{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-7-20","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-7-20","heading":"Order approving foreign will — Effect on real estate titles.","body":"If, at the hearing, no sufficient cause is shown to the contrary, the court may order the copy to be placed on file and recorded; provided, however, that, as to real estate in towns other than that in which the copy is filed and recorded, the title shall not pass, for the purposes of conveyance by the devisee, until a certified copy is recorded in the records of land evidence in any other town or city in which any real estate is situated; and provided, further, that when any copy is duly filed and recorded as aforesaid, title to lands devised by the will shall relate back to the death of the testator.","path":["Title 33 Probate Practice and Procedure","Chapter 7 Custody and Probate of Wills"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-7/33-7-20.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:34Z","sha256":"043f8cf4e2550f637c6e0f5cce2d8d01ead048cffeaa4a55b26403f62c57ec7e","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-7-19","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-7-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}