{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-1-37","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-1-37","heading":"Enumeration of periods of appeal.","body":"The following compilation of periods of appeal for criminal and civil actions is set forth as an aid to the public, and is not intended to replace the specific statutes referred to herein. The omission of any statute from this list shall in no way affect the validity of the omitted statute.\nSection\tAction\tPeriod of Appeal\n1-3-27\tFrom board of appeals for airport zoning, to superior court\t\t20 days\n2-18-12\tOrders of chief entomologist, to director of environmental management\t\t5 days\n3-7-21\tDenial of class A, B, or C liquor license, to state liquor control administrator\t\t10 days\n3-12-11\tForfeiture of alcoholic beverages, from district to superior court\t\t5 days\n3-12-20\tConviction of possessing or selling unlawful alcoholic beverages, from district to superior court\t\t5 days\n4-1-14\tForfeiture of fighting birds or animals, from district to superior court\t\t5 days\n4-14-16\tReplevin of impounded animals, from district to superior court\t\t2 days\n9-9-24\tDecisions of jury commissioner, to superior court\t\t1 year\n9-12-10\tCivil actions generally, from district to superior court\t\t2 days\n9-21-6\tOrders of district or probate courts, or town council, where appeal not timely filed from accident, mistake or neglect, to superior court\t\t90 days\n9-24-7\tInterlocutory orders, such as denial of injunction, appointment of receiver, or new trial motions, from superior to supreme court\t\t20 days\n9-24-32\tRight of state to appeal in criminal and family court cases, to supreme court (where defendant not in jeopardy)\t\t20 days\n10-3-19\tJudgments based on award of court appointed arbitrators, from superior to supreme court\t\t20 days\n10-4-12\tFrom proceedings involving assignment for benefit of creditors, from superior to supreme court\t\t30 days\n10-9.1-9\tPost-conviction judgments, from district to superior court, or from superior to supreme court\t\t20 days\n12-5.1-6\tDenial of request for approval of interception of wire or oral communications, by state, from superior to supreme court\t\t20 days\n12-5.1-12\tGranting of motion to suppress contents of intercepted wire or oral communications, or evidence obtained therefrom, by state, from superior to supreme court\t\t30 days\n12-22-1\tCriminal cases generally, from district to superior court\t\t5 days\n12-22-1.1\tFines in criminal cases, from district to supreme court\t\t20 days by certiorari\n12-27-11\tCases involving adjudication of obscene publications, from superior to supreme court\t\t20 days\n14-1-52\tFamily court cases, generally, from family to supreme court\t\t20 days\n15-8-24\tPaternity or bastardy cases, from family to supreme court\t\t30 days\n16-12.1-6\tOrders of school committees affecting rights of public school administrators, to commissioner of elementary and secondary education\t\t10 days\n23-1-24\tCompliance orders by director of health department, from superior or supreme court\t\t30 days\n23-23.5-3\tCity or town council orders prohibiting noxious trades, to superior court\t\t3 days\n23-27.3-127.2.5\tOrders of building inspectors to local boards of appeal under BOCA Code\t\t30 days\n23-28.5-6\tOrders of fire officials under state fire code, to superior court\t\t30 days\n24-7-5\tOrders of city or town council laying sidewalk assessments, to superior court\t\t40 days\n28-35-28\tWorkers' compensation cases, from trial judge to appellate commission\t\t5 days\n28-35-29\tWorkers' compensation cases, to supreme court\t\t20 days\n33-9-21\tOrders of superior court approving investment powers of guardians and conservators, to supreme court\t\t10 days\n33-15-40\tOrders of superior court regarding powers of guardians or conservators to support dependents of ward\t\t20 days\n33-23-1\tProbate cases generally, from probate to superior court\t\t20 days\n33-23-1\tProbate cases generally, from superior to supreme court\t\t30 days\n39-5-1\tDecisions of public utilities commission, to supreme court\t\t7 days by certiorari\n45-5-16\tCity and town council matters generally, to superior court\t\t40 days\n45-20-1\tBureau of fire and police, by firefighter, to superior court\t\t30 days\n45-23-20\tBoards of review for subdivision control, or plan commissioner, to superior court\t\t20 days\n45-23.1-5\tTown council decisions regarding mapped streets, to supreme court\t\t30 days\n45-24-69\tZoning board cases generally, to superior court\t\t20 days\n45-24.2-6\tHousing boards of review cases, to district court\t\t30 days\n46-20-4\tTown council decisions regarding power to drain water across land of abutting owners\t\t40 days\n42-35-15\tOrders of all administrative agencies of state government not specifically exempted by § 42-35-18 of the Administrative Procedures Act\t\t30 days","path":["Title 9 Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure Generally","Chapter 1 Causes of Action"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE9/9-1/9-1-37.htm","current_through":"site files published 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