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R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-26-5 (2026)

Exemption of police and firefighters’ pensions — Assignments invalid

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No interest of any person in any pension fund or in any pension derivable therefrom, for the benefit of police officers or firefighters, now or hereafter created or held by authority of law by any city or town, or by any public officer or officers or board of officers therein, to which fund the city or town contributes in any way, shall be subject to trustee process or liable to attachment on any writ, original, mesne, or judicial, or be taken on execution or any process, legal or equitable; and no assignment of any such interest shall be valid.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1960–1998 · leading case: Allard v. Allard, 708 A.2d 554 (R.I. 1998).
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Allard v. Allard, 708 A.2d 554 (R.I. 1998). · cites it 8× “In light of these circumstances we find no error in the determinations made by the trial justice.”
Stevenson v. Stevenson, 511 A.2d 961 (R.I. 1986). · cites it 6× “1956 (1985 Reenactment) § 9-26-5, 2 this pension must be treated as separate rather than marital property.”
Thompson v. Thompson, 642 A.2d 1160 (R.I. 1994). · cites it 4× “§ 9-26-5. 1 The issue of whether the husband’s municipal disability pension is a marital asset subject to equitable distribution is one of first impression in Rhode Island.”
Moran v. Moran, 612 A.2d 26 (R.I. 1992). · cites it 2× “1956 (1985 Reenactment) § 9-26-5, which exempts police and firemen’s pensions from attachment or assignment.”
Duke v. Duke, 675 A.2d 822 (R.I. 1996). · cites it 4× “The defendant also filed a motion for a stay of the order, as did the Employees’ Retirement System.”
Warwick Mun. Employees Credit Union v. Berard, 157 A.2d 818 (R.I. 1960). · cites it 7× “51; that under the provisions of general laws 1956, §9-26-5, no interest of any person in any pension fund for the benefit of firemen was subject to attachment; and that therefore there were no funds in his hands subject to attachment.”
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