{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-13-19","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-13-19","heading":"Surrender or commitment of principal.","body":"The surety may at any time surrender the principal to the court or magistrate who took the recognizance; provided, that in case any recognizance shall have been certified to some other court, the surrender shall be made to the court when in session; or the surety may at any time commit the principal to the adult correctional institutions, leaving with the warden a certified copy of the recognizance; and upon the surrender or commitment, the surety shall be discharged and exempt from all liability for any subsequent act of the principal, which would have been a breach of the condition of the recognizance.","path":["Title 12 Criminal Procedure","Chapter 13 Bail and Recognizance"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE12/12-13/12-13-19.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:25Z","sha256":"9aabcb6d80c48e674d85c246e38101a96fe466831d90c25c12513ee36725db01","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-13-18","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-13-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}