Rhode Island § 10-10-8 § 10-10-8. Notation of cause of action on execution and commitment.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 10-10-8 — § 10-10-8. Notation of cause of action on execution and commitment.

Rhode Island § 10-10-8

Title 10Courts and civil procedure–Procedure in particular actions

Ch. 10-10Imprisonment on Civil Process

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-8 (2026).

Text

§ 10-10-8. Notation of cause of action on execution and commitment.
Every clerk of any court, issuing an execution against any person, shall note on the
            margin of the execution the cause of action on which the execution issued, to the
            end that the warden of the adult correctional institutions may ascertain whether the
            person, if committed, is entitled to the liberty of the jail yard, and every officer
            committing any person to correctional institutions on such execution shall note in
            his or her commitment the cause of action on which the execution is founded, according
            to the note or memorandum of the clerk.
         

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§ 10-10-8. Notation of cause of action on execution and commitment.

Every clerk of any court, issuing an execution against any person, shall note on the margin of the execution the cause of action on which the execution issued, to the end that the warden of the adult correctional institutions may ascertain whether the person, if committed, is entitled to the liberty of the jail yard, and every officer committing any person to correctional institutions on such execution shall note in his or her commitment the cause of action on which the execution is founded, according to the note or memorandum of the clerk.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 259, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 325, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 376, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 562, § 13; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-10-8; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 21.