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RI Gen L § 9-24-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings|Section 9-24-27 - Certifications of questions of importance to the supreme court.

§ 9-24-27. Certifications of questions of importance to the supreme court.Whenever in any proceedings, civil or criminal, legal or equitable, in the superior court or in any district court, any question of law shall arise or the constitutionality of an act of the general assembly shall be brought in question upon the record, which, in the opinion of the court, or in the opinion of the attorney general if the state is a party to the proceeding or if he or she has intervened therein, is of such doubt and importance and so affects the merits of the controversy that it ought to be determined by the supreme court before further proceedings, the court in which the cause is pending shall certify the question or motion to the supreme court for that purpose and stay all further proceedings until the question is heard and determined; provided, that no question shall be so certified in any criminal case where the defendant has not been released on bail.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 478; G.L. 1909, ch. 298, § 5; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 348, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 545, § 6; P.L. 1940, ch. 941, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-27; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 41.
RI Gen L § 9-24-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings|Section 9-24-28 - Repealed.

§ 9-24-28. Repealed.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 338; G.L. 1909, ch. 289, § 35; G.L. 1923, ch. 339, § 35; G.L. 1938, ch. 545, § 7; G. L. 1956, § 9-24-28; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 41; Repealed by P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 11.
RI Gen L § 9-24-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings|Section 9-24-29 - Transmission of papers on certified cases.

§ 9-24-29. Transmission of papers on certified cases.Whenever any proceeding or question has been certified to the supreme court, the clerk of the court by which the certification is made shall forthwith transmit the papers to the supreme court, and the parties shall follow the cause to the court.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 479; G.L. 1909, ch. 298, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 348, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 545, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-29.
RI Gen L § 9-24-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings|Section 9-24-30 - Return of cause to court from which certified.

§ 9-24-30. Return of cause to court from which certified.The supreme court, after having decided any cause or any question certified to it by a district court or the superior court, shall send back the papers in the cause, with its decision certified thereon, to the court from which the question or cause was certified, where all further proceedings shall be had.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 480; G.L. 1909, ch. 298, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 348, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 545, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-30.
RI Gen L § 9-24-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings|Section 9-24-31 - Judgment on dismissal or abandonment of appellate proceeding.

§ 9-24-31. Judgment on dismissal or abandonment of appellate proceeding.Whenever any party, having commenced an appellate proceeding from any court or tribunal, whether by appeal or otherwise, shall fail to perfect the proceeding, or the court appealed to shall have dismissed the proceeding, the court or tribunal from which the proceeding was taken shall, on motion, at once enter such judgment, order, or decree, and as of such date, as the nature of the case may require, and may impose such additional costs and fines as the court deems just.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 440; G.L. 1909, ch. 294, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 344, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 543, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-31.
RI Gen L § 9-24-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings|Section 9-24-32 - State's right to appeal.

§ 9-24-32. State's right to appeal.In any criminal proceeding, the attorney general shall have the right to object to any finding, ruling, decision, order, or judgment of the superior court or family court, and the attorney general may appeal the findings, rulings, decisions, orders, or judgments to the supreme court at any time before the defendant has been placed in jeopardy; the defendant in any criminal proceeding may also appeal any findings, rulings, decision, order, or judgment of the superior or family court; and the attorney general may appeal thereafter, if, after trial, the defendant appeals. If the attorney general appeals the findings, rulings, decisions, orders, or judgments of the superior or family court before the defendant is placed in jeopardy and the defendant prevails in the supreme court, the attorney for the defendant shall be entitled to a reasonable attorney's fee and costs, payable by the state, to be set by the supreme court, incurred in representing the defendant in the prosecution of the attorney general's appeal before the supreme court.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 10.
RI Gen L § 9-24-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings|Section 9-24-33 - Procedure for state's appeal.

§ 9-24-33. Procedure for state's appeal.The attorney general shall file notice of his or her intention to appeal to the supreme court with the clerk of the superior or family court, together with a written request to the court stenographer for a transcript for so much of the testimony as may be required, within twenty (20) days after any adverse finding, ruling, decision, order, or judgment is entered or made, when such has been entered or made, before the defendant has been placed in jeopardy; and the filing shall stay the finding, ruling, decision, order, or judgment which the attorney general is appealing; and if after trial, the defendant has filed notice of his or her intention to appeal to the supreme court, the attorney general shall file notice of his or her intention to appeal to the supreme court within twenty (20) days thereof, in the same manner as provided. An appeal taken pursuant to this section shall proceed in accordance with the rules of appellate procedure of the supreme court.History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 10.
RI Gen L § 9-25-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-1 - "Trustee" defined.

§ 9-25-1. "Trustee" defined.The word "trustee", wherever occurring in this chapter, shall be deemed to include the words "attorney", "agent", "factor", or "debtor."History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 596; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 550, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-1.
RI Gen L § 9-25-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-2 - Time of issue.

§ 9-25-2. Time of issue.Executions shall issue at the request of the moving party, unless stayed by applicable procedural rules or unless otherwise ordered or provided by law; however, no execution shall issue before forty-eight (48) hours have elapsed after the entry of judgment.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 604; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-2; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 43; P.L. 1984, ch. 357, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-25-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-3 - Limitation on issuance.

§ 9-25-3. Limitation on issuance.Executions, original or alias, may be issued by any court at any time within six (6) years from the rendition of the judgment originally or from the return day of the last execution.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 606; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-3.
RI Gen L § 9-25-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-4 - Stay of execution.

§ 9-25-4. Stay of execution.Any justice of the supreme, superior, or district court may, upon motion and for cause shown, stay execution upon any judgment or decree rendered in any court, until further order. With respect to a judgment or decree for child support, good cause shall be deemed to be shown when the family court, pursuant to § 15-5-16.2.4, has suspended payment of child support arrearages.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 605; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 3; P.L. 1948, ch. 2086, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-4; P.L. 1990, ch. 477, § 2.
RI Gen L § 9-25-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-5 - Fee prerequisite to issuance.

§ 9-25-5. Fee prerequisite to issuance.No person shall be entitled to an execution until the fee therefor shall have been paid.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 610; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-5.
RI Gen L § 9-25-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-6 - Style of executions.

§ 9-25-6. Style of executions.Executions issued by any court shall issue in the name of the state of Rhode Island and shall be signed, sealed, and run in like manner as original writs.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 603; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-6; P.L. 2021, ch. 77, § 8, effective June 23, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 78, § 8, effective June 23, 2021.
RI Gen L § 9-25-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-7 - Form of superior court writ of execution.

§ 9-25-7. Form of superior court writ of execution.A writ of execution issued by the superior court shall be substantially in the following form:THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.SC.  To the sheriffs of our several counties, or to their deputies,  (SEAL) Greeting:  Whereas .......... of .......... by the consideration of the SUPERIOR COURT holden at .......... did on the .......... day of .......... recover judgment against .......... of .......... for the sum of .......... debt (or damages) and .......... costs of suit, as to us appears of record, whereof execution remains to be done: We command you, therefore, that of the goods and chattels and real estate of the said .........., within your precinct, you cause to be levied and paid unto the said .......... the aforesaid sums, being .......... in the whole, with 50 cents more for this writ; and thereof also to satisfy yourself for your own fees; [and for want of the goods and chattels and real estate of the said .......... to be found in your precinct to satisfy and pay the same as aforesaid, we command you to take the body of the said .......... and  .......... commit unto our correctional institution in your precinct, therein to be kept until .......... pay the full sum above mentioned, with your fees, or until .......... be discharged by the said .......... or otherwise by order of law.]  Hereof fail not, and make true return of this writ and of your doings thereon to our superior court at .......... for our county of .......... on the .......... day of .......... A.D. .......... .  Witness, the seal of our superior court at .......... this .......... day of .......... in the year .......... ., Clerk. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 614; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 12; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-7; P.L. 2021, ch. 77, § 8, effective June 23, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 78, § 8, effective June 23, 2021.
RI Gen L § 9-25-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-8 - Form of district court writ of execution.

§ 9-25-8. Form of district court writ of execution.A writ of execution issued by a district court shall be substantially in the following form:THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.SC.  To the sheriff, his or her deputy or to either of the town sergeants or constables in the county of ........................................  (SEAL) Greeting:  Whereas .......... of .......... at a DISTRICT COURT holden at .......... did on the .......... day of .......... recover judgment of said court against .......... of .......... for the sum of .......... debt or (damages), and costs of suit taxed at .........., as of record of said court doth appear, which sums, in the whole, amount to .......... for which execution remains to be done: We command you, therefore, that of the goods and chattels and real estate of the said .......... within your precinct, you levy the said sum of .........., together with 15 cents for this execution, as also your lawful fees for serving the same, and therewith satisfy and pay the said ..........; [and for want of the goods and chattels and real estate of the said .......... to be by you found within your precinct, to satisfy and pay the same sums aforesaid, we command you to take the body of the said .......... into your custody, and .......... safely secure in our jail in .......... until .......... satisfy and pay the said .......... the sums aforesaid and your fees, or until .......... be by the said .......... therefrom discharged, or otherwise by order of law.]  Hereof fail not, and make true return of this writ and of your doings thereon, on the .......... day of .......... A.D. .......... .  Witness, the seal of the district court of the .......... judicial district, this .......... day of .......... in the year .......... ., Clerk (or Justice.) History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 616; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-8; P.L. 2021, ch. 77, § 8, effective June 23, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 78, § 8, effective June 23, 2021.
RI Gen L § 9-25-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-11 - Bracketed words in forms.

§ 9-25-11. Bracketed words in forms.If the execution issued by any court is one which may run against the body of the defendant, the words included in brackets in the forms prescribed in §§ 9-25-7 — 9-25-10 shall be retained, otherwise they shall be stricken out.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 618; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-11.
RI Gen L § 9-25-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-12 - Form of execution against trustee or trust estate.

§ 9-25-12. Form of execution against trustee or trust estate.In every execution issued against any defendant in an action or suit in which another person shall have been charged as the trustee of the defendant, there shall be inserted next after the words "goods and chattels and real estate of the defendant" the words "and especially the personal estate of the said defendant in the hands or possession of (here insert the name of the trustee) charged as trustee of the said defendant to the extent of (here insert the amount for which the trustee is charged)"; or if the trustee shall be charged by his or her default in not filing the necessary affidavit in the cause, insert in lieu of the clause fixing the extent to which the trustee shall be charged, after the words "charged as trustee of the said defendant", the words "by the default of the said trustee to file his or her affidavit in said cause".History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 622; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-12.
RI Gen L § 9-25-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-13 - Variation of forms to comply with law.

§ 9-25-13. Variation of forms to comply with law.The court issuing an execution in any case in which no form shall be prescribed may vary the forms as provided in this chapter so as to comply with the law governing the particular case.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 620; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-13; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 72.
RI Gen L § 9-25-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-14 - Marginal notations on execution.

§ 9-25-14. Marginal notations on execution.The clerk of any court or justice issuing an execution shall note on the margin or in the body thereof the time when the judgment recited in the execution was rendered, and if the execution was awarded against the defendant in an action brought against him or her upon any penal statute or in an action sounding in tort in which the title to real estate was not in dispute, the marginal notation shall so state.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 611; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-14; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 43.
RI Gen L § 9-25-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-15 - Cases in which execution may issue against body.

§ 9-25-15. Cases in which execution may issue against body.An execution, original, alias, or pluries, may issue against the body of a defendant not exempt from arrest in an action which shall have been brought upon a penal statute, or in an action sounding in tort in which the title to real estate was not in dispute, or against bail in criminal cases, or whenever the defendant shall have been arrested and held to bail upon a writ of arrest or writ of mesne process therein, or whenever it shall be made to appear to the court which rendered the judgment in the action, or to any justice thereof, that the defendant is about to leave the state without leaving therein sufficient real or personal estate to satisfy the judgment, or that the defendant has been guilty of fraud in fact involving moral turpitude or intentional wrong either in contracting the debt for the recovery of which the judgment was rendered or in the concealment, detention or disposition of his or her property; provided, however, that no execution, original, alias or pluries, shall issue against the body of a defendant unless so ordered by a justice of the superior court or a justice of a district court upon the written ex parte motion of a party named in the action.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 613; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-15; P.L. 1961, ch. 167, § 2; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 43.
RI Gen L § 9-25-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-16 - Repealed.

§ 9-25-16. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1926, ch. 784, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 479, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-16; Repealed by P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 44, effective January 10, 1966.
RI Gen L § 9-25-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-17 - Execution against female on small judgment.

§ 9-25-17. Execution against female on small judgment.No execution shall issue against the body of any female on any judgment founded on a contract where the debt or damages do not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00); but in such case, the execution shall issue against the goods and chattels and real estate of the female against whom the judgment shall have been rendered.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 612; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-17.
RI Gen L § 9-25-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-18 - Setoff of judgments and execution for balance.

§ 9-25-18. Setoff of judgments and execution for balance.Whenever any court shall render final judgment for debts or damages in two (2) or more personal actions pending at the same time, in which the parties shall be reversed, and shall sue and be sued in the same right and capacity, the court shall set off the debts or damages recovered in the judgments and, provided no execution has already been issued upon either judgment, shall issue execution for the balance only, in favor of the party to whom it shall be due, with costs, if costs were recovered, and for costs only, if no balance upon the setoff is left; and a separate execution shall be issued in favor of the other party for costs, if costs were recovered by him or her; provided, that in every such case hereby provided for, the court shall have power to make such orders as may be required to carry out the intent of this section.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 435; G.L. 1909, ch. 294, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 344, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-18.
RI Gen L § 9-25-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-19 - Replacement of lost or destroyed executions.

§ 9-25-19. Replacement of lost or destroyed executions.The superior court, family court, or district court, at any time upon application made by the party in favor of whom any original, alias, or pluries execution has issued and upon proof that the execution has been lost or destroyed previous to the satisfaction thereof, may issue, or authorize the clerk of the court to issue, another execution in the place of the one so lost or destroyed.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 607; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-19; P.L. 1979, ch. 373, § 8.
RI Gen L § 9-25-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-20 - Return of executions.

§ 9-25-20. Return of executions.Every execution issued by the supreme or superior or family court shall, unless otherwise specially provided therein, be made returnable thereto one year from the date of the execution, and shall be returned by the officer charged therewith; and if the officer shall not return the execution within that time, he or she shall be liable therefor as by law prescribed.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 608; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-20; P.L. 1979, ch. 373, § 8; P.L. 1982, ch. 130, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-25-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-25 - Execution|Section 9-25-21 - Return of district court executions.

§ 9-25-21. Return of district court executions.Every execution issued by any district court shall, unless otherwise specially provided therein, be returnable one year after the date thereof, and be returned to the district court which issued it.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 609; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-21; P.L. 1982, ch. 130, § 1.