§ 34-4-1. Presumed death from absence of life tenant. If any person shall be absent from this state for the term of seven (7) years without due proof of his or her being alive, for whose life any estate shall be holden by himself or herself or any other person, the person claiming the remainder […]
§ 34-4-10. Construction of amendment to § 34-4-9. Section 34-4-9 shall be deemed to be declaratory of the purposes of that section as originally enacted, and shall not be construed to invalidate any action taken by any trustee or trustees appointed under § 34-4-7 prior to June 3, 1947. History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1953, […]
§ 34-4-11. Conveyance of contingent, executory, and future interests. A contingent, an executory and a future interest, and a possibility coupled with an interest, in any tenements or hereditaments of any tenure, and a right of entry whether immediate or future and whether vested or contingent, into or upon any tenements or hereditaments of any […]
§ 34-4-12. Rights against lessee in remainderman taking precedent estate by merger. Where the reversion of any land expectant on a lease shall be merged in any remainder, other reversion, or estate, the person entitled to the estate into which the reversion shall have merged, his or her heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, shall […]
§ 34-4-13. Rights of entry not defeated by descent or discontinuance. No descent or discontinuance shall take away or defeat any right of entry or of action for the recovery of real estate. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 13; G.L. 1938, […]
§ 34-4-14. Liability of lands for debts of tenant in tail. All lands held in fee tail shall be liable for the debts of the tenant in tail in his or her lifetime like estates in fee simple; and when sold on execution, or when sold by guardians, the creditor or purchaser shall hold the […]
§ 34-4-15. Conveyance of fee simple by tenant in tail. A person actually seised of lands as a tenant in tail may convey the lands in fee simple by a deed in common form, in like manner as if he or she were seised of the lands in fee simple; provided, that in the deed […]
§ 34-4-16. Conveyance by life tenant and remainderman in tail. When lands are held by one person for life with a vested remainder in tail in another, the tenant for life and the remainderman may convey the lands in fee simple by their deed or deeds in common form subject to the proviso in § […]
§ 34-4-17. Barring of equitable estates tail. Equitable estates tail in possession or remainder, and all remainders and reversions expectant on them, may be barred in the same manner as legal estates tail and the remainders and reversions expectant on them; and all conveyances of equitable estates tail made by deed in common form in […]
§ 34-4-18. Right of grantee of equitable estate tail to conveyance of legal interest. The person to whom an equitable fee simple is conveyed pursuant to § 34-4-17 shall, upon request, be entitled to a conveyance of the outstanding legal estate from the person in whom the legal estate is then or thereafter vested in […]
§ 34-4-19. Limitation of possibilities of reverter and rights of entry. If a possibility of reverter or right of entry for condition broken in land is reserved in a deed executed after May 11, 1953, or in a will of a testator who dies after May 11, 1953, and the possibility of reverter does not […]
§ 34-4-2. Grant for life with remainder to heirs in fee. When lands are conveyed by deed or devised by will hereafter executed, to a person for his or her life, and after his or her death to his or her heirs in fee, or by words to that legal effect, the conveyance or devise […]
§ 34-4-2.1. Reservation of life estate with enhanced powers. A grantor may convey title to real estate and reserve a life estate therein, coupled with the reserved power and authority, during his or her lifetime, to sell, convey, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of the real property without the consent or joinder by the holder(s) of […]
§ 34-4-20. Possibilities of reverter and rights of entry exempt from limitation. Section 34-4-19 shall not apply to a possibility of reverter or right of entry for condition broken in: (1) Lease for a term of years; (2) Grant, gift or devise to the state; (3) Grant, gift or devise for public, charitable, or religious […]
§ 34-4-21. Limitation of restrictive covenants. If a covenant or restriction concerning the use of land, other than housing restrictions as set forth in § 34-39.1-3, and conservation restrictions and preservation restrictions as set forth in §§ 34-39-3 and 34-39-4, is created by any instrument taking effect after May 11, 1953, the covenant or restriction, […]
§ 34-4-22. Expiration of recorded options affecting real estate. When a recorded instrument has created, or shall create, an option to purchase or lease real estate, other than housing restrictions as set forth in § 34-39.1-3, and conservation restrictions and preservation restrictions as set forth in §§ 34-39-3 and 34-39-4, which, according to its terms, […]
§ 34-4-23. Expiration of recorded instruments affecting real estate. Any recorded contract or other instrument, other than housing restrictions as set forth in § 34-39.1-3, and conservation restrictions and preservation restrictions as set forth in §§ 34-39-3 and 34-39-4, which has created or shall create a right or obligation (other than an option) to purchase […]
§ 34-4-24. Limitation of proceedings based upon right of entry for condition broken or possibility of reverter. (a)(1) No proceeding based upon any right of entry for condition broken or possibility of reverter to which a fee simple or fee simple determinable in land is subject, created before May 11, 1953, shall be maintained in […]
§ 34-4-25. Invalidity of certain restrictive covenants. Since many mentally retarded and mentally disabled individuals are able to live in the community with some assistance, it is the public policy of the state of Rhode Island to establish community residences in residential areas. Therefore, any restrictive covenant or other private legal impediment which directly or […]
§ 34-4-26. Expiration of recorded rights affecting real estate. (a) Any recorded contract, deed or other instrument entered into which creates a preemptive right, right to repurchase, or a right of first refusal to purchase real estate, other than housing restrictions as set forth in § 34-39.1-3, and conservation restrictions and preservation restrictions as set […]
