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SECTION 10-11-8

   § 10-11-8  Discharge of bail beforejudgment. – A person may also, at any time before final judgment against him or her asbail, discharge himself or herself as bail in either of the two following modes:

   (1) By committing his or her principal to a correctionalinstitution in the county in which he or she became bail or in which the writof arrest was returnable, paying or tendering to the creditor or his or herattorney the costs, if any, which shall have accrued on the action against himor her as bail, and leaving with the warden of the institution a certified copyof the writ of arrest and the return of the officer thereon, and a certifiedcopy of the bond given to the officer serving the writ or given to the wardenof the adult correctional institutions, if either of the bonds have been given,and giving to the plaintiff, if in this state, or his or her agent or his orher attorney of record, notice in writing of the time and place of thecommitment within six (6) days after making the commitment; or,

   (2) By bringing his or her principal into the court where theaction against him or her as bail shall be pending, before final judgment shallbe rendered thereon, after notice to the plaintiff or his or her attorney ofrecord, paying the costs on the action against him or her as bail, the costs ofthe commitment of the principal and one week's board at the institution anddelivering his or her principal into the custody of court.

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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-10 > Chapter-10-11 > 10-11-8

SECTION 10-11-8

   § 10-11-8  Discharge of bail beforejudgment. – A person may also, at any time before final judgment against him or her asbail, discharge himself or herself as bail in either of the two following modes:

   (1) By committing his or her principal to a correctionalinstitution in the county in which he or she became bail or in which the writof arrest was returnable, paying or tendering to the creditor or his or herattorney the costs, if any, which shall have accrued on the action against himor her as bail, and leaving with the warden of the institution a certified copyof the writ of arrest and the return of the officer thereon, and a certifiedcopy of the bond given to the officer serving the writ or given to the wardenof the adult correctional institutions, if either of the bonds have been given,and giving to the plaintiff, if in this state, or his or her agent or his orher attorney of record, notice in writing of the time and place of thecommitment within six (6) days after making the commitment; or,

   (2) By bringing his or her principal into the court where theaction against him or her as bail shall be pending, before final judgment shallbe rendered thereon, after notice to the plaintiff or his or her attorney ofrecord, paying the costs on the action against him or her as bail, the costs ofthe commitment of the principal and one week's board at the institution anddelivering his or her principal into the custody of court.


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-10 > Chapter-10-11 > 10-11-8

SECTION 10-11-8

   § 10-11-8  Discharge of bail beforejudgment. – A person may also, at any time before final judgment against him or her asbail, discharge himself or herself as bail in either of the two following modes:

   (1) By committing his or her principal to a correctionalinstitution in the county in which he or she became bail or in which the writof arrest was returnable, paying or tendering to the creditor or his or herattorney the costs, if any, which shall have accrued on the action against himor her as bail, and leaving with the warden of the institution a certified copyof the writ of arrest and the return of the officer thereon, and a certifiedcopy of the bond given to the officer serving the writ or given to the wardenof the adult correctional institutions, if either of the bonds have been given,and giving to the plaintiff, if in this state, or his or her agent or his orher attorney of record, notice in writing of the time and place of thecommitment within six (6) days after making the commitment; or,

   (2) By bringing his or her principal into the court where theaction against him or her as bail shall be pending, before final judgment shallbe rendered thereon, after notice to the plaintiff or his or her attorney ofrecord, paying the costs on the action against him or her as bail, the costs ofthe commitment of the principal and one week's board at the institution anddelivering his or her principal into the custody of court.