§ 45-15-1. Corporate capacity of towns. The inhabitants of every town shall continue to be a body corporate, and may, in their corporate name, sue and be sued, prosecute and defend, in any court and elsewhere. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 36, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 46, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 47, § […]
§ 45-15-10. Form of notice of injury — Time allowed incapacitated persons and estate administrators for notice. The notice required by § 45-15-9 shall be in writing, signed by the person injured or damaged, or by someone on the person’s behalf, and shall be presented to the town council of the town or to the […]
§ 45-15-11. Effect of mending of highway by town. No work done by any city or town, upon any way or street, in mending or repairing the way or street, shall constitute or be any evidence of an acceptance of the way or street by the city or town, nor shall it in any way […]
§ 45-15-12. Maximum recovery for personal injuries. (a) No person shall recover from any town in any action mentioned in §§ 45-15-8 and 45-15-9, a greater sum for personal injuries than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). (b) This section shall be given retroactive effect and apply to all causes of action arising on or after […]
§ 45-15-13. Liability for damage by riotous assemblies. Whenever any property of the value of fifty dollars ($50.00) or more is destroyed or injured to that amount by any persons to the number of six (6) or more unlawfully, routously, riotously, or tumultuously assembled, the town or city within which the property was situated is […]
§ 45-15-14. Recovery by town from members of riotous assembly. Any town or city which pays any sum under the provisions of § 45-15-13, may recover that sum against any or all of the persons who have destroyed or injured the property. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 278, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 344, § […]
§ 45-15-15. Prosecution of claims for damage by riotous assembly. All claims arising under the provisions of §§ 45-15-13 and 45-15-14 shall proceed as provided in § 45-15-5. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 278, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 344, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 396, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 607, § 16; G.L. […]
§ 45-15-16. Indemnity of public officials, employees, or elected officials. All town or city council or any fire district shall, by ordinance or otherwise, indemnify any and all police officers, firefighters, elected or appointed fire district officials, public employees, fire district employees, officials, members of boards, agencies and commissions appointed by town councils or any […]
§ 45-15-17. Appeals from boards and commissions. In any case where an appeal is allowed from the decision of any board or commission of any city or town, it is sufficient to name the board or commission itself as a party respondent or as a defendant without the necessity of naming individual members of the […]
§ 45-15-2. Suits in name of town. Every civil action brought by a town shall be brought in the name of the town unless otherwise directed specially by law. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 36, § 19; G.L. 1909, ch. 46, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 47, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 352, § 2; […]
§ 45-15-3. Costs in prosecutions for ordinance violations. Officers elected by a town to prosecute for violations of the town’s ordinances, bylaws, and regulations are not required to give surety for costs upon complaints made by them, but the town is directly liable to the state for costs incurred in the prosecution. History of Section.G.L. […]
§ 45-15-4. Prosecutions by director of public welfare. The director of public welfare of any town or city, or any officer in any town or city, performing the duties of the director of public welfare, may prosecute any person violating the provisions of any law, when given authority by law or ordinance to so prosecute. […]
§ 45-15-5. Presentment to council of claim or demand against town. Every person who has any money due him or her from any town or city, or any claim or demand against any town or city, for any matter, cause, or thing whatsoever, shall take the following method to obtain what is due: The person […]
§ 45-15-6. Town or council meeting to levy tax to pay judgment against town. On judgment being obtained for a debt, damages, or demand, in case the treasurer does not have sufficient money of the town or city in his or her hands to satisfy and pay the judgment obtained and the charges expended in […]
§ 45-15-7. Judicial order assessing tax to pay judgment. In case the electors, or the city council, upon due warning given them, shall not take due and effectual care to reimburse, pay, or satisfy the treasurer the money, costs, and charges by the treasurer expended, or recovered against the treasurer, upon complaint filed with the […]
§ 45-15-8. Recovery against town for damages from neglect to maintain highway or bridge. If any person receives or suffers bodily injury or damage to that person’s property by reason of defect, want of repair, or insufficient railing, in or upon a public highway, causeway, or bridge, in any town which is by law obliged […]
§ 45-15-9. Notice of injury on highway or bridge — Commencement of action. (a) A person so injured or damaged shall, within sixty (60) days, give to the town by law obliged to keep the highway, causeway, or bridge in repair, notice of the time, place, and cause of the injury or damage; and if […]
