Rhode Island § 33-19-27 - Real Property of Decedents and Incompetents
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§ 33-19-27. Real Property of Decedents and Incompetents
R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-19-27
§ 33-19-27. Sale, lease, or mortgage by foreign guardian of nonresident ward.
If any person who resides out of the state, but within the United States, is under guardianship in the state, territory, or district where he or she resides, and has no guardian appointed in this state, the foreign guardian may file a copy of his or her appointment, duly authenticated according to an act of congress in those cases, in the probate court of any town or city in this state in which there is real estate of the ward. After filing and upon petition to the probate court, he or she may be authorized to sell, mortgage, or lease the real estate of the ward in any town or city, for the purposes, in the manner, after like notice, and upon the terms provided in this chapter in case of sale, mortgage, or lease, by a guardian appointed in this state.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 763; G.L. 1909, ch. 308, § 30; G.L. 1923, ch. 359, § 30; G.L. 1938,
ch. 570, § 30; G.L. 1956, § 33-19-27.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 33-19-27 ("Real Property of Decedents and Incompetents") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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