§ 33-18-9 - Appointment of agent by nonresident fiduciary. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 33-18-9

   § 33-18-9  Appointment of agent bynonresident fiduciary. – Every executor, administrator or guardian appointed in, but residing out of,the state shall, before entering upon the duties of his or her trust, appointin writing an agent residing in this state, and shall by the writing agree thatthe service of any legal process against him or her as executor, administrator,or guardian, if made on, or acknowledged by, the agent, shall be of the samelegal effect as if made on himself or herself personally within this state. Thewriting shall have the address of the agent, and shall be filed in the officeof the clerk of the probate court by which the appointment was made, and thenotice of appointment of the executor, administrator, or guardian shall statethe name and address of his or her agent.