{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-34-26-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-26-3","heading":"Methods of discharge.","body":"A mortgage may be discharged in whole or in part by an entry acknowledging the satisfaction thereof or the payment thereon, as the case may be, made on the face or back of the mortgage, or upon the face or margin of the record of the mortgage, in the records of land evidence, and signed by the mortgagee or by his or her executor, administrator, successor, or, if the mortgage be assigned, by the assignee or his or her executor or administrator; and such entry shall have the same effect as a deed of release duly acknowledged and recorded.","path":["Title 34 Property","Chapter 26 Redemption, Release, and Transfer of Mortgages"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE34/34-26/34-26-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:48Z","sha256":"73b6dd955d6ae99dd2310c518b0d384cc55ec6cb3832e912ac479065f88a20aa","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-34-26-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-34-26-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}