directions in the court's order; except as provided in § 6A-7-602, and shall be served in like manner and be subject to like incidents as a writ of attachment issued at the commencement of a civil action, and for such ad damnum, as shall be directed in the court's order and stated in the writ. And all property so attached shall be held for the security of any final judgment which the complainant may obtain in his or her favor in the cause, in pursuance of the directions of the order granting the writ of attachment. If a writ of attachment runs against real property and title to the real property is held in the name of a partnership, the writ shall include the name of the partnership.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 523; G.L. 1909, ch. 299, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch. 349, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 546, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-5; P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 3; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 50; P.L. 1985, ch. 93, § 3.
RI Gen L § 10-5-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-6 - Writ in tort action against nonresident.

§ 10-5-6. Writ in tort action against nonresident.At the commencement of a civil action sounding in tort against a nonresident having property within the state, a writ of attachment may be issued from the superior court or any district court wherever the plaintiff in the action, his or her agent or attorney, shall make affidavit, to be endorsed thereon or annexed thereto, that the defendant is a nonresident, and that the plaintiff has a just cause of action against the defendant, upon which the plaintiff expects to recover a sum sufficient to give jurisdiction to the court to which the writ is returnable.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 524; G.L. 1909, ch. 299, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 349, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 546, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-6; P.L. 1966, ch. 1, § 11.
RI Gen L § 10-5-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-7 - Classes of property named in writ.

§ 10-5-7. Classes of property named in writ.Whenever a writ of attachment can be issued by any court, it may command the attachment of the goods and chattels of the defendant and his or her real estate and his or her personal estate in the hands or possession of any person, copartnership or corporation, as his or her trustee, except as provided in § 6A-7-602, and his or her stock or shares in any banking association or other incorporated company, and may be varied so as to command the attachment of one or more of the classes of property of the defendant.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 514; G.L. 1909, ch. 299, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 349, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 548, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-7; P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 3.
RI Gen L § 10-5-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-8 - Garnishment of wages restricted to amounts not exempt - Child support to have priority.

§ 10-5-8. Garnishment of wages restricted to amounts not exempt — Child support to have priority.(a) Any writ of attachment, served as a writ of garnishment for the attachment of the personal estate of the defendant in the hand and possession of any employer of the defendant, shall be effective to attach so much only of such personal estate consisting of the salary or wages due and payable to the defendant, or to become in the future due and payable to the defendant, as is in excess of the amount of the defendant's salary or wages exempt by law from attachment. And the garnishee, being the defendant's employer, shall be required to make affidavit and shall be held liable for the defendant's personal estate consisting of the salary or wages due and payable to the defendant or to become in the future due and payable to the defendant only in respect of the excess amount exempt from attachment. Any writ of garnishment served under the provisions of this section shall state the judgment amount, and the employer shall withhold sums not exempt by law until the amount of withholding equals the amount of the judgment. The employer shall be entitled to the sum of five dollars ($5.00), payable directly from the employee to the employer, for each writ of garnishment served upon the employer regarding any employee.(b) Subject to any federal or state law to the contrary, any garnishment of wages for child support issued pursuant to § 15-5-25, and any wage assignment pursuant to § 15-5-24, or chapter 16 of title 15 shall take priority over any garnishment issued in accordance with this section. This priority shall occur whether or not the garnishment or assignment pursuant to § 15-5-24 or 15-5-25 or chapter 16 of title 15 occurs before or after any garnishment pursuant to this section. In addition, consistent with federal and state law, the state court system may develop a system for the collection of court imposed or assessed fines, costs, fees or other assessments, including restitution, through wage assignment procedures.History of Section.G.L., ch. 351, § 30, P.L. 1932, ch. 1898, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 548, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-8; P.L. 1981, ch. 350, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 295, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 235, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 95.
RI Gen L § 10-5-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-9 - Method of attaching real estate.

§ 10-5-9. Method of attaching real estate.The officer commanded by any writ to attach real estate, or the right, title, and interest of any defendant in real estate, shall attach the real estate by leaving an attested copy of the writ, with a copy of his or her doings thereon, with the town clerk of the town in which the real estate shall be situated, unless there be a recorder of deeds of the town, in which case he or she shall leave the copy with the recorder of deeds; and the town clerk or recorder of deeds, as the case may be, shall note upon the copy the time, as near as may be, when the copy was left with him or her, and shall also enter in a book, to be kept by him or her for that purpose, the names of the parties in the writ, including the name of any partnership set forth in the writ where any real property of a defendant being attached is held in a partnership name the amount of the damages claimed, the time when the copy was left with him or her, and the court to which the writ is returnable, and shall be entitled to demand and receive from the officer a fee of twenty-five cents ($0.25) in each case, and the officer shall in all cases, in accordance with applicable procedural rules, serve the defendant with a copy of the writ and his or her doings thereon.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 534; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-9; P.L. 1966, ch. 1, § 11; P.L. 1985, ch. 93, § 3.
RI Gen L § 10-5-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-10 - Value of goods attached.

§ 10-5-10. Value of goods attached.Whenever a writ of attachment issued at the commencement of an action, or writ of mesne process, shall command the officer to whom the writ is directed to attach the goods and chattels of a defendant, the officer shall attach the goods and chattels to the value commanded in the writ, if so much can be found by him or her, and may attach any less value, if the plaintiff or his or her attorney shall give order therefor.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 535; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-10; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 50.
RI Gen L § 10-5-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-11 - Service of writ on defendant.

§ 10-5-11. Service of writ on defendant.The officer making the attachment shall serve the defendant, as provided in applicable procedural rules, with a copy of the writ, having indorsed on the writ a general reference to the class or kind of goods and chattels so attached, together with a statement of the place in which they were found, and of the date and time of day of the attachment.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 536; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-11; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 50.
RI Gen L § 10-5-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-12 - Custody of attached goods.

§ 10-5-12. Custody of attached goods.The officer shall keep the goods and chattels so attached in his or her custody, as security to satisfy the judgment or decree as the plaintiff may obtain, until by due process of law either he or she shall sell the goods and chattels or they shall be withdrawn from his or her custody.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 537; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-12.
RI Gen L § 10-5-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-13 - Defendant's bond.

§ 10-5-13. Defendant's bond.The defendant in any writ upon which goods and chattels shall have been attached may, at any time within forty-eight (48) hours, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, after the attachment, deliver to the officer a bond in the penal sum of the amount of damages laid in the writ, signed by the defendant or someone in his or her behalf, with surety or sureties to the satisfaction of the officer, with a condition in the surety that the surety shall be null and void if the final judgment or decree in the action or cause in which the writ was served shall be immediately paid and satisfied after the rendition thereof.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 538; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-13; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 95.
RI Gen L § 10-5-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-14 - Reduction of damages before bond.

§ 10-5-14. Reduction of damages before bond.If the defendant in the writ shall deem the damages laid in the writ excessive, he or she may, before giving bond under the provisions of this chapter, complain in writing to any justice of the court to which the writ is returnable, requesting their reduction; and the justice may, after due notice to the plaintiff in the writ, or to his or her attorney, and upon cause shown, reduce the damages, and the amount so fixed shall be the penal sum in the bond.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 539; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-14.
RI Gen L § 10-5-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-15 - Filing of bond and delivery of property to defendant.

§ 10-5-15. Filing of bond and delivery of property to defendant.Upon accepting a bond given to satisfy a judgment or decree as required in this chapter, the officer shall lodge the bond with the clerk of the court to which the writ in the action shall be returnable and shall immediately surrender the goods and chattels attached by him or her to the person whose interest in the goods and chattel shall have been attached, or from whose possession the goods and chattel were taken, by virtue of the writ.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 540; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-15; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 95.
RI Gen L § 10-5-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-16 - Surrender of attached goods on defendant's bond.

§ 10-5-16. Surrender of attached goods on defendant's bond.Every officer having goods and chattels attached by him or her in his or her custody shall surrender the goods and chattel, at any time after the attachment, and before final judgment or decree, to the person whose interest in the goods and chattel has been attached, or from whose possession they have been taken, upon being tendered a bond by the defendant or someone in his or her behalf, with sufficient surety or sureties to the satisfaction of the officer, in double the value of the goods and chattels so attached, the value to be determined by the sworn appraisal of any two (2) or three (3) persons, one chosen by the director of the department of public safety and one by the defendant or his or her attorney, and the third by the creditor or his or her attorney, or in the penal sum of the amount of damages stated in the writ, with condition that the bond shall be null and void if, at any time after final judgment or decree rendered in the action or cause in which the attachment shall have been made, upon request therefor, the appraised value of the goods and chattels shall be paid, or the goods and chattels shall, in as good order and condition as when surrendered, be returned to the officer taking the bond, or to any officer who shall be charged with the service of an execution issued upon the judgment or decree rendered in the action or cause, unless the judgment or decree shall have been paid, or shall be immediately paid, together with the costs upon the execution, upon the making of the request for the return of the goods and chattels or the payment of their appraised value.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 542; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 20; P.L. 1926, ch. 798, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-16; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 23.
RI Gen L § 10-5-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-17 - Release of real estate on bond.

§ 10-5-17. Release of real estate on bond.The director of the department of public safety or his or her designee wherein any officer commanded by any original writ or writ of mesne process to attach the real estate or right, title, and interest in the real estate of any defendant has attached the real estate or defendant's right, title, and interest therein, by himself or herself release and discharge the attachment upon the public records at any time after the attachment and before final judgment or decree:(1) Upon being tendered a bond, running to the division of sheriffs, by the defendant or someone in his or her behalf with sufficient surety, which surety shall be a surety corporation authorized so to act in this state, in the penal sum of the amount of damages stated in the writ, with condition that the bond shall be null and void if there is a settlement or discontinuance of the action or cause, or if the final judgment or decree in the action or cause in which the writ of attachment was served shall be immediately paid and satisfied after the rendition of the final judgment or decree, or if the execution issued in the writ be returned satisfied, or if final judgment or decree in the action or cause is for the defendant, or upon the happening of any event which, ipso facto, would have resulted in the extinguishment of the lien of the attachment had the attachment not been released and discharged pursuant to the provisions of this section; or(2) Upon payment by a defendant, or by someone in his or her behalf, of the amount of damages stated in the writ, into the registry of the court in which the action or cause is then pending, and the clerk thereof shall immediately notify the sheriff of the fact of the payment and thereafter shall pay from the amount so deposited to the plaintiff, if final judgment or decree is in his or her favor, so much thereof as may be required to satisfy his or her execution, and shall pay the balance, if any, of the amount so deposited, with actual accrued interest, if any, to the defendant, and if judgment or decree in the action or cause is for defendant, in the event upon presentation of execution in his or her favor, the amount so deposited, with actual accrued interest, if any, shall be immediately paid to the defendant, but such amount may at any time be paid by the clerk as the parties may by their agreement stipulate, or as the court upon motion of any party in interest may direct.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 350 § 20; P.L. 1926, ch. 798, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-17; P.L. 1961, ch. 147, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 95; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 23.
RI Gen L § 10-5-17.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-17.1 - Discharge of sheriff 's bond for want of action.

§ 10-5-17.1. Discharge of sheriff's bond for want of action.The prejudgment lien against the real estate described in a sheriff's bond, created by the recording of the sheriff's bond with the land evidence records of any city or town shall be discharged and dissolved and no longer a lien upon the real estate described in the lien if no action has been taken to enforce the bond for a period of ten (10) years from the date of the recording.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 377, § 1.
RI Gen L § 10-5-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-18 - Reduction of damages or partial release of property.

§ 10-5-18. Reduction of damages or partial release of property.If the defendant in any writ shall deem the damages stated in the writ excessive, or if the property, either real or personal, held under any attachment, shall greatly exceed in value the amount of the damages stated in the writ, the defendant may, at any time before final judgment or decree, complain in writing to any justice of the court to which the writ is returnable, or to the superior court if the writ shall be pending in the superior court upon appeal from a district court, requesting the reduction of the amount of the damages or a release of a portion of the property attached; and the justice or court may, after due notice to the plaintiff in the writ, or to his or her attorney, and upon cause shown, order the damages to be reduced, or a part of the property attached to be released.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 543; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 10; P.L. 1942, ch. 1142, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-18.
RI Gen L § 10-5-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-19 - Attachment of corporate stock or trust estate.

§ 10-5-19. Attachment of corporate stock or trust estate.Whenever a writ shall command the attachment of the shares of the defendant in any corporation, or of his or her personal estate in the hands of any person, co-partnership or corporation, as trustee, it shall be served by leaving an attested copy of the writ, having endorsed on the writ the date and time of day of the service, with the person or some member of the co-partnership named in the writ as trustee, or at the usual place of business of the person or co-partnership with some person there employed; or if the trustee, or the corporation whose shares shall be directed to be attached, shall be a bank, with the cashier, treasurer or secretary of the bank; if an insurance company, with the president or secretary of the company; and if any other corporation, it shall be served by leaving an attested copy of the writ, having endorsed on the writ the date and time of day of the service, with the treasurer of the corporation, or the person executing the duties of treasurer of the corporation, or with the attorney of the corporation appointed with authority to accept service of process against the corporation in this state, or with any other officer of the corporation, or with the agent or superintendent of the corporation, or at the office of the corporation with some person there employed, and shall tender to the person upon whom service is made the sum of two dollars ($2.00) and his or her traveling fee as witness in the superior court, and the sum of one dollar ($1.00) and like traveling fee if the writ is returnable in any other court; and the officer shall also serve the defendant in accordance with applicable procedural rules.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 544; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-19; P.L. 1966, ch. 1, § 11.
RI Gen L § 10-5-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions|Chapter 10-5 - Attachment|Section 10-5-20 - Account rendered by corporate officer.

§ 10-5-20. Account rendered by corporate officer.Subject to the provisions of § 6A-8-317, whenever any banking association or incorporated company shall be served with a copy of a writ attaching its stock or shares, if a bank, its cashier, if an insurance company, its president or secretary, and if any other corporation, its treasurer or the person executing the duties of treasurer, shall render an account upon oath to the court to which the writ shall be returnable, of what stock or shares the defendant had in the company at the time of the serving of the writ, except as provided in § 6A-4-303. The account shall be filed, in any district court, within ten (10) days after the service of the writ. The account shall be filed, in any other court, within twenty (20) days after the service of the writ.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 575; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 9; P.L. 1930, ch. 1608, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 24; P.L. 1939, ch. 659, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-20; P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 3; P.L. 1966, ch. 1, § 12.