The stock or shares of any person whatsoever in any banking association or in any incorporated company within this state, or in any foreign corporation having an attorney in this state appointed by law upon whom service of process against it can be made according to the provisions of chapter 5 of this title, shall be liable to be levied on by execution duly obtained, like other personal property; and the execution being directed to the proper officer according to law, he or she may levy the stock and shares, in the manner set forth in §§ 9-26-22 and 9-26-23, upon any stock or shares of the defendant to be found within his or her precinct, and shall proceed to advertise and sell and give deeds thereof in the manner therein prescribed subject to the requirements of § 6A-8-317 [repealed].
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-26-24