Removal of Inactive Cases from Files

The clerk is hereby authorized from time to time in his or her discretion to remove from the active files in all Page 6 of 7 February 2024 counties and to transfer to inactive files to be maintained elsewhere, at the judicial record center, or at any place that may be authorized by the court, the papers in all cases which have been pending upon any docket for five (5) years or longer and which appear to have become inactive. The papers in any case so transferred may be at any time upon motion of either party or in the clerk's discretion be returned to the active files. Upon the implementation of electronic filing, court records shall be maintained in accordance with the Rhode Island Judiciary Records Retention Schedule. 3.6. [Reserved.] 3.7. [Reserved.] Page 7 of 7 February 2024