Rhode Island § 10-18-8 - Wage Earner Receivership
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§ 10-18-8. Wage Earner Receivership
R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-18-8
§ 10-18-8. Filing of the accepted plan with the secretary of state and its effect.
(a) After the plan submitted by the receiver is approved by the court, it shall be filed by the clerk of the court with the secretary of state within twenty-one (21) days from the time of the original filing of the petition with the court. The filing shall have the following effect:
(1) Except as stated in § 10-18-11(b), all subsequent creditors shall be excluded from the plan.
(2) All prior creditors who have not been included in the plan shall be excluded from the plan unless the creditor, the receiver or the debtor makes application to the court within ten (10) days after the filing of the plan with the secretary of state.
(b) All unsecured creditors excluded from the plan by force of subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section must wait until the dismissal of these proceedings before collecting upon their claims. Secured creditors’ rights are determined by §§ 10-18-10 and 10-18-11(c).
History of Section.
P.L. 1972, ch. 186, § 1.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 10-18-8 ("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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