2005 Rhode Island Code - § 33-9-29 — Descent or distribution of real estate to be recorded.

    When the real property of any deceased person, or any part thereof or interest therein, is devised or distributed or set out to the devisee or devisees, heir or heirs, or spouse of the decedent, or is legally divided by all the persons interested, or descends to the heir or heirs or spouse of the decedent, the executor or administrator of the decedent, within one month after acceptance by the probate court of the final administration account or affidavit of complete administration, submit an affidavit to the probate court and procure a certificate of descent, signed by the judge, clerk, or assistant clerk of the probate court, which shall contain the name and place of residence of each person to whom the real property, or any portion thereof or interest therein, is distributed, set out, or divided or descends, and a particular description of the estate, portion, or interest distributed, set out, or divided or descending to each person. The executor or administrator shall cause that certificate to be recorded in the land evidence records of every city or town in which real property of the decedent is situated, and it shall constitute prima facie evidence of the facts stated in it, so far as those facts affect real estate of the decedent.