2020 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure–procedure in Particular Actions
Chapter 10-13 Relief of Poor Debtors
Section 10-13-10 Discharge of prisoner.

Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 10-13-10 (2020)

§ 10-13-10. Discharge of prisoner.

Whenever any prisoner shall present a certificate, as is prescribed in § 10-13-9, to the warden of the institution in which he or she is imprisoned, the warden shall immediately discharge him or her from his or her commitment at the suit of the creditor named in the certificate.

History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 260, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 326, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 377, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 563, § 7; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-13-10.)

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