R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-26-7

Current through 2024 Public Law 457

Section 6-26-7 - Action on foreign protested bill

Any person having a right to demand any sum of money upon a foreign protested bill of exchange as stated in § 6-26-6 may commence and prosecute an action for principal, damages, interest, and charges of protest against the drawers and endorsers, jointly or severally, or against either of them separately; and judgment shall and may be given for the principal, damages, charges, and interest upon the principal after the rate established in § 6-26-6, to the time of the judgment, together with costs of suit.

Amended by 2014 Pub. Laws, ch. 528, § 15, eff. 12/31/2014.

G.L. 1896, ch. 166, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 201, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 228, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 456, § 2; G.L. 1956, §6-23-2; P.L. 2001 , ch. 86, § 19.