R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-26-29

Current through 2024 Public Law 457

Section 9-26-29 - Execution against body of a deputy sheriff for want of property

For want of goods and chattels and real estate or other property, subject to levy on execution, the director of public safety may designate a deputy sheriff to take the body of the defendant and commit him or her to the adult correctional institutions, whenever the writ of execution shall command him or her so to do.

C.P.A. 1905, § 651; G.L. 1909, ch. 304, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 355, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 553, § 26; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, §9/26/2029; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 76; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 19.