§ 33-18-21. Recording of documents in court.
Any paper or instrument discharging a claim or purporting to acknowledge the performance of a duty or the payment of money, for which an executor, administrator, or guardian is chargeable or accountable in a probate court, shall, upon the request of a party interested, be recorded in the records of the court, certified copies of which record may be used in evidence; and the probate clerk shall enter, record, index and certify any original paper or instrument offered as provided in this chapter.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 846; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 32; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 32; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 30; G.L. 1956, § 33-18-21.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure
Chapter 33-18 - Decedents’ and Incompetents’ Estates Generally
Section 33-18-1. - Publication of qualification of fiduciary — Statement filed by clerk.
Section 33-18-2. - General grounds for removal of fiduciary.
Section 33-18-3. - Citation in action to remove fiduciary.
Section 33-18-4. - Resignation of fiduciary.
Section 33-18-5. - Appointment of new fiduciary — Powers of survivors — New bond.
Section 33-18-6. - Transfer of records and property to successor fiduciary — Action on bond.
Section 33-18-7. - Continuation of actions by or against successor fiduciary.
Section 33-18-8. - Judgment against fiduciary in continuation of action by or against decedent.
Section 33-18-9. - Appointment of agent by nonresident fiduciary.
Section 33-18-10. - Appointment of agent by fiduciary removing from state.
Section 33-18-11. - Death, resignation, or removal of fiduciary’s agent from state.
Section 33-18-12. - Revocation of power of fiduciary’s agent.
Section 33-18-13. - Removal of fiduciary for failure to appoint agent.
Section 33-18-14. - Service of process on fiduciary’s agent.
Section 33-18-15. - Exercise of power of sale in mortgage.
Section 33-18-16. - Abandonment or adjustment of controversies.
Section 33-18-17. - Action in name of estate prosecuted by interested person.
Section 33-18-18. - Intervention in proceedings by or against estate.
Section 33-18-21. - Recording of documents in court.
Section 33-18-22. - Release by good faith delivery of property under court order.
Section 33-18-23. - Bona fide transfer of property to executor, administrator, or guardian.
Section 33-18-24. - Transfer of corporate securities and mortgages by foreign fiduciary.
Section 33-18-25. - Payment of debt or delivery of property to foreign fiduciary.
Section 33-18-26. - Action by foreign executor or administrator — Prerequisites.
Section 33-18-28. - Decree ratifying payment or delivery by fiduciary without order.
Section 33-18-29. - Deposit of unclaimed funds in court — Payment by court.