Every execution issued by the supreme or superior or family court shall, unless otherwise specially provided therein, be made returnable thereto one year from the date of the execution, and shall be returned by the officer charged therewith; and if the officer shall not return the execution within that time, he or she shall be liable therefor as by law prescribed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-25-20
Return of executions
C.P.A. 1905, § 608; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-20; P.L. 1979, ch. 373, § 8; P.L. 1982, ch. 130, § 1.
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