Rhode Island § 9-1-37 - Causes of Action
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§ 9-1-37. Causes of Action
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-1-37
§ 9-1-37. Enumeration of periods of appeal.
The following compilation of periods of appeal for criminal and civil actions is set forth as an aid to the public, and is not intended to replace the specific statutes referred to herein. The omission of any statute from this list shall in no way affect the validity of the omitted statute.
| Section | Action | Period of Appeal | |
| 1-3-27 | From board of appeals for airport zoning, to superior court | 20 days | |
| 2-18-12 | Orders of chief entomologist, to director of environmental management | 5 days | |
| 3-7-21 | Denial of class A, B, or C liquor license, to state liquor control administrator | 10 days | |
| 3-12-11 | Forfeiture of alcoholic beverages, from district to superior court | 5 days | |
| 3-12-20 | Conviction of possessing or selling unlawful alcoholic beverages, from district to superior court | 5 days | |
| 4-1-14 | Forfeiture of fighting birds or animals, from district to superior court | 5 days | |
| 4-14-16 | Replevin of impounded animals, from district to superior court | 2 days | |
| 9-9-24 | Decisions of jury commissioner, to superior court | 1 year | |
| 9-12-10 | Civil actions generally, from district to superior court | 2 days | |
| 9-21-6 | Orders of district or probate courts, or town council, where appeal not timely filed from accident, mistake or neglect, to superior court | 90 days | |
| 9-24-7 | Interlocutory orders, such as denial of injunction, appointment of receiver, or new trial motions, from superior to supreme court | 20 days | |
| 9-24-32 | Right of state to appeal in criminal and family court cases, to supreme court (where defendant not in jeopardy) | 20 days | |
| 10-3-19 | Judgments based on award of court appointed arbitrators, from superior to supreme court | 20 days | |
| 10-4-12 | From proceedings involving assignment for benefit of creditors, from superior to supreme court | 30 days | |
| 10-9.1-9 | Post-conviction judgments, from district to superior court, or from superior to supreme court | 20 days | |
| 12-5.1-6 | Denial of request for approval of interception of wire or oral communications, by state, from superior to supreme court | 20 days | |
| 12-5.1-12 | Granting of motion to suppress contents of intercepted wire or oral communications, or evidence obtained therefrom, by state, from superior to supreme court | 30 days | |
| 12-22-1 | Criminal cases generally, from district to superior court | 5 days | |
| 12-22-1.1 | Fines in criminal cases, from district to supreme court | 20 days by certiorari | |
| 12-27-11 | Cases involving adjudication of obscene publications, from superior to supreme court | 20 days | |
| 14-1-52 | Family court cases, generally, from family to supreme court | 20 days | |
| 15-8-24 | Paternity or bastardy cases, from family to supreme court | 30 days | |
| 16-12.1-6 | Orders of school committees affecting rights of public school administrators, to commissioner of elementary and secondary education | 10 days | |
| 23-1-24 | Compliance orders by director of health department, from superior or supreme court | 30 days | |
| 23-23.5-3 | City or town council orders prohibiting noxious trades, to superior court | 3 days | |
| 23-27.3-127.2.5 | Orders of building inspectors to local boards of appeal under BOCA Code | 30 days | |
| 23-28.5-6 | Orders of fire officials under state fire code, to superior court | 30 days | |
| 24-7-5 | Orders of city or town council laying sidewalk assessments, to superior court | 40 days | |
| 28-35-28 | Workers' compensation cases, from trial judge to appellate commission | 5 days | |
| 28-35-29 | Workers' compensation cases, to supreme court | 20 days | |
| 33-9-21 | Orders of superior court approving investment powers of guardians and conservators, to supreme court | 10 days | |
| 33-15-40 | Orders of superior court regarding powers of guardians or conservators to support dependents of ward | 20 days | |
| 33-23-1 | Probate cases generally, from probate to superior court | 20 days | |
| 33-23-1 | Probate cases generally, from superior to supreme court | 30 days | |
| 39-5-1 | Decisions of public utilities commission, to supreme court | 7 days by certiorari | |
| 45-5-16 | City and town council matters generally, to superior court | 40 days | |
| 45-20-1 | Bureau of fire and police, by firefighter, to superior court | 30 days | |
| 45-23-20 | Boards of review for subdivision control, or plan commissioner, to superior court | 20 days | |
| 45-23.1-5 | Town council decisions regarding mapped streets, to supreme court | 30 days | |
| 45-24-69 | Zoning board cases generally, to superior court | 20 days | |
| 45-24.2-6 | Housing boards of review cases, to district court | 30 days | |
| 46-20-4 | Town council decisions regarding power to drain water across land of abutting owners | 40 days | |
| 42-35-15 | Orders of all administrative agencies of state government not specifically exempted by § 42-35-18 of the Administrative Procedures Act | 30 days | |
History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 388, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 14.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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