§ 33-7-20. Order approving foreign will — Effect on real estate titles.
If, at the hearing, no sufficient cause is shown to the contrary, the court may order the copy to be placed on file and recorded; provided, however, that, as to real estate in towns other than that in which the copy is filed and recorded, the title shall not pass, for the purposes of conveyance by the devisee, until a certified copy is recorded in the records of land evidence in any other town or city in which any real estate is situated; and provided, further, that when any copy is duly filed and recorded as aforesaid, title to lands devised by the will shall relate back to the death of the testator.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 792; G.L. 1909, ch. 310, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 361, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 572, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-20.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 33 - Probate Practice and Procedure
Chapter 33-7 - Custody and Probate of Wills
Section 33-7-1 - — 33-7-4. Repealed.
Section 33-7-5. - Duty of person in possession of will to deliver into court.
Section 33-7-6. - Investigation of alleged concealment of will.
Section 33-7-7. - Penalty for theft, destruction, or concealment of will.
Section 33-7-8. - Proof of will of nonresident.
Section 33-7-9. - Notice to executors of petition for probate.
Section 33-7-10. - Proof of wills when subscribing witnesses unavailable.
Section 33-7-11. - Provisions of § 33-7-10 supplemental.
Section 33-7-12. - Compromise of controversies pending probate.
Section 33-7-13. - Action to confirm compromise.
Section 33-7-14. - Representation of parties under disability.
Section 33-7-15. - Representation of contingent interests and charitable gifts.
Section 33-7-16. - Decree confirming compromise.
Section 33-7-17. - Certification of decree and compromise.
Section 33-7-18. - Request to record foreign probated will.
Section 33-7-19. - Notice of offer of foreign will.
Section 33-7-20. - Order approving foreign will — Effect on real estate titles.
Section 33-7-21. - Effect of recording of foreign will — Granting of letters.
Section 33-7-22. - Proof of foreign will not required to be probated in domicile.
Section 33-7-23. - Probate conclusive as to execution.