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Current as of: 2009

In all ex contractu civil actions and in any action to recover the amount of any tax for money only not in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) exclusive of interest and costs, and in all actions or suits to recover damages resulting from a retail sale of tangible personal property to a member of the general public or from services rendered to a member of the general public in which the plaintiff seeks to recover an amount of money only not in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) exclusive of interest and costs, and in all actions or suits based upon a negotiable instrument involving an amount of money only not in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) exclusive of interest and costs, the procedure shall, at the plaintiff's election, shown by his or her waiver of appeal, be as provided by this chapter.

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Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 10-16. Small Claims and Consumer Claims
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