{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-18-21","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-18-21","heading":"Recording of documents in court.","body":"Any paper or instrument discharging a claim or purporting to acknowledge the performance of a duty or the payment of money, for which an executor, administrator, or guardian is chargeable or accountable in a probate court, shall, upon the request of a party interested, be recorded in the records of the court, certified copies of which record may be used in evidence; and the probate clerk shall enter, record, index and certify any original paper or instrument offered as provided in this chapter.","path":["Title 33 Probate Practice and Procedure","Chapter 18 Decedents’ and Incompetents’ Estates Generally"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-18/33-18-21.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:39Z","sha256":"0a4dfacc34b8e586de9200ddd90af0003206cbeb046368a0992752da2d3601f3","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-18-20","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-18-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}