{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-17-7","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-17-7","heading":"Attachment to compel attendance.","body":"The court before which any witness is duly summoned to appear may compel his or her attendance by writ of attachment, fine him or her not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00), and order him or her to pay the costs of the attachment and to be committed to the adult correctional institutions until the fine and costs are paid.","path":["Title 9 Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure Generally","Chapter 17 Witnesses"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE9/9-17/9-17-7.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:00Z","sha256":"22e48abff2c03d1d1125faf6adf9bde4659c3d44b6a34758dc17bbb278cc66de","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-17-6","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-17-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}