If any instrument has been recorded or filed by a city or town clerk, or recorder of deeds, in the manner prescribed by law, a copy thereof duly certified by the proper official may be recorded or filed in the office of any city or town clerk or recorder of deeds, wherein the original might properly have been recorded or filed, and, when so recorded or filed, shall have the same effect as a recording or filing of the original instrument.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-13-6
Recording of certified copies
G.L. 1923, ch. 297, § 25; P.L. 1933, ch. 2044, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 435, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 34-13-6.
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