{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-15-1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-15-1","heading":"Corporate capacity of towns.","body":"The inhabitants of every town shall continue to be a body corporate, and may, in their corporate name, sue and be sued, prosecute and defend, in any court and elsewhere.","path":["Title 45 Towns and Cities","Chapter 15 Actions by and Against Towns"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE45/45-15/45-15-1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:00:44Z","sha256":"5d46a8b2627305a6327aed719d971499f65c2ba56fc54694a3faf9831ab3fadc","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-14-9","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-15-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}