Rhode Island § 8-4-12 § 8-4-12. Appointment of clerk pro tempore.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 8-4-12 — § 8-4-12. Appointment of clerk pro tempore.

Rhode Island § 8-4-12

Title 8Courts and Civil Procedure–Courts

Ch. 8-4Clerks of Supreme and Superior Courts

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-4-12 (2026).

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§ 8-4-12. Appointment of clerk pro tempore.
In case of the death, resignation, absence, inability, or refusal to serve of any
            of the superior court clerks, the chief justice, or the presiding justice of the court
            in which the vacancy, or inability, or refusal to serve occurs, may appoint a clerk
            pro tempore, who shall hold his or her office until the clerk shall have returned
            or the inability shall have been removed or another clerk shall have been appointed
            to fill the vacancy and shall have qualified.
         

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§ 8-4-12. Appointment of clerk pro tempore.

In case of the death, resignation, absence, inability, or refusal to serve of any of the superior court clerks, the chief justice, or the presiding justice of the court in which the vacancy, or inability, or refusal to serve occurs, may appoint a clerk pro tempore, who shall hold his or her office until the clerk shall have returned or the inability shall have been removed or another clerk shall have been appointed to fill the vacancy and shall have qualified.