Rhode Island § 33-7-20 § 33-7-20. Order approving foreign will — Effect on real estate titles.

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§ 33-7-20 — § 33-7-20. Order approving foreign will — Effect on real estate titles.

Rhode Island § 33-7-20

Title 33Probate practice and procedure

Ch. 33-7Custody and Probate of Wills

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-7-20 (2026).

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§ 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

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§ 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.