Rhode Island General Laws 10-12-6. Warden’s responsibility on assignment
The warden receiving an assignment as provided in § 10-12-5 shall not be held responsible to any person for any property of any assignor, except such as he or she has actually received into his or her possession; provided, he or she shall assign all the interest he or she shall obtain thereby to the committing creditor, if a resident of this state, upon his or her request, or to such person, being a resident thereof, as the creditor shall name, to be held by the creditor or person so named, his or her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, for the purposes and uses set forth in the deed, and a record of the assignment and of the transfers shall be made by the warden.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 259, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 325, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 376, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 562, § 8; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-12-6; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 33.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 10-12-6
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6