Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 33-18 - Decedents’ and Incompetents’ Estates Generally
Section 33-18-21. - Recording of documents in court.

§ 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

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 33-18-19. - Costs and expenses in proceeding prosecuted or intervened in by interested person.

Section 33-18-20. - Compromise of actions prosecuted or defended by interested persons — Property recovered.

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 33-18-27. - Perpetuation by fiduciary of evidence of payments and delivery — Final discharge.

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.

Section 33-18-30. - Delivery of funds, securities, or instruments into court for which fiduciary cannot give proper discharge.

Section 33-18-31. - Hearing and decree on funds, securities, or instruments for which fiduciary cannot give proper discharge — Costs and expenses — Payment or delivery by court.