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RI Gen L § 18-2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-2 - Appointment of Fiduciaries|Section 18-2-8 - Applicability to prior trusts - Powers additional.

§ 18-2-8. Applicability to prior trusts — Powers additional.Sections 18-2-1 — 18-2-6 apply to trusts previously or subsequently created, and shall be considered in addition to the ordinary equity powers of any court.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 208, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 259, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 303, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 486, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 18-2-8; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 78.
RI Gen L § 18-2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-2 - Appointment of Fiduciaries|Section 18-2-9 - Recording of decree of appointment.

§ 18-2-9. Recording of decree of appointment.In case real estate constitutes any portion of the trust property, a certified copy of the order or decree of the court appointing the trustees, under the seal of the court making the order or decree, shall be recorded in the records of land evidence in the town or city where the real estate lies; and in case personal estate constitutes the trust property or any portion of it, a copy of the order or decree of the court, similarly certified, shall be recorded in the records of land evidence in the town or city in which the trustee or trustees, or any of them, may reside.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 208, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 259, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 303, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 486, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 18-2-9.
RI Gen L § 18-3-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-3 - Fiduciaries' Emergency Act|Section 18-3-1 - Short title.

§ 18-3-1. Short title.This chapter may be cited as the "Fiduciaries' Emergency Act".History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1140, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 18-3-1.
RI Gen L § 18-3-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-3 - Fiduciaries' Emergency Act|Section 18-3-2 - Definitions.

§ 18-3-2. Definitions.As used in this chapter:(1) "Cofiduciary" means a trustee or personal representative empowered to exercise fiduciary functions jointly with any person authorized to delegate functions under the provisions of § 18-3-3;(2) "Fiduciary" means any trustee or personal representative;(3) "Functions" includes discretions, powers, and duties;(4) "Person" includes corporations as well as natural persons;(5) "Personal representative" means an executor under a will, an administrator cum testamento annexo, an administrator de bonis non, an administrator of an intestate estate, or a guardian of the estate of any person;(6) "Power of attorney" and "power" means a power of attorney given pursuant to § 18-3-5;(7) "Trustee" means any person who is designated in any written instrument, or court order, or in any will admitted to probate in this state to hold property upon trust, whether or not that person has assumed possession of the trust estate or entered upon his or her fiduciary duties;(8) "War or national emergency" means any period during which the United States is engaged in any war, declared or undeclared, plus a period of sixty (60) days thereafter; and(9) "War service" means:(i) Active service during the period of any war or national emergency, whether within or outside of the territory of the United States of America, in any of the naval, military, or air forces of the United States;(ii) Any active service during the period of any war or national emergency on any ship of United States registry; or(iii) Any other work or employment during the period of any war or national emergency outside the continental United States and under the direction of the government of the United States.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1140, § 4; P.L. 1950 (s.s.), ch. 2645, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 18-3-2.
RI Gen L § 18-3-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-3 - Fiduciaries' Emergency Act|Section 18-3-3 - Delegation of powers by fiduciary.

§ 18-3-3. Delegation of powers by fiduciary.A trustee or personal representative may delegate, subject to the provisions of §§ 18-3-4 — 18-3-7, to any person or to two (2) or more persons jointly the exercise of any or all functions vested in him or her as the fiduciary, during the whole or any part of:(1) Any period during which the fiduciary is engaged in war service; or(2) Any period during which the fiduciary is outside of the continental United States and, for any reason connected with or resulting from any war or national emergency, it is not reasonably practicable for him or her to return to the United States.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1140, § 1; P.L. 1950 (s.s.), ch. 2645, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 18-3-3.
RI Gen L § 18-3-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-3 - Fiduciaries' Emergency Act|Section 18-3-4 - Implied or constructive trust.

§ 18-3-4. Implied or constructive trust.Nothing in § 18-3-3 shall authorize the delegation of the exercise of any functions in relation to an implied or constructive trust.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1140, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 18-3-4.
RI Gen L § 18-3-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-3 - Fiduciaries' Emergency Act|Section 18-3-5 - Power of attorney - Recording.

§ 18-3-5. Power of attorney — Recording.Any functions delegated pursuant to the authority of § 18-3-3 shall be delegated by written power of attorney, signed before at least one witness, and the power of attorney may be acknowledged and recorded where the instrument or order under which the fiduciary was appointed is recorded, or, if the instrument or order has not been recorded in any town or city in this state, in the office of the recorder of deeds of the town or city in which any property included in the assets of the estate is situated.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1140, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 18-3-5.
RI Gen L § 18-3-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-3 - Fiduciaries' Emergency Act|Section 18-3-6 - Power additional.

§ 18-3-6. Power additional.The power of delegation conferred by § 18-3-3 shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other power of delegation, whether conferred by statute or otherwise.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1140, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 18-3-6.
RI Gen L § 18-3-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-3 - Fiduciaries' Emergency Act|Section 18-3-7 - Judicial approval of delegation.

§ 18-3-7. Judicial approval of delegation.(a) No delegation of any functions pursuant to the authority of § 18-3-3 shall become effective until the delegation has been authorized or approved, if the delegation is by a trustee, by the superior court of this state for the county within which the power of attorney may be recorded, or if the delegation is by a personal representative, by the probate court of the city or town in which the power of attorney may be recorded.(b) The superior court and the several probate courts are authorized and empowered to approve or disapprove any delegation in their discretion, upon petition of the donor or donee thereof ex parte and without notice, or upon any reasonable notice that the court shall direct.(c) A copy of any order granting the approval, certified by the clerk of the court granting the approval, shall be conclusive evidence in favor of a person dealing with the donee of the power of attorney that the power of attorney was validly given pursuant to this section and was operative and effective as of the date of the order.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1140, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 18-3-7.
RI Gen L § 18-3-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-3 - Fiduciaries' Emergency Act|Section 18-3-8 - Time of execution of power of attorney.

§ 18-3-8. Time of execution of power of attorney.A power of attorney executed under the authority of § 18-3-3 may be made either before or after the commencement of the period to which the power relates, to become operative after the beginning of the period.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1140, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 18-3-8.
RI Gen L § 18-3-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-3 - Fiduciaries' Emergency Act|Section 18-3-9 - Acts performed before notice of revocation of power.

§ 18-3-9. Acts performed before notice of revocation of power.Notwithstanding the revocation of any power of attorney, whether by act of the donor of the power or by operation of law, any act done or instrument executed by the donee of the power shall be as valid and effectual in favor of any person dealing with the donee as if the power of attorney had remained unrevoked at the time when the act was done or the instrument was executed, unless the person dealing with the act or instrument had at that time actual notice of the revocation of the power of attorney.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1140, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 18-3-9.
RI Gen L § 18-3-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-3 - Fiduciaries' Emergency Act|Section 18-3-10 - Notice that donor of power is missing.

§ 18-3-10. Notice that donor of power is missing.No person shall be deemed, for the purposes of this chapter, to have actual notice of the death of any donor of a power of attorney only by reason of a report to the effect that the donor is missing, or is missing and is believed to have been killed, unless the death of the donor has been presumed by order of a court of competent jurisdiction and the person in question has notice of the order.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1140, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 18-3-10.
RI Gen L § 18-3-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-3 - Fiduciaries' Emergency Act|Section 18-3-11 - Appointment in good faith.

§ 18-3-11. Appointment in good faith.In any proceedings brought against the donor of a power of attorney in respect of any act or default of the donee of the power, it shall be a sufficient defense for the donor to prove that the donee was appointed by the donor in good faith and without negligence.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1140, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 18-3-11.
RI Gen L § 18-3-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-3 - Fiduciaries' Emergency Act|Section 18-3-12 - Judicial supervision of donee.

§ 18-3-12. Judicial supervision of donee.(a) All jurisdiction and powers of any court shall apply to the donee of the power of attorney in the same manner and to the same extent with respect to the exercise of the functions and the administration of the trust or estate to which the power of attorney relates, as if the donee was acting in relation to the trust or estate in the same capacity as the donor of the power of attorney.(b) The court at any time, or from time to time, may make any orders with respect to the bonds of the donor and donee of any power of attorney, or either of them, and as to the surety on the bonds, if any, that the court deems proper, with or without notice, in its discretion.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1140, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 18-3-12.
RI Gen L § 18-3-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-3 - Fiduciaries' Emergency Act|Section 18-3-13 - Delegation of powers by donee.

§ 18-3-13. Delegation of powers by donee.The donee of a power of attorney, except as restricted by the terms thereof, may himself or herself exercise all the powers of delegation as the donor of the power of attorney might personally exercise.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1140, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 18-3-13.
RI Gen L § 18-3-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-3 - Fiduciaries' Emergency Act|Section 18-3-14 - Exercise of powers by cofiduciaries.

§ 18-3-14. Exercise of powers by cofiduciaries.If any trustee or personal representative fails to delegate the exercise of any functions vested in him or her as a fiduciary, as permitted by §§ 18-3-3 — 18-3-7, or if, having made a delegation for a limited period, the period has expired, and if the trustee or personal representative is engaged in war service or is outside the continental United States, and for any reason connected with or resulting from any war or national emergency it is not reasonably practicable for him or her to return to the United States, the cofiduciary or cofiduciaries of the trustee or personal representative, if there is any, shall have and may exercise, as long and only as long as the conditions specified in the preceding provisions of this section exist, all of the functions and shall be subject to all of the responsibilities that would devolve upon the cofiduciary or cofiduciaries if the trustee or personal representative were dead, except, the duty to make an accounting of the estate as if the trustee or personal representative had died. Thereafter, until these conditions cease to exist, the trustee or personal representative shall no longer have or possess any of the functions or responsibilities.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1140, § 3; P.L. 1950 (s.s.), ch. 2645, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 18-3-14.
RI Gen L § 18-3-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-3 - Fiduciaries' Emergency Act|Section 18-3-15 - Conclusive effect of statement under oath by cofiduciaries.

§ 18-3-15. Conclusive effect of statement under oath by cofiduciaries.A statement under oath by the cofiduciary or cofiduciaries, upon information and belief, as to the existence of any of the conditions specified in § 18-3-14, shall be conclusive evidence of that fact in favor of any person dealing with the cofiduciary or cofiduciaries.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1140, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 18-3-15.
RI Gen L § 18-3-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-3 - Fiduciaries' Emergency Act|Section 18-3-16 - Chapter controlling.

§ 18-3-16. Chapter controlling.The provisions of this chapter shall be controlling, notwithstanding any rule of law or equity or any provisions of any other statute of this state.History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1140, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 18-3-16.
RI Gen L § 18-4-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-4 - Powers of Fiduciaries|Section 18-4-1 - Application of cy pres doctrine.

§ 18-4-1. Application of cy pres doctrine.In all cases of charitable gifts of real or personal estate, whether by deed or will, where the purposes of the donor cannot be literally carried into effect, a complaint may be filed for a cy pres application of the trust property; and at that time all proceedings, orders, and decrees shall be had and taken in the suit, to carry out the intents of the donor as near as may be, that the charity may not fail, and to this end application as provided may be made in the same complaint for appointment of a new trustee or trustees under or pursuant to the provisions of §§ 18-2-1 — 18-2-8, or under the general equity powers of the court.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 208, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 259, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 303, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 487, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 18-4-1.
RI Gen L § 18-4-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-4 - Powers of Fiduciaries|Section 18-4-3 - Arbitration.

§ 18-4-3. Arbitration.Trustees may enter into rule of the court, in like manner as other parties, to submit matters in dispute, in relation to the estates represented by them, to arbitration and award.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 208, § 13; C.P.A. 1905, § 1146; G.L. 1909, ch. 259, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 303, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 486, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 18-4-3.
RI Gen L § 18-4-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-4 - Powers of Fiduciaries|Section 18-4-4 - Power of sale.

§ 18-4-4. Power of sale.(a) Where a trust for sale, or a power of sale of property, is vested in trustees, they may sell or concur with any other person in selling all or any part of the property, either subject to prior encumbrances or not, and either together or in lots, by public auction or by private contract, subject to any conditions respecting title or evidence of title or other matter as the trustees think fit, with power to vary any contract for sale and to buy in at any auction as the trustees deem advantageous, or to rescind any contract for sale and to resell without being answerable for any resulting loss.(b) This section applies only if, and as far as, a contrary intention is not expressed in the instrument creating the trust or power, and shall have effect, subject to the terms of that instrument and to the provisions therein contained.(c) This section applies only to a trust or power created by an instrument executed on or after the first day of February, 1896.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 208, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 259, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 303, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 486, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 18-4-4.
RI Gen L § 18-4-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-4 - Powers of Fiduciaries|Section 18-4-5 - Effect of trustee's receipt.

§ 18-4-5. Effect of trustee's receipt.(a) The receipt in writing of any trustees or trustee for any money, securities, or other personal property or effects, payable, transferable, or deliverable to them, him, her, or it, under any trust or power, expressly including purchase money and loans, shall be a sufficient discharge for the personal property or effects, and shall effectually exonerate the person paying, transferring, or delivering the personal property or effects from seeing to the application, or being answerable for any loss or misapplication.(b) This section applies to trusts previously or subsequently created.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 208, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 259, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 303, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 486, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 18-4-5.
RI Gen L § 18-4-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-4 - Powers of Fiduciaries|Section 18-4-6 - Conveyance by infant trustee.

§ 18-4-6. Conveyance by infant trustee.(a) Whenever any person seised or possessed of any real or personal estate upon any express, implied, resulting, or constructive trust is under the age of eighteen (18) years, the infant shall, when the circumstances of the trust require, or the trust is to be terminated, by direction of the superior court in any suit brought for that purpose, convey and transfer the estate to the person and in a manner, either personally or by master, that the court may direct; and every conveyance shall pass to the grantee in the estate all the interest of the infant in the estate, as effectually as if the infant were of full age at the time of making the conveyance.(b) In case the infant does not make the conveyance, the infant may be compelled to make it by the court in like manner as if the infant were of full age.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 208, § 16; C.P.A. 1905, § 1220; G.L. 1909, ch. 259, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 303, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 486, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 18-4-6.
RI Gen L § 18-4-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-4 - Powers of Fiduciaries|Section 18-4-7 - Disposition of money payable to infant trustee.

§ 18-4-7. Disposition of money payable to infant trustee.The superior court may make all necessary orders and decrees for the payment and disposition of money belonging to an infant trustee, which may be payable by any person, upon the making of any conveyance under the provisions of § 18-4-6.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 208, § 17; C.P.A. 1905, § 1220; G.L. 1909, ch. 259, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 303, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 486, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 18-4-7.
RI Gen L § 18-4-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-4 - Powers of Fiduciaries|Section 18-4-8 - Settlement of debts and claims - Assent of court.

§ 18-4-8. Settlement of debts and claims — Assent of court.(a) An executor or administrator, or two (2) or more trustees or assignees acting together, or a sole acting trustee or assignee, if by the instrument, if any, creating the trust the sole trustee or assignee is authorized to execute the trusts and powers thereof, may, if and as he, she, they, or it think fit, with the assent as provided in this section, accept any composition or any security, real or personal, for any debt or for any property, real or personal, claimed, and may allow any time for payment of any debt, and may compromise, compound, abandon, submit to arbitration, or otherwise settle, any debt, account, claim, or thing whatever, relating to the deceased person's estate or to the trust; and for any of these purposes may enter into, give, execute, and do such agreements, instruments of composition or arrangement, releases, and other things that to him, her, it, or them seem expedient, without being responsible for any loss occasioned by any act or thing done by him, her, it, or them, in good faith, if done with the assent of the probate court in case of executors or administrators, and of one of the justices of the superior court in the case of trustees or assignees.(b) Application for the assent shall be in writing, and the assent, if given, shall be by order or decree and with or without notice or hearing, as the probate court or justice of the superior court shall deem best.(c) In case the order is made, or decree entered, the order or decree shall be final and not subject to appeal or rehearing.(d) As regards trustees or assignees, this section applies only if and as far as a contrary intention is not expressed in the instrument, if any, creating the trust, and shall have effect subject to the terms of that instrument and to the provisions contained in it.(e) This section applies to executorships, administratorships, trusts, and assignments previously or subsequently constituted or created.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 208, § 18; C.P.A. 1905, §§ 1220, 1232; G.L. 1909, ch. 259, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 303, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 486, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 18-4-8.
RI Gen L § 18-4-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-4 - Powers of Fiduciaries|Section 18-4-9 - Powers of surviving fiduciaries.

§ 18-4-9. Powers of surviving fiduciaries.(a) Where a power or trust, whether discretionary or not, is given to or vested in two (2) or more executors, administrators, trustees, or assignees, jointly, then, unless the contrary is expressed in the instrument, if any, creating the power or trust, the power or trust may be exercised or performed by the survivors or survivor of them, or those occupying these positions for the time being.(b) This section shall only apply to powers and trusts created after January 31, 1896.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 208, § 19; G.L. 1909, ch. 259, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 303, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 486, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 18-4-9.