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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-9 > Chapter-9-5 > 9-5-30SECTION 9-5-30
§ 9-5-30 Replacement of attorney fornonresident – Revocation of power. – If resident attorney, as provided in § 9-5-29, shall die, resign, orremove from the state, the individual or partnership shall forthwith file withthe secretary of state a further similar written power appointing some othercompetent resident in this state as his or her or its attorney for the purposeas provided in § 9-5-29. No power of attorney required to be filed by§ 9-5-29 shall be revoked until after a like power shall have been givento some other competent person resident in this state and filed. Any suchindividual or partnership which has ceased to have a usual place of business inthis state or to be engaged in this state in the construction, erection,alteration, or repair of a building, bridge, railroad, railway, or structure ofany kind, may, however, revoke the power of attorney by a written instrument ofrevocation filed in the office of the secretary of state; but no suchrevocation shall be effective as to any liability arising out of any act oromission occurring prior to the time when the individual or partnership ceasedto have a usual place of business in this state or to be engaged here.
