R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-1605: Certificates and certain copies to be received in evidence.

All certificates issued by the secretary of state in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and all copies of documents filed in his or her office in accordance with the provisions of this chapter when certified by the secretary, is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in them. A certificate by the secretary of state under the great seal of this state, as to the existence or nonexistence of the facts relating to corporations is prima facie evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts stated in them.