§ 34-11-2. Seal not required in conveyances.
No seal shall be required to any instrument conveying lands, tenements or hereditaments; and any instrument purporting to convey lands, tenements or hereditaments may be referred to as, and shall be, a deed, though no seal be affixed thereto; and the word “covenant” used in any deed or instrument to which no seal is affixed, shall have the same effect as though a seal had been affixed thereto.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 202, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 253, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 297, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 435, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 34-11-2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 34-11 - Form and Effect of Conveyances
Section 34-11-1. - Conveyances required to be in writing and recorded.
Section 34-11-1.1. - Signing and printing names.
Section 34-11-1.2. - Name and address of grantee — Recording.
Section 34-11-1.3. - Name and address of mortgagor and mortgagee — Recording.
Section 34-11-1.4. - Sale price recording.
Section 34-11-1.5. - Historical cemeteries.
Section 34-11-2. - Seal not required in conveyances.
Section 34-11-3. - Creation of co-tenancies by deed — Conveyances between husband and wife.
Section 34-11-4. - Delivery of conveyance sufficient to pass title.
Section 34-11-5. - Releases and discharges effective without seal.
Section 34-11-6. - Use of word “grant” not required.
Section 34-11-7. - Warranties and rights of reentry not implied.
Section 34-11-8. - Form of grants in tail.
Section 34-11-9. - Words importing failure of issue.
Section 34-11-10. - Takers not party to indenture — Conveyance purporting to be indenture.
Section 34-11-11. - Use of statutory forms.
Section 34-11-12. - Statutory forms set out.
Section 34-11-13. - Construction of terms.
Section 34-11-14. - Conveyances to which rules of construction apply.
Section 34-11-15. - Effect of warranty deed.
Section 34-11-16. - Meaning of warranty covenants.
Section 34-11-17. - Effect of quitclaim deed.
Section 34-11-18. - Meaning of quitclaim covenants.
Section 34-11-19. - Contents and effect of short-form mortgage deed.
Section 34-11-20. - Meaning of mortgage covenants.
Section 34-11-21. - Statutory mortgage condition.
Section 34-11-22. - Statutory power of sale in mortgage.
Section 34-11-23. - Mortgage to secure future loans.
Section 34-11-24. - Effect of assignment of mortgage.
Section 34-11-25. - Use of “assign” sufficient to transfer mortgage.
Section 34-11-26. - Use of word “grant” sufficient.
Section 34-11-27. - Words of inheritance not required — Fee simple presumed.
Section 34-11-28. - Rights, privileges, and appurtenances included in grant.
Section 34-11-29. - Newspapers eligible for publication of notice.
Section 34-11-30. - Validation of deeds executed under defective law.
Section 34-11-31. - Application of previous deeds to successors.
Section 34-11-32. - Application of covenants to successors in interest.
Section 34-11-33. - Liability on covenant against incumbrances.
Section 34-11-34. - Conveyances executed by attorney — Recording of power.
Section 34-11-35. - Delivery of recorded instrument, when presumed.
Section 34-11-36. - Defective acknowledgments.
Section 34-11-37. - Indefinite references to “trustee”.
Section 34-11-38. - Rule against perpetuities reform.
Section 34-11-39. - Penalty for sale of lands in West Warwick subject to sewer assessment.
Section 34-11-41. - Reimposition of restrictive covenants.
Section 34-11-42. - Transfer fees prohibited.