Rhode Island § 10-18-17 - Wage Earner Receivership
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§ 10-18-17. Wage Earner Receivership
R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-18-17
§ 10-18-17. Duration of proceedings.
(a) Receivership proceedings under this chapter shall continue during the pendency of the plan or until all debts of the debtor are sooner paid or these proceedings are sooner terminated as provided in this chapter.
(b) Upon termination of these proceedings, the court shall discharge the receiver and notify the debtor’s employer who had been subject to an assignment of wages under this chapter that the debtor is no longer subject to such assignment. The receiver shall return to the debtor all assignments received by him or her under this chapter marked “Cancelled.”
(c) If any claim covered by the plan is unpaid in whole or in part at the termination of the plan, all interest accrued during the pendency of these proceedings and unpaid shall be added to the principal amount of the debt, but that interest shall not bear additional interest thereafter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1972, ch. 186, § 1.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 10-18-17 ("Wage Earner Receivership") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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