2020 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure–procedure in Particular Actions
Chapter 10-13 Relief of Poor Debtors
Section 10-13-11 Detainment for fees prohibited.

Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 10-13-11 (2020)

§ 10-13-11. Detainment for fees prohibited.

No person who has been admitted to take the oath as provided in § 10-13-8 shall be retained in a correctional institution for the prison fees or for the fees of the justice before whom he or she may have taken such oath.

History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 260, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 326, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 377, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 563, § 8; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-13-11; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 34.)

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