Rhode Island § 34-23-1 § 34-23-1. Effect of unrecorded defeasance.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 34-23-1 — § 34-23-1. Effect of unrecorded defeasance.

Rhode Island § 34-23-1

Title 34Property

Ch. 34-23Mortgages of Real Property

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-23-1 (2026).

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§ 34-23-1. Effect of unrecorded defeasance.
When a deed purports to contain an absolute conveyance of real estate but is made
            defeasible by a deed, bond or other instrument, the original deed shall not be thereby
            affected as against any person, other than the maker of the instrument of defeasance
            and his or her heirs and devisees and persons having actual notice of it, unless such
            defeasance is recorded in the records of land evidence in the town or city in which
            the real estate to which it relates is situated prior to the conveyance to such other
            person.
         

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§ 34-23-1. Effect of unrecorded defeasance.

When a deed purports to contain an absolute conveyance of real estate but is made defeasible by a deed, bond or other instrument, the original deed shall not be thereby affected as against any person, other than the maker of the instrument of defeasance and his or her heirs and devisees and persons having actual notice of it, unless such defeasance is recorded in the records of land evidence in the town or city in which the real estate to which it relates is situated prior to the conveyance to such other person.