Rhode Island § 9-18-1 § 9-18-1. Officials authorized to take depositions.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 9-18-1 — § 9-18-1. Officials authorized to take depositions.

Rhode Island § 9-18-1

Title 9COURTS and CIVIL PROCEDURE–PROCEDURE GENERALLY

Ch. 9-18Depositions

This text of Rhode Island § 9-18-1 (§ 9-18-1. Officials authorized to take depositions.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Rhode Island primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-18-1 (2026).

Text

§ 9-18-1. Officials authorized to take depositions.
Any justice of the supreme or superior or family court, justice of the peace, or notary
            public may take the deposition of any witness to be used in the trial of any civil
            suit, action, petition, or proceeding in which he or she is not interested, nor counsel,
            nor the attorney of either party, and which shall then be commenced or pending in
            this state, or in any other state, or in the District of Columbia, or in any territory,
            government, or country.
         

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

§ 9-18-1. Officials authorized to take depositions.

Any justice of the supreme or superior or family court, justice of the peace, or notary public may take the deposition of any witness to be used in the trial of any civil suit, action, petition, or proceeding in which he or she is not interested, nor counsel, nor the attorney of either party, and which shall then be commenced or pending in this state, or in any other state, or in the District of Columbia, or in any territory, government, or country.

Legislative History

C.P.A. 1905, § 374; G.L. 1909, ch. 292, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 342, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 539, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 19-18-1; P.L. 1966, ch. 1, § 9; P.L. 1979, ch. 373, § 7.