Title 10
Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure in Particular Actions

Chapter 10
Imprisonment on Civil Process

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-10-7

§ 10-10-7. Custody of person arrested.

Every officer who shall arrest any person by virtue of any writ of arrest, in a civil action, shall keep the person in safe custody until he or she is discharged pursuant to law.

History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 527; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 561, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-10-7.