Rhode Island Statute of Limitations on Debt Collection

Contracts and open accounts: 10 years (9-1-13(a)).

Contracts or liabilities under seal and judgments: 20 years, (9-1-17).

Hospital liens: 1 year from payment, (9-3-6).

Mechanic’s lien: notice given is one year and one hundred twenty days, (34-28-10. 10).