Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-13-1 (2026)

Application to take poor debtor’s oath

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Except as is otherwise provided by § 10-13-2, any person who shall be imprisoned for debt whether on a writ of arrest issued at the commencement of an action, mesne process, or execution, or on execution awarded against him or her as defendant in any action to recover the possession of land or trespass to land, in which title to the land was in dispute between the parties, may complain to the justice of any district court in the county where the person shall be committed that he or she has no estate, real or personal, wherewith to support himself or herself in a correctional institution or to pay institution charges and may request to be admitted to take the poor debtor’s oath.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1969–1983 · leading case: Landrigan v. McElroy, 457 A.2d 1056 (R.I. 1983).

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Landrigan v. McElroy, 457 A.2d 1056 (R.I. 1983). · cites it 2× “1956 (1969 Reenactment) §§ 10-13-1 to -29. 3 In addition, the creditor for whose benefit the debtor is imprisoned must pay in advance for the prisoner’s board.”

White v. Tenth Dist. Court, 251 A.2d 539 (R.I. 1969). · cites it 3× “1956, §10-13-1, as amended, permitted the debtor to take the oath within 13 days of his original commitment, or whether instead he should have awaited the passage of six months as requird by the poor tort debtor’s act.”

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