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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-16. - Surrender of attached goods on defendant’s bond.

§ 10-5-16. Surrender of attached goods on defendant’s bond.
Every officer having goods and chattels attached by him or her in his or her custody shall surrender the goods and chattel, at any time after the attachment, and before final judgment or decree, to the person whose interest in the goods and chattel has been attached, or from whose possession they have been taken, upon being tendered a bond by the defendant or someone in his or her behalf, with sufficient surety or sureties to the satisfaction of the officer, in double the value of the goods and chattels so attached, the value to be determined by the sworn appraisal of any two (2) or three (3) persons, one chosen by the director of the department of public safety and one by the defendant or his or her attorney, and the third by the creditor or his or her attorney, or in the penal sum of the amount of damages stated in the writ, with condition that the bond shall be null and void if, at any time after final judgment or decree rendered in the action or cause in which the attachment shall have been made, upon request therefor, the appraised value of the goods and chattels shall be paid, or the goods and chattels shall, in as good order and condition as when surrendered, be returned to the officer taking the bond, or to any officer who shall be charged with the service of an execution issued upon the judgment or decree rendered in the action or cause, unless the judgment or decree shall have been paid, or shall be immediately paid, together with the costs upon the execution, upon the making of the request for the return of the goods and chattels or the payment of their appraised value.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 542; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 20; P.L. 1926, ch. 798, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-16; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 23.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-17. - Release of real estate on bond.

§ 10-5-17. Release of real estate on bond.
The director of the department of public safety or his or her designee wherein any officer commanded by any original writ or writ of mesne process to attach the real estate or right, title, and interest in the real estate of any defendant has attached the real estate or defendant’s right, title, and interest therein, by himself or herself release and discharge the attachment upon the public records at any time after the attachment and before final judgment or decree:
(1)
Upon being tendered a bond, running to the division of sheriffs, by the defendant or someone in his or her behalf with sufficient surety, which surety shall be a surety corporation authorized so to act in this state, in the penal sum of the amount of damages stated in the writ, with condition that the bond shall be null and void if there is a settlement or discontinuance of the action or cause, or if the final judgment or decree in the action or cause in which the writ of attachment was served shall be immediately paid and satisfied after the rendition of the final judgment or decree, or if the execution issued in the writ be returned satisfied, or if final judgment or decree in the action or cause is for the defendant, or upon the happening of any event which, ipso facto, would have resulted in the extinguishment of the lien of the attachment had the attachment not been released and discharged pursuant to the provisions of this section; or
(2)
Upon payment by a defendant, or by someone in his or her behalf, of the amount of damages stated in the writ, into the registry of the court in which the action or cause is then pending, and the clerk thereof shall immediately notify the sheriff of the fact of the payment and thereafter shall pay from the amount so deposited to the plaintiff, if final judgment or decree is in his or her favor, so much thereof as may be required to satisfy his or her execution, and shall pay the balance, if any, of the amount so deposited, with actual accrued interest, if any, to the defendant, and if judgment or decree in the action or cause is for defendant, in the event upon presentation of execution in his or her favor, the amount so deposited, with actual accrued interest, if any, shall be immediately paid to the defendant, but such amount may at any time be paid by the clerk as the parties may by their agreement stipulate, or as the court upon motion of any party in interest may direct.
History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 350 § 20; P.L. 1926, ch. 798, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-17; P.L. 1961, ch. 147, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 95; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 23.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-17.1. - Discharge of sheriff’s bond for want of action.

§ 10-5-17.1. Discharge of sheriff’s bond for want of action.
The prejudgment lien against the real estate described in a sheriff’s bond, created by the recording of the sheriff’s bond with the land evidence records of any city or town shall be discharged and dissolved and no longer a lien upon the real estate described in the lien if no action has been taken to enforce the bond for a period of ten (10) years from the date of the recording.
History of Section.
P.L. 1986, ch. 377, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-18. - Reduction of damages or partial release of property.

§ 10-5-18. Reduction of damages or partial release of property.
If the defendant in any writ shall deem the damages stated in the writ excessive, or if the property, either real or personal, held under any attachment, shall greatly exceed in value the amount of the damages stated in the writ, the defendant may, at any time before final judgment or decree, complain in writing to any justice of the court to which the writ is returnable, or to the superior court if the writ shall be pending in the superior court upon appeal from a district court, requesting the reduction of the amount of the damages or a release of a portion of the property attached; and the justice or court may, after due notice to the plaintiff in the writ, or to his or her attorney, and upon cause shown, order the damages to be reduced, or a part of the property attached to be released.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 543; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 10; P.L. 1942, ch. 1142, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-18.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-19. - Attachment of corporate stock or trust estate.

§ 10-5-19. Attachment of corporate stock or trust estate.
Whenever a writ shall command the attachment of the shares of the defendant in any corporation, or of his or her personal estate in the hands of any person, co-partnership or corporation, as trustee, it shall be served by leaving an attested copy of the writ, having endorsed on the writ the date and time of day of the service, with the person or some member of the co-partnership named in the writ as trustee, or at the usual place of business of the person or co-partnership with some person there employed; or if the trustee, or the corporation whose shares shall be directed to be attached, shall be a bank, with the cashier, treasurer or secretary of the bank; if an insurance company, with the president or secretary of the company; and if any other corporation, it shall be served by leaving an attested copy of the writ, having endorsed on the writ the date and time of day of the service, with the treasurer of the corporation, or the person executing the duties of treasurer of the corporation, or with the attorney of the corporation appointed with authority to accept service of process against the corporation in this state, or with any other officer of the corporation, or with the agent or superintendent of the corporation, or at the office of the corporation with some person there employed, and shall tender to the person upon whom service is made the sum of two dollars ($2.00) and his or her traveling fee as witness in the superior court, and the sum of one dollar ($1.00) and like traveling fee if the writ is returnable in any other court; and the officer shall also serve the defendant in accordance with applicable procedural rules.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 544; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-19; P.L. 1966, ch. 1, § 11.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-20. - Account rendered by corporate officer.

§ 10-5-20. Account rendered by corporate officer.
Subject to the provisions of § 6A-8-317, whenever any banking association or incorporated company shall be served with a copy of a writ attaching its stock or shares, if a bank, its cashier, if an insurance company, its president or secretary, and if any other corporation, its treasurer or the person executing the duties of treasurer, shall render an account upon oath to the court to which the writ shall be returnable, of what stock or shares the defendant had in the company at the time of the serving of the writ, except as provided in § 6A-4-303. The account shall be filed, in any district court, within ten (10) days after the service of the writ. The account shall be filed, in any other court, within twenty (20) days after the service of the writ.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 575; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 9; P.L. 1930, ch. 1608, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 24; P.L. 1939, ch. 659, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-20; P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 3; P.L. 1966, ch. 1, § 12.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-21. - Filing of officer’s account — Certification.

§ 10-5-21. Filing of officer’s account — Certification.
The disclosure made by virtue of § 10-5-20 shall be sworn to before any person authorized to administer oaths and shall be filed with the clerk of the court to which the writ shall be returnable, and if the name and address of plaintiff’s attorney appears on the writ, a copy of the disclosure shall be mailed to the attorney at that address. The party filing the disclosure shall be entitled, on tendering a copy of the disclosure and a fee of twenty-five cents ($.25) to the clerk, to have the copy certified by the clerk with whom the original is filed, and a certificate indorsed on the copy of the fact and date of filing.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 577; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-21; P.L. 1968, ch. 62, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-22. - Defendant’s bond on corporate stock or trust estate.

§ 10-5-22. Defendant’s bond on corporate stock or trust estate.
Whenever a writ shall command the attachment of the shares of the defendant in any corporation, or of his or her personal estate in the hands or possession of any person, co-partnership or corporation, as trustee, the defendant may, at any time after the service of the writ upon the trustee, and before final judgment or decree, deliver to the officer who served the writ a bond, in the penal sum of the amount of damages stated in the writ, signed by the defendant or someone in his or her behalf, with surety or sureties to the satisfaction of the officer, with a condition in the surety that the surety shall be null and void if the final judgment or decree, in the action or cause in which the writ was served, shall be immediately paid and satisfied after the rendition of the final judgment or decree.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 547; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 25; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-22.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-23. - Release of stock or trust estate on acceptance of bond by officer.

§ 10-5-23. Release of stock or trust estate on acceptance of bond by officer.
Upon the acceptance of the bond as described in § 10-5-22 by the officer, he or she shall immediately deliver to the person, co-partnership or corporation named as trustee in the writ, a certified copy of the writ, with an indorsement on the copy, signed by the officer, setting forth in the indorsement that he or she has accepted the bond and released the shares or personal estate in the hands or possession of the trustee from the attachment; and thereupon the shares or personal estate in the hands or possession of the trustee shall become discharged from the attachment.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 548; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-23; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 95.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-24. - Release of stock or trust estate by plaintiff.

§ 10-5-24. Release of stock or trust estate by plaintiff.
In case the writ shall have been returned to the court to which it is made returnable, and duly entered in the court, or in case the officer who served the writ shall, from any cause, be unable to accept the bond and release the shares or personal estate in the hands or possession of the trustee from the attachment, then the bond given to release the attachment shall be delivered to the plaintiff, or his or her attorney named on the writ, the bond running to the plaintiff, and with surety to the satisfaction of the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s attorney; and upon the acceptance of the bond by the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s attorney, the plaintiff or his or her attorney shall upon receipt of the bond give to the defendant a certificate, signed by the plaintiff or his or her attorney, that he or she has accepted the bond and released the shares or personal estate from attachment. In the case of the refusal of the plaintiff or his or her attorney to act upon the bond or to receive a proper bond and give such certification, the defendant may petition the court to which the writ is returnable, or if appellate proceedings have been taken may petition the court to which the proceedings have been taken, to accept a bond running to the plaintiff and satisfactory to the court and release the shares or personal estate from attachment.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 549; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-24; P.L. 1961, ch. 145, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, §§ 95, 170.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-25. - Liens and claims on stock preserved.

§ 10-5-25. Liens and claims on stock preserved.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed as to destroy or impair any lien or claim of any person or body corporate upon any stock or shares attached under the provisions of this chapter.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 557; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 39; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 39; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-25; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 95.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-26. - Attachment of mortgaged personal property.

§ 10-5-26. Attachment of mortgaged personal property.
Personal estate, when mortgaged and in the possession of the mortgagor, and while the estate is redeemable at law or in equity, may be attached on writ of attachment against the mortgagor, in the same manner as his or her other personal estate.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 570; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 549, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-26.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-27. - Sale of mortgaged property.

§ 10-5-27. Sale of mortgaged property.
When attached, the mortgaged estate may be sold upon the application of the mortgagee or of either of the parties to the suit, in the manner provided for the sale of perishable goods and chattels when attached.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 571; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 549, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-27.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-28. - Proceeds of sale of mortgaged property.

§ 10-5-28. Proceeds of sale of mortgaged property.
Upon any sale as provided in § 10-5-27, the attaching officer shall first apply so much of the proceeds of the sale as may be necessary to pay the amount for which the property was mortgaged, with such deduction for interest for the anticipated payment, or allowance for damages for the anticipated payment, as may be allowed by the justice directing the sale; and the officer shall pay only the balance into the registry of the court for the purposes of the attachment.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 572; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 549, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-28; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 95.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-29. - Redemption of mortgage by plaintiff in attachment.

§ 10-5-29. Redemption of mortgage by plaintiff in attachment.
The plaintiff in any attachment under § 10-5-26 may redeem the mortgaged estate in the same manner as the mortgagor might have done; and in case of redemption by the plaintiff, the plaintiff shall have the same lien on the property for the amount paid by him or her, with interest, as the mortgagee had.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 573; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 549, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-29; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 95.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-30. - Defeat of attachment by failure to sell or redeem from mortgage.

§ 10-5-30. Defeat of attachment by failure to sell or redeem from mortgage.
If the mortgage is not redeemed by the plaintiff, or the mortgaged property sold as provided in § 10-5-27, before the time of redemption expires, the attachment shall become void.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 574; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 549, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-30; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 95.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-31. - Defendant in one county and property in another — Summons of defendants from different counties.

§ 10-5-31. Defendant in one county and property in another — Summons of defendants from different counties.
If the property attached is in one county and the defendant is, or have his or her usual place of abode, in another county, the attachment may be made by any proper officer of the county where the property is situated, and the defendant may be summoned where he or she may be found or have his or her usual place of abode by the officer making the attachment or by any like officer of the county where the defendant may be found or may have his or her usual place of abode; provided, that the officer making the attachment shall not be required to send a copy of the writ by mail to the address of the defendant in case the summons shall be served as by law provided. If, in any writ, citation, or other process issued from the supreme or superior court, the defendants or respondents named in the writ, citation, or other process reside in different counties, the proper officer making service of the writ, citation or other process in the county where the writ, citation, or other process is returnable may summon the defendants or respondents residing in other counties.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 546; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-31.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-32. - Surety on defendant’s bond — Lien on surety’s real estate.

§ 10-5-32. Surety on defendant’s bond — Lien on surety’s real estate.
Whenever a member of the division of sheriffs shall take a bond for the release of goods and chattels attached on an original writ or a writ of mesne process, in which the ad damnum shall be more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), the bond shall be in the penal sum of the amount of damages stated in the writ, with some surety company authorized to do business in this state as surety, unless the defendant can furnish as surety a resident of the state satisfactory to the officer taking the bond, who is the owner of real estate in this state having a value over all incumbrances thereon, equal to the penal sum of the amount of damages stated in the writ. In case the owner of such real estate is accepted as surety, the bond shall contain a description of the real estate, so that the real estate may be readily identified in the records of land evidence of the city or town in which it is situated, and also a statement by the surety of the value of the real estate free from all incumbrances, and the description and the valuation shall be sworn to by the surety, and his or her affidavit shall be made a part of the bond. Before the goods and chattels are released, an attested copy of the bond shall be filed with the recorder of deeds, but if there is no recorder of deeds, then with a city or town clerk of the city or town in which the real estate is situated, and the copy shall be recorded in the same manner as copies of writs of attachment are recorded under the provisions of this chapter, and the bond shall be a lien upon the real estate described in the bond until the action in which the attachment was made is disposed of, or the bond is cancelled by the plaintiff, or by his or her attorney of record, or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The officer taking the bond shall be allowed a fee of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for making a copy of the bond, and the fee for the copy, together with the fee for recording, shall be a part of the costs in the case. Any lien created by the provisions of this section may be established, foreclosed, and enforced by a civil action, which action may be heard, tried, and determined according to the usages in chancery and the principles of equity.
History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 29; P.L. 1927, ch. 1009, § 1; P.L. 1929, ch. 1430, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 23; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-32; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 23.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-33. - Inventory included in return of writ.

§ 10-5-33. Inventory included in return of writ.
If the defendant in the writ shall not, within the forty-eight (48) hours as provided in § 10-5-13, either give a bond as provided in § 10-5-13 or a bond for the value of the goods and chattels attached, in the manner by law provided, the officer shall make an inventory of the goods and chattels by him or her attached upon the writ, and return the inventory as a part of his or her doings in his or her return upon the writ.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 541; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-33; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 95.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-34. - Subsequent attachments of other property.

§ 10-5-34. Subsequent attachments of other property.
After an attachment of property, subsequent attachments of other property of the defendant may be made by any proper officer, at any time before the defendant is served with the writ; and, if need be, the plaintiff may amend his or her writ for the purpose of having subsequent attachment made.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 550; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-34.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-35. - Application to sell perishable property or property expensive to keep.

§ 10-5-35. Application to sell perishable property or property expensive to keep.
Whenever any officer shall attach, on any writ, any live animals or any goods or chattels which are liable to perish or waste, or to be greatly reduced in value by keeping, or which cannot be kept without great and disproportionate expense, any justice of the court out of which the writ shall have been issued may, on the written application of any person interested in the property, cause the defendant and the attaching creditor, or complainant, their attorneys or agents, to be notified to appear at a time and place appointed for that purpose, to show cause why the animals, goods, or chattels should not be sold.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 568; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 549, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-35.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-36. - Sale of perishable property or property expensive to keep.

§ 10-5-36. Sale of perishable property or property expensive to keep.
If, after reasonable notice, no person appears, or no sufficient cause to the contrary is shown, the justice may direct the officer to sell the perishable property in such manner, on such notice, and at such time, as the justice may prescribe; and the officer shall immediately pay the proceeds of the sales, after deducting from the sales the necessary charges of the sales, into the registry of the court, there to be held as security to satisfy the judgment or decree which the attaching creditor or complainant may recover.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 569; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 549, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-36; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 95.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-37, 10-5-38. - Repealed.

§ 10-5-37, 10-5-38. Repealed.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, §§ 545, 551; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, §§ 23, 29; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, §§ 23, 29; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, §§ 12, 18; G.L. 1956, §§ 10-5-37, 10-5-38; Repealed by P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 51, effective January 10, 1966.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-39. - Charges for attested copies restricted to charge for one person.

§ 10-5-39. Charges for attested copies restricted to charge for one person.
The officer to whom a writ of attachment shall be directed, commanding the attachment of different kinds of property, shall be entitled to charge for only one attested copy of the writ for any one person with whom the copy is required to be left.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 554; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 36; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 36; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-39.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-40. - Attested copies on demand — Fee.

§ 10-5-40. Attested copies on demand — Fee.
The officer shall give to any defendant, his or her agent or attorney, or any other person interested in any action in which a writ of attachment shall have been served immediately upon his or her request, an attested copy of the writ, with his or her doings thereon, upon being tendered therefor a fee of twenty cents ($.20) for every page of two hundred (200) words of the copy of the writ.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 555; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 37; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 37; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-40.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-41. - Time of attachment shown in return.

§ 10-5-41. Time of attachment shown in return.
The officer who shall make any attachment shall, in his or her return, set forth the time of the day when the attachment was made, to the end that the priority of attachment may be known.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 556; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 38; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 38; G.L. 1938, ch. 547, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-41.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-42. - Appointment of receiver — Effect on attachment.

§ 10-5-42. Appointment of receiver — Effect on attachment.
An attachment of property, on any original writ or writ of mesne process hereafter issued, shall be dissolved by the appointment by the superior court of a permanent receiver to take possession of the property to be attached, if the complaint praying for the appointment of the receiver is filed in the superior court within four (4) months after the attachment was made, unless the court, in its discretion, and on due notice, shall order that the right under the attachment shall be preserved by the receiver for the benefit of the estate in receivership. In such case, the court may authorize the receiver to prosecute the action upon which the attachment was made for the benefit of the estate in receivership and may make all such other orders as may be necessary to enable the receiver to recover for the benefit of the estate in receivership the interest of the defendant in the attached property, as of the time of the attachment, and the right and lien of the creditor under the attachment.
History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 30; P.L. 1932, ch. 1959, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 551, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-42.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-43. - Prerequisites to dismissal of receivership.

§ 10-5-43. Prerequisites to dismissal of receivership.
If an attachment has been dissolved in the manner provided in § 10-5-42, the proceedings for the appointment of a receiver shall not thereafter be dismissed and the receiver discharged, until all the assets which have come into his or her hands as receiver have been fully distributed or the claim upon which the attachment was made has been fully paid and discharged, unless the debtor, before the dismissal, deposits with the clerk of the court to which the original writ or writ of mesne process was returnable, such amount of money as the court before which the receivership proceedings are pending, after notice to the attaching creditor and a hearing, finds reasonable for the protection of his or her claim in the action in which the attachment was made. The clerk shall pay, from the amount so deposited, to the plaintiff, if final judgment or decree is in his or her favor, so much of the money as may be required to satisfy his or her execution and shall pay the balance, if any, to the defendant, and if judgment or decree in the action or cause is for defendant, in such event upon presentation of execution in his or her favor, the amount so deposited with actual accrued interest, if any, shall be immediately paid to the defendant, but such amount may at any time be paid by the clerk as the parties may by their agreement stipulate or as the court upon motion of any party in interest may direct.
History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 31; P.L. 1932, ch. 1959, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 551, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-43.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-44. - Dissolution of attachment of real property for want of action.

§ 10-5-44. Dissolution of attachment of real property for want of action.
The lien of any attachment of real property filed on or before May 5, 1955, in which a decision has not been entered, shall be dissolved whenever the cause shall hereafter remain without action for a period of six (6) years, as shown by the court docket. The lien of any attachment of real property filed after May 5, 1955, in which a decision shall not have been entered, shall be dissolved whenever the cause shall remain without action for a period of six (6) years, as shown by the court docket. A certificate of the clerk of the court in which a cause is pending, to the effect that the cause has remained without action for a period of six (6) years, shall be entitled to be recorded, upon payment of the fee for the recording, in the records of land evidence wherever any such attachment may have been filed.
History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 551, § 3; P.L. 1955, ch. 3579, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-44; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 95.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-45. - Dissolution of attachment for failure to file complaint.

§ 10-5-45. Dissolution of attachment for failure to file complaint.
An attachment of property on any writ hereafter issued shall be dissolved if the complaint in the action is not filed with the court either before or within thirty (30) days after the attachment is made. A certificate signed by the clerk of the court to which the writ is returnable which states that according to the records of the court the complaint has not been filed shall be sufficient authority to dissolve the attachment and to release any funds or properties attached pursuant to the writ and shall further serve to release the garnishee from any liability that might exist by virtue of the issuance of the writ.
History of Section.
R.P.L. 1957, ch. 163, § 1; P.L. 1966, ch. 1, § 13.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-5 - Attachment › Section 10-5-46. - Dissolution of attachment of real estate after 20 years.

§ 10-5-46. Dissolution of attachment of real estate after 20 years.
In addition to the remedies provided by §§ 10-5-44, 10-5-45, and 9-25-23 any attachment levied against real estate, heretofore or hereafter of record, shall be dissolved, and no longer be a lien upon the real estate described or referred to in the attachment, after the expiration of a period of twenty (20) years from the date of the recording of the attachment.
History of Section.
P.L. 1989, ch. 225, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 199, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 28.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-6 - Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors › Section 10-6-1. - Short title.

§ 10-6-1. Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act”.
History of Section.
P.L. 1940, ch. 940, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 10-6-1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-6 - Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors › Section 10-6-2. - “Joint tortfeasors” defined.

§ 10-6-2. “Joint tortfeasors” defined.
For the purposes of this chapter, the term “joint tortfeasors” means two (2) or more persons jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property, whether or not judgment has been recovered against all or some of them; provided, however, that a master and servant or principal and agent shall be considered a single tortfeasor.
History of Section.
P.L. 1940, ch. 940, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-6-2; P.L. 1970, ch. 313, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-6 - Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors › Section 10-6-3. - Right of contribution declared.

§ 10-6-3. Right of contribution declared.
Except as otherwise provided in § 10-6-7, the right of contribution exists among joint tortfeasors; provided however, that when there is a disproportion of fault among joint tortfeasors, the relative degree of fault of the joint tortfeasors shall be considered in determining their pro rata shares.
History of Section.
P.L. 1940, ch. 940, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 10-6-3; P.L. 1977, ch. 197, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 410, § 1, effective July 14, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 411, § 1, effective July 14, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-6 - Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors › Section 10-6-4. - Payment as prerequisite — Limitation of actions.

§ 10-6-4. Payment as prerequisite — Limitation of actions.
Except as otherwise provided in § 10-6-7, a joint tortfeasor is not entitled to a final money judgment for contribution until he or she has by payment discharged the common liability or has paid more than his or her pro rata share of the final money judgment. Actions for contribution shall be commenced not later than one year next after the first payment made by a joint tortfeasor which has discharged the common liability or is more than his or her pro rata share thereof.
History of Section.
P.L. 1940, ch. 940, § 2; P.L. 1945, ch. 1635, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-6-4; P.L. 1960, ch. 61, § 1; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 52; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 29; P.L. 2021, ch. 410, § 1, effective July 14, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 411, § 1, effective July 14, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-6 - Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors › Section 10-6-5. - Separate settlement with injured person.

§ 10-6-5. Separate settlement with injured person.
A joint tortfeasor who enters into a settlement with the injured person is not entitled to recover contribution from another joint tortfeasor whose liability to the injured person is not extinguished by the settlement.
History of Section.
P.L. 1940, ch. 940, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 10-6-5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-6 - Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors › Section 10-6-6. - Effect of judgment against one tortfeasor.

§ 10-6-6. Effect of judgment against one tortfeasor.
The recovery of a judgment by the injured person against one joint tortfeasor does not discharge the other joint tortfeasors.
History of Section.
P.L. 1940, ch. 940, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 10-6-6.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-6 - Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors › Section 10-6-7. - Effect of release of one tortfeasor on liability of others.

§ 10-6-7. Effect of release of one tortfeasor on liability of others.
(1)
A release by the injured person of one joint tortfeasor, whether before or after judgment, does not discharge the other tortfeasors unless the release so provides; but reduces the claim against the other tortfeasors in the amount of the consideration paid for the release.
(2)
A release by the injured person of one joint tortfeasor relieves that tortfeasor from liability to make contribution to another joint tortfeasor.
History of Section.
P.L. 1940, ch. 940, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 10-6-7; P.L. 2006, ch. 213, § 2; P.L. 2021, ch. 410, § 1, effective July 14, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 411, § 1, effective July 14, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-6 - Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors › Section 10-6-8. - [Repealed.]

§ 10-6-8. [Repealed.]
History of Section.
P.L. 1940, ch. 940, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 10-6-7; P.L. 2006, ch. 213, § 2; repealed by P.L. 2021, ch. 410, § 2, effective July 14, 2021; repealed by P.L. 2021, ch. 411, § 2, effective July 14, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-6 - Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors › Section 10-6-9. - Right of indemnity preserved.

§ 10-6-9. Right of indemnity preserved.
This chapter does not impair any right of indemnity under existing law.
History of Section.
P.L. 1940, ch. 940, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 10-6-9.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-6 - Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors › Section 10-6-10. - Uniformity of construction.

§ 10-6-10. Uniformity of construction.
This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact it.
History of Section.
P.L. 1940, ch. 940, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 10-6-10.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-6 - Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors › Section 10-6-11. - Severability.

§ 10-6-11. Severability.
If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
History of Section.
P.L. 1940, ch. 940, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 10-6-11.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-6 - Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors › Section 10-6-12. - Court-approved settlements.

§ 10-6-12. Court-approved settlements.
The following provisions apply solely and exclusively to judicially approved good-faith settlements of claims relating to the Feld Entertainment/Ringling Brothers Circus accident on May 4, 2014.
(a)
A release by a claimant of one joint tortfeasor, whether before or after judgment, does not discharge the other joint tortfeasors unless the release so provides, but such release shall reduce the claim against the other joint tortfeasors in the amount of the consideration paid for the release.
(b)
A release by a claimant of one joint tortfeasor relieves them from liability to make a contribution to another joint tortfeasor.
(c)
For purposes of this section, a good-faith settlement is one that does not exhibit collusion, fraud, dishonesty, or other wrongful or tortious conduct intended to prejudice the non-settling tortfeasor(s), irrespective of the settling or non-settling tortfeasors’ proportionate share of liability.
History of Section.
P.L. 2019, ch. 23, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 24, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-7 - Death by Wrongful Act › Section 10-7-1. - Liability for damages for causing death.

§ 10-7-1. Liability for damages for causing death.
Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of another, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, the person who, or the corporation which, would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to a felony.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 234; G.L. 1909, ch. 283, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 333, § 14; P.L. 1932, ch. 1912, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 477, § 1; P.L. 1949, ch. 2332, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-7-1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-7 - Death by Wrongful Act › Section 10-7-1.1. - Pecuniary damages — How determined.

§ 10-7-1.1. Pecuniary damages — How determined.
Pecuniary damages to the beneficiaries described under § 10-7-2 and recoverable by the beneficiaries shall be ascertained as follows:
(1)
Determine the gross amount of the decedent’s prospective income or earnings over the remainder of his or her life expectancy, including all estimated income he or she would probably have earned by his or her own exertions, both physical and mental. Pecuniary damages shall include the value of homemaker services lost as a result of the death of a homemaker. The fair value of homemaker services shall not be limited to moneys actually expended to replace the services usually provided by the homemaker. In such a suit, the value of homemaker services may be shown by expert testimony, but expert testimony is not required.
(2)
Deduct from the amount determined in subdivision (1) the estimated personal expenses that the decedent would probably have incurred for himself or herself, exclusive of any of his dependents, over the course of his or her life expectancy.
(3)
Reduce the remainder thus ascertained to its present value as of the date of the award. In determining the award, evidence shall be admissible concerning economic trends, including but not limited to projected purchasing power of money, inflation, and projected increase or decrease in the costs of living.
History of Section.
P.L. 1971, ch. 46, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 81, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 77.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions › Chapter 10-7 - Death by Wrongful Act › Section 10-7-1.2. - Liability for loss of consortium — Liability for loss of society and companionship.

§ 10-7-1.2. Liability for loss of consortium — Liability for loss of society and companionship.
(a)
Whenever the death of a married person shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of another person, the decedent’s spouse may recover damages against the person for loss of consortium and for the emotional distress, grief, and loss of enjoyment of life as a result of the death.
(b)
Whenever the death of a parent or parents of a son or daughter shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of another person, the son or daughter may recover damages against the person for the loss of parental society and companionship and for the emotional distress, grief, and loss of enjoyment of life as a result of the death.
(c)
Whenever the death of a son or daughter shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of another person, the parent or parents of the son or daughter may recover damages against the person for the loss of the son’s or daughter’s society and companionship and for the emotional distress, grief, and loss of enjoyment of life as a result of the death.
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 217, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 64, § 2; P.L. 2010, ch. 232, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 240, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 341, § 1, effective July 12, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 342, § 1, effective July 12, 2021.