Rhode Island § 42-29-12 § 42-29-12. Action on sheriff's bond.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 42-29-12 — § 42-29-12. Action on sheriff's bond.

Rhode Island § 42-29-12

Title 42State Affairs and Government

Ch. 42-29Sheriffs

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-29-12 (2026).

Text

§ 42-29-12. Action on sheriff's bond.
Any person injured by the breach of the bond of any deputy sheriff may, after recovering
            judgment against the deputy sheriff, the deputy's executors, or administrators, in
            an action brought for the default, misfeasance, or nonfeasance of such deputy sheriff,
            cause a suit to be instituted upon the bond, as set out in § 42-29-11, at his or her own cost, in the name of the general treasurer, to his or her own
            use.
         

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§ 42-29-12. Action on sheriff's bond.

Any person injured by the breach of the bond of any deputy sheriff may, after recovering judgment against the deputy sheriff, the deputy's executors, or administrators, in an action brought for the default, misfeasance, or nonfeasance of such deputy sheriff, cause a suit to be instituted upon the bond, as set out in § 42-29-11, at his or her own cost, in the name of the general treasurer, to his or her own use.

Legislative History

C.P.A. 1905, § 197; G.L. 1909, ch. 282, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 332, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 493, § 10; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 42-29-12; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 1.