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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act › Section 9-32.1-12. - Determining United States dollar value of foreign money claims for limited purposes.

§ 9-32.1-12. Determining United States dollar value of foreign money claims for limited purposes.
(a)
Computations under this section are for the limited purposes of the section and do not affect computation of the United States dollar equivalent of the money of the judgment for the purpose of payment.
(b)
For the limited purpose of facilitating the enforcement of provisional remedies in an action, the value in United States dollars of assets to be seized or restrained pursuant to a writ of attachment, garnishment, execution, or other legal process, the amount of United States dollars at issue for assessing costs, or the amount of United States dollars involved for a surety bond or other court-required undertaking, must be ascertained as provided in subsections (c) and (d).
(c)
A party seeking process, costs, bond, or other undertaking under subsection (b) shall compute in United States dollars the amount of the foreign money claimed from a bank-offered spot rate prevailing at or near the close of business on the banking day next preceding the filing of a request or application for the issuance of process or for the determination of costs, or an application for a bond or other court-required undertaking.
(d)
A party seeking the process, costs, bond, or other undertaking under subsection (b) shall file with each request or application an affidavit or certificate executed in good faith by its counsel or a bank officer, stating the market quotation used and how it was obtained, and setting forth the calculation. Affected court officials incur no liability, after a filing of the affidavit or certificate, for acting as if the judgment were in the amount of United States dollars stated in the affidavit or certificate.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act › Section 9-32.1-13. - Effect of currency revalorization.

§ 9-32.1-13. Effect of currency revalorization.
(a)
If, after an obligation is expressed or a loss is incurred in a foreign money, the country issuing or adopting that money substitutes a new money in place of that money, the obligation or the loss is treated as if expressed or incurred in the new money at the rate of conversion the issuing country establishes for the payment of like obligations or losses denominated in the former money.
(b)
If substitution under subsection (a) occurs after a judgment or award is entered on a foreign money claim, the court or arbitrator shall amend the judgment or award by a like conversion of the former money.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act › Section 9-32.1-14. - Supplementary general principles of law.

§ 9-32.1-14. Supplementary general principles of law.
Unless displaced by particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant, and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating causes supplement its provisions.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act › Section 9-32.1-15. - Uniformity of application and construction.

§ 9-32.1-15. Uniformity of application and construction.
This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act › Section 9-32.1-16. - Severability.

§ 9-32.1-16. Severability.
If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-32.1 - Uniform Foreign Money Claims Act › Section 9-32.1-17. - Legislative intent.

§ 9-32.1-17. Legislative intent.
It is the intention of the general assembly that the official comments of the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws pertaining to this chapter represent the express legislative intent of the general assembly and shall be used as a guide for interpretation of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-33 - Limits on Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation › Section 9-33-1. - Findings.

§ 9-33-1. Findings.
The legislature finds and declares that full participation by persons and organizations and robust discussion of issues of public concern before the legislative, judicial, and administrative bodies and in other public fora are essential to the democratic process, that there has been a disturbing increase in lawsuits brought primarily to chill the valid exercise of the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and petition for the redress of grievances; that such litigation is disfavored and should be resolved quickly with minimum cost to citizens who have participated in matters of public concern.
History of Section.
P.L. 1993, ch. 354, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 448, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-33 - Limits on Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation › Section 9-33-3. - Intervention.

§ 9-33-3. Intervention.
Any governmental agency or subdivision to which the party’s petition or free speech were directed or the attorney general may intervene to defend or otherwise support the party claiming lawful exercise of its right of petition or of free speech under United States or Rhode Island constitution.
History of Section.
P.L. 1993, ch. 354, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 448, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 386, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-33 - Limits on Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation › Section 9-33-4. - Construction of chapter.

§ 9-33-4. Construction of chapter.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit or affect any additional constitutional, statutory, or common law protections of defendants in actions involving their exercise of rights of petition or of free speech.
History of Section.
P.L. 1993, ch. 354, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 448, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 78.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-34 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act › Section 9-34-1. - Short title.

§ 9-34-1. Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.”
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 1, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 1, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-34 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act › Section 9-34-2. - Definitions.

§ 9-34-2. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1)
“Court” means the superior court.
(2)
“Foreign country” means a government other than:
(i)
The United States;
(ii)
A state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States; or
(iii)
Any other government with regard to which the decision in this state as to whether to recognize a judgment of that government’s courts is initially subject to determination under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution.
(3)
“Foreign-country judgment” means a judgment of a court of a foreign country.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 1, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 1, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-34 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act › Section 9-34-3. - Applicability.

§ 9-34-3. Applicability.
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, this chapter applies to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the judgment:
(1)
Grants or denies recovery of a sum of money; and
(2)
Under the law of the foreign country where rendered, is final, conclusive, and enforceable.
(b)
This chapter does not apply to a foreign-country judgment, even if the judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, to the extent that the judgment is:
(1)
A judgment for taxes;
(2)
A fine or other penalty; or
(3)
A judgment for divorce, support, or maintenance, or other judgment rendered in connection with domestic relations.
(c)
A party seeking recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that this chapter applies to the foreign-country judgment.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 1, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 1, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-34 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act › Section 9-34-4. - Standards for recognition of foreign-country judgment.

§ 9-34-4. Standards for recognition of foreign-country judgment.
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a court of this state shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which this chapter applies.
(b)
A court of this state may not recognize a foreign-country judgment if:
(1)
The judgment was rendered under a judicial system that does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process of law;
(2)
The foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant; or
(3)
The foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter.
(c)
A court of this state need not recognize a foreign-country judgment if:
(1)
The defendant in the proceeding in the foreign court did not receive notice of the proceeding in sufficient time to enable the defendant to defend;
(2)
The judgment was obtained by fraud that deprived the losing party of an adequate opportunity to present its case;
(3)
The judgment or the cause of action on which the judgment is based is repugnant to the public policy of this state or of the United States;
(4)
The judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive judgment;
(5)
The proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to an agreement between the parties under which the dispute in question was to be determined otherwise than by proceedings in that foreign court;
(6)
In the case of jurisdiction based only on personal service, the foreign court was a seriously inconvenient forum for the trial of the action;
(7)
The judgment was rendered in circumstances that raise substantial doubt about the integrity of the rendering court with respect to the judgment; or
(8)
The specific proceeding in the foreign court leading to the judgment was not compatible with the requirements of due process of law.
(d)
A party resisting recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that a ground for nonrecognition stated in subsection (b) or (c) of this section exists.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 1, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 1, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-34 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act › Section 9-34-5. - Personal jurisdiction.

§ 9-34-5. Personal jurisdiction.
(a)
A foreign-country judgment may not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if:
(1)
The defendant was served with process personally in the foreign country;
(2)
The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the proceeding or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over the defendant;
(3)
The defendant, before the commencement of the proceeding, had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved;
(4)
The defendant was domiciled in the foreign country when the proceeding was instituted or was a corporation or other form of business organization that had its principal place of business in, or was organized under the laws of, the foreign country;
(5)
The defendant had a business office in the foreign country and the proceeding in the foreign court involved a cause of action arising out of business done by the defendant through that office in the foreign country; or
(6)
The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign country and the proceeding involved a cause of action arising out of that operation.
(b)
The list of bases for personal jurisdiction in subsection (a) of this section is not exclusive. The courts of this state may recognize bases of personal jurisdiction other than those listed in subsection (a) of this section as sufficient to support a foreign-country judgment.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 1, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 1, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-34 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act › Section 9-34-6. - Procedure for recognition of foreign-country judgment.

§ 9-34-6. Procedure for recognition of foreign-country judgment.
(a)
If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign-country judgment.
(b)
If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought in a pending action, the issue of recognition may be raised by counterclaim, cross-claim, or affirmative defense.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 1, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 1, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-34 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act › Section 9-34-7. - Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgment.

§ 9-34-7. Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgment.
If the court in a proceeding under § 9-34-6 finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under this chapter then, to the extent that the foreign-country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, the foreign-country judgment is:
(1)
Conclusive between the parties to the same extent as the judgment of a sister state entitled to full faith and credit in this state would be conclusive; and
(2)
Enforceable in the same manner and to the same extent as a judgment rendered in this state.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 1, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 1, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-34 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act › Section 9-34-8. - Stay of proceedings pending appeal of foreign-country judgment.

§ 9-34-8. Stay of proceedings pending appeal of foreign-country judgment.
If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken, the court may stay any proceedings with regard to the foreign-country judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the appellant has had sufficient time to prosecute the appeal and has failed to do so.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 1, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 1, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-34 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act › Section 9-34-9. - Statute of limitations.

§ 9-34-9. Statute of limitations.
An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment must be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in the foreign country or twenty (20) years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became effective in the foreign country.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 1, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 1, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-34 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act › Section 9-34-10. - Uniformity of interpretation.

§ 9-34-10. Uniformity of interpretation.
In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 1, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 1, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-34 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act › Section 9-34-11. - Savings clause.

§ 9-34-11. Savings clause.
This chapter does not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 1, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 1, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-34 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act › Section 9-34-12. - Transitional provision.

§ 9-34-12. Transitional provision.
This chapter applies to all actions commenced on or after the effective date of this chapter [July 3, 2021] in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 1, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 1, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-34 - Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act › Section 9-34-13. - Official comments.

§ 9-34-13. Official comments.
It is the intention of the general assembly that the official comments to the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act as approved and recommended for enactment in all the states by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2005 represent the express legislative intent of the general assembly and shall be used as a guide for interpretation of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 1, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 1, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-35 - Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act › Section 9-35-1. - Short title.

§ 9-35-1. Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act”.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 2, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 2, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-35 - Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act › Section 9-35-2. - Definitions.

§ 9-35-2. Definitions.
In this chapter:
(1)
“Canada” means the sovereign nation of Canada and its provinces and territories. “Canadian” has a corresponding meaning.
(2)
“Canadian judgment” means a judgment of a court of Canada, other than a judgment that recognizes the judgment of another foreign country.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 2, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 2, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-35 - Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act › Section 9-35-3. - Applicability.

§ 9-35-3. Applicability.
(a)
This chapter applies to a Canadian judgment to the extent the judgment is within the scope of § 9-34-3, if recognition of the judgment is sought to enforce the judgment.
(b)
A Canadian judgment that grants both recovery of a sum of money and other relief may be registered under this chapter, but only to the extent of the grant of recovery of a sum of money.
(c)
A Canadian judgment regarding subject matter both within and not within the scope of this chapter may be registered under this chapter, but only to the extent the judgment is with regard to subject matter within the scope of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 2, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 2, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-35 - Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act › Section 9-35-5. - Effect of registration.

§ 9-35-5. Effect of registration.
(a)
Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a Canadian judgment registered under § 9-35-4 has the same effect provided in § 9-34-7 for a judgment a court determines to be entitled to recognition.
(b)
A Canadian judgment registered under § 9-35-4 may not be enforced by sale or other disposition of property, or by seizure of property or trustee process, until thirty-one (31) days after notice under § 9-35-6 of registration is served. The court for cause may provide for a shorter or longer time. This subsection does not preclude use of relief available under law of this state other than this chapter to prevent dissipation, disposition, or removal of property.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 2, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 2, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-35 - Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act › Section 9-35-6. - Notice of registration.

§ 9-35-6. Notice of registration.
(a)
A person that registers a Canadian judgment under § 9-35-4 shall cause notice of registration to be served on the person against whom the judgment has been registered.
(b)
Notice under this section must be served in the same manner that a summons and complaint must be served in an action seeking recognition under § 9-34-6 of a foreign-country money judgment.
(c)
Notice under this section must include:
(1)
The date of registration and court in which the judgment was registered;
(2)
The civil action number assigned to the registration;
(3)
The name and address of:
(i)
The person registering the judgment; and
(ii)
The person’s attorney, if any;
(4)
A copy of the registration, including the documents required under § 9-35-4(b); and
(5)
A statement that:
(i)
The person against whom the judgment has been registered, not later than thirty (30) days after the date of service of notice, may petition the court to vacate the registration; and
(ii)
The court for cause may provide for a shorter or longer time.
(d)
Proof of service of notice under this section must be filed with the clerk of the court.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 2, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 2, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-35 - Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act › Section 9-35-7. - Petition to vacate registration.

§ 9-35-7. Petition to vacate registration.
(a)
Not later than thirty (30) days after notice under § 9-35-6 is served, the person against whom the judgment was registered may petition the court to vacate the registration. The court for cause may provide for a shorter or longer time for filing the petition.
(b)
A petition under this section may assert only:
(1)
A ground that could be asserted to deny recognition of the judgment under chapter 34 of title 9; or
(2)
A failure to comply with a requirement of this chapter for registration of the judgment.
(c)
A petition filed under this section does not itself stay enforcement of the registered judgment.
(d)
If the court grants a petition under this section, the registration is vacated, and any act under the registration to enforce the registered judgment is void.
(e)
If the court grants a petition under this section on a ground under subsection (b)(1) of this section, the court also shall render a judgment denying recognition of the Canadian judgment. A judgment rendered under this subsection has the same effect as a judgment denying recognition to a judgment on the same ground under chapter 34 of title 9.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 2, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 2, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-35 - Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act › Section 9-35-8. - Stay of enforcement of judgment pending determination of petition.

§ 9-35-8. Stay of enforcement of judgment pending determination of petition.
A person that files a petition under § 9-35-7(a) to vacate registration of a Canadian judgment may request the court to stay enforcement of the judgment pending determination of the petition. The court shall grant the stay if the person establishes a likelihood of success on the merits with regard to a ground listed in § 9-35-7(b) for vacating a registration. The court may require the person to provide security in an amount determined by the court as a condition of granting the stay.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 2, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 2, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-35 - Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act › Section 9-35-9. - Relationship to uniform foreign-country money judgments recognition act.

§ 9-35-9. Relationship to uniform foreign-country money judgments recognition act.
(a)
This chapter supplements chapter 34 of title 9 and that chapter, other than § 9-34-6, applies to a registration under this chapter.
(b)
A person may seek recognition of a Canadian judgment described in § 9-35-3 either:
(1)
By registration under this chapter; or
(2)
Under § 9-34-6.
(c)
Subject to subsection (d) of this section, a person may not seek recognition in this state of the same judgment or part of a judgment described in § 9-35-3(b) or (c) with regard to the same person under both this chapter and § 9-34-6.
(d)
If the court grants a petition to vacate a registration solely on a ground under § 9-35-7(b)(2), the person seeking registration may:
(1)
If the defect in the registration can be cured, file a new registration under this chapter; or
(2)
Seek recognition of the judgment under § 9-34-6.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 2, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 2, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-35 - Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act › Section 9-35-10. - Uniformity of application and interpretation.

§ 9-35-10. Uniformity of application and interpretation.
In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 2, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 2, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-35 - Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act › Section 9-35-11. - Transitional provision.

§ 9-35-11. Transitional provision.
This chapter applies to the registration of a Canadian judgment entered in a proceeding that is commenced in Canada on or after the effective date of this chapter [July 3, 2021].
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 2, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 2, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-35 - Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act › Section 9-35-12. - Official comments.

§ 9-35-12. Official comments.
It is the intention of the general assembly that the official comments to the Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act as approved and recommended for enactment in all the States by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2019 represent the express legislative intent of the general assembly and shall be used as a guide for interpretation of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 134, § 2, effective July 3, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 156, § 2, effective July 3, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances › Section 10-1-1. - Action to abate nuisance — Contents.

§ 10-1-1. Action to abate nuisance — Contents.
Whenever a nuisance is alleged to exist, the attorney general or any citizen of the state may bring an action in the name of the state, upon the relation of the attorney general or of an individual citizen, to abate the nuisance and to perpetually enjoin the person or persons maintaining the nuisance and any or all persons owning any legal or equitable interest in the place from further maintaining or permitting the nuisance either directly or indirectly. The complaint shall be duly sworn to by the complaining party, unless brought by the attorney general, and shall set forth the names of the parties, the object of the action, a description of the place complained of, and a statement of the facts constituting the alleged nuisance.
History of Section.
P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances › Section 10-1-2. - Filing of action — Application for temporary injunction.

§ 10-1-2. Filing of action — Application for temporary injunction.
The action shall be filed in the superior court of the county in which the nuisance is alleged to exist. Upon the filing of the action, application for a temporary injunction may be made to any justice of the superior court, and the justice shall order process to issue for a hearing to be held on the application within twenty (20) days thereafter. If the court shall not be in session in the county for which the action is filed on the date for the hearing, the process shall be made returnable to the court at Providence and the hearing shall be held at Providence, unless otherwise agreed by the parties or ordered by the court. Notice of the time and place of the hearing of the application for a temporary injunction shall be served upon the defendants named in the complaint at least three (3) days before the hearing. The hearing shall have precedence over all matters upon the docket.
History of Section.
P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-2; P.L. 1985, ch. 150, § 20.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances › Section 10-1-3. - Temporary injunction — Enforcement.

§ 10-1-3. Temporary injunction — Enforcement.
If it shall appear to the court at the hearing that the alleged nuisance exists, a temporary injunction shall issue enjoining any and all respondents from further maintaining or permitting the nuisance, and from removing any personal property from the place where the nuisance is alleged to exist. It shall be within the power of the court to require any and all respondents to furnish a bond in a given amount, with or without surety, within such time as the court shall direct, conditioned upon the due observance of the temporary injunction. Any violation of the temporary injunction or any condition thereof shall be contempt of court to be punished as provided in § 10-1-10.
History of Section.
P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-3; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 79.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances › Section 10-1-4. - Application of rules of equity.

§ 10-1-4. Application of rules of equity.
Proceedings under this chapter shall follow the usual and accepted rules of equity, except as provided in this chapter or otherwise provided by statute or rule of court.
History of Section.
P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-4; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 79.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances › Section 10-1-5. - Evidence of reputation — Conviction of offenses against decency.

§ 10-1-5. Evidence of reputation — Conviction of offenses against decency.
In any hearing in proceedings under this chapter, evidence of the general reputation of the place, or the conviction, whether by trial or plea, including a plea of nolo, of any person of the violation of statutes against prostitution, lewdness, or assignation committed in any such place shall be admissible for the purposes of proving the existence of the nuisance.
History of Section.
P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances › Section 10-1-6. - Substitution of attorney general for original plaintiff — Costs against plaintiff.

§ 10-1-6. Substitution of attorney general for original plaintiff — Costs against plaintiff.
No action filed under § 10-1-1 shall be dismissed without the consent of the attorney general, and if the attorney general is of the opinion that the action ought not to be dismissed, he or she may be substituted for the original plaintiff and prosecute the case to a final decree. If the action is brought by a person other than the attorney general and the court finds that there is no reasonable ground therefor, costs shall be awarded against the plaintiff.
History of Section.
P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-6.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances › Section 10-1-7. - Decree and order of abatement — Sale of property.

§ 10-1-7. Decree and order of abatement — Sale of property.
If the existence of a nuisance shall finally be admitted or established in any proceeding under this chapter, a decree permanently enjoining the maintenance thereof shall be entered, and, in addition thereto, an order of abatement shall be entered, directing a deputy sheriff to enter the place where the nuisance exists and to sell and remove, in the manner provided for the sale of goods and chattels under execution, all personal property used in maintaining the nuisance, unless the owner of the personal property shall prove to the satisfaction of the court that he or she had no knowledge and by the exercise of reasonable diligence could not have learned of the maintenance of the nuisance before the filing of the complaint, and the court may further direct that the place where the nuisance exists shall be kept closed for all purposes for a period of one year unless otherwise ordered. The proceeds of any sale under this section shall be applied first to the payment of all costs incurred in connection with the proceedings brought under this chapter in connection with the nuisance, and secondly to the payment of a reasonable counsel fee for the plaintiff, and any balance remaining shall be paid to the owner of the property so sold.
History of Section.
P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-7; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 22.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances › Section 10-1-8. - Dissolution of order to keep closed.

§ 10-1-8. Dissolution of order to keep closed.
(a)
The owner or lessor of any place ordered closed pursuant to § 10-1-7 may, at any time, have the order to keep the place closed dissolved upon the payment of all costs incurred and upon the filing of a bond in such sum and with such surety as shall be fixed and approved by the court, conditioned upon the immediate abatement of the nuisance and against any further maintenance thereof, provided the owner or lessor shall prove to the satisfaction of the court that he or she had no knowledge and by the exercise of reasonable diligence could not have learned of the existence of the nuisance before the commencement of the action.
(b)
The dissolution of the order to keep the place closed shall not release the place from any judgment, lien, penalty, or liability, to which it may be subject by law. If any person shall break and enter or use a place ordered closed pursuant to § 10-1-7, he or she shall be punished for contempt as provided in § 10-1-10.
History of Section.
P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-8; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 79.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances › Section 10-1-9. - Proceedings after conviction in criminal proceedings.

§ 10-1-9. Proceedings after conviction in criminal proceedings.
In case the existence of a nuisance, as defined in §§ 11-30-1 and 11-30-2, is established in criminal proceedings, the attorney general may proceed under this chapter to enforce the provisions and penalties of this chapter, and the finding of the defendant guilty in such criminal proceedings, unless reversed or set aside, shall be conclusive evidence as against the defendant as to the existence of a nuisance in proceedings under this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-9; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 79.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-1 - Abatement of Nuisances › Section 10-1-10. - Proceedings and punishment for contempt.

§ 10-1-10. Proceedings and punishment for contempt.
In case any person fails to comply with any order of the court or is otherwise in contempt of court under the provisions of this chapter, the court may try and punish the offender. Contempt proceedings shall be commenced by filing with the clerk of the court a complaint under oath, setting forth the facts, and the court shall thereupon cite the offender to appear and answer to the complaint. Any person found guilty of contempt of court under the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) and by imprisonment in the adult correctional institutions for not less than three (3) months nor more than six (6) months.
History of Section.
P.L. 1925, ch. 672, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 10-1-10; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-2 - Account › Section 10-2-1. - Account between owners of common property.

§ 10-2-1. Account between owners of common property.
Whenever two (2) or more persons have and hold any estate, interest or property, whether real or personal, in common as joint tenants, tenants in common, co-parceners or joint owners and one or more of the owners of the common property shall take, receive, use or have benefit thereof, in greater proportion than his, her, or their interest therein, such owner or owners, his, her, or their executors and administrators shall be liable to render his, her, or their account of the use and profit of such common property to his, her or their fellow commoner or commoners, jointly or severally; and such of the fellow commoner or commoners or any or either of them, their executors or administrators, shall have his, her, or their action against such receiver or receivers or either of them, as his, her, or their bailiff or bailiffs, for receiving more than his, her, or their part or proportion as provided in this section.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 273, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 337, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 388, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 590, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-2-1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 26.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-2 - Account › Section 10-2-2. - Appointment and meeting of auditors.

§ 10-2-2. Appointment and meeting of auditors.
Upon rendering final judgment against the defendant in an action under § 10-2-1 that he or she shall account, the court rendering the final judgment shall appoint not more than three (3) auditors who, upon being sworn by the court, or any justice of the peace or notary public, to a faithful and impartial discharge of their duties, shall appoint a time and place to meet the parties in the action and to take the account, as required in the court’s judgment, and shall give notice of the meeting to the parties.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 273, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 337, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 388, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 590, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 10-2-2; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 26.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-2 - Account › Section 10-2-3. - Commitment of parties refusing to give evidence to auditors.

§ 10-2-3. Commitment of parties refusing to give evidence to auditors.
Whenever any defendant shall unreasonably refuse or neglect to appear at the time and place assigned by the auditors or, after appearing, shall refuse or neglect to render an account, the auditors may award to the plaintiff the whole of his or her demand, and the auditors may administer an oath to the parties, respectively, and examine them respecting their accounts and the matters submitted to them, and upon either of the parties refusing to take an oath truly to answer such questions as shall be asked or to answer directly to the interrogatories put to him or her, the auditors may commit him or her to jail, there to remain at his or her own charge until he or she consent to take the oath and answer the interrogatories.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 273, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 337, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 388, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 590, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 10-2-3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-2 - Account › Section 10-2-4. - Judgment on auditors’ award.

§ 10-2-4. Judgment on auditors’ award.
Whenever the auditors appointed in any case shall have made their report or award concerning the matter submitted to them to the court from whence they shall have received their appointment, if no legal cause shall be shown for setting aside the auditor’s award or report, judgment shall be rendered in conformity thereto, and also for costs, including such reasonable allowance to the auditors for their services as the court shall judge proper to make, and the reasonable compensation to the auditors shall be paid by the party in whose favor final judgment shall be rendered before he or she shall have execution on the court’s judgment.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 273, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 337, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 388, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 590, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 10-2-4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-2 - Account › Section 10-2-5. - Majority report of auditors — Quorum.

§ 10-2-5. Majority report of auditors — Quorum.
If a major part of the auditors appointed in any case agree to and assign such report or award, the report or award shall be equally binding and conclusive as if agreed to and signed by all of them; provided, that it shall be necessary, in order to give validity to the report or award, that all the auditors shall accept of their appointment and meet on the subject matter thereof.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 273, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 337, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 388, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 590, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 10-2-5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-3 - Arbitration › Section 10-3-1. - Short title.

§ 10-3-1. Short title.
This chapter may be referred to as “The Arbitration Act”.
History of Section.
P.L. 1929, ch. 1408, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 475, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 10-3-1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-3 - Arbitration › Section 10-3-2. - Agreements to arbitrate subject to chapter.

§ 10-3-2. Agreements to arbitrate subject to chapter.
When clearly written and expressed, a provision in a written contract to settle by arbitration a controversy thereafter arising out of such contract, or out of the refusal to perform the whole or any part thereof, or an agreement in writing between two (2) or more persons to submit to arbitration any controversy existing between them at the time of the agreement to submit shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract; provided, however, that the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to collective contracts between employers and employees, or between employers and associations of employees, in respect to terms or conditions of employment; and provided further, that in all contracts of primary insurance, wherein the provision for arbitration is not placed immediately before the testimonium clause or the signature of the parties, the arbitration procedure may be enforced at the option of the insured, and in the event the insured exercises the option to arbitrate, then the provisions of this chapter shall apply and be the exclusive remedy available to the insured.
History of Section.
P.L. 1929, ch. 1408, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 475, § 1; P.L. 1939, ch. 659, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 10-3-2; P.L. 1974, ch. 48, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 342, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 275, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-3 - Arbitration › Section 10-3-3. - Stay of actions on issues referable to arbitration.

§ 10-3-3. Stay of actions on issues referable to arbitration.
If any suit or proceeding be brought upon any issue referable to arbitration under an agreement in writing for arbitration, the court in which the suit is pending, upon being satisfied that the issue involved in the suit or proceeding is referable to arbitration under such an agreement, shall, on application of one of the parties, stay the trial of the action until the arbitration has been had in accordance with the terms of the agreement, providing the applicant for the stay is not in default in proceeding with the arbitration.
History of Section.
P.L. 1929, ch. 1408, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 475, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 10-3-3.