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RI Gen L § 34-5-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-5 - Disclaimer of Certain Property Interests|Section 34-5-2 - Disclaimer of interest in estate.

§ 34-5-2. Disclaimer of interest in estate.(a) Unless barred by the provisions of § 34-5-9, a beneficiary may disclaim any interest in property which, except for the execution and filing of a disclaimer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, would pass to the beneficiary:(1) By intestate succession, devise, legacy, bequest; as beneficiary of a testamentary trust or beneficiary of a testamentary gift to a nontestamentary trust; by succession in any manner described in this subdivision to a disclaimed interest; or in any other manner not specified above under a testamentary instrument or by operation of any statute or rule of law governing devolution or disposition of property upon or after a person's death.(2) As donee, grantee, beneficiary of an inter vivos trust, beneficiary of an insurance or annuity contract, or as surviving joint tenant or tenant by the entirety, except that a surviving joint tenant or tenant by the entirety may not disclaim that portion of an interest in joint property or property held by the entirety which is allocable to amounts contributed by him or her to the interest in that property; under any deed, assignment, or other nontestamentary instrument of conveyance or transfer; by succession in any manner described in this subdivision to a disclaimed interest; or in any other manner not specified above under a nontestamentary instrument or by operation of any statute or rule of law.(b) Disclaimer may be made as provided in § 34-5-3 by the duly appointed guardian or conservator of a beneficiary or by the legal representative of a deceased beneficiary's estate.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 392, § 2.
RI Gen L § 34-5-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-5 - Disclaimer of Certain Property Interests|Section 34-5-3 - Disclaimer by fiduciaries.

§ 34-5-3. Disclaimer by fiduciaries.The probate court having jurisdiction of the estate of a beneficiary is empowered to authorize the duly appointed guardian or conservator of the beneficiary or the legal representative of the estate of a deceased beneficiary to execute and file a disclaimer on behalf of the beneficiary or deceased beneficiary's estate in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. This authority shall be granted, notwithstanding any diminution in the size of the estate of the beneficiary or of the deceased beneficiary by virtue of the proposed disclaimer, upon finding that the proposed disclaimer is not detrimental to the interests of the beneficiary or of the estate of the deceased beneficiary, as the case may be.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 392, § 2.
RI Gen L § 34-5-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-5 - Disclaimer of Certain Property Interests|Section 34-5-4 - Form of disclaimer.

§ 34-5-4. Form of disclaimer.A disclaimer shall be in writing, shall describe the interest in property being disclaimed, shall declare the disclaimer and the extent of the disclaimer, shall be clear and unequivocal, and shall be signed by the beneficiary, the duly appointed guardian or conservator of a beneficiary or the legal representative of a deceased beneficiary's estate.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 392, § 2.
RI Gen L § 34-5-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-5 - Disclaimer of Certain Property Interests|Section 34-5-5 - Time for filing disclaimer.

§ 34-5-5. Time for filing disclaimer.(a) A disclaimer shall be executed and filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter at any time after the creation of the interest in property being disclaimed, but in any event:(1) If a present interest, not later than nine (9) months:(i) After the death of the deceased owner in the case of a testamentary disposition, or(ii) After the effective date of the instrument creating the interest in the case of a nontestamentary disposition, or(2) If a future interest, not later than nine (9) months after the event determining that the taker of the interest is in possession of it, or(3) In the case of a beneficiary who is a surviving joint tenant or tenant by the entirety, not later than nine (9) months after the death of the other joint tenant, tenants, or tenant by the entirety, or(4) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, in the case of a beneficiary under the age of twenty-one (21) at the creation of the interest, not later than nine (9) months after his or her attainment of that age; provided, that any court having jurisdiction of the property, an interest in which is being disclaimed, may, upon petition filed by the beneficiary, the duly appointed guardian or conservator of a beneficiary, or the legal representative of a deceased beneficiary's estate, permit an extension of time to execute and file a disclaimer, for any further period of time as the court in its discretion deems advisable.(b) The effective date of a revocable instrument is the date on which the grantor no longer has the power to revoke it or to transfer to himself or herself or another the entire legal and equitable ownership of the interest.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 392, § 2; P.L. 1984, ch. 81, § 8; P.L. 1996, ch. 395, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 363, § 13.
RI Gen L § 34-5-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-5 - Disclaimer of Certain Property Interests|Section 34-5-6 - Filing and service of disclaimer.

§ 34-5-6. Filing and service of disclaimer.(a) The original of the disclaimer or an attested copy of the disclaimer, if filing is required to be made with more than one office, shall be filed:(1) In the case of personal property, in the office of the clerk of probate court that had jurisdiction of the estate of the decedent at the time of his or her death, if the interest was created by will, or if the interest was created by an inter vivos instrument in the office of the clerk of the superior court for the county of which the donor or grantor was a resident at the time of the creation of the grant or trust or if the donor or grantor was not a resident of Rhode Island in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court for Providence County.(2) In the case of real estate, in the office of the person having charge of the recording of deeds in the city or town in which the real estate is situated; and if probate proceedings have been commenced in the estate of the decedent prior to the filing, this disclaimer shall also be filed in the office of the clerk of the probate court in which these proceedings are instituted.(b) A copy of the disclaimer shall be served by delivering in hand or by mailing by certified mail to the last known address of the person or persons or other legal entity or entities having legal title to or possession of the property, an interest in which is being disclaimed. Failure to comply with these requirements of service shall not affect the validity of the disclaimer.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 392, § 2.
RI Gen L § 34-5-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-5 - Disclaimer of Certain Property Interests|Section 34-5-7 - Reliance on disclaimer.

§ 34-5-7. Reliance on disclaimer.(a) No person or other legal entity having legal title to or possession of the property, an interest in which is being or has been disclaimed, shall be liable for any distribution or other disposition made prior to the delivery to him, her, or it of a copy of the disclaimer, pursuant to the requirements of § 34-5-6; and no person or other legal entity shall be liable for any good faith distribution or other disposition made in reliance upon a disclaimer, the form of which is in accordance with the requirements of § 34-5-4; and a copy of which has been delivered to him, her, or it pursuant to the requirements of § 34-5-6.(b) If a disclaimer certifies, with particularity, that none of the contingencies specified in § 34-5-9, which would result in waiver or bar of the beneficiary's right to disclaim, are applicable, any person or other legal entity having legal title to or possession of the property, and any third party purchaser of the property, an interest in which is being or has been disclaimed, shall be entitled to rely without further inquiry upon the certifications.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 392, § 2.
RI Gen L § 34-5-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-5 - Disclaimer of Certain Property Interests|Section 34-5-8 - Disposition of disclaimed interest.

§ 34-5-8. Disposition of disclaimed interest.(a) A disclaimer complying with all the applicable requirements of this chapter shall be effective according to its terms, and shall be irrevocable, upon execution in accordance with the provisions of § 34-5-4, and filing in accordance with the provisions of § 34-5-6.(b) Unless the will or inter vivos instrument creating the interest in property so disclaimed provides for another disposition of the interest, the interest shall pass in the same manner as if the disclaimant had died immediately preceding the event determining that he, she, or it is the beneficiary of the interest. If a disclaimer relates to an interest disposed of by a particular provision of the will or inter vivos instrument, then the interest so disclaimed shall pass in the same manner as if the disclaimant had died immediately preceding the event determining that he, she, or it is the beneficiary of that interest, but only for the purposes of that provision and the interest may pass to or for the benefit of the disclaimant under other provisions of the will or inter vivos instrument. A future interest that takes effect in possession or enjoyment at or after the termination of the disclaimed interest shall take effect in the same manner as it would have if the disclaimant had died immediately preceding the event determining that he, she, or it is the beneficiary of the disclaimed interest. The disclaimer shall relate back for all purposes to that date.(c) The interest in property being disclaimed shall never vest in the beneficiary.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 392, § 2; P.L. 1988, ch. 259, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-5-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-5 - Disclaimer of Certain Property Interests|Section 34-5-9 - Waiver or bar to right to disclaim.

§ 34-5-9. Waiver or bar to right to disclaim.(a) The right to disclaim an interest in property shall be barred by:(1) Assignment, conveyance, encumbrance, pledge, transfer or other disposition of the interest, or any contract therefor, by the beneficiary;(2) Sale or other disposition of the interest pursuant to judicial process made before the beneficiary has disclaimed the interest as provided in this chapter;(3) A written waiver of the right to disclaim this interest pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, signed by the beneficiary, the duly appointed guardian or conservator of a beneficiary, or the legal representative of a deceased beneficiary's estate.(4) Acceptance of the interest by the beneficiary; if the beneficiary, having knowledge of the existence of the interest, receives without objection a benefit from that interest, such receipt shall be deemed to constitute acceptance of the interest.(b) The assignment, conveyance, encumbrance, pledge, transfer or other disposition or any contract therefor, sale or other disposition pursuant to judicial process, written waiver of the right to disclaim, or acceptance of a part of an interest in property shall not bar the right to disclaim any other part of the interest.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 392, § 2.
RI Gen L § 34-5-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-5 - Disclaimer of Certain Property Interests|Section 34-5-10 - Spendthrift provisions.

§ 34-5-10. Spendthrift provisions.The right to disclaim pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall exist irrespective of any limitation in the nature of an express or implied spendthrift provision, other similar restraint on alienation, or forfeiture provision imposed by any instrument, statute, rule of law or otherwise on the interest in property being disclaimed.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 392, § 2.
RI Gen L § 34-5-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-5 - Disclaimer of Certain Property Interests|Section 34-5-11 - Effect on other laws.

§ 34-5-11. Effect on other laws.Except for the provisions of § 34-5-9, this chapter shall not abridge the right of any person to disclaim, waive, release, renounce, or abandon any interest in property under any other statute or rule of law.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 392, § 2.
RI Gen L § 34-6-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-6 - Release of Money Charges|Section 34-6-1 - Sale of real estate free of charges - Provisions for payment of sums charged.

§ 34-6-1. Sale of real estate free of charges — Provisions for payment of sums charged.When real estate is charged with the payment of money, either in fixed sums or in annuities for a life or lives or for years, the superior court may, upon the petition of the persons holding title thereto subject to the charge of such payment, and after notice and hearing, authorize them to sell and to convey by private sale or public auction the whole or any portion of the real estate in fee simple and free from the charge whether present or future, certain or contingent; and the court shall in that case provide by its decree for the payment of the sums charged upon the real estate (1) by placing the whole or any portion of the proceeds of the sale thereof in the hands of a trustee to be appointed by it, (2) by the purchase of annuities for the persons entitled to receive the sums so charged, or (3) by any other means which shall be deemed just and reasonable. The trustee shall give bond in such sum as the court may order and shall, under the direction of the court, manage and account for the trust fund and shall distribute the income thereof according to its decree. In case of appointment of a trustee, the court shall have power to remove him and appoint another in his stead, and to fill a vacancy in the trusteeship, whenever occasion may require.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 21; C.P.A. 1905, §§ 1220, 1229; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 440, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-6-1.
RI Gen L § 34-7-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-7 - By Possession and Prescription|Section 34-7-1 - Conclusive title by peaceful possession under claim of title.

§ 34-7-1. Conclusive title by peaceful possession under claim of title.Where any person or persons, or others from whom he, she, or they derive their title, either by themselves, tenants or lessees, shall have been for the space of ten (10) years in the uninterrupted, quiet, peaceful and actual seisin and possession of any lands, tenements or hereditaments for and during that time, claiming the same as his, her or their proper, sole and rightful estate in fee simple, the actual seisin and possession shall be allowed to give and make a good and rightful title to the person or persons, their heirs and assigns forever; and any plaintiff suing for the recovery of any such lands may rely upon the possession as conclusive title thereto, and this chapter being pleaded in bar to any action that shall be brought for the lands, tenements or hereditaments, and the actual seisin and possession being duly proved, shall be allowed to be good, valid and effectual in law for barring the action.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 205, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 256, § 2; P.L. 1912, ch. 798, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 300, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 438, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 34-7-1.
RI Gen L § 34-7-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-7 - By Possession and Prescription|Section 34-7-2 - Absentees and persons under disability - Reversioners and remaindermen.

§ 34-7-2. Absentees and persons under disability — Reversioners and remaindermen.Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed, deemed or taken, as to extend to prejudice the rights and claims of persons under age, persons of unsound mind, or persons imprisoned or beyond the limits of the United States, if they bring their suits within the space of ten (10) years next after the impediment is removed; nor to bar any person or persons having any estate in reversion or remainder, expectant or depending, in any lands, tenements or hereditaments, after the end or determination of the estate for years, life or lives, the person or persons pursuing his or their title by due course of law within ten (10) years after his, her, or their right of action shall accrue.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 205, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 256, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 300, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 438, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 34-7-2.
RI Gen L § 34-7-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-7 - By Possession and Prescription|Section 34-7-3 - Easement of light and air denied.

§ 34-7-3. Easement of light and air denied.Whoever has erected or may erect any house or other building near the land of another person, with windows overlooking the land, shall not, by mere continuance of the windows, acquire any easement of light or air so as to prevent the erection of any building thereon.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 205, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 256, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 300, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 438, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 34-7-3.
RI Gen L § 34-7-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-7 - By Possession and Prescription|Section 34-7-4 - Right of footway denied.

§ 34-7-4. Right of footway denied.No right of footway, except claimed in connection with a right to pass with carriages, shall be acquired by prescription or adverse use for any length of time.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 205, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 256, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 300, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 438, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 34-7-4.
RI Gen L § 34-7-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-7 - By Possession and Prescription|Section 34-7-5 - Utility rights-of-way not acquired by enjoyment.

§ 34-7-5. Utility rights-of-way not acquired by enjoyment.No enjoyment by any persons, companies or corporations, for any length of time, of the privilege of maintaining telegraph, telephone, electric, or other posts, wires or apparatus in, upon or over any lands or buildings of other persons or corporations, shall thereby confer any right to the continued enjoyment of the easement or raise any presumption of a grant thereof.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 205, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 256, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 300, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 438, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 34-7-5.
RI Gen L § 34-7-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-7 - By Possession and Prescription|Section 34-7-6 - Notice of intent to dispute interrupting adverse possession.

§ 34-7-6. Notice of intent to dispute interrupting adverse possession.Whenever the legal owner of any lands anticipates that any other person or persons may obtain the title to those lands, or any way, easement or privilege therein, by possession under the provisions of this chapter, he or she may give notice in writing to the person claiming or using the lands, way, easement, or privilege, of his or her intention to dispute any right arising from that claim or use; and the notice, served and recorded as hereinafter provided, shall be deemed an interruption of the use and prevent the acquiring of any right thereto by the continuance of the use for any length of time thereafter. The notice, signed by the owner of the lands, his guardian or agent, may be served by any disinterested person, making return under oath, on the party so claiming or using the property, his or her agent or guardian, if within this state, otherwise, on the tenant or occupant, if there be any; and the notice, with the return thereon, shall be recorded within three (3) months thereafter in the records of land evidence in the town in which the land is situated, and a copy of the record, certified by the recording officer to be a true copy of the record of the notice, and the return thereon, shall be evidence of the notice and of the service of the same.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 205, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 256, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 300, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 438, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 34-7-6.
RI Gen L § 34-7-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-7 - By Possession and Prescription|Section 34-7-7 - Action by claimant in possession after notice of intent to dispute.

§ 34-7-7. Action by claimant in possession after notice of intent to dispute.Whenever notice is given to prevent the acquisition of lands or way, privilege or other easement, the notice shall be considered so far a disturbance of the right or claim as to enable the party claiming to bring an action for disturbing the same, in order to try the right; and if the plaintiff in the suit prevails, he or she shall recover full costs.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 205, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 256, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 300, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 438, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 34-7-7.
RI Gen L § 34-7-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-7 - By Possession and Prescription|Section 34-7-8 - Shore rights preserved - Prospective applicability.

§ 34-7-8. Shore rights preserved — Prospective applicability.Nothing herein contained shall affect any rights of the shore to which the people of this state are now entitled under the charter, the constitution or by the law, or be construed to apply to any preceding action.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 205, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 256, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 300, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 438, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 34-7-8.
RI Gen L § 34-7-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-7 - By Possession and Prescription|Section 34-7-9 - Land preserved for open space, conservation or cemetery purposes.

§ 34-7-9. Land preserved for open space, conservation or cemetery purposes.Any land held or preserved by a nonprofit corporation or nonprofit association for purposes of conservation, open space, or a cemetery is not subject to adverse possession or prescription.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 63, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 67, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 277, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 288, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-8-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-8 - Rhode Island Coordinate System|Section 34-8-1 - Adoption of ocean and geodetic survey systems.

§ 34-8-1. Adoption of ocean and geodetic survey systems.The two (2) systems of plane coordinates which have been established by the national ocean/national geodetic survey, or its successors, for defining and stating the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the state are hereafter to be known and designated as the "Rhode Island coordinate system of 1927" and the "Rhode Island coordinate system of 1983".History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1653, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-8-1; P.L. 1983, ch. 241, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-8-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-8 - Rhode Island Coordinate System|Section 34-8-2 - Use of term in documents.

§ 34-8-2. Use of term in documents.The use of the term "Rhode Island coordinate system of 1927" or "Rhode Island coordinate system of 1983" on any map, report of survey, or other document, shall be limited to coordinates based on the Rhode Island coordinate system as defined in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1653, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 34-8-2; P.L. 1983, ch. 241, § 1.