§ 13-6-3. Wills or conveyances during imprisonment.
No person who shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the adult correctional institutions shall have any power, during his or her imprisonment, to make a will, or any conveyance of his or her property, or of any part of that property, except by permission of the superior court granted on petition for that power, and on the notice and terms, if any, that the court shall prescribe.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 53; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 53; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 61; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 61; G.L. 1938, ch. 624, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 13-6-3.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions
Chapter 13-6 - Loss of Rights by Prisoners
Section 13-6-1. - Life prisoners deemed civilly dead.
Section 13-6-2.2. - Severability of § 13-6-2.1.
Section 13-6-3. - Wills or conveyances during imprisonment.
Section 13-6-4. - Application for administration of prisoner’s estate.
Section 13-6-5. - Notice and appointment of administrator.
Section 13-6-6. - Powers of administrator.
Section 13-6-7. - Bond to secure estate to prisoner — Life prisoners.