§ 9-1.1-5. False claims procedure.
(a) A subpoena requiring the attendance of a witness at a trial or hearing conducted under
§ 9-1.1-4, may be served at any place in the state.
(b) A civil action under § 9-1.1-4 may not be brought:
(1) More than 6 years after the date on which the violation of § 9-1.1-3 is committed, or
(2) More than three (3) years after the date when facts material to the right of action
are known or reasonably should have been known by the official of the state charged
with responsibility to act in the circumstanc
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§ 9-1.1-5. False claims procedure.
(a) A subpoena requiring the attendance of a witness at a trial or hearing conducted under
§ 9-1.1-4, may be served at any place in the state.
(b) A civil action under § 9-1.1-4 may not be brought:
(1) More than 6 years after the date on which the violation of § 9-1.1-3 is committed, or
(2) More than three (3) years after the date when facts material to the right of action
are known or reasonably should have been known by the official of the state charged
with responsibility to act in the circumstances, but in no event more than ten (10)
years after the date on which the violation is committed, whichever occurs last.
(c) If the state elects to intervene and proceed with an action brought under § 9-1.1-4, the state may file its own complaint or amend the complaint of a person who has
brought an action under § 9-1.1-4 to clarify or add detail to the claims in which the state is intervening and to add
any additional claims with respect to which the state contends it is entitled to relief.
For statute of limitations purposes, any state pleading shall relate back to the filing
date of the complaint of the person who originally brought the action, to the extent
that the claim of the state arises out of the conduct, transactions, or occurrences
set forth, or attempted to be set forth, in the prior complaint of that person.
(d) In any action brought under § 9-1.1-4, the state shall be required to prove all essential elements of the cause of action,
including damages, by a preponderance of the evidence.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a final judgment rendered in favor of
the state in any criminal proceeding charging fraud or false statements, whether upon
a verdict after trial or upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, shall estop the
defendant from denying the essential elements of the offense in any action that involves
the same transaction as in the criminal proceeding and is brought under § 9-1.1-4(a) or 9-1.1-4(b).