RI · rules
R.I. Super. Ct. R. Prac. 3.6
Removal of Inactive Cases from Files
The clerks for the several counties are hereby authorized from time to time in
their discretion to remove from the active files in the files in their offices and to
transfer to inactive files to be maintained elsewhere under their direction in the
county courthouses or at such other place as may be authorized by the court, the
papers in all cases which have been pending upon any docket for five (5) years or
longer and which appear to have become inactive. The papers in any case so
transferred may be at any time upon motion of a party or in the clerk's discretion
returned to the active file. Upon the implementation of electronic filing, court
records shall be maintained in accordance with the Rhode Island Judiciary Records
Retention Schedule.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ri.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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