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§ 34-11-5 — § 34-11-5. Releases and discharges effective without seal.

Rhode Island § 34-11-5
JurisdictionRhode Island
Title 34Property
Ch. 34-11Form and Effect of Conveyances

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-5 (2026).

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§ 34-11-5. Releases and discharges effective without seal.

Any instrument purporting to be a release of all claims and demands, or of any special demand, whatever be the consideration expressed therefor, and any discharge of mortgage in whole or in part, shall be construed to have that effect although no seal shall be affixed thereto.

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Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 202, § 12; G.L. 1909, ch. 253, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 297, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 435, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 34-11-5.

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§ 34-1-1
§ 34-1-1. Perpetuation of colonial acts quieting title.
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§ 34-1-2. Confirmation of legislative conveyances generally.
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§ 34-10-1. Lawful fences defined.
§ 34-10-10
§ 34-10-10. Partition fences between lands under improvement.
§ 34-10-11
§ 34-10-11. Partition fences between improved and unimproved lands.
§ 34-10-12
§ 34-10-12. Payment for previously constructed fence.
§ 34-10-13
§ 34-10-13. Viewing and division of fence — Award of cost.
§ 34-10-14
§ 34-10-14. Holding and improving partition fences — Agreements between owners.
§ 34-10-15
§ 34-10-15. Complaint of neglect to maintain fence.
§ 34-10-16
§ 34-10-16. Construction or repair of fence by complainant — Action for cost and penalties.
§ 34-10-17
§ 34-10-17. Settlement of controversies by viewer.
§ 34-10-18
§ 34-10-18. Viewer's fees.
§ 34-10-19
§ 34-10-19. Neglect of duty by viewer.
§ 34-10-2
§ 34-10-2. Consent of adjoining owner to barbed-wire fence.
§ 34-10-20
§ 34-10-20. Spite fences.
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