{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-2-5","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-2-5","heading":"Insurance policies.","body":"Where the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of life or accident insurance have died, and there is no sufficient evidence that they have died otherwise than simultaneously, the proceeds of the policy shall be distributed as if the insured had survived the beneficiary.","path":["Title 33 Probate Practice and Procedure","Chapter 2 Simultaneous Deaths"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-2/33-2-5.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:33Z","sha256":"ddb75e59eb7c228b5ac7e0abc314ce4aefc7af829a0e4b3c0e37289a70b1b289","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-2-4","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-2-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}