The collector may distrain personal property, except that which is exempt from attachment or distress by the laws of this state or of the United States, and may sell the property in the manner directed by this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-8-1
Property subject to distraint
G.L. 1896, ch. 48, §§ 17, 18; G.L. 1909, ch. 60, §§ 19, 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 62, §§ 19, 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 32, §§ 9, 18, 19; P.L. 1946, ch. 1800, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-8-1.
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.