Rhode Island § 34-15-17 § 34-15-17. Sale binding on parties to action.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 34-15-17 — § 34-15-17. Sale binding on parties to action.

Rhode Island § 34-15-17

Title 34Property

Ch. 34-15Partition

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-15-17 (2026).

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§ 34-15-17. Sale binding on parties to action.
No person interested in the estate and not a party to the action shall be bound by
            the sale, but the court may, upon motion, proceed to make all persons interested in
            the estate parties to the action, though nonresident, absent, or unknown, in the manner
            provided in this chapter; in which case, if the whole of their shares of the estate
            are ordered to be sold, the decree shall forever thereafter, in favor of the purchaser
            of the estate or shares, and of those claiming under or by virtue of the purchaser,
            be binding upon such nonresident, absent, or unknown person although not appearing
            to th

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§ 34-15-17. Sale binding on parties to action.

No person interested in the estate and not a party to the action shall be bound by the sale, but the court may, upon motion, proceed to make all persons interested in the estate parties to the action, though nonresident, absent, or unknown, in the manner provided in this chapter; in which case, if the whole of their shares of the estate are ordered to be sold, the decree shall forever thereafter, in favor of the purchaser of the estate or shares, and of those claiming under or by virtue of the purchaser, be binding upon such nonresident, absent, or unknown person although not appearing to the action.