Rhode Island § 10-5-6 § 10-5-6. Writ in tort action against nonresident.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 10-5-6 — § 10-5-6. Writ in tort action against nonresident.

Rhode Island § 10-5-6

Title 10Courts and civil procedure–Procedure in particular actions

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-5-6 (2026).

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§ 10-5-6. Writ in tort action against nonresident.
At the commencement of a civil action sounding in tort against a nonresident having
            property within the state, a writ of attachment may be issued from the superior court
            or any district court wherever the plaintiff in the action, his or her agent or attorney,
            shall make affidavit, to be endorsed thereon or annexed thereto, that the defendant
            is a nonresident, and that the plaintiff has a just cause of action against the defendant,
            upon which the plaintiff expects to recover a sum sufficient to give jurisdiction
            to the court to which the writ is returnable.
         

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§ 10-5-6. Writ in tort action against nonresident.

At the commencement of a civil action sounding in tort against a nonresident having property within the state, a writ of attachment may be issued from the superior court or any district court wherever the plaintiff in the action, his or her agent or attorney, shall make affidavit, to be endorsed thereon or annexed thereto, that the defendant is a nonresident, and that the plaintiff has a just cause of action against the defendant, upon which the plaintiff expects to recover a sum sufficient to give jurisdiction to the court to which the writ is returnable.