{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-18-7-17","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 18-7-17","heading":"Exemption of third person from liability.","body":"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:\n(1) The validity of the purported custodian’s designation;\n(2) The propriety of, or the authority under this chapter for, an act of the purported custodian;\n(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\n(4) The propriety of the application of any property of the minor delivered to the purported custodian.","path":["Title 18 Fiduciaries","Chapter 7 Uniform Transfers to Minors Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE18/18-7/18-7-17.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:08Z","sha256":"b364289b86a67998f02fbe3da2c9eabbbf1afc01948d70699451fc4a5b090f86","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-18-7-16","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-18-7-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}