{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-31-8","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-31-8","heading":"Defense of state employees — Attorney general.","body":"Except as provided in § 9-31-9, the attorney general shall, upon a written request of an employee or former employee of the state of Rhode Island, defend any action brought against the state employee or former state employee, on account of an act or omission that occurred within the scope of his or her employment with the state.","path":["Title 9 Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure Generally","Chapter 31 Governmental Tort Liability"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE9/9-31/9-31-8.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:03Z","sha256":"f4ce07784a62d35e4beb84b255e1992693d4dd10a908e3b79203795745927f09","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-31-7","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-9-31-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}