Rhode Island General Laws 34-11-2. Seal not required in conveyances
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No seal shall be required to any instrument conveying lands, tenements or hereditaments; and any instrument purporting to convey lands, tenements or hereditaments may be referred to as, and shall be, a deed, though no seal be affixed thereto; and the word “covenant” used in any deed or instrument to which no seal is affixed, shall have the same effect as though a seal had been affixed thereto.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 202, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 253, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 297, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 435, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 34-11-2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 34-11-2
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- seal: shall be construed to include an impression of the seal made with or without the use of wax or wafer on the paper. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-15