2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 33 - Probate practice and procedure
Chapter 33-23 - Judicial Review of Probate Court Orders and Decisions
Chapter 33-23-4 - Sale of tangible personal property pending appeal.
§ 33-23-4 Sale of tangible personal property pending appeal. – In case of an appeal from an order or decree of a probate court granting letters testamentary, of administration, of administration with the will annexed or of guardianship, the executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, or guardian, pending the appeal, upon leave of the probate court first obtained, may sell at public auction or private sale any tangible personal property of the testator, intestate, or ward, which are liable to perish or waste or to be greatly reduced in value by keeping, or which cannot be kept without great and disproportionate expense, and hold the proceeds of those sales, after deducting from the proceeds the necessary expenses of sale, for the benefit of the estate.
History of Section.
(C.P.A. 1905, § 808; G.L. 1909, ch. 311, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 362, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 573, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 33-23-4; P.L. 1996, ch. 110, § 13.)
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