Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 33-19 - Real Property of Decedents and Incompetents
Section 33-19-26. - Authority for lease by guardian.

§ 33-19-26. Authority for lease by guardian.
The probate court which appointed or approved a guardian, upon the petition of the guardian, setting forth a description of the real estate which it is proposed to lease, upon hearing, after the notice as the court shall order, may authorize the guardian to give a written lease of the real estate or any part thereof, and the decree of the court shall fix the term and the rental, and approve the form of the lease; provided, that a guardian of a minor shall not lease the real estate of his or her ward beyond the ward’s minority.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 762; G.L. 1909, ch. 308, § 29; G.L. 1923, ch. 359, § 29; G.L. 1938, ch. 570, § 29; G.L. 1956, § 33-19-26.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

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 - Repealed.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.