{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-17-1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-17-1","heading":"Form of subpoena.","body":"The form of subpoena to a witness shall be substantially as follows:\nSc.\nTo ..................... of ................ Greeting:\nYou are hereby required, in the name of the state of Rhode Island, to make your appearance before .......... holden at .......... on the .......... day of .......... to give evidence of what you know relative to an action or plea of .......... then and there are to be heard and tried between .......... plaintiff and .......... defendant.\nHereof fail not, as you will answer your default under the penalty of the law in that behalf made and provided.\nDated at .......... the ....... day of .......... in the year ..... .","path":["Title 9 Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure Generally","Chapter 17 Witnesses"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE9/9-17/9-17-1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:00Z","sha256":"e3b34ea439fe7816188881bd84545b31e90ac9b32fc829fddf7680679ad0ce0f","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-16-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-17-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}