Tenancies in Rhode Island
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Overview
Tenancy by the Entirety
Creation Language
§ 34-11-3. Creation of co-tenancies by deed – Conveyances between husband and wife. (a) In deeds hereafter made, lands, tenements and hereditaments, or a thing in action, may be conveyed by a person to him or herself jointly with another person by the like means by which it might be conveyed by him or her to another person; and may in like manner, be conveyed by a husband to his wife and by a wife to her husband, alone or jointly with another person; and may also in like manner, be conveyed by a husband to himself and to his wife and by a wife to herself and to her husband as tenants by the entirety; and may also in like manner be conveyed by co-tenants to any one of the co-tenants. (b) A husband and his wife or any two (2) or more persons may convey real estate or interests therein to themselves as co-tenants under any tenancy allowable between them by law. This subsection shall not be construed so as to invalidate any deed of real estate or interest therein heretofore given by a husband and his wife or any two (2) or more persons to themselves as co-tenants under any tenancy allowable between them by law.
Joint Tenancy with Right of Survivorship
Creation Language
A deed running to two persons "and the survivor of them," or, "or the survivor of them " or to three or more persons "and the survivors of them," or "or the survivors of them," shall be considered a deed in joint tenancy under RIGL 34-11-3.
