Rhode Island § 36-2-2 § 36-2-2. Officers with power in county or town.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 36-2-2 — § 36-2-2. Officers with power in county or town.

Rhode Island § 36-2-2

Title 36Public Officers and Employees

Ch. 36-2Power of Officers to Administer Oaths

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-2-2 (2026).

Text

§ 36-2-2. Officers with power in county or town.
The following persons may administer oaths within the respective counties and towns
            for which they may be elected or appointed to office: clerks of courts, justices of
            the peace, mayors of cities, judges of probate, presidents of town councils, or persons
            acting as such, town clerks, and town wardens.
         

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§ 36-2-2. Officers with power in county or town.

The following persons may administer oaths within the respective counties and towns for which they may be elected or appointed to office: clerks of courts, justices of the peace, mayors of cities, judges of probate, presidents of town councils, or persons acting as such, town clerks, and town wardens.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 25, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 31, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 31, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 491, § 2; P.L. 1941, ch. 1010, § 2; P.L. 1945, ch. 1591, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 36-2-2; P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 40.