RI guardian real estate sale bonds.
From $100.
When a Rhode Island probate court authorizes a guardian or conservator to sell or mortgage a ward's real estate, R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-19-8 requires a bond with surety satisfactory to the court that the proceeds will be applied to the authorized purposes and invested as the law or the court directs. The court sets the penal sum; premiums start at $100, your exact price appears on the application, and the bond issues the moment you pay. Any credit screen is a soft credit pull only — never a hard inquiry.
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Three steps. One sitting.
The decree already names the amount. The bond itself is a short application and a checkout:
Apply online
Your details, the ward and the estate, the probate court and case number, the penal sum from the decree, and an effective date. Any credit screen is a soft pull that never shows as a hard inquiry.
Pay & e-sign
Your exact premium shows before payment — the executed bond and power of attorney generate the moment you pay.
File with the probate court
The executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the probate court that authorized the sale or mortgage. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A Rhode Island probate court can authorize a guardian or conservator to sell or mortgage a ward's real estate under R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-19-3. Section 33-19-8 conditions that authority on a bond with surety satisfactory to the court — the guardian must apply the proceeds to the purposes the court authorized and invest what remains as the law allows or the court directs.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the probate court standing in for the ward (the obligee). It is separate from the guardianship bond you gave at appointment — this one exists specifically to protect the money the ward's real estate produces.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The court fixes the penal sum, so bring the decree: we issue the exact amount it names, on the form the court accepts.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the ward and estate details, the court and case, the penal sum from the decree, and an effective date.
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Bond the sale and keep the closing on track.
From $100, exact price on the application, issued the moment you pay. Free until issued.