Rhode Island § 8-3-4 § 8-3-4. Vacancy in office, inability, or absence of presiding justice of superior court.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 8-3-4 — § 8-3-4. Vacancy in office, inability, or absence of presiding justice of superior court.

Rhode Island § 8-3-4

Title 8Courts and Civil Procedure–Courts

Ch. 8-3Justices of Supreme, Superior, and Family Courts

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-3-4 (2026).

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§ 8-3-4. Vacancy in office, inability, or absence of presiding justice of superior court.
Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of presiding justice of the superior court,
            or whenever the presiding justice shall be unable by reason of illness to perform
            the duties of his office, the associate justice of the superior court having precedence
            who is present and qualified to act shall perform the duties of the office until the
            vacancy shall be filled or the inability removed. In the event that the presiding
            justice determines that his or her absence will prevent him or her from performing
            the duties of his or her office, he or she shall designate an

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§ 8-3-4. Vacancy in office, inability, or absence of presiding justice of superior court.

Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of presiding justice of the superior court, or whenever the presiding justice shall be unable by reason of illness to perform the duties of his office, the associate justice of the superior court having precedence who is present and qualified to act shall perform the duties of the office until the vacancy shall be filled or the inability removed. In the event that the presiding justice determines that his or her absence will prevent him or her from performing the duties of his or her office, he or she shall designate an associate justice to perform the duties during the period of his or her absence.

Legislative History

C.P.A. 1905, § 32; G.L. 1909, ch. 274, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 324, § 5; P.L. 1932, ch. 1878, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 497, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 8-3-4; P.L. 1965, ch. 98, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 132, § 1.