Rhode Island General Laws 10-17-2. Account by trustee as to attached property
(a) Whenever any person, partnership, or corporation shall be served with a judicial writ, original or mesne process, with purpose of attaching the wages or personal estate of the defendant in the hands or possession of the person, partnership, or corporation, the person, partnership, or corporation shall render an account in writing, upon oath, to the court to which the writ is returnable. The original account shall state what wages or personal estate, if any, up to the amount of the demands set forth in the writ, the trustee had in his, her, or its hands or possession at the time the writ was served, except as provided in § 6A-4-303; or if none shall exist, the trustee shall state that fact in writing, to the court. The trustee is not required to account to the court for property in his, her, or its hands or possession in excess of the demand set forth in the writ.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 10-17-2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
(b) Whenever a supplemental accounting is required by § 10-17-4, the trustee shall set forth the amount of wages garnished, if any, in the reporting period and shall also state the total amount of defendant’s wages held by the trustee to date. Upon the entire amount of demand as set forth in the writ being collected, or if the defendant permanently leaves the trustee’s employment, final account shall be filed with the court issuing the writ, setting forth that fact.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 576; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 10; P.L. 1910, ch. 586, § 1; P.L. 1917, ch. 1490, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 10; P.L. 1930, ch. 1608, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 550, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-17-2; P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 3; P.L. 1984, ch. 357, § 3.