{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-17-6","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-17-6","heading":"Defective bonds.","body":"An executor, administrator or guardian who has given to the probate court an instrument purporting to be a bond, which has been accepted as a bond by the court having jurisdiction to accept it, shall be qualified as if he or she had given a proper bond, notwithstanding any defect in the instrument and notwithstanding any error committed in giving or accepting the bond; but nothing contained in this section shall affect the right of appeal in these cases or the right of the court to require a proper bond at any time. In case an appeal be sustained, the provisions of § 33-17-5 shall not apply, if a new and satisfactory bond be given within thirty (30) days after a final decree in the appeal.","path":["Title 33 Probate Practice and Procedure","Chapter 17 Bonds of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-17/33-17-6.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:39Z","sha256":"b0fe3699c689f560ee4d60473d5b01e031aa82b69a630b32e64b8e7fde64f504","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-17-5","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-17-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}