§ 13-6-1. Life prisoners deemed civilly dead. Every person imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions for life shall, with respect to all rights of property, to the bond of matrimony and to all civil rights and relations of any nature whatsoever, be deemed to be dead in all respects, as if his or her natural […]
§ 13-6-2. Repealed.
§ 13-6-2.1. Suspension from public office upon conviction — Forfeiture of office upon exhaustion of appeals. (a) Every person who, while holding elective public office, is convicted of a felony and has exhausted all appeals shall forfeit that public office. The public office shall automatically become vacant by operation of law at the time when […]
§ 13-6-2.2. Severability of § 13-6-2.1. If any of the provisions of § 13-6-2.1 or the application of those provisions to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the section which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to […]
§ 13-6-3. Wills or conveyances during imprisonment. No person who shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the adult correctional institutions shall have any power, during his or her imprisonment, to make a will, or any conveyance of his or her property, or of any part of that property, except by permission of the superior court […]
§ 13-6-4. Application for administration of prisoner’s estate. Whenever any person shall be imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions for life or for a term of seven (7) years or more, any creditor of that person may apply to the probate court of the city or town in which the prisoner last lived and was […]
§ 13-6-5. Notice and appointment of administrator. The court may, after giving notice to all interested persons, grant the petition as provided in § 13-6-4 and do all other things required and authorized to be done in the settlement of the estate of a deceased person. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 385, § 55; G.L. […]
§ 13-6-6. Powers of administrator. Every administrator who shall be appointed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall have the same powers, be subject to the same liabilities, and discharge the same duties as an administrator of the estate of a deceased person. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 57; G.L. 1909, ch. […]
§ 13-6-7. Bond to secure estate to prisoner — Life prisoners. The bond given by the administrator appointed pursuant to § 13-6-5 shall secure to the prisoner, after he or she shall be discharged from the adult correctional institutions, whatever shall remain of his or her estate after payment of his or her debts, the […]
