Purpose

These Rules of Practice Governing Public Access to Electronic Case Information (Public Access Rules) are intended to address access to electronic case information that is filed in the Rhode Island Judiciary’s (Judiciary) Electronic Filing System or scanned and filed into the Judiciary’s case management system at the clerk’s office. The Public Access Rules seek to harmonize the Judiciary’s obli- gation to make case information available and accessible while also protecting the privacy of personal and/or otherwise non-public information filed with the courts throughout the Judiciary.