Rhode Island General Laws 13-6-4. Application for administration of prisoner’s estate
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Whenever any person shall be imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions for life or for a term of seven (7) years or more, any creditor of that person may apply to the probate court of the city or town in which the prisoner last lived and was domiciled in this state, or in which he or she shall have any estate, for letters of administration to be granted on the prisoner’s estate to the prisoner’s next of kin or to any disinterested person, during the imprisonment.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 54; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 54; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 62; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 62; G.L. 1938, ch. 624, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 13-6-4.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 13-6-4
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Probate: Proving a will
- town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9