§ 9-17-9 - Commitment of attached witness – Recognizance. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 9-17-9

   § 9-17-9  Commitment of attached witness– Recognizance. – If the court from which the writ of attachment issues, pursuant to §9-17-8, shall not be in session at the time of the service of the writ, theofficer charged with the service thereof shall commit the witness to jail,either in the county from which the writ shall issue or in which the witnessshall be, there to be kept until he or she shall give recognizance before someperson authorized to take bail in the same county, with sufficient surety, inthe sum of one hundred dollars ($100), to appear before the court on the daynamed in the writ, or, failing to give recognizance, until he or she isdischarged by the court; and the recognizance shall be returned by the personto the clerk of the court.