Rhode Island § 6-26-7 § 6-26-7. Action on foreign protested bill.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 6-26-7 — § 6-26-7. Action on foreign protested bill.

Rhode Island § 6-26-7

Title 6Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions

Ch. 6-26Interest and Usury

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-26-7 (2026).

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§ 6-26-7. Action on foreign protested bill.
Any person having a right to demand any sum of money upon a foreign protested bill
            of exchange as stated in § 6-26-6 may commence and prosecute an action for principal, damages, interest, and charges
            of protest against the drawers and endorsers, jointly or severally, or against either
            of them separately; and judgment shall and may be given for the principal, damages,
            charges, and interest upon the principal after the rate established in § 6-26-6, to the time of the judgment, together with costs of suit.
         

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§ 6-26-7. Action on foreign protested bill.

Any person having a right to demand any sum of money upon a foreign protested bill of exchange as stated in § 6-26-6 may commence and prosecute an action for principal, damages, interest, and charges of protest against the drawers and endorsers, jointly or severally, or against either of them separately; and judgment shall and may be given for the principal, damages, charges, and interest upon the principal after the rate established in § 6-26-6, to the time of the judgment, together with costs of suit.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 166, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 201, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 228, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 456, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 6-23-2; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 19; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 15.