Instead of giving bond as provided in § 10-11-2, the person becoming bail may indorse his or her Christian name and surname on the back of the writ or process, which shall hold him or her as bail to the same extent as if he or she had executed and delivered a formal bail bond.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-11-3
Bail by indorsement of process
C.P.A. 1905, § 530; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 561, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 10-11-3; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 74.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.