§ 9-22-1 - Court order requiring nonresident plaintiff to give surety for costs. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 9-22-1

   § 9-22-1  Court order requiring nonresidentplaintiff to give surety for costs. – The court before which any civil action, whether by appeal or otherwise, ispending may, at any time before final judgment or decree therein, upon motionof any defendant and for cause shown, require a plaintiff who is not aninhabitant of this state to give some sufficient person residing within thisstate or some surety company authorized to do business therein as surety forcosts, which may be done by the surety endorsing his or her name on thecomplaint with the words "surety for costs," or by giving bond therefor; andwhen surety has once been given, may for cause shown, require the plaintiff togive another surety for costs.