Rhode Island § 12-20-5 § 12-20-5. Allowance for service of precept.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-20-5 — § 12-20-5. Allowance for service of precept.

Rhode Island § 12-20-5

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-20Costs

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-20-5 (2026).

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§ 12-20-5. Allowance for service of precept.
Any officer charged with the service of any precept in any criminal case, either original,
            intermediate, or final, shall be allowed by the court out of which the precept is
            issued, in a sum that the court may deem just and reasonable for the actual and necessary
            expense incurred by him or her in serving it, and which shall not form a part of the
            bill of costs taxed against a convict under § 12-20-9.
         

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§ 12-20-5. Allowance for service of precept.

Any officer charged with the service of any precept in any criminal case, either original, intermediate, or final, shall be allowed by the court out of which the precept is issued, in a sum that the court may deem just and reasonable for the actual and necessary expense incurred by him or her in serving it, and which shall not form a part of the bill of costs taxed against a convict under § 12-20-9.

Legislative History

P.L. 1907, ch. 1443, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 364, § 11; P.L. 1918, ch. 1648, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 417, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 633, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 12-20-5; P.L. 1966, ch. 209, § 2.