§ 34-4-20. Possibilities of reverter and rights of entry exempt from limitation.
Section 34-4-19 shall not apply to a possibility of reverter or right of entry for condition broken in:
(1) Lease for a term of years;
(2) Grant, gift or devise to the state;
(3) Grant, gift or devise for public, charitable, or religious purposes;
(4) Deed to a railroad or public utility corporation;
(5) Housing restriction as set forth in § 34-39.1-3.
History of Section.G.L., 1938, ch. 435, § 23; P.L. 1953, ch. 3213, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-20; P.L. 2006, ch. 368, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 464, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property
Section 34-4-1. - Presumed death from absence of life tenant.
Section 34-4-2. - Grant for life with remainder to heirs in fee.
Section 34-4-2.1. - Reservation of life estate with enhanced powers.
Section 34-4-3. - Purported grant of estate greater than owned by grantor.
Section 34-4-4. - Expectant estates not dependent on precedent estates.
Section 34-4-5. - Bar of estates tail preserved — Defeat of expectancies provided for by grantor.
Section 34-4-6. - Trustee of timber land subject to life estate.
Section 34-4-9. - Management of proceeds of sale — Supervision by court.
Section 34-4-10. - Construction of amendment to § 34-4-9.
Section 34-4-11. - Conveyance of contingent, executory, and future interests.
Section 34-4-12. - Rights against lessee in remainderman taking precedent estate by merger.
Section 34-4-13. - Rights of entry not defeated by descent or discontinuance.
Section 34-4-14. - Liability of lands for debts of tenant in tail.
Section 34-4-15. - Conveyance of fee simple by tenant in tail.
Section 34-4-16. - Conveyance by life tenant and remainderman in tail.
Section 34-4-17. - Barring of equitable estates tail.
Section 34-4-18. - Right of grantee of equitable estate tail to conveyance of legal interest.
Section 34-4-19. - Limitation of possibilities of reverter and rights of entry.
Section 34-4-20. - Possibilities of reverter and rights of entry exempt from limitation.
Section 34-4-21. - Limitation of restrictive covenants.
Section 34-4-22. - Expiration of recorded options affecting real estate.
Section 34-4-23. - Expiration of recorded instruments affecting real estate.
Section 34-4-25. - Invalidity of certain restrictive covenants.
Section 34-4-26. - Expiration of recorded rights affecting real estate.
Section 34-4-27. - Title to real estate — Trusts.
Section 34-4-28. - Title to real estate — Trusts — Conveyance to named trust.