2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure–Courts
Chapter 8-8 - District Court
Section 8-8-20 - Sale of blank writs prohibited.

Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 8-8-20 (2017)

§ 8-8-20. Sale of blank writs prohibited.

No judge or clerk of the district court shall sell any blank writ officially signed by him or her to any person except an attorney at law or deliver to any person other than an attorney at law any such writ with permission, in the absence of the judge or clerk to fill or cause the writ to be filled, under a penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) for each offense and ineligibility to serve as a judge or clerk of the district court after conviction.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1969, ch. 239, § 4.)

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