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

Rhode Island Statutes

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

Rhode Island § 33-19-9

Title 33Probate practice and procedure

Ch. 33-19Real Property of Decedents and Incompetents

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-19-9 (2026).

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§ 33-19-9. Public or private sale — Petitioner as purchaser — Minimum price fixed.
The probate court may authorize executors, administrators, and guardians, at their
            option, to sell real estate of a deceased or of a ward, either at public auction or
            by private contract. The court, on petition with notice, if satisfied that the action
            will not be prejudicial to the interests of the estate, may authorize the petitioner
            to become the purchaser of the real estate, at public or private sale; provided, however,
            that, in any instance, if a sale be made by private contract, the sale shall be made
            for not less than the sum fixed by the court in its decree au

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

The probate court may authorize executors, administrators, and guardians, at their option, to sell real estate of a deceased or of a ward, either at public auction or by private contract. The court, on petition with notice, if satisfied that the action will not be prejudicial to the interests of the estate, may authorize the petitioner to become the purchaser of the real estate, at public or private sale; provided, however, that, in any instance, if a sale be made by private contract, the sale shall be made for not less than the sum fixed by the court in its decree authorizing the sale.

Legislative History

C.P.A. 1905, § 740; G.L. 1909, ch. 308, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 359, § 7; P.L. 1929, ch. 1378, § 1; P.L. 1931, ch. 1768, § 1; P.L. 1936, ch. 2391, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 570, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 33-19-9.