(a)  A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 9-32.1-7

  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8

(b)  An opposing party may allege and prove that a claim, in whole or in part, is in different money than that asserted by the claimant.

(c)  A person may assert a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.

(d)  The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.

History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 266, § 1.