Rhode Island § 10-5-5 § 10-5-5. Writ of attachment after filing of equitable complaint.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 10-5-5 — § 10-5-5. Writ of attachment after filing of equitable complaint.

Rhode Island § 10-5-5

Title 10Courts and civil procedure–Procedure in particular actions

Ch. 10-5Attachment

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-5-5 (2026).

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§ 10-5-5. Writ of attachment after filing of equitable complaint.
In any civil action of an equitable character, at or after the filing of the complaint,
            the complainant may move the superior court, ex parte, to issue a writ of attachment,
            to run against the property of the defendants or any defendant in the cause; and the
            court, in its discretion, if the cause is of such a nature that an attachment of property
            is for the proper security of the complainant, shall on the motion, properly supported
            by affidavits to be filed in the cause, enter an order granting a writ of attachment,
            which writ may command the attachment of the real and personal estate

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§ 10-5-5. Writ of attachment after filing of equitable complaint.

In any civil action of an equitable character, at or after the filing of the complaint, the complainant may move the superior court, ex parte, to issue a writ of attachment, to run against the property of the defendants or any defendant in the cause; and the court, in its discretion, if the cause is of such a nature that an attachment of property is for the proper security of the complainant, shall on the motion, properly supported by affidavits to be filed in the cause, enter an order granting a writ of attachment, which writ may command the attachment of the real and personal estate of the defendant, including his or her personal estate in the hands or possession of any person, co-partnership or corporation, as the trustee of the defendant and his or her stock or shares in any banking association or other incorporated company, like a writ of attachment at the commencement of a civil action in conformity to the specific directions in the court's order; except as provided in § 6A-7-602, and shall be served in like manner and be subject to like incidents as a writ of attachment issued at the commencement of a civil action, and for such ad damnum, as shall be directed in the court's order and stated in the writ. And all property so attached shall be held for the security of any final judgment which the complainant may obtain in his or her favor in the cause, in pursuance of the directions of the order granting the writ of attachment. If a writ of attachment runs against real property and title to the real property is held in the name of a partnership, the writ shall include the name of the partnership.

Legislative History

C.P.A. 1905, § 523; G.L. 1909, ch. 299, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch. 349, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 546, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 10-5-5; P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 3; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 50; P.L. 1985, ch. 93, § 3.