Relevant Statutes:
Maximum Dollar Limit:
Locating Agent For Service:
Online Court Forms:
Service Of Process:
Hearing Date:
Attorneys:
Transfer:
Appeals:
Additional Information:
General Laws of Rhode Island, Title 10, Ch. 16, Sections 1-16; Title 9, Ch. 12, Section 10 (appeals).
$1,500.
Secretary
of State Corporations Division, Matthew A. Brown Corporations Division, 1st Floor 100, North Main Street, Providence, RI 02903-1335;
Phone: (401) 222-3040; Fax: (401) 222-1309.
Rhode Island Court Forms Link.
Certified or registered mail (binding on defendant who refuses to accept), sheriff, deputy, constable or court-approved adult.
Set by the court.
Allowed. Required for most corporations except close and family corporations with less than $1 million in assets.
If defendant counterclaim exceeds $1,500 and court approves, case will proceed under formal rules of civil procedure and evidence in District Court.
Only defendant may file an appeal for a new trial in Superior Court. However, if plaintiff is a consumer and defendant a manufacturer/seller whose failure to file an answer results in default, defendant forfeits the right to appeal.
No personal injury or property damage cases. Consumers may bring actions for contracts (including sale of personal property) and for damages resulting from a retail sale or delivery service.