| Chapter 143 |
| 2021 -- S 0133 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 07/03/2021 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- SMALL CLAIMS AND CONSUMER CLAIMS -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS |
Introduced By: Senators Coyne, Seveney, DiMario, Murray, DiPalma, and Euer |
| Date Introduced: January 26, 2021 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 10-16-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 10-16 entitled "Small Claims |
| and Consumer Claims" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 10-16-1. Actions subject to chapter. |
| In all ex contractu civil actions and in any action to recover the amount of any tax for |
| money only not in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) five thousand dollars |
| ($5,000) exclusive of interest and costs, and in all actions or suits to recover damages resulting |
| from a retail sale of tangible personal property to a member of the general public or from services |
| rendered to a member of the general public in which the plaintiff seeks to recover an amount of |
| money only not in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) five thousand dollars |
| ($5,000) exclusive of interest and costs, and in all actions or suits based upon a negotiable |
| instrument involving an amount of money only not in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars |
| ($2,500) five thousand dollars ($5,000) exclusive of interest and costs, the procedure shall, at the |
| plaintiff's election, shown by his or her waiver of appeal, be as provided by this chapter. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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