{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-17-1.2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-17-1.2","heading":"When surety not required.","body":"(a) No surety shall be required on any bond, including surety on a bond for the sale of real estate, of an administrator of the estate of a person who died intestate, when the administrator is the surviving spouse or the sole heir of the decedent, or when the administrator is an heir-at-law of the decedent who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the probate court that circumstances warrant the waiver of surety and/or that no surety should be required. The probate court may require surety in any instance where it finds the circumstances so warrant such surety.\n(b) In making a determination as to whether surety should be required, the probate court’s consideration may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:\n(1) The total number of the decedent’s heirs at law;\n(2) The relationship of the heirs at law to one another;\n(3) The extent to which there appears to be issues and/or conflicts between the heirs at law in regard to the decedent’s estate, or the corresponding lack of such issues and/or conflicts; and\n(4) The total size, extent and monetary value of the decedent’s estate; and\nIn making a determination pursuant to provisions of this section, the court may conduct such hearings as it deems appropriate.","path":["Title 33 Probate Practice and Procedure","Chapter 17 Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-17/33-17-1.2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:38Z","sha256":"edcf15fac013f48a50323cc5e37eb5c76c2723ffe0b23eb2bfd8703f67b55066","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-17-1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-17-1.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}