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RI Gen L § 9-26-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-25 - Execution against corporations - Action against officers and stockholders.

§ 9-26-25. Execution against corporations — Action against officers and stockholders.Whenever final judgment for any sum shall be rendered by any court against any banking association or any incorporated company, execution on the judgment shall be issued against the goods, chattels, and real estate of the corporation; and whenever any execution shall be, by the officer charged with the service thereof, returned that he or she cannot find sufficient property of the corporation whereon to levy the execution, the party in whose favor the judgment shall have been rendered may bring a civil action in the court in which the judgment was rendered against the president and directors, trustees, managers, or other like officers of the corporation, if any such there are, and, if none, then against so many of the stockholders or members thereof as he or she may think fit.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 645; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-25; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 45.
RI Gen L § 9-26-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-26 - Execution against corporation officers and stockholders.

§ 9-26-26. Execution against corporation officers and stockholders.On the hearing of the action authorized by § 9-26-25, unless the president and directors, trustees, managers, or other like officers, stockholders, or members shall make it appear that they had not, at the time of the service of process upon them, within their possession and control, sufficient property of the corporation to satisfy the judgment or any part thereof, the court shall issue execution against the president, directors, trustees, managers, or other like officers, stockholders, or members, for the amount of the judgment, with interest and costs, as for their own private debt; but if it shall appear that the officers, stockholders, or members had property to satisfy part of the judgment only, then an execution shall issue for that amount only and costs.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 646; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 23; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-26; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 45.
RI Gen L § 9-26-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-27 - Interest on execution.

§ 9-26-27. Interest on execution.Every deputy sheriff, town sergeant, and constable charged with the service of any execution for any debt or damages shall levy, collect, receive, and pay over interest on the debt or damages, from the date entered on the margin, up to the time of its discharge by him or her.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 649; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-27; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 19.
RI Gen L § 9-26-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-28 - Execution against a deputy sheriff.

§ 9-26-28. Execution against a deputy sheriff.Whenever judgment shall be rendered against any person holding the office of deputy sheriff, the execution issued thereon, directed in the ordinary form, may be delivered to the division of sheriffs who, may levy on the property, subject to levy on execution, of the defendant, and proceed and sell the property according to law.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 650; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-28; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 19.
RI Gen L § 9-26-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-29 - Execution against body of a deputy sheriff for want of property.

§ 9-26-29. Execution against body of a deputy sheriff for want of property.For want of goods and chattels and real estate or other property, subject to levy on execution, the director of public safety may designate a deputy sheriff to take the body of the defendant and commit him or her to the adult correctional institutions, whenever the writ of execution shall command him or her so to do.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 651; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 26; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-29; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 76; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 19.
RI Gen L § 9-26-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-30 - Priority of attachments.

§ 9-26-30. Priority of attachments.In all attachments of real estate, or of goods and chattels, or of personal estate in the hands of a trustee, or of stock or shares in any banking association or other incorporated company, he or she who shall first procure any attachment to be made for any just debt or damages shall be entitled to have his or her debt or damages satisfied before any other demand for which the property shall be attached or taken by execution at the suit of any other person, and all others in order of attachment.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 567; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 558, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-30.
RI Gen L § 9-26-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-31 - Priority of levies.

§ 9-26-31. Priority of levies.In all levies on execution upon real estate, goods and chattels, stocks or shares, or other subject of levy on execution whatsoever, he or she who shall first procure the attachment, if any, or, if there is no attachment, he or she who shall first procure levy to be made, shall be entitled to have his or her debt or damages satisfied before any other demand for which the property may be subsequently attached, or levied on by execution, at the suit of any other person; and all others in order of their attachments or levies.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 647; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 558, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-31.
RI Gen L § 9-26-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-32 - Time of day of levy to be noted.

§ 9-26-32. Time of day of levy to be noted.As diverse levies of the same real or personal estate may happen to be made on the same day, the officer who shall make any such levy, whether of real or personal estate, shall in his or her return set forth the time of the day when the levy was made, to the end that the priority of the attaching and levying creditors may be known.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 648; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 25; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 558, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-32.
RI Gen L § 9-26-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-33 - Discharge after twenty years of levy against real estate.

§ 9-26-33. Discharge after twenty years of levy against real estate.On and after July 1, 1980, any executions levied against real estate, heretofore or thereafter of record, unless the levy is against only one spouse in real estate held as tenants by the entirety, shall be deemed discharged of record and no longer a lien upon the real estate therein described or referred to after the expiration of a period of twenty (20) years from the date of judgment in the case in which the execution was issued.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 280, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 8, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-26-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution|Section 9-26-34 - Attachment of state and municipal employees' wages.

§ 9-26-34. Attachment of state and municipal employees' wages.The wages or salaries of any employee of the state or of any city, town, or other municipal or quasi-governmental corporation may be levied on by attachment of any warrant of distress or any other writ or execution, original, mesne, or judicial.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 376, § 2.
RI Gen L § 9-27-1 - 9-27-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-27 - Chancerization|Section 9-27-1 - 9-27-5 - Repealed.

§ 9-27-1 — 9-27-5. Repealed.History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, §§ 429-433; G.L. 1909, ch. 294, §§ 3-7; G.L. 1923, ch. 344, §§ 3-7; G.L. 1938, ch. 554, §§ 1-5; G.L. 1956, §§ 9-27-1 — 9-27-5; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 46; Repealed by P.L. 1981, ch. 331, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-28-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-28 - Proceedings in Aid of Execution|Section 9-28-1 - Creditor's equitable action.

§ 9-28-1. Creditor's equitable action.Any judgment creditor, after his or her execution has been returned wholly or in part unsatisfied, may, by a civil action in the nature of a creditor's bill, reach and apply and subject to the payment and satisfaction of his or her judgment any equitable estate, any equitable assets, or any choses in action of the judgment debtor, except such as shall be exempt from attachment by virtue of statutory provision. The remedy provided by this section shall be cumulative and shall not supersede any existing remedy.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 354, § 4; P.L. 1927, ch. 973, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 556, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-28-1; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 47.
RI Gen L § 9-28-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-28 - Proceedings in Aid of Execution|Section 9-28-2 - Transmission of superior court papers to district court to which writ returnable.

§ 9-28-2. Transmission of superior court papers to district court to which writ returnable.Upon ex parte motion of any party for whom judgment is rendered in the superior court in a case in which the writ was returnable to a district court and whose execution has been returned either wholly or in part unpaid and unsatisfied, the superior court in its discretion may transmit to the district court to which the writ in the case was made returnable all the papers in the case for hearing under the provisions of §§ 9-28-3 — 9-28-7, there to be kept until their return shall be ordered by the superior court.History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1228, § 1; P.L. 1916, ch. 1368, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2014, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 354, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 555, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-28-2.
RI Gen L § 9-28-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-28 - Proceedings in Aid of Execution|Section 9-28-3 - Citation to show cause why instalment payments should not be decreed.

§ 9-28-3. Citation to show cause why instalment payments should not be decreed.On the filing of an application by a judgment creditor, execution on whose judgment has been returned either wholly or in part unsatisfied and unpaid, the clerk or a justice of the court rendering the judgment, or if the judgment is rendered in the superior court in a case in which the writ was returnable to a district court, then and in such case the clerk or justice of the district court to which the writ was returnable, if the papers in the case shall have been transmitted to the district court as hereinafter provided, shall issue a citation to the judgment debtor to appear at a time and place named therein to show cause why an examination into his or her circumstances should not be made and a decree be entered ordering him or her to pay the judgment in full or by instalment, weekly, monthly, or otherwise. The citation shall be made returnable to the court by which it was issued and shall be served by delivering a copy to the debtor or by leaving a copy at the last and usual place of abode of the debtor with some person living there at least six (6) days before the return day named therein.History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1228, § 1; P.L. 1916, ch. 1368, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2014, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 354, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 555, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-28-3.
RI Gen L § 9-28-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-28 - Proceedings in Aid of Execution|Section 9-28-4 - Appearance of judgment debtor - Hearing on citation.

§ 9-28-4. Appearance of judgment debtor — Hearing on citation.A judgment debtor upon whom the citation shall be served as provided in § 9-28-3 shall be obliged to appear in court in person in response to the citation as therein commanded, and for failure to so appear, may be proceeded against as provided by chapter 17 of this title in the case of a witness duly summoned who fails to appear as commanded. At the hearing on the citation, the court shall make inquiry by examination of the judgment debtor, or otherwise, as to his or her circumstances, his or her income from any source, and his or her ability to pay the judgment; and if the debtor fails to appear at the time and place fixed the inquiry may proceed in his or her absence.History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1228, § 1; P.L. 1916, ch. 1368, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2014, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 354, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 555, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-28-4; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 84.
RI Gen L § 9-28-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-28 - Proceedings in Aid of Execution|Section 9-28-5 - Decree for installment payments on judgment - Finding of inability to pay.

§ 9-28-5. Decree for installment payments on judgment — Finding of inability to pay.If the court finds that the debtor is able to pay the judgment in full or by partial payments, from time to time, it shall, after first allowing the debtor out of his or her income a reasonable sum for the support of himself or herself or the support of himself or herself and family, if he or she has a family, enter a decree fixing the time, place, and amount of payments to be made by the debtor on the judgment out of his or her income in excess of the allowance. If the court entering the decree finds that the debtor is not able at the time to pay the judgment in full or by partial payments, from time to time, it shall enter a finding to that effect which shall be subject to revision on like notice and inquiry and on proof of changed circumstances of the debtor; but no subsequent citation to the debtor shall issue until the creditor or some one in his or her behalf has filed in court an affidavit setting forth evidence of such a change in the circumstances of the debtor as shall satisfy the court that a new inquiry as to the debtor's ability to pay the judgment shall be made.History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1228, § 1; P.L. 1916, ch. 1368, § 1; P.L. 1921, ch. 2014, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 354, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 555, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-28-5.
RI Gen L § 9-28-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-28 - Proceedings in Aid of Execution|Section 9-28-6 - Enforcement of decree.

§ 9-28-6. Enforcement of decree.If the debtor at any time fails to comply with the decree, the court entering the decree may cause him or her to be cited to show cause for the noncompliance; and unless the debtor shows good cause therefor, the court may order that unless he or she complies with the decree, or with such modification thereof as the court may then make, within the time stated in the order, the failure shall be a contempt of court; and if at the expiration of the time fixed by the court for compliance with the new decree the debtor still fails or refuses to comply therewith, the court may enforce its decree by proceedings for contempt. And if a defendant is in the custody of or committed to jail by a member of the division of sheriffs, or imprisoned, either upon execution or by order of the court in contempt proceedings, it shall not operate in any degree as a payment or satisfaction of the judgment upon which the execution is issued, or concerning which the order is entered, nor shall the custody, commitment to jail, or imprisonment be or constitute any bar, delay, or hindrance to any legal or equitable proceedings to discover or reach any assets, legal or equitable, of the defendant.History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1228, § 2; P.L. 1916, ch. 1368, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 354, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 555, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 9-28-6; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 20.
RI Gen L § 9-28-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-28 - Proceedings in Aid of Execution|Section 9-28-7 - Revision or suspension of decree.

§ 9-28-7. Revision or suspension of decree.The court may, at any time on written notice to the adverse party or his or her attorney of record, for cause shown, revise, modify, or suspend a decree made in any proceedings under this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1228, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 354, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 555, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 9-28-7; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 24.
RI Gen L § 9-29-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-29 - Fees|Section 9-29-1 - District court fees.

§ 9-29-1. District court fees.(a) Every district court shall be allowed the following fees, in full, to be taxed in the bill of costs in every civil action:(1) For the entry of every small claim . . . . . $55.00. (2) For the entry of every other action . . . . . $80.00. (3) For every writ of execution . . . . . $20.00.(b) In addition to the fees set forth herein, the district court shall apply a technology surcharge assessed in accordance with § 8-15-11.(c) Provided, that five dollars ($5.00) of the fee for the entry of every action in subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2) or writ in subdivision (a)(3) shall be forwarded to Rhode Island Legal Services.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 295, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 364, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 417, § 1; P.L. 1930, ch. 1517, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 633, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-29-1; P.L. 1960, ch. 72, § 1; P.L. 1961, ch. 89, § 1; P.L. 1971, ch. 147, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 304, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 304, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 118, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 129, art. 24, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 274, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 6, § 2; P.L. 1994, ch. 70, art. 35, § 3; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 43, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 212, § 2; P.L. 2004, ch. 300, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 5, art. 9, § 14; P.L. 2009, ch. 372, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 381, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 34, § 5; P.L. 2014, ch. 42, § 5.
RI Gen L § 9-29-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-29 - Fees|Section 9-29-2 - Repealed.

§ 9-29-2. Repealed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 295, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 364, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 417, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 633, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 9-29-2; Repealed by P.L. 1982, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 9-29-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-29 - Fees|Section 9-29-3 - Deposition fees.

§ 9-29-3. Deposition fees.To all officers empowered to take depositions, there shall be allowed:(1) For every hour necessarily employed ..........  $.40(2) For every page of 200 words .......... .30(3) For every mile's travel to the place of caption .......... .10History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 295, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 364, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 417, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 633, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 9-29-3.
RI Gen L § 9-29-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-29 - Fees|Section 9-29-4 - Costs allowed parties and attorneys in superior court.

§ 9-29-4. Costs allowed parties and attorneys in superior court.The following fees shall be taxed and allowed in bills of costs to attorneys and parties in the superior court in civil cases:   (1) To the attorney of the party obtaining judgment . . . . .  $5.00    (2) To plaintiff's solicitor for every complaint, original and supplemental . . . . .  5.00    (3) To defendant's solicitor for every answer, original or supplemental, one only to be taxed, though several filed, if defense be joint . . . . .  5.00  History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 295, § 7; C.P.A. 1905, § 1198; G.L. 1909, ch. 364, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 417, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 633, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 9-29-4.
RI Gen L § 9-29-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-29 - Fees|Section 9-29-5 - Jurors' fees.

§ 9-29-5. Jurors' fees.(a) All grand and petit jurors shall be paid for each day's attendance on the superior court twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day commencing July 1, 2022, and thereafter. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.(b) Any grand or petit juror may, upon signing a form approved by the presiding justice of the superior court, donate their jury fee to the state. Any such donation shall be deposited into the general fund and shall be allocated to the Rhode Island Veterans Home Community Living Center.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 295, § 8; P.L. 1902, ch. 981, § 1; C.P.A. 1905, § 1216; P.L. 1907, ch. 1459, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 364, § 8; P.L. 1917, ch. 1482, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 417, § 8; P.L. 1930, ch. 1535, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 633, § 8; P.L. 1951, ch. 2707, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-29-5; P.L. 1959, ch. 61, § 1; P.L. 1967, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 260, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 3, art. I, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 158, § 1, effective July 1, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 159, § 1, effective July 1, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 174, § 1, effective July 2, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 175, § 1, effective July 6, 2021.
RI Gen L § 9-29-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-29 - Fees|Section 9-29-6 - Repealed.

§ 9-29-6. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1926, ch. 802, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 633, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 9-29-6; P.L. 1967, ch. 150, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1983, ch. 3, art. I, § 2.
RI Gen L § 9-29-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally|Chapter 9-29 - Fees|Section 9-29-7 - Witness fees.

§ 9-29-7. Witness fees.(a) The fees of witnesses shall be:   (1) For every day's attendance before the supreme or superior court, or before any other tribunal or magistrate, including attendance in giving depositions . . . . .  $10.00    (2) For every mile's travel . . . . .  10.00    (3) For every day's commitment in jail upon default to enter into recognizance with surety . . . . .  2.00  (b) In addition to the fees above provided, witnesses summoned and testifying as experts in behalf of the state, or any person acting as an interpreter, before the supreme, superior, or district court, may be allowed and paid such sum as such court may deem just and reasonable.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 295, § 10; C.P.A. 1905, § 1199; G.L. 1909, ch. 364, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 417, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 633, § 10; P.L. 1939, ch. 715, § 7; P.L. 1956, ch. 3624, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-29-7; P.L. 1974, ch. 153, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 56, § 1.