Rhode Island § 37-13-5 § 37-13-5. Payment for trucking or materials furnished — Withholding of sums due.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 37-13-5 — § 37-13-5. Payment for trucking or materials furnished — Withholding of sums due.

Rhode Island § 37-13-5

Title 37Public Property and Works

Ch. 37-13Labor and Payment of Debts by Contractors

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 37-13-5 (2026).

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§ 37-13-5. Payment for trucking or materials furnished — Withholding of sums due.
A contractor or subcontractor on public works authorized by a proper authority shall
            pay any obligation or charge for trucking and material which have been furnished for
            the use of the contractor or subcontractor, in connection with the public works being
            performed by him or her, within ninety (90) days after the obligation or charge is
            incurred or the trucking service has been performed or the material has been delivered
            to the site of the work, whichever is later. When it is brought to the notice of the
            proper authority in a city or town, or the proper authority in t

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§ 37-13-5. Payment for trucking or materials furnished — Withholding of sums due.

A contractor or subcontractor on public works authorized by a proper authority shall pay any obligation or charge for trucking and material which have been furnished for the use of the contractor or subcontractor, in connection with the public works being performed by him or her, within ninety (90) days after the obligation or charge is incurred or the trucking service has been performed or the material has been delivered to the site of the work, whichever is later. When it is brought to the notice of the proper authority in a city or town, or the proper authority in the state having supervision of the contract, that the obligation or charge has not been paid by the contractor or subcontractor, the proper authority may deduct and hold for a period not exceeding sixty (60) days, from sums of money due to the contractor or subcontractor, the equivalent amount of such sums certified by a trucker or materialman creditor as due him or her, as provided in this section, and which the proper authority determines is reasonable for trucking performed or materials furnished for the public works.

Legislative History

P.L. 1936, ch. 2361, §§ 2, 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 290, §§ 2, 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 290, § 4; P.L. 1955, ch. 3580, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 37-13-5; P.L. 1965, ch. 77, § 1.