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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-22 - Costs › Section 9-22-12. - Discharge or discontinuance as to codefendant.

§ 9-22-12. Discharge or discontinuance as to codefendant.
Whenever several persons shall be made defendants in any action and the action shall be discontinued as to any one or more of the defendants, or if, upon the trial thereof, any one or more of them shall be acquitted by verdict or upon motion, every defendant so discharged or acquitted shall have and recover his or her costs.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 452; G.L. 1909, ch. 295, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 345, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 536, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 9-22-12.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-22 - Costs › Section 9-22-13. - Travel and attendance costs of joint party.

§ 9-22-13. Travel and attendance costs of joint party.
In all civil actions brought by or against a firm, company, or partnership and where there is a joint cause of action or joint defense, costs for travel and attendance of only one of the parties recovering judgment shall be taxed.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 453; G.L. 1909, ch. 295, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 345, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 536, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 9-22-13.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-22 - Costs › Section 9-22-14. - Actions by assignee or indorsee of promissory note.

§ 9-22-14. Actions by assignee or indorsee of promissory note.
In all actions on promissory notes in the name of the assignee or indorsee of the note against the original promisor, no more costs shall be taxed than would by law be taxable if the action had been brought in the name of the payee of the note.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 454; G.L. 1909, ch. 295, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 345, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 536, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 9-22-14.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-22 - Costs › Section 9-22-15. - Witness fees allowed where certificate filed after judgment.

§ 9-22-15. Witness fees allowed where certificate filed after judgment.
Unless the certificate of a witness for his or her attendance and travel is filed with the clerk of the court rendering judgment not later than ten (10) days after the rendition of judgment in the cause in which he or she shall have attended or been summoned, no more fees shall be taxed in favor of the party procuring the witness than one day’s attendance and travel; provided, that in a district court no fees shall be taxed in favor of the party procuring the witness in any cause in which an appeal shall be claimed after judgment, unless there shall be filed with the clerk of the court within one day after entry of judgment, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, the certificate of the witness for his or her attendance and travel, or the summons for the witness; in which latter case fees shall be taxed for only one day’s attendance and travel.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 455; G.L. 1909, ch. 295, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 345, § 15; P.L. 1929, ch. 1331, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 536, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 9-22-15; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 37.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-22 - Costs › Section 9-22-16. - Extra costs for appeal to delay.

§ 9-22-16. Extra costs for appeal to delay.
If it shall appear, on an appeal, exception, or other proceeding, from a lower to a higher court, that the proceeding has been taken (or affidavit filed) solely for delay, the court shall impose double costs on the party so seeking delay, or, in its discretion, treble costs if the case shall seem to warrant it.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 456; G.L. 1909, ch. 295, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 345, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 536, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 9-22-16.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-22 - Costs › Section 9-22-17. - Taxation by clerk — Approval or revision by justice.

§ 9-22-17. Taxation by clerk — Approval or revision by justice.
Subject to regulation by rule of court, all bills of costs shall be taxed by the clerks of the respective court, and, when objected to, shall be revised or approved by one of the justices of the court in which the judgment or order is entered, or by the justice of the district court, when the case is in a district court.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 457; G.L. 1909, ch. 295, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 345, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 536, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 9-22-17; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 37.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-22 - Costs › Section 9-22-18. - Disallowance of unjustified costs — Costs for written evidence.

§ 9-22-18. Disallowance of unjustified costs — Costs for written evidence.
The justice of any court, who shall examine and approve any bill of costs, shall strike out and disallow any sum that may be taxed or demanded for the expense of any witness, or any evidence whatsoever, that shall appear to the justice to be overcharged, frivolous, or not material to the issue of the cause; and no costs shall be allowed for any written evidence, unless the fees are noted thereon, or certified by the officer who issued or made out the written evidence.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 458; G.L. 1909, ch. 295, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 345, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 536, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 9-22-18.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-22 - Costs › Section 9-22-19. - Expense of printing record.

§ 9-22-19. Expense of printing record.
The expense of printing the record in any case where the parties agree to have the record printed, or where the court orders the printing, shall be taxed as other costs in the case.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 459; G.L. 1909, ch. 295, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 345, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 536, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 9-22-19.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-22 - Costs › Section 9-22-20. - Costs on appeal.

§ 9-22-20. Costs on appeal.
In all appeals, the court appealed to, on rendering judgment therein, may award costs for or against the appellant or appellee, or for neither of them, or may apportion the costs among the parties appellant and appellee, according to the circumstances of the case, and as shall appear equitable.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 460; G.L. 1909, ch. 295, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 345, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 536, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 9-22-20.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-22 - Costs › Section 9-22-21. - Costs on depositions.

§ 9-22-21. Costs on depositions.
The taxation of costs in the taking of depositions shall be subject to the discretion of the court. No costs shall be allowed unless the court finds that the taking of the deposition was reasonably necessary, whether or not the deposition was actually used at the trial. Taxable costs may include the cost of service of subpoena upon the deponent, the reasonable charge of the officer before whom the deposition was taken, the fees and mileage allowances of witnesses, the stenographer’s reasonable fee for attendance, and the cost of the transcript of the testimony or such part thereof as the court may fix.
History of Section.
P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 38.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-23 - Motion for New Trial [Repealed.] › Section 9-23-1 - — 9-23-5. Repealed.

§ 9-23-1 — 9-23-5. Repealed.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, §§ 485 to 489; G.L. 1909, ch. 298, §§ 12-16; P.L. 1909, ch. 436, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 348, §§ 12-16; G.L. 1938, ch. 540, §§ 1-5; G.L. 1956, §§ 9-23-1 — 9-23-5; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 40; P.L. 1970, ch. 110, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 9.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-1. - Filing of appeal.

§ 9-24-1. Filing of appeal.
Any party aggrieved by a final judgment, decree, or order of the superior court may, within the time prescribed by applicable procedural rules, appeal to the supreme court. Subject to the provisions of applicable procedural rules, the party appealing shall file a claim of appeal in the office of the clerk of the court from which the appeal is taken, and shall deposit with the clerk an amount not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) as prescribed by the rules and regulations of the supreme court, in addition to a technology surcharge assessed in accordance with § 8-15-11.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 328; G.L. 1909, ch. 289, § 25; G.L. 1923, ch. 339, § 25; G.L. 1938, ch. 541, § 1; P.L. 1955, ch. 3497, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3752, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-1; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 41; P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 10; P.L. 1975, ch. 244, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 34, § 4; P.L. 2014, ch. 42, § 4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-2 - — 9-24-6. Repealed.

§ 9-24-2 — 9-24-6. Repealed.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, §§ 328-332; P.L. 1906, ch. 1351, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 289, §§ 25-29; P.L. 1921, ch. 2086, §§ 7, 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 339, §§ 25-29; G.L. 1938, ch. 541, §§ 1-5; P.L. 1955, ch. 3497, § 1; P.L. 1956, ch. 3752, § 1; G.L. 1956, §§ 9-24-2 to 9-24-6; Repealed by P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 42, effective January 10, 1966.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-7. - Appeals from interlocutory orders and judgments.

§ 9-24-7. Appeals from interlocutory orders and judgments.
Whenever, upon a hearing in the superior court, an injunction shall be granted or continued, or a receiver appointed, or a sale of real or personal property ordered, by an interlocutory order or judgment, or a new trial is ordered or denied after a trial by jury, an appeal may be taken from such order or judgment to the supreme court in like manner as from a final judgment, and the appeal shall take precedence in the supreme court.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 337; P.L. 1906, ch. 1351, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 289, § 34; G.L. 1923, ch. 339, § 34; G.L. 1938, ch. 541, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-7; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 41.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-8. - Supreme court orders for protection of parties pending appeal.

§ 9-24-8. Supreme court orders for protection of parties pending appeal.
After an appeal has been entered in the supreme court, the court may make such orders as are needful to protect the rights of the parties pending the appeal, and orders for continuing, modifying, or annulling orders provisionally made by the superior court.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 334; G.L. 1909, ch. 289, § 31; G.L. 1923, ch. 339, § 31; G.L. 1938, ch. 544, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-8.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-9. - Summons of additional parties on appeal or certification.

§ 9-24-9. Summons of additional parties on appeal or certification.
The supreme court, in any cause pending before it on appeal or certification, may order any person having an interest in the subject matter, not a party to the cause, to be summoned in and made a party thereto.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 340; G.L. 1909, ch. 289, § 37; G.L. 1923, ch. 339, § 37; G.L. 1938, ch. 544, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-9.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-10. - New evidence on appeal.

§ 9-24-10. New evidence on appeal.
No new testimony shall be presented to the supreme court on appeal, but in case of accident or mistake, or erroneous ruling excluding evidence in the superior court, the supreme court may grant leave to parties to present further evidence, and may provide by general rule or special order for the taking of such evidence.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 333; G.L. 1909, ch. 289, § 30; G.L. 1923, ch. 339, § 30; G.L. 1938, ch. 541, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-10.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-11. - Hearing and determination of appeals.

§ 9-24-11. Hearing and determination of appeals.
Upon any cause being brought by appeal to the supreme court, that court shall hear and determine the appeal and affirm, reverse, or modify the decree or judgment appealed from, and make such orders and decrees therein as shall be just.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 335; G.L. 1909, ch. 289, § 32; G.L. 1923, ch. 339, § 32; G.L. 1938, ch. 544, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-11.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-12. - Remand after decision on appeal — Further proceedings.

§ 9-24-12. Remand after decision on appeal — Further proceedings.
Upon reversal or modification of the decree or judgment appealed from, the supreme court may remand the cause to the superior court with such directions as are necessary and proper, or may take such further proceedings in the cause as justice and the speedy determination of the cause may require, and after the proceedings shall remand the cause. In any such case, the supreme court, if practicable, shall determine the form of the final decree or judgment before remanding the cause to the superior court. In case the supreme court shall affirm the decree or judgment appealed from, it shall certify its affirmation and remand the cause to the superior court for further proceedings. In every case, the supreme court, upon remanding a cause to the superior court, shall transmit all the papers in the cause to the superior court, and the final decree or judgment shall be entered in the superior court.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 336; G.L. 1909, ch. 289, § 33; G.L. 1923, ch. 339, § 33; G.L. 1938, ch. 544, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-12.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-13 - — 9-24-15. Repealed.

§ 9-24-13 — 9-24-15. Repealed.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, §§ 481-483; G.L. 1909, ch. 298, §§ 8-10; G.L. 1923, ch. 348, §§ 8-10; P.L. 1929, ch. 1336, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 542, §§ 1-3; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 41; Repealed by P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 11.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-16. - Notice to parties of decisions.

§ 9-24-16. Notice to parties of decisions.
The clerk shall give immediate notice to the parties, or to their attorneys of record, of final decisions in causes heard by the court without a jury, of decisions upon motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, and of decisions upon all interlocutory matters, in such manner as the court shall by general rule or special order prescribe; provided, that if any such decision shall be rendered immediately upon the close of a hearing, the notice shall not be required.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 484; G.L. 1909, ch. 298, § 11; P.L. 1909, ch. 426, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 348, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 542, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-16.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-17 - — 9-24-24. Repealed.

§ 9-24-17 — 9-24-24. Repealed.
History of Section.
Sections 9-24-17, 9-24-18, and 9-24-20 — 9-24-24 (C.P.A. 1905, §§ 490-495, 497; P.L. 1907, ch. 1460, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 298, §§ 17-22, 24; P.L. 1921, ch. 2086, §§ 1-4; G.L. 1923, ch. 348, §§ 17-22, 24; P.L. 1929, ch. 1403, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 542, §§ 5-10, 12; P.L. 1956, ch. 3752, § 2; G.L. 1956, §§ 9-24-17, 9-24-18, 9-24-20 — 9-24-24; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 41; Repealed by P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 11. Section 9-24-19 (G.L., ch. 348, § 25, as enacted by P.L. 1931, ch. 1802, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 542, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-19; Repealed by P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 42.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-25. - Certification to supreme court on agreed statement of facts.

§ 9-24-25. Certification to supreme court on agreed statement of facts.
Whenever any civil action, legal or equitable in character, is pending in a district court or in a superior court, and the parties shall file in the clerk’s office an agreed statement of facts in the action, the court shall certify the action to the supreme court to be there heard and determined. After having decided the action, the supreme court shall send back the papers therein, with its decision certified thereon, to the court from which the action was certified, which shall enter final judgment upon the decision.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 477; G.L. 1909, ch. 298, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 348, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 545, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-25; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 41.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-26. - Repealed.

§ 9-24-26. Repealed.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 339; G.L. 1909, ch. 289, § 36; G.L. 1923, ch. 339, § 36; G.L. 1938, ch. 545, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-26; Repealed by P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 42, effective January 10, 1966.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-27. - Certifications of questions of importance to the supreme court.

§ 9-24-27. Certifications of questions of importance to the supreme court.
Whenever in any proceedings, civil or criminal, legal or equitable, in the superior court or in any district court, any question of law shall arise or the constitutionality of an act of the general assembly shall be brought in question upon the record, which, in the opinion of the court, or in the opinion of the attorney general if the state is a party to the proceeding or if he or she has intervened therein, is of such doubt and importance and so affects the merits of the controversy that it ought to be determined by the supreme court before further proceedings, the court in which the cause is pending shall certify the question or motion to the supreme court for that purpose and stay all further proceedings until the question is heard and determined; provided, that no question shall be so certified in any criminal case where the defendant has not been released on bail.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 478; G.L. 1909, ch. 298, § 5; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 348, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 545, § 6; P.L. 1940, ch. 941, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-27; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 41.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-28. - Repealed.

§ 9-24-28. Repealed.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 338; G.L. 1909, ch. 289, § 35; G.L. 1923, ch. 339, § 35; G.L. 1938, ch. 545, § 7; G. L. 1956, § 9-24-28; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 41; Repealed by P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 11.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-29. - Transmission of papers on certified cases.

§ 9-24-29. Transmission of papers on certified cases.
Whenever any proceeding or question has been certified to the supreme court, the clerk of the court by which the certification is made shall forthwith transmit the papers to the supreme court, and the parties shall follow the cause to the court.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 479; G.L. 1909, ch. 298, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 348, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 545, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-29.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-30. - Return of cause to court from which certified.

§ 9-24-30. Return of cause to court from which certified.
The supreme court, after having decided any cause or any question certified to it by a district court or the superior court, shall send back the papers in the cause, with its decision certified thereon, to the court from which the question or cause was certified, where all further proceedings shall be had.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 480; G.L. 1909, ch. 298, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 348, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 545, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-30.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-31. - Judgment on dismissal or abandonment of appellate proceeding.

§ 9-24-31. Judgment on dismissal or abandonment of appellate proceeding.
Whenever any party, having commenced an appellate proceeding from any court or tribunal, whether by appeal or otherwise, shall fail to perfect the proceeding, or the court appealed to shall have dismissed the proceeding, the court or tribunal from which the proceeding was taken shall, on motion, at once enter such judgment, order, or decree, and as of such date, as the nature of the case may require, and may impose such additional costs and fines as the court deems just.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 440; G.L. 1909, ch. 294, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 344, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 543, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-31.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-32. - State’s right to appeal.

§ 9-24-32. State’s right to appeal.
In any criminal proceeding, the attorney general shall have the right to object to any finding, ruling, decision, order, or judgment of the superior court or family court, and the attorney general may appeal the findings, rulings, decisions, orders, or judgments to the supreme court at any time before the defendant has been placed in jeopardy; the defendant in any criminal proceeding may also appeal any findings, rulings, decision, order, or judgment of the superior or family court; and the attorney general may appeal thereafter, if, after trial, the defendant appeals. If the attorney general appeals the findings, rulings, decisions, orders, or judgments of the superior or family court before the defendant is placed in jeopardy and the defendant prevails in the supreme court, the attorney for the defendant shall be entitled to a reasonable attorney’s fee and costs, payable by the state, to be set by the supreme court, incurred in representing the defendant in the prosecution of the attorney general’s appeal before the supreme court.
History of Section.
P.L. 1968, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 10.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-24 - Appellate Proceedings › Section 9-24-33. - Procedure for state’s appeal.

§ 9-24-33. Procedure for state’s appeal.
The attorney general shall file notice of his or her intention to appeal to the supreme court with the clerk of the superior or family court, together with a written request to the court stenographer for a transcript for so much of the testimony as may be required, within twenty (20) days after any adverse finding, ruling, decision, order, or judgment is entered or made, when such has been entered or made, before the defendant has been placed in jeopardy; and the filing shall stay the finding, ruling, decision, order, or judgment which the attorney general is appealing; and if after trial, the defendant has filed notice of his or her intention to appeal to the supreme court, the attorney general shall file notice of his or her intention to appeal to the supreme court within twenty (20) days thereof, in the same manner as provided. An appeal taken pursuant to this section shall proceed in accordance with the rules of appellate procedure of the supreme court.
History of Section.
P.L. 1968, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 10.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-1. - “Trustee” defined.

§ 9-25-1. “Trustee” defined.
The word “trustee”, wherever occurring in this chapter, shall be deemed to include the words “attorney”, “agent”, “factor”, or “debtor.”
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 596; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 550, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-2. - Time of issue.

§ 9-25-2. Time of issue.
Executions shall issue at the request of the moving party, unless stayed by applicable procedural rules or unless otherwise ordered or provided by law; however, no execution shall issue before forty-eight (48) hours have elapsed after the entry of judgment.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 604; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-2; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 43; P.L. 1984, ch. 357, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-3. - Limitation on issuance.

§ 9-25-3. Limitation on issuance.
Executions, original or alias, may be issued by any court at any time within six (6) years from the rendition of the judgment originally or from the return day of the last execution.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 606; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-4. - Stay of execution.

§ 9-25-4. Stay of execution.
Any justice of the supreme, superior, or district court may, upon motion and for cause shown, stay execution upon any judgment or decree rendered in any court, until further order. With respect to a judgment or decree for child support, good cause shall be deemed to be shown when the family court, pursuant to § 15-5-16.2.4, has suspended payment of child support arrearages.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 605; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 3; P.L. 1948, ch. 2086, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-4; P.L. 1990, ch. 477, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-5. - Fee prerequisite to issuance.

§ 9-25-5. Fee prerequisite to issuance.
No person shall be entitled to an execution until the fee therefor shall have been paid.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 610; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-6. - Style of executions.

§ 9-25-6. Style of executions.
Executions issued by any court shall issue in the name of the state of Rhode Island and shall be signed, sealed, and run in like manner as original writs.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 603; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-6; P.L. 2021, ch. 77, § 8, effective June 23, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 78, § 8, effective June 23, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-7. - Form of superior court writ of execution.

§ 9-25-7. Form of superior court writ of execution.
A writ of execution issued by the superior court shall be substantially in the following form:
THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
SC.
To the sheriffs of our several counties, or to their deputies,
(SEAL) Greeting:
Whereas .......... of .......... by the consideration of the SUPERIOR COURT holden at .......... did on the .......... day of .......... recover judgment against .......... of .......... for the sum of .......... debt (or damages) and .......... costs of suit, as to us appears of record, whereof execution remains to be done: We command you, therefore, that of the goods and chattels and real estate of the said .......... , within your precinct, you cause to be levied and paid unto the said .......... the aforesaid sums, being .......... in the whole, with 50 cents more for this writ; and thereof also to satisfy yourself for your own fees; [and for want of the goods and chattels and real estate of the said .......... to be found in your precinct to satisfy and pay the same as aforesaid, we command you to take the body of the said .......... and  .......... commit unto our correctional institution in your precinct, therein to be kept until .......... pay the full sum above mentioned, with your fees, or until .......... be discharged by the said .......... or otherwise by order of law.]
Hereof fail not, and make true return of this writ and of your doings thereon to our superior court at .......... for our county of .......... on the .......... day of .......... A.D. .......... .
Witness, the seal of our superior court at .......... this .......... day of .......... in the year .......... .
, Clerk.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 614; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 12; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-7; P.L. 2021, ch. 77, § 8, effective June 23, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 78, § 8, effective June 23, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-8. - Form of district court writ of execution.

§ 9-25-8. Form of district court writ of execution.
A writ of execution issued by a district court shall be substantially in the following form:
THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
SC.
To the sheriff, his or her deputy or to either of the town sergeants or constables in the county of ........................................
(SEAL) Greeting:
Whereas .......... of .......... at a DISTRICT COURT holden at .......... did on the .......... day of .......... recover judgment of said court against .......... of .......... for the sum of .......... debt or (damages), and costs of suit taxed at .......... , as of record of said court doth appear, which sums, in the whole, amount to .......... for which execution remains to be done: We command you, therefore, that of the goods and chattels and real estate of the said .......... within your precinct, you levy the said sum of .......... , together with 15 cents for this execution, as also your lawful fees for serving the same, and therewith satisfy and pay the said .......... ; [and for want of the goods and chattels and real estate of the said .......... to be by you found within your precinct, to satisfy and pay the same sums aforesaid, we command you to take the body of the said .......... into your custody, and .......... safely secure in our jail in .......... until .......... satisfy and pay the said .......... the sums aforesaid and your fees, or until .......... be by the said .......... therefrom discharged, or otherwise by order of law.]
Hereof fail not, and make true return of this writ and of your doings thereon, on the .......... day of .......... A.D. .......... .
Witness, the seal of the district court of the .......... judicial district, this .......... day of .......... in the year .......... .
, Clerk (or Justice.)
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 616; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-8; P.L. 2021, ch. 77, § 8, effective June 23, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 78, § 8, effective June 23, 2021.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-11. - Bracketed words in forms.

§ 9-25-11. Bracketed words in forms.
If the execution issued by any court is one which may run against the body of the defendant, the words included in brackets in the forms prescribed in §§ 9-25-7 — 9-25-10 shall be retained, otherwise they shall be stricken out.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 618; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-11.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-12. - Form of execution against trustee or trust estate.

§ 9-25-12. Form of execution against trustee or trust estate.
In every execution issued against any defendant in an action or suit in which another person shall have been charged as the trustee of the defendant, there shall be inserted next after the words “goods and chattels and real estate of the defendant” the words “and especially the personal estate of the said defendant in the hands or possession of (here insert the name of the trustee) charged as trustee of the said defendant to the extent of (here insert the amount for which the trustee is charged)”; or if the trustee shall be charged by his or her default in not filing the necessary affidavit in the cause, insert in lieu of the clause fixing the extent to which the trustee shall be charged, after the words “charged as trustee of the said defendant”, the words “by the default of the said trustee to file his or her affidavit in said cause”.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 622; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-12.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-13. - Variation of forms to comply with law.

§ 9-25-13. Variation of forms to comply with law.
The court issuing an execution in any case in which no form shall be prescribed may vary the forms as provided in this chapter so as to comply with the law governing the particular case.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 620; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-13; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 72.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-14. - Marginal notations on execution.

§ 9-25-14. Marginal notations on execution.
The clerk of any court or justice issuing an execution shall note on the margin or in the body thereof the time when the judgment recited in the execution was rendered, and if the execution was awarded against the defendant in an action brought against him or her upon any penal statute or in an action sounding in tort in which the title to real estate was not in dispute, the marginal notation shall so state.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 611; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-14; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 43.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-15. - Cases in which execution may issue against body.

§ 9-25-15. Cases in which execution may issue against body.
An execution, original, alias, or pluries, may issue against the body of a defendant not exempt from arrest in an action which shall have been brought upon a penal statute, or in an action sounding in tort in which the title to real estate was not in dispute, or against bail in criminal cases, or whenever the defendant shall have been arrested and held to bail upon a writ of arrest or writ of mesne process therein, or whenever it shall be made to appear to the court which rendered the judgment in the action, or to any justice thereof, that the defendant is about to leave the state without leaving therein sufficient real or personal estate to satisfy the judgment, or that the defendant has been guilty of fraud in fact involving moral turpitude or intentional wrong either in contracting the debt for the recovery of which the judgment was rendered or in the concealment, detention or disposition of his or her property; provided, however, that no execution, original, alias or pluries, shall issue against the body of a defendant unless so ordered by a justice of the superior court or a justice of a district court upon the written ex parte motion of a party named in the action.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 613; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-15; P.L. 1961, ch. 167, § 2; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 43.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-16. - Repealed.

§ 9-25-16. Repealed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1926, ch. 784, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 479, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-16; Repealed by P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 44, effective January 10, 1966.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-17. - Execution against female on small judgment.

§ 9-25-17. Execution against female on small judgment.
No execution shall issue against the body of any female on any judgment founded on a contract where the debt or damages do not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00); but in such case, the execution shall issue against the goods and chattels and real estate of the female against whom the judgment shall have been rendered.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 612; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-17.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-18. - Setoff of judgments and execution for balance.

§ 9-25-18. Setoff of judgments and execution for balance.
Whenever any court shall render final judgment for debts or damages in two (2) or more personal actions pending at the same time, in which the parties shall be reversed, and shall sue and be sued in the same right and capacity, the court shall set off the debts or damages recovered in the judgments and, provided no execution has already been issued upon either judgment, shall issue execution for the balance only, in favor of the party to whom it shall be due, with costs, if costs were recovered, and for costs only, if no balance upon the setoff is left; and a separate execution shall be issued in favor of the other party for costs, if costs were recovered by him or her; provided, that in every such case hereby provided for, the court shall have power to make such orders as may be required to carry out the intent of this section.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 435; G.L. 1909, ch. 294, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 344, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 22; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-18.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-19. - Replacement of lost or destroyed executions.

§ 9-25-19. Replacement of lost or destroyed executions.
The superior court, family court, or district court, at any time upon application made by the party in favor of whom any original, alias, or pluries execution has issued and upon proof that the execution has been lost or destroyed previous to the satisfaction thereof, may issue, or authorize the clerk of the court to issue, another execution in the place of the one so lost or destroyed.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 607; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-19; P.L. 1979, ch. 373, § 8.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-20. - Return of executions.

§ 9-25-20. Return of executions.
Every execution issued by the supreme or superior or family court shall, unless otherwise specially provided therein, be made returnable thereto one year from the date of the execution, and shall be returned by the officer charged therewith; and if the officer shall not return the execution within that time, he or she shall be liable therefor as by law prescribed.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 608; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-20; P.L. 1979, ch. 373, § 8; P.L. 1982, ch. 130, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-21. - Return of district court executions.

§ 9-25-21. Return of district court executions.
Every execution issued by any district court shall, unless otherwise specially provided therein, be returnable one year after the date thereof, and be returned to the district court which issued it.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 609; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-21; P.L. 1982, ch. 130, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-22. - Execution against defendant released from arrest by court.

§ 9-25-22. Execution against defendant released from arrest by court.
Whenever the court in which an original writ is returnable shall release the defendant therein from arrest and discharge the bail, if any taken thereon, the execution in such actions shall not issue against the body of the defendant so released, but against his or her goods and chattels and real estate.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 619; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-22.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-23. - Execution against attached property.

§ 9-25-23. Execution against attached property.
Whenever final judgment or decree shall be rendered for the plaintiff in any action or suit in which a writ was served attaching real estate, or goods and chattels, or stock or shares in any incorporated company, the execution issued on the judgment or decree shall be levied on the property so attached, as soon as may be; but if execution shall not be so levied within one year from the day of entry of judgment or decree, the property attached shall be discharged from the attachment. In computing the periods of time provided in this section, time during which execution is stayed shall not be included.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 621; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-23; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 43; P.L. 1979, ch. 373, § 8; P.L. 1982, ch. 130, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-24. - Trustee’s affidavit as to want of notice, accident, mistake, or excusable neglect.

§ 9-25-24. Trustee’s affidavit as to want of notice, accident, mistake, or excusable neglect.
If any person named as the trustee of a defendant, who shall have been charged as trustee by reason of his or her default, shall make affidavit as to whether or not he or she had personal property of the defendant in his or her hands or possession at the time of the service of a writ in the action or suit upon him or her, and stating the amount or articles, if any, so in his or her hands, and that he or she failed to file an affidavit therein before he or she was charged by the court as the trustee of the defendant, either from want of actual notice of the service of the writ, or by accident, mistake, or excusable neglect, and shall give the affidavit to the officer charged with the service of the execution, who shall annex the affidavit to his or her return on the execution, or, if execution has not issued, if the person shall file the affidavit in the court in which he or she has been charged, with the clerk, if there is a clerk, otherwise with the justice thereof, and shall pay to the officer, clerk, or justice, respectively, the money paid for his or her attendance at the time of the service of the writ, and another like sum, and, in case execution has issued, shall pay to the officer the sum stated in his or her affidavit to be so in his or her hands, if any, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the execution, or, if the property in his or her hand as disclosed by his or her affidavit consists of specific articles, shall then deliver the articles to the officer, no further proceeding shall be commenced against the trustee, except as is provided in § 10-17-14 in case of a false answer or affidavit by the person summoned as trustee, and the officer shall pay the money paid to him or her by the trustee to the plaintiff, or take the specific articles on the execution.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 623; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-24; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 43; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 72.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-25 - Execution › Section 9-25-25. - Execution against real estate held in partnership name.

§ 9-25-25. Execution against real estate held in partnership name.
Whenever a writ of execution is issued by the superior court or district court against real estate, title to which is held in the name of a partnership, the writ shall include, among other things, the name of the partnership.
History of Section.
P.L. 1985, ch. 93, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution › Section 9-26-1. - “Trustee” defined.

§ 9-26-1. “Trustee” defined.
The word “trustee”, wherever occurring in this chapter, shall be deemed to include the words “attorney”, “agent”, “factor”, or “debtor”.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 596; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 550, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution › Section 9-26-2. - Duty to execute and return writs.

§ 9-26-2. Duty to execute and return writs.
Every officer to whom a writ of execution or other judicial writ shall be lawfully issued shall execute the mandates therein contained as commanded, and shall make returns of his or her doings thereon. If he or she is unable to execute the mandates, he or she shall set forth the reason of his or her failure in his or her return.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 624; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution › Section 9-26-3. - Body of deceased person exempt.

§ 9-26-3. Body of deceased person exempt.
The body of a deceased person shall not be liable to be taken for debt or damages on execution or upon any process whatsoever; and if any officer shall, under color of an execution or process, seize or take the body of any deceased person for debt or damages, he or she shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 625; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-3.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally › Chapter 9-26 - Levy and Sale on Execution › Section 9-26-5. - Exemption of police and firefighters’ pensions — Assignments invalid.

§ 9-26-5. Exemption of police and firefighters’ pensions — Assignments invalid.
No interest of any person in any pension fund or in any pension derivable therefrom, for the benefit of police officers or firefighters, now or hereafter created or held by authority of law by any city or town, or by any public officer or officers or board of officers therein, to which fund the city or town contributes in any way, shall be subject to trustee process or liable to attachment on any writ, original, mesne, or judicial, or be taken on execution or any process, legal or equitable; and no assignment of any such interest shall be valid.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 602; G.L. 1909, ch. 302, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 352, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 557, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 9-26-5.