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Home » US Law » 2022 Rhode Island General Laws » Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts » Chapter 8-6 - General Powers of Supreme and Superior Courts

Section 8-6-2. – Rules of practice and procedure.

§ 8-6-2. Rules of practice and procedure. (a) The supreme court, the superior court, the family court, the district court, and the workers’ compensation court, by a majority of their members, shall have the power to make rules for regulating practice, procedure, and business therein. The chief magistrate of the traffic tribunal shall have the […]

Section 8-6-3. – Filing and publication of rules.

§ 8-6-3. Filing and publication of rules. All rules shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and shall be effective upon filing unless with respect to any rule the court adopting the rule shall specify a later date as the effective date thereof, in which case the rule shall be effective […]

Section 8-6-4. – Rules of criminal procedure.

§ 8-6-4. Rules of criminal procedure. The rules of criminal procedure of the superior court and the district court, which are to go into effect on September 1, 1972, shall govern practice and procedure in criminal proceedings in those courts and before justices of the peace and bail commissioners and shall remain and continue in […]

Section 8-6-5. – Arbitration of civil actions.

§ 8-6-5. Arbitration of civil actions. The presiding justice of the superior court may promulgate rules and regulations providing for compulsory and/or noncompulsory nonbinding arbitration of such category or categories of civil actions filed in, or appealed to, the superior court as he or she shall determine. The matter shall be heard by a single […]

Section 8-6-6. – Filing and publication of rules and regulations.

§ 8-6-6. Filing and publication of rules and regulations. Upon the approval of the supreme court, all rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to § 8-6-5 shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and shall be effective upon filing unless with respect to any such rule or regulation the presiding justice of […]