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RI Gen L § 18-7-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-7 - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 18-7-13 - Care of custodial property.

§ 18-7-13. Care of custodial property.(a) A custodian shall:(1) Take control of custodial property;(2) Register or record title to custodial property if appropriate; and(3) Collect, hold, manage, invest, and reinvest custodial property.(b) In dealing with custodial property, a custodian shall observe the standard of care that would be observed by a prudent person dealing with property of another and is not limited by any other statute restricting investments by fiduciaries. If a custodian has a special skill or expertise, or is named custodian on the basis of representations of a special skill or expertise, the custodian shall use that skill or expertise. However, a custodian, in the custodian's discretion and without liability to the minor or the minor's estate, may retain any custodial property received from a transferor.(c) A custodian may invest in or pay premiums on life insurance or endowment policies on:(1) The life of the minor only if the minor or the minor's estate is the sole beneficiary; or(2) The life of another person in whom the minor has an insurable interest only to the extent that the minor, the minor's estate, or the custodian in the capacity of custodian, is the irrevocable beneficiary.(d) A custodian at all times shall keep custodial property separate and distinct from all other property in a manner sufficient to identify it clearly as custodial property of the minor. Custodial property consisting of an undivided interest is so identified if the minor's interest is held as a tenant in common and is fixed. Custodial property subject to recordation is so identified if it is recorded, and custodial property subject to registration is so identified if it is either registered, or held in an account designated, in the name of the custodian, followed in substance by the words: "as a custodian for (name of minor) under the Rhode Island Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, chapter 7 of title 18".(e) A custodian shall keep records of all transactions with respect to custodial property, including information necessary for the preparation of the minor's tax returns, and shall make them available for inspection at reasonable intervals by a parent or legal representative of the minor, or by the minor if the minor has attained the age of fourteen (14) years.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 389, § 2.
RI Gen L § 18-7-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-7 - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 18-7-14 - Powers of custodian.

§ 18-7-14. Powers of custodian.(a) A custodian, acting in a custodial capacity, has all the rights, powers, and authority over custodial property that unmarried adult owners have over their own property, but a custodian may exercise those rights, powers, and authority in that capacity only.(b) This section does not relieve a custodian from liability for breach of § 18-7-13.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 389, § 2.
RI Gen L § 18-7-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-7 - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 18-7-15 - Use of custodial property.

§ 18-7-15. Use of custodial property.(a) A custodian may deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor's benefit as much of the custodial property as the custodian considers advisable for the use and benefit of the minor, without court order and without regard to:(1) The duty or ability of the custodian personally or of any other person to support the minor; or(2) Any other income or property of the minor that may be applicable or available for that purpose.(b) On petition of an interested person, or the minor if the minor has attained the age of fourteen (14) years, the court may order the custodian to deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor's benefit as much of the custodial property as the court considers advisable for the use and benefit of the minor.(c) A delivery, payment, or expenditure under this section is in addition to, but not in substitution for, and does not affect, any obligation of a person to support the minor.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 389, § 2.
RI Gen L § 18-7-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-7 - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 18-7-16 - Custodian's expenses, compensation, and bond.

§ 18-7-16. Custodian's expenses, compensation, and bond.(a) A custodian is entitled to reimbursement from custodial property for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of the custodian's duties.(b) Except for one who is a transferor under § 18-7-5, a custodian has a noncumulative election during each calendar year to charge reasonable compensation for services performed during that year.(c) Except as provided in § 18-7-19(f), a custodian need not give a bond.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 389, § 2.
RI Gen L § 18-7-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-7 - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 18-7-17 - Exemption of third person from liability.

§ 18-7-17. Exemption of third person from liability.A third person in good faith and without court order may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, is not responsible for determining:(1) The validity of the purported custodian's designation;(2) The propriety of, or the authority under this chapter for, an act of the purported custodian;(3) The validity or propriety under this chapter of any instrument or instructions executed or given either by the person purporting to make a transfer or by the purported custodian; or(4) The propriety of the application of any property of the minor delivered to the purported custodian.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 389, § 2.
RI Gen L § 18-7-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-7 - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 18-7-18 - Liability to third person.

§ 18-7-18. Liability to third person.(a) A claim based on: (1) a contract entered into by a custodian acting in a custodial capacity, (2) an obligation arising from the ownership or control of custodial property, or (3) a tort committed during the custodianship, may be asserted against the custodial property by proceeding against the custodian in his or her custodial capacity, whether or not the custodian or the minor is personally liable therefor.(b) A custodian is not personally liable:(1) On a contract properly entered into in his or her custodial capacity, unless the custodian fails to reveal that capacity and to identify the custodianship in the contract; or(2) For an obligation arising from control of custodial property or for a tort committed during the custodianship, unless the custodian is personally at fault.(c) A minor is not personally liable for an obligation arising from ownership of custodial property or for a tort committed during the custodianship, unless the minor is personally at fault.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 389, § 2.
RI Gen L § 18-7-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-7 - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 18-7-20 - Accounting by and determination of liability of custodian.

§ 18-7-20. Accounting by and determination of liability of custodian.(a) A minor who has attained the age of fourteen (14) years, the minor's guardian or legal representative, an adult member of the minor's family, a transferor, or a transferor's legal representative may petition the court:(1) For an accounting by the custodian or the custodian's legal representative; or(2) For a determination of responsibility, as between the custodial property and the custodian personally, for claims against the custodial property, unless the responsibility has been adjudicated in an action under § 18-7-18 to which the minor or the minor's legal representative was a party.(b) A successor custodian may petition the court for an accounting by the predecessor custodian.(c) The court, in a proceeding under this chapter or in any other proceeding, may require or permit the custodian or the custodian's legal representative to account.(d) If a custodian is removed under § 18-7-19(f), the court shall require an accounting and order delivery of the custodial property and records to the successor custodian and the execution of all instruments required for transfer of the custodial property.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 389, § 2; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 79.
RI Gen L § 18-7-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-7 - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 18-7-21 - Termination of custodianship.

§ 18-7-21. Termination of custodianship.The custodian shall transfer, in an appropriate manner, the custodial property to the minor or to the minor's estate upon the earlier of:(1) The minor's attainment of twenty-one (21) years of age with respect to custodial property transferred under § 18-7-5 or 18-7-6;(2) The minor's attainment of eighteen (18) years of age with respect to custodial property transferred under § 18-7-7 or 18-7-8; or(3) The minor's death.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 389, § 2; P.L. 1998, ch. 474, § 1.
RI Gen L § 18-7-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-7 - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 18-7-22 - Applicability.

§ 18-7-22. Applicability.This chapter applies to a transfer within the scope of § 18-7-3 made after June 28, 1985, if the instrument by which the transfer purports to have been made uses in substance the designation "as custodian under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act" or "as custodian under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act" of any other state, and the application of this chapter is necessary to validate the transfer.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 389, § 2.
RI Gen L § 18-7-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-7 - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 18-7-23 - Effect on existing custodianships.

§ 18-7-23. Effect on existing custodianships.(a) Any transfer of "custodial property" as now defined in this chapter made before June 28, 1985, is validated, notwithstanding that there was no specific authority in the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of Rhode Island for the coverage of custodial property of that kind or for a transfer from that source at the time the transfer was made.(b) This chapter applies to all transfers made before June 28, 1985, in a manner and form prescribed in the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of Rhode Island, except insofar as the application impairs constitutionally vested rights or extends the duration of custodianships in existence on June 28, 1985.(c) Sections 18-7-2 and 18-7-21, with respect to the age of a minor for whom custodial property is held under this chapter, do not apply to custodial property held in a custodianship that terminated because of the minor's attainment of the age of eighteen (18) after March 29, 1972, and before June 28, 1985.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 389, § 2.
RI Gen L § 18-7-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-7 - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 18-7-24 - Uniformity of application and construction.

§ 18-7-24. Uniformity of application and construction.This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 389, § 2.
RI Gen L § 18-7-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-7 - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 18-7-25 - Severability.

§ 18-7-25. Severability.If any provisions of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 389, § 2.
RI Gen L § 18-7-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-7 - Uniform Transfers to Minors Act|Section 18-7-26 - Repeals.

§ 18-7-26. Repeals.To the extent that this chapter, by virtue of § 18-7-23(b), does not apply to transfers made in a manner prescribed in the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of Rhode Island or to the powers, duties, and immunities conferred by transfers in that manner upon custodians and persons dealing with custodians, the repeal of the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of Rhode Island does not affect those transfers or those powers, duties, and immunities.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 389, § 2.
RI Gen L § 18-8-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-8 - Joint Control by Sureties|Section 18-8-1 - Agreement for joint deposits.

§ 18-8-1. Agreement for joint deposits.It is lawful for any party, of whom a bond, undertaking, or other obligation is required, to agree with his or her surety or sureties for the deposit of any or all money and assets for which he or she and his or her surety or sureties are or may be held responsible, with a bank, savings banks, safe deposit, or trust company, authorized by law to do business, or with any other depository approved by the court or a judge of the court, if the deposit is otherwise proper, for safekeeping the deposit, and in a manner that prevents the withdrawal of the money or assets or any part of them, without the written consent of the surety or sureties, or an order of court, or a judge of the court, made on a notice to the surety or sureties that the court or judge may direct; provided, that the agreement shall not in any manner release from or change the liability of the principal or sureties as established by the terms of the bond.History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1347, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 18-8-1.
RI Gen L § 18-9-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-9 - Charitable Trusts|Section 18-9-1 - Division of charitable trusts - Establishment.

§ 18-9-1. Division of charitable trusts — Establishment.There is established, in the department of, and subject to the control of, the attorney general, a division for the supervision and enforcement of the due application of funds given or appropriated to charitable trusts within the state and for the prevention of breaches of trust. The division shall be known as the division of charitable trusts.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2617, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 18-9-1.
RI Gen L § 18-9-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-9 - Charitable Trusts|Section 18-9-2 - Administrator of charitable trusts.

§ 18-9-2. Administrator of charitable trusts.The executive and administrative head of the division of charitable trusts shall be the administrator of charitable trusts. The administrator shall be appointed by the attorney general and shall hold office at the attorney general's pleasure. The administrator shall be qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the administrator's office and shall receive any salary, not exceeding six thousand dollars ($6,000) annually, that the governor may determine.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2617, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 18-9-2.
RI Gen L § 18-9-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-9 - Charitable Trusts|Section 18-9-3 - Appointment and removal of assistants - Experts.

§ 18-9-3. Appointment and removal of assistants — Experts.The administrator, with the approval and consent of the attorney general, may appoint and remove any assistants that the work of the division may require. These assistants shall not be in the classified service. The administrator, with the approval and consent of the attorney general, may also, from time to time, engage experts who shall not be in the classified service for assistance in any specific matter at a reasonable rate of compensation.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2617, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 18-9-3.
RI Gen L § 18-9-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-9 - Charitable Trusts|Section 18-9-4 - "Charitable trusts" defined.

§ 18-9-4. "Charitable trusts" defined."Charitable trusts" as used in this chapter means any fiduciary relationship with respect to property arising as a result of a manifestation of an intention to create it and subjecting the person by whom the property is held to equitable duties to deal with the property for charitable, educational, or religious purposes.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2617, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 18-9-4.
RI Gen L § 18-9-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-9 - Charitable Trusts|Section 18-9-5 - Notice to attorney general of proceedings affecting charitable trusts.

§ 18-9-5. Notice to attorney general of proceedings affecting charitable trusts.The attorney general shall be notified of all judicial proceedings affecting, or in any manner dealing with, a charitable trust, or affecting, or in any manner dealing with, a trustee who holds in trust within the state property given, devised, or bequeathed for charitable, educational, or religious purposes, and who administers or is under a duty to administer the property in whole or in part for these purposes within the state, and shall be deemed to be an interested party to the judicial proceedings.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2617, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 18-9-5.
RI Gen L § 18-9-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-9 - Charitable Trusts|Section 18-9-6 - Register of charitable trusts - Special assistant attorney general.

§ 18-9-6. Register of charitable trusts — Special assistant attorney general.In addition to his or her common law and statutory powers the attorney general, or the administrator acting under the authority and at the direction of the attorney general, shall have the authority to prepare and maintain a register of all charitable trusts previously or subsequently established or active in the state. The attorney general shall also designate the administrator or acting administrator to act as a special assistant attorney general in cases involving charitable trusts.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2617, § 5; P.L. 1951, ch. 2852, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 18-9-6.
RI Gen L § 18-9-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-9 - Charitable Trusts|Section 18-9-7 - Register open to inspection - Registration fee.

§ 18-9-7. Register open to inspection — Registration fee.(a) The register established by § 18-9-6 shall be open to the inspection of any person at any reasonable times and for any legitimate purposes that the attorney general may determine.(b) The attorney general may by regulation provide that any investigation of charitable trusts made after June 30, 1950, shall not be open to public inspection.(c) Upon the registration of each charitable trust there shall be paid to the attorney general a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) which shall be deposited as general revenues.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2617, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 18-9-7; P.L. 1987, ch. 130, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 48.
RI Gen L § 18-9-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-9 - Charitable Trusts|Section 18-9-8 - Rules and regulations.

§ 18-9-8. Rules and regulations.The attorney general, or the administrator acting under the authority and at the direction of the attorney general, shall make any rules and regulations that may be reasonable or necessary to secure records and other information for the operation of the register and for the supervision, investigation, and enforcement of charitable trusts.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2617, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 18-9-8.
RI Gen L § 18-9-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-9 - Charitable Trusts|Section 18-9-9 - Investigations as to administration of trusts.

§ 18-9-9. Investigations as to administration of trusts.The attorney general may investigate at any time charitable trusts for the purpose of determining and ascertaining whether they are being administered in accordance with law and with the terms and purposes of the trust. For the purposes of this investigation the attorney general may require any person, agent, trustee, fiduciary, beneficiary, institution, association, or corporation administering a trust or having an interest in, or knowledge of the trust, to appear at any time and place that the attorney general may designate, then and there under oath to produce for the use of the attorney general any and all books, memoranda, papers of whatever kind, documents of title, or other evidence of assets or liabilities which may be in the ownership or possession or control of the person, agent, trustee, fiduciary, beneficiary, institution, association, or corporation, and to furnish any other available information relating to the trust that the attorney general may require.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2617, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 18-9-9.
RI Gen L § 18-9-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-9 - Charitable Trusts|Section 18-9-10 - Notice to attend in investigations.

§ 18-9-10. Notice to attend in investigations.Whenever the attorney general may require the attendance of any person, agent, trustee, fiduciary, beneficiary, institution, association, or corporation as provided in § 18-9-9, the attorney general shall issue a notice setting the time and place when the attendance is required and shall cause the notice to be delivered or sent by registered or certified mail to the person, agent, trustee, fiduciary, beneficiary, institution, association, or corporation at least fourteen (14) days before the date fixed in the notice for the attendance.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2617, § 9; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3717, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 18-9-10.
RI Gen L § 18-9-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 18 - Fiduciaries|Chapter 18-9 - Charitable Trusts|Section 18-9-11 - Court order to appear before attorney general - Contempt.

§ 18-9-11. Court order to appear before attorney general — Contempt.If any person, agent, trustee, fiduciary, beneficiary, institution, association, or corporation receiving notice neglects to attend or to remain in attendance as long as may be necessary for the purposes for which the notice was issued, or refuses to produce books, memoranda, papers of whatever kind, documents of title, or other evidence of assets or liabilities, or to furnish any available information that may be required, any justice of the superior court for the county within which the inquiry is carried on or within which the person, agent, trustee, fiduciary, beneficiary, institution, association, or corporation is found or resides or transacts business, upon application of the attorney general, shall have jurisdiction to issue to the person, agent, trustee, fiduciary, beneficiary, institution, association, or corporation an order requiring the person, agent, trustee, fiduciary, beneficiary, institution, association, or corporation to appear before the attorney general to produce for the use of the attorney general evidence in accordance with the terms of the notice, and any failure to obey the order of the superior court may be punished by the court as a contempt of court.History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2617, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 18-9-11.