{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-30-2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-30-2","heading":"Power to construe.","body":"Any person interested under a deed, will, written contract, or other writings constituting a contract, or whose rights, status, or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract, or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, contract, or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status, or other legal relations thereunder.","path":["Title 9 Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure Generally","Chapter 30 Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE9/9-30/9-30-2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:03Z","sha256":"afba142f6488e200c1c5792478dcc33cd1dfe27a6dc0cd2f21f14c1d40e09b12","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-30-1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-30-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}