(a)  The register established by § 18-9-6 shall be open to the inspection of any person at any reasonable times and for any legitimate purposes that the attorney general may determine.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 18-9-7

  • Charitable trusts: as used in this chapter means any fiduciary relationship with respect to property arising as a result of a manifestation of an intention to create it and subjecting the person by whom the property is held to equitable duties to deal with the property for charitable, educational, or religious purposes. See Rhode Island General Laws 18-9-4
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

(b)  The attorney general may by regulation provide that any investigation of charitable trusts made after June 30, 1950, shall not be open to public inspection.

(c)  Upon the registration of each charitable trust there shall be paid to the attorney general a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) which shall be deposited as general revenues.

History of Section.
P.L. 1950, ch. 2617, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 18-9-7; P.L. 1987, ch. 130, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 48.