Rhode Island § 8-4-8 § 8-4-8. General duties of clerks.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 8-4-8 — § 8-4-8. General duties of clerks.

Rhode Island·Title 8 Courts and Civil Procedure–Courts·Ch. 8-4 Clerks of Supreme and Superior Courts

§ 8-4-8. General duties of clerks.
The superior court clerks shall constantly attend the sittings of their respective
            courts, shall keep the seal, books, and papers thereof, shall collect and receive
            all fines and costs in criminal cases, and all court fees in civil cases and shall
            account therefor as required by law, shall make fair entries and records of all the
            proceedings, judgments, orders, and decrees therein either in writing or by means
            of an electronic storage system or other data compilation system, shall furnish stationery
            to be allowed by the court for the use of the court, and shall do and perform all
            other things which by l

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§ 8-4-8. General duties of clerks.

The superior court clerks shall constantly attend the sittings of their respective courts, shall keep the seal, books, and papers thereof, shall collect and receive all fines and costs in criminal cases, and all court fees in civil cases and shall account therefor as required by law, shall make fair entries and records of all the proceedings, judgments, orders, and decrees therein either in writing or by means of an electronic storage system or other data compilation system, shall furnish stationery to be allowed by the court for the use of the court, and shall do and perform all other things which by law or the rules of the court shall appertain to their office.

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Legislative History

C.P.A. 1905, § 51; G.L. 1909, ch. 276, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 326, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 499, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 8-4-8; P.L. 1980, ch. 93, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 202, § 1.