Title 34
Property
Chapter 18
Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-6
§ 34-18-6. Temporary restraining orders — Ex parte proceedings.
(a) No temporary restraining order shall be granted without notice to the adverse party
unless it clearly appears from specific facts shown by affidavit or by the verified
complaint that immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage will result to the
applicant before notice can be served and a hearing had thereon. Every temporary restraining
order granted without notice shall be endorsed with the date and hour of issuance;
shall be filed forthwith in the clerk’s office and entered of record; and shall expire
by its terms within such time after entry, not to exceed ten (10) days, as the court
fixes, unless within the time so fixed, the order by consent or for good cause shown
and after hearing of argument by the parties or counsel, is extended for an additional
period. In case a temporary order is granted without notice, the motion for a preliminary
injunction shall be set down for hearing at the earliest possible time and shall be
given precedence over all matters except older matters of the same character; and
when the motion comes on for hearing, the party who obtained the temporary restraining
order shall proceed with the application for a preliminary injunction, and, if he
or she does not do so, the court shall dissolve the temporary restraining order.