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R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-26-30 (2026)

Priority of attachments

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In all attachments of real estate, or of goods and chattels, or of personal estate in the hands of a trustee, or of stock or shares in any banking association or other incorporated company, he or she who shall first procure any attachment to be made for any just debt or damages shall be entitled to have his or her debt or damages satisfied before any other demand for which the property shall be attached or taken by execution at the suit of any other person, and all others in order of attachment.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1973–1995 · leading case: Suppa v. Capalbo (In Re Suppa), 8 B.R. 720 (Bankr. D.R.I. 1981).
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Suppa v. Capalbo (In Re Suppa), 8 B.R. 720 (Bankr. D.R.I. 1981). · cites it 2× “R.I.Gen.Laws § 9-26-30, § 9-26-31. The Capalbos’ attachment was recorded in the land records of Jamestown, Rhode Island, on March 13,1979, more than ninety days before the Suppas filed their *723 bankruptcy petition.”
In Re Giordano, 188 B.R. 84 (D.R.I. 1995). · cites it 2× “R.I.Gen. Laws § 9-26-30, § 9-26-31 (1985).”
Johnson v. Johnson, 300 A.2d 642 (R.I. 1973). “General Laws 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §9-26-30. The trial justice gave no reason whatsoever in support of his conclusion that Darleen’s garnishment on April 23, 1970, was invalid.”
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