{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-7-8-18","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-8-18","heading":"Share and membership certificates.","body":"(a) No certificate for share or membership capital shall be issued until its par value has been paid for in full. There shall be printed on each certificate issued by an association a full or condensed statement of the requirements of § 7-8-12, the first clause of the first sentence of § 7-8-13, and §§ 7-8-20 — 7-8-24.\n(b) Each member, upon fulfilling the requirements of § 7-8-17, and of the articles of association, and/or bylaws of the association, including approval of his or her membership by the board of directors, if required, is entitled to a certificate for the amount of his paid-up share or membership capital.","path":["Title 7 Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships","Chapter 8 Consumers’ Cooperatives"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE7/7-8/7-8-18.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:15:09Z","sha256":"898b7dc75d810d5c62e39d0bfcba892009b95f75601c446ceead8947a3f9b937","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-7-8-17","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-7-8-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}