§ 10-16-1 - Actions subject to chapter. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 10-16-1

   § 10-16-1  Actions subject to chapter.– In all ex contractu civil actions and in any action to recover the amount ofany 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 torecover damages resulting from a retail sale of tangible personal property to amember of the general public or from services rendered to a member of thegeneral public in which the plaintiff seeks to recover an amount of money onlynot in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) exclusive ofinterest and costs, and in all actions or suits based upon a negotiableinstrument involving an amount of money only not in excess of two thousand fivehundred 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 asprovided by this chapter.