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Rhode Island Court Decisions

A diagram of the state court system (called a “Court Structure Chart” and including a summary of each court’s jurisdiction) is available on the web site of the National Center for State Courts.



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Rhode Island Constitution and Legislation

See also a database of statewide ballot measures maintained by the National Conference of State Legislatures.

  1. Constitution (R.I. Const.)

  2. Bills
                   
    See also the Rhode Island General Assembly web site.
  3. Public Laws of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (R.I. Pub. Laws)

    These are the session laws. Also linked are (1) resolutions after 1995 and (2) local acts after 2001.
  4. General Laws of Rhode Island (R.I. Gen. Laws)
    These are the codified laws.


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Rhode Island Rules of Procedure and Practice

  1. Court Rules • Rules of Procedure


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Rhode Island Administrative Law Sources

See also a page of links to sources of rules, maintained by the Administrative Codes and Registers Section of the National Association of Secretaries of State.

  1. Regulations
    The secretary of state maintains a search interface through which all regulations promulgated by a selected agency can be obtained. No compilation of regulations is available for browsing.


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Rhode Island Ordinances and Home-Rule Charters

Ordinances are local laws, commonly organized into codes, that have been enacted by municipalities — cities, towns, etc. — and counties. Charters are organic laws (similar in function to a constitution) of those local government entities for which “home rule” is authorized by state law. For local laws not found through the links given here, try the county web sites and municipality web sites at “State and Local Government on the Net” by Piper Resources, or a publisher’s web site:
  • American Legal Publishing Corp.
  • Coded Systems Corp.
  • General Code, LLC
  • Municipal Code Corp.
    1. Charters
      Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
    2. County Ordinances
    3. Municipal Ordinances
          
      Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.


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    Rhode Island Law-Related Periodicals

    Periodicals providing on-line articles are linked here. See also links to all Rhode Island law-review web sites as well as links to web sites of all U.S.-published law reviews and periodicals.


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    Other Rhode Island Commentary



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    Rhode Island Law-Related Topical Web Sites



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    Rhode Island Court Information

    See also links to state court web sites, maintained by the National Center for State Courts. Additionally, the Ballotpedia.org web site presents information about courts and judges in the state, covering both state courts and federal courts, in a Wikipedia-style format.

    1. Web Sites


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    Rhode Island Forms

    1. State Courts: Forms

    2. Taxation Division: Forms

    3. Business Entity Forms … [Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.


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    Other Rhode Island Resources

    1. Government-Related Web Sites

      See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
    2. Additional Resources
      ¶ Vital Records — Contact Information … [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
      ¶ Workers’ Compensation — Agency Contact Information … [Robert W. McDowell / N.C. Indus. Comm’n]

    3. Bar Associations • Law-Related Organizations
      See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
    4. Rhode Island Bar Association
    5. Law Schools • Admission to Practice • Continuing Legal Education
    6. Consulate General of Canada in Boston … Canadian consular services for Rhode Island residents.


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    Legal Research and Assistance

    1. Law Libraries

      See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
    2. Rhode Island Bar Association — Information on Legal Topics

    3. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Rhode Island Residents … [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Rhode Island law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Rhode Island.

    4. Low-Cost Legal Aid … See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
      1. Rhode Island Legal Help for the Poor … [Am. Bar Ass’n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA’s Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs’ web sites.
      2. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help … [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.

     

     


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