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R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-2-12 (2026)

Actions against unincorporated associations

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Any action or other civil proceeding may be maintained to recover any property or upon any cause of action for or upon which the plaintiff may maintain such an action or proceeding against all the associates, by reason of their interest or ownership, or claim of ownership therein, against the president and secretary of the association, or the officers or members exercising substantially the duties, respectively, of president and secretary, or if there is no such officer, or officers, or members exercising such duties, or either of them, then against any other two (2) officers of the association, or if there is but one officer, then against the single officer, or if there is no officer known to the plaintiff, then against any member of the association, describing the officer or officers, member or members, as the representative or representatives of the association.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1959–1991 · leading case: Sch. Comm. v. North Providence Fed'n of Teachers, Local 920, 404 A.2d 493 (R.I. 1979).
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Sch. Comm. v. North Providence Fed'n of Teachers, Local 920, 404 A.2d 493 (R.I. 1979). · cites it 6× “1956 (1969 Reenactment) *107 §9-2-12 2 regarding actions brought against unincorporated associations.”
Walsh v. Israel Couture Post, No. 2274 V.F.W. of United States, 542 A.2d 1094 (R.I. 1988). “Because we hold that recovery by plaintiff against the VFW is barred upon the ground that the negligence of the VFW is imputable to plaintiff, see infra, we do not reach the question whether an action against the associates of the VFW is barred by G.”
Sch. Comm. of Town of North Providence v. North Providence Fed'n of Teachers, 476 A.2d 1037 (R.I. 1984). · cites it 2× “1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 9-2-12, which governs the method by which an action may be brought against unincorporated associations.”
Corrente v. Rhode Island, Dep't of Corr., 759 F. Supp. 73 (D.R.I. 1991). · cites it 2× “Brotherhood Defendants As a preliminary matter, the Brotherhood defendants contend that the Brotherhood itself is not properly before the Court because plaintiffs did not comply with the service provisions for unincorporated associations outlined in Rhode Island General Laws…”
Lundgren v. Pawtucket Firefighters Ass'n Local No. 1261, 595 A.2d 808 (R.I. 1991). “1956 (1985 Reenactment) § 9-2-12. The trial justice rendered a decision on both motions.”
Canuel v. Oskoian, 23 F.R.D. 307 (D.R.I. 1959). “In support of this ground of their motion to dismiss, defendants rely upon the provisions of General Laws of Rhode Island 1956, § 9-2-12. Its provisions are as follows: “9-2-12.”
Diluzio v. United Elec., Radio & Mach. Wkrs. of Am., 435 N.E.2d 1027 (Mass. 1982). “12, § 182 (1971); R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 9-2-12, 9-2-14 (1970); S.”
DiLuzio v. United Elec., Radio & Mach. Workers of Am., 435 N.E.2d 1027 (Mass. 1982). “12, § 182 (1971); R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 9-2-12, 9-2-14 (1970); S.”
Canuel v. Oskoian, 184 F. Supp. 70 (D.R.I. 1960). “On the contrary, “that a suit against all the members may be maintained despite the statute is indicated by the permissive phraseology of § 9-2-12, and by the express terms of § 9-2-15 barring suits against the members while an action under the statute is pending.”
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