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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-33 > Chapter-33-6 > 33-6-31SECTION 33-6-31
§ 33-6-31 Passage of title by will –Recording. – Title to real or personal property shall pass by will when the will has beenfinally proved; provided, however, that title to real estate situated in anytown or city of this state other than that in which the will is proved shallnot pass by will for the purpose of conveyance by the devisee until, inaddition to probate, a copy of the will as proved, duly certified by theprobate clerk, is recorded in the records of land evidence in that other townor city. Any foreign will shall be recorded as provided in §§ 33-7-18– 33-7-22, and when finally allowed, shall operate to pass title to alllands in that town or city where the will is duly recorded, and in any othertown or city in which a duly certified copy thereof has been recorded in therecords of land evidence in that town or city and not otherwise; provided,however, that when any will is duly proved, or proved and recorded, title tolands as devised thereby shall relate back to the date of the death of thetestator.
