Rhode Island § 10-10-9 § 10-10-9. Privileges allowed person committed in absence of memorandum.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 10-10-9 — § 10-10-9. Privileges allowed person committed in absence of memorandum.

Rhode Island § 10-10-9

Title 10Courts and civil procedure–Procedure in particular actions

Ch. 10-10Imprisonment on Civil Process

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-9 (2026).

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§ 10-10-9. Privileges allowed person committed in absence of memorandum.
If no memorandum as described in § 10-10-8 is made by the clerk on any execution, or if the officer shall not note the cause
            of action as provided in § 10-10-8 in his or her commitment, the warden of the adult correctional institutions shall
            be held harmless if he or she permits the person committed to have the liberty of
            the jail yard, or discharge him or her, on his or her producing a certificate of having
            taken the oath prescribed by law for poor debtors.
         

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§ 10-10-9. Privileges allowed person committed in absence of memorandum.

If no memorandum as described in § 10-10-8 is made by the clerk on any execution, or if the officer shall not note the cause of action as provided in § 10-10-8 in his or her commitment, the warden of the adult correctional institutions shall be held harmless if he or she permits the person committed to have the liberty of the jail yard, or discharge him or her, on his or her producing a certificate of having taken the oath prescribed by law for poor debtors.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 259, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 325, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 376, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 562, § 14; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-10-9; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 21; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 32.