Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 33-19 - Real Property of Decedents and Incompetents
Section 33-19-13. - Laying out of roads and platting of land.

§ 33-19-13. Laying out of roads and platting of land.
Probate courts shall also have the power to grant petitions of executors, administrators, or guardians for leave to lay out, make, or dedicate highways, streets, or gangways upon lands of the deceased or ward, and to plat those lands into house lots, with streets, gangways, or open spaces: (1) in the case of executors or administrators, as preliminary to the sales of lands of the deceased, and (2) in the case of guardians, either as preliminary to the sale or as beneficial to the estate of the ward; provided, that no petition shall be granted except upon notice, as the court may require, and upon proof that the action will be beneficial to the estate.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 741; G.L. 1909, ch. 308, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 359, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 570, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 33-19-13.

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Rhode Island General Laws

Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure

Chapter 33-19 - Real Property of Decedents and Incompetents

Section 33-19-1. - Court consent to mortgage.

Section 33-19-2. - Terms of mortgages and notes.

Section 33-19-3. - Authority to sell real estate.

Section 33-19-4. - Sale of whole real estate to prevent injury.

Section 33-19-5. - Finality of decree authorizing sale or mortgage — Claims against estate.

Section 33-19-6. - Duration of authority to sell or mortgage.

Section 33-19-7. - Executor’s or administrator’s bond to cover application of proceeds of mortgage or sale.

Section 33-19-8. - Guardian’s bond to cover proceeds of the sale or mortgage.

Section 33-19-9. - Public or private sale — Petitioner as purchaser — Minimum price fixed.

Section 33-19-10. - Notice of sale at auction.

Section 33-19-11. - Adjournment of auction sale.

Section 33-19-12. - Affidavit as to notice of sale.

Section 33-19-13. - Laying out of roads and platting of land.

Section 33-19-14. - Conditions imposed by court.

Section 33-19-15. - Conveyances.

Section 33-19-16. - Sale by guardian and payment of proceeds to fiduciary in nonresident ward’s domicile.

Section 33-19-17. - Release of interests in real estate by guardians.

Section 33-19-18. - Sale of cemetery lots.

Section 33-19-19. - Exchange of cemetery lots by guardians.

Section 33-19-20. - Repealed.

Section 33-19-21. - Irregularities in proceedings.

Section 33-19-22. - Validity of sale as against claimant adverse to decedent or ward.

Section 33-19-23. - Surplus real estate proceeds distributed as real estate.

Section 33-19-24. - Examination of sale proceedings — Recovery of damages.

Section 33-19-25. - Compliance with legal requirements examined on settlement of fiduciary’s accounts.

Section 33-19-26. - Authority for lease by guardian.

Section 33-19-27. - Sale, lease, or mortgage by foreign guardian of nonresident ward.

Section 33-19-28. - Definitions of terms in § 33-19-27.