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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY --

WRITS, SUMMONS AND PROCESS

     Introduced By: Senator Michael J.McCaffrey

     Date Introduced: February 27, 2014

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 9-5-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 9-5 entitled "Writs, Summons

and Process" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     9-5-3. Facsimile signature of clerk Facsimile signature of clerk or seal of the court. --

A facsimile of the signature of the clerk of the superior court for each of the counties of

Providence and Bristol, Newport, Washington, and Kent, or the district court for each division,

imprinted by him or her, with the seal of the court affixed or a facsimile of the court seal, upon

any civil process, original, supplementary, or final, or upon any copy of or accompanying the

process, or upon any subpoena, or upon any other paper requiring the signature of the clerk and

the seal of the court issuing out of the court of which he or she is clerk, except complaints and

warrants, mittimuses, capiases, remands, and writs of habeas corpus, shall have the same validity

as his or her written signature.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY --

WRITS, SUMMONS AND PROCESS

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     This act would allow a facsimile of the superior court seal to be placed on many court

documents.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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