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If any person named as the trustee of a defendant, who shall have been charged as trustee by reason of his or her default, shall make affidavit as to whether or not he or she had personal property of the defendant in his or her hands or possession at the time of the service of a writ in the action or suit upon him or her, and stating the amount or articles, if any, so in his or her hands, and that he or she failed to file an affidavit therein before he or she was charged by the court as the trustee of the defendant, either from want of actual notice of the service of the writ, or by accident, mistake, or excusable neglect, and shall give the affidavit to the officer charged with the service of the execution, who shall annex the affidavit to his or her return on the execution, or, if execution has not issued, if the person shall file the affidavit in the court in which he or she has been charged, with the clerk, if there is a clerk, otherwise with the justice thereof, and shall pay to the officer, clerk, or justice, respectively, the money paid for his or her attendance at the time of the service of the writ, and another like sum, and, in case execution has issued, shall pay to the officer the sum stated in his or her affidavit to be so in his or her hands, if any, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the execution, or, if the property in his or her hand as disclosed by his or her affidavit consists of specific articles, shall then deliver the articles to the officer, no further proceeding shall be commenced against the trustee, except as is provided in § 10-17-14 in case of a false answer or affidavit by the person summoned as trustee, and the officer shall pay the money paid to him or her by the trustee to the plaintiff, or take the specific articles on the execution.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Rhode Island General Laws Title 9. Courts and Civil Procedure--Procedure Generally § 9-25-24. Trustee's affidavit as to want of notice, accident, mistake, or excusable neglect - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ri/title-9-courts-and-civil-procedure-procedure-generally/ri-gen-laws-sect-9-25-24/
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