TITLE 30

Military Affairs and Defense

CHAPTER 30-24

Rhode Island Veterans' Home

SECTION 30-24-9



   § 30-24-9  Property of deceased residents.

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All goods, chattels, property, money, and effects of a deceased resident of the

Rhode Island veterans' home that have not been disposed of by him or her by a

completed inter vivos conveyance or gift, or by a valid will, after payment

therefrom of the funeral expenses, which shall not exceed ten thousand dollars

($10,000), and after payment therefrom of the reasonable debts and expenses of

the deceased resident to be determined by rules and regulations as shall be

adopted by the director, shall upon his or her decease become the property of

the state, and shall be applied by the director of human services, or his

designee, to the uses and purposes of the veterans' restricted account;

provided, however, that the director may, in his or her discretion, deliver to

any surviving relative of the deceased resident any of the property or effects

as may serve as a memento of the deceased resident. For purposes of this

section, the provisions of chapter 24 of title 33 shall be applicable.



History of Section.

(P.L. 1896, ch. 305, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 104, § 21; G.L. 1923, ch.

116, § 21; G.L. 1938, ch. 654, § 18; impl. am. P.L. 1949, ch. 2166,

§ 1; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2724, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 30-24-9;

P.L. 1973, ch. 131, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 102, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 86,

§ 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 164, §§ 2, 3; P.L. 1986, ch. 381, § 1;

P.L. 2004, ch. 312, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 233, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 234,

§ 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 9, § 5; P.L. 2015, ch. 220, § 1;

P.L. 2015, ch. 238, § 1.)