§ 10-4-1. Residence of assignee — Bond. Every assignee at common law for the benefit of creditors shall be a resident of the state and shall give bond to the clerk of the superior court, with some surety company authorized to do business in this state, as surety, in the amount of one thousand dollars […]
§ 10-4-10. Dividends to creditors — Assignee’s report — Discharge of surety on bond. No assignee under this chapter at common law for the benefit of creditors shall, except by consent in writing of all the creditors of the assignor, pay any dividend until the expiration of the period of four (4) months from the […]
§ 10-4-11. Record of proceedings. The proceedings in all cases under this chapter shall be deemed matters of record; but the proceedings shall not be required to be recorded at large, but shall be filed and numbered in the office of the clerk of the superior court, and a docket only, or short memorandum thereof, […]
§ 10-4-12. Appeal to supreme court — Certification of questions. Any party aggrieved by a decision or order of the superior court upon any question arising in any proceedings under this chapter may appeal to the supreme court by claiming the appeal in writing filed with the clerk at any time within thirty (30) days […]
§ 10-4-13. Chancery jurisdiction preserved — Provisions mandatory. The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to exclude the additional chancery jurisdiction of the supreme and superior courts. The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be mandatory and not directory. History of Section.P.L. 1902, ch. 984, § 10; C.P.A. 1905, § 1218; […]
§ 10-4-2. Filing of schedules and lists — Certificate of deed of assignment. Every person making an assignment at common law for the benefit of creditors shall file with his or her assignee a sworn itemized schedule of all his or her assets, showing the amount and kind of his or her property, where located […]
§ 10-4-3. Place of filing of papers. In all proceedings arising under this chapter, whenever the assignor or some one of the assignors is an inhabitant of or located in Providence or Bristol county, the papers shall be filed in the clerk’s office of the superior court in Providence; and whenever the assignor or one […]
§ 10-4-4. Recording and notice of assignments. Every assignee under this chapter shall immediately cause the deed of assignment to be recorded in the registry of deeds in each town or city in which there may be real estate of the assignor on which it may operate, and in any event in the registry of […]
§ 10-4-5. Removal or replacement of assignee. Any assignee under this chapter may be removed by the superior court, for cause shown, upon petition of one-fifth (⅕) in amount of the creditors and upon at least five (5) days’ notice by mail, postpaid, directed to all creditors at their respective addresses and directed to the […]
§ 10-4-6. Effect of assignment on liens. Every assignment at common law for the benefit of creditors shall be effectual to dissolve any attachment, levy, or lien placed upon the property of the assignor not more than four (4) months prior to the making of the assignment, and the costs in full of the attachment, […]
§ 10-4-7. Sale of assigned property — Continuation of business — Redemption of property subject to liens. No assignee under this chapter shall sell any property of his or her assignor, except perishable goods, or in continuation of the business of the assignor in its ordinary course and without power to purchase new stock or […]
§ 10-4-8. Demands for and protection of property by assignee. The assignee shall demand, sue for, and receive from all persons all the estate in their possession conveyed by the deed of assignment; and the assignee may intervene in any action, suit, or proceeding relating to the property conveyed by the assignment and take upon […]
§ 10-4-9. Effect on suits and proceedings of death, resignation, or removal of assignee. No suit or proceeding pending at the time of the death, resignation, or removal of any assignee under this chapter, and to which he or she is a party, shall be abated by his or her death, resignation, or removal, but […]
