{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-5-14","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-5-14","heading":"Subpoena of witnesses.","body":"Every town council, city council, school committee, or any committee of any of these bodies, may, by their presiding officers, issue subpoenas to witnesses to testify in any manner pending before them, may administer oaths to these witnesses, may compel their attendance, and may punish them for nonattendance by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00).","path":["Title 45 Towns and Cities","Chapter 5 Councils and Governing Bodies"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE45/45-5/45-5-14.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:00:41Z","sha256":"0dc491b28d2fcdf5f35f7ef250b5cb24a63d6eab5a7453eebfd2912aa187ecc6","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-5-13","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-5-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}