Rhode Island Bankruptcy Exemptions
Homestead
9-26-4.1 - $300,000 occupied or intended to be occupied as primary
residence.
Personal Property
7-8-25 - Consumer cooperative association holdings up to $50.
9-26-4 - All motor vehicles up to $10,000 total; clothing needed; furniture,
beds and bedding, household goods and supplies up to $8,600 total; jewelry
up to $1,000 total; books up to $300 total; burial plot; debt owed to you
which is secured by a promissory note or bill of exchange; and prepaid
tuition accounts.
Wages
9-26-4 - Earned but unpaid wages up to $50; wages of spouse; earned but
unpaid wages of a seaman, or if you have received welfare during the year
prior to filing for bankruptcy; wages paid to the poor by a charitable
organization; earnings of a minor child.
30-7-9 - Earned but unpaid wages of a military member on active duty.
Pensions
11 U.S.C. § 522 - Tax exempt retirement accounts; Traditional and Roth IRAa
up the $1,095,000 per person.
9-26-4 - ERISA-qualified benefits; IRAs and Roth IRAs.
9-26-5 - Police officers and firefighters.
28-17-4 - Private employees.
36-10-34 - State and municipal employees.
Public Benefits
12-25.1-3 - Crime victim's compensation.
28-33-27 - Workers' compensation.
28-41-32 - State disability benefits.
28-44-58 - Unemployment compensation.
30-7-9 - Veterans' disability or survivor benefits.
40-5.1-15 - Family assistance benefits.
40-6-14 - General assistance; aid to blind, aged, and disabled.
Tools of Trade
9-26-4 - Working tools up to $1,200; library of a professional in practice.
Insurance
27-4-12 - Life insurance proceeds if policy prohibits use to pay creditors.
27-18-24 - Accident or illness proceeds, benefits, dividends, interest,
loan, cash, or surrender value.
27-25-18 - Fraternal benefit society benefits.
28-41-32 - Temporary disability insurance.
Miscellaneous
7-12-36 - Business partnership property.