Rhode Island § 33-9-27 § 33-9-27. Personal liability of executor or administrator for debts of estate.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 33-9-27 — § 33-9-27. Personal liability of executor or administrator for debts of estate.

Rhode Island § 33-9-27

Title 33Probate practice and procedure

Ch. 33-9Collection and Management of Decedentsâ€™ Estates

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-9-27 (2026).

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§ 33-9-27. Personal liability of executor or administrator for debts of estate.
No executor or administrator, except an executor in his or her own wrong, shall be
            holden to bail upon mesne process, nor shall his or her property be attached, nor
            his or her person arrested, nor his or her person or property taken on execution,
            for the debts or legacies of the testator or intestate, except upon suggestion of
            waste as provided in § 33-9-28; but in such suits the writs of attachment and execution shall run against the goods,
            chattels, rights, and credits of the deceased only in the hands of the executor or
            administrator.
         

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§ 33-9-27. Personal liability of executor or administrator for debts of estate.

No executor or administrator, except an executor in his or her own wrong, shall be holden to bail upon mesne process, nor shall his or her property be attached, nor his or her person arrested, nor his or her person or property taken on execution, for the debts or legacies of the testator or intestate, except upon suggestion of waste as provided in § 33-9-28; but in such suits the writs of attachment and execution shall run against the goods, chattels, rights, and credits of the deceased only in the hands of the executor or administrator.