{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-11-5.2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-11-5.2","heading":"Fiduciary’s affidavit regarding notice to creditors and OHHS.","body":"In order to close an estate, whether by accounting or affidavit of completed administration, the fiduciary shall submit to the probate court an affidavit in substantially the following form:\nSTATE OF RHODE ISLAND PROBATE COURT OF THE\nCOUNTY __________ TOWN OF ________\nESTATE OF __________ NO. ________\nFIDUCIARY’S AFFIDAVIT REGARDING NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES\nThe undersigned fiduciary of the above-captioned estate upon oath deposes and says that (a) notice of the commencement of the estate was mailed to all known or reasonably ascertainable creditors of the estate, as well as to the executive office of health and human services when the decedent was fifty-five (55) years or older, or that (b) no such notice was required to be mailed because the estate had no known or reasonably ascertainable creditors and the decedent was under the age of fifty-five (55).\nName __________ Date_______\nSubscribed and sworn before me this _____ day of ______ , 20____ .\n__________\nNotary public","path":["Title 33 Probate Practice and Procedure","Chapter 11 Claims Against Decedents’ Estates"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-11/33-11-5.2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:35Z","sha256":"08ca6c53921dc46760192c06636232c0ad76c6ec920462e062838fd7ae7de64e","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-11-5.1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-11-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}