Rhode Island Court Rules
Rhode Island Court Rules
✓ current as of August 2026Full text of 132 rules across 2 sets, cross-linked with Rhode Island case law.
R.I. Super. R. Crim. P. — 56 rules
- Rule 1. Scope of Rules and Mandatory Electronic Charging and Filing
- Rule 2. Purpose and Construction
- Rule 3. The Complaint
- Rule 4. Arrest Warrant or Summons Upon Complaint
- Rule 5. Proceedings Before the District Court
- Rule 5A. Diversion
- Rule 6. The Grand Jury
- Rule 6.1. Notification that Information or Indictment Will Not be Filed
- Rule 7. The Indictment, Information, and Complaint
- Rule 8. Joinder of Offenses and of Defendants
- Rule 9. Arrest Warrant, Summons, or Notice to Appear Upon Indictment or Information
- Rule 9.1. Informations
- Rule 10. Arraignment
- Rule 11. Pleas
- Rule 12. Pleadings and Motions Before Trial
- Rule 13. Trial Together of Indictments, Informations, or Complaints
- Rule 14. Relief From Prejudicial Joinder
- Rule 15. Depositions
- Rule 16. Discovery and Inspection
- Rule 17. Subpoena
- Rule 18. Place of Prosecution and Trial
- Rule 21. Motion to Transfer
- Rule 22. Time of Motion to Transfer
- Rule 23. Trial by Jury or by the Court
- Rule 24. Trial Jurors
- Rule 25. Justice –Disability
- Rule 26. Evidence
- Rule 26.3. Sexual Assault and Other Sexual Offenses
- Rule 27. Proof of Official Record
- Rule 28. Expert Witnesses and Interpreters
- Rule 30. Instructions
- Rule 30.1. Jury Deliberations
- Rule 31. Verdict
- Rule 32. Sentence and Judgment
- Rule 33. New Trial
- Rule 34. Arrest of Judgment
- Rule 35. Correction, Decrease, or Increase of Sentence
- Rule 36. Clerical Mistakes
- Rule 38. Stay of Execution and Relief Pending Review (a) Stay of Execution. (1) Imprisonment. A sentence of imprisonment shall be stayed if an appeal is taken and the defendant is admitted to bail
- Rule 41. Search and Seizure
- Rule 42. Criminal Contempt
- Rule 43. Presence of the Defendant
- Rule 44. Assignment of an Attorney
- Rule 45. Time
- Rule 46. Release on Bail
- Rule 47. Motions
- Rule 49. Service and Filing of Papers
- Rule 50. Appearance and Withdrawal of Attorneys
- Rule 51. Exceptions Unnecessary
- Rule 52. Harmless Error
- Rule 53. Regulation of Conduct in the Courtroom
- Rule 55. Records
- Rule 56. Courts and Clerks
- Rule 57. Rules of Practice and Orders
- Rule 58. Forms
- Rule 59. Effective Date
R.I. Super. R. Civ. P. — 76 rules
- Rule 1. Scope of Rules and Mandatory Electronic Filing
- Rule 2. One Form of Action
- Rule 3. Commencement of Action
- Rule 4. Process, Attachment, Trustee Process, Arrest
- Rule 7. Pleadings Allowed
- Rule 8. General Rules of Pleading
- Rule 9. Pleading Special Matters
- Rule 10. Form of Pleadings
- Rule 11. Signing of Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Sanctions
- Rule 12. Defenses and Objections
- Rule 13. Counterclaim and Cross-claim
- Rule 14. Third Party Practice
- Rule 15. Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
- Rule 16. Pre-Trial Procedure
- Rule 17. Parties Plaintiff and Defendant
- Rule 19. Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication
- Rule 20. Permissive Joinder of Parties
- Rule 21. Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
- Rule 22. Interpleader
- Rule 23. Class Actions
- Rule 23.1. Derivative Actions by Shareholders
- Rule 24. Intervention
- Rule 25. Substitution of Parties
- Rule 26. General Provisions Governing Discovery; Duty of Disclosure
- Rule 27. Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal
- Rule 28. Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken
- Rule 29. Stipulations Regarding the Taking of Depositions
- Rule 30. Depositions Upon Oral Examination
- Rule 31. Depositions Upon Written Questions
- Rule 32. Use of Depositions in Court Proceedings
- Rule 33. Interrogatories to Parties
- Rule 34. Production of Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Things; Entry Upon Land for Inspection for Other Purposes
- Rule 35. Physical and Mental Examination of Persons
- Rule 36. Requests for Admission
- Rule 37. Failure to Make or Cooperate in Discovery: Sanctions
- Rule 38. Jury Trial of Right
- Rule 39. Trial by Jury or by the Court
- Rule 40. Assignment of Cases for Trial
- Rule 42. Consolidation
- Rule 43. Evidence
- Rule 44. Proof of Official Record
- Rule 44.1. Determination of Foreign Law
- Rule 45. Subpoena
- Rule 46. Exceptions Unnecessary
- Rule 47. Jurors
- Rule 48. Number of Jurors
- Rule 49. Special Verdicts and Interrogatories
- Rule 50. Judgment as a Matter of Law in Actions Tried by Jury; Alternative Motion for New Trial; Conditional Rulings
- Rule 51. Argument of Counsel
- Rule 52. Findings by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings
- Rule 53. Masters
- Rule 54. Judgment
- Rule 55. Default
- Rule 56. Summary Judgment
- Rule 57. Declaratory Judgments
- Rule 59. New Trials
- Rule 60. Relief from Judgment or Order
- Rule 62. Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
- Rule 63. Inability of a Judicial Officer to Proceed
- Rule 64. Replevin
- Rule 65. Injunctions
- Rule 66. Receivers
- Rule 67. Deposit in Court
- Rule 68. Offer of Judgment; Payment into Court
- Rule 69. Execution, Supplementary Proceedings, Attachment and Trustee Process After Judgment
- Rule 71. Process in Behalf of and Against Persons Not Parties
- Rule 72. Certification
- Rule 77. Superior Court and Clerks
- Rule 78. Stenographic Reports
- Rule 79. Books and Records Kept by the Clerk and Entries Therein
- Rule 81. Applicability of Rules
- Rule 82. Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected
- Rule 83. Rules of Practice and Orders
- Rule 84. Forms
- Rule 85. Out-of-State Counsel
- Rule 86. Effective Date