Title 34 - Property
- CHAPTER 34-1 - Confirmation of Legislative Grants
- CHAPTER 34-10 - Fences
- § 34-10-1 - Lawful fences defined.
- § 34-10-10 - Partition fences between lands under improvement.
- § 34-10-11 - Partition fences between improved and unimproved lands.
- § 34-10-12 - Payment for previously constructed fence.
- § 34-10-13 - Viewing and division of fence – Award of cost.
- § 34-10-14 - Holding and improving partition fences – Agreements between owners.
- § 34-10-15 - Complaint of neglect to maintain fence.
- § 34-10-16 - Construction or repair of fence by complainant – Action for cost and penalties.
- § 34-10-17 - Settlement of controversies by viewer.
- § 34-10-18 - Viewer's fees.
- § 34-10-19 - Neglect of duty by viewer.
- § 34-10-2 - Consent of adjoining owner to barbed-wire fence.
- § 34-10-20 - Spite fences.
- § 34-10-3 - Removal of barbed-wire fence.
- § 34-10-4 - Expense of removal of barbed-wire fence.
- § 34-10-5 - Barbed-wire fences through woodland – Fences existing before 1906.
- § 34-10-6 - Maintenance of water fences.
- § 34-10-7 - Marshland exempt.
- § 34-10-8 - Remedies of marshland owner to trespass.
- § 34-10-9 - Placement of partition fences – Maintenance throughout year.
- CHAPTER 34-11 - Form and Effect of Conveyances
- § 34-11-1 - Conveyances required to be in writing and recorded.
- § 34-11-1.1 - Signing and printing names.
- § 34-11-1.2 - Name and address of grantee – Recording.
- § 34-11-1.3 - Name and address of mortgagor and mortgagee – Recording.
- § 34-11-1.4 - Sale price recording.
- § 34-11-10 - Takers not party to indenture – Conveyance purporting to be indenture.
- § 34-11-11 - Use of statutory forms.
- § 34-11-12 - Statutory forms set out.
- § 34-11-13 - Construction of terms.
- § 34-11-14 - Conveyances to which rules of construction apply.
- § 34-11-15 - Effect of warranty deed.
- § 34-11-16 - Meaning of warranty covenants.
- § 34-11-17 - Effect of quitclaim deed.
- § 34-11-18 - Meaning of quitclaim covenants.
- § 34-11-19 - Contents and effect of short-form mortgage deed.
- § 34-11-2 - Seal not required in conveyances.
- § 34-11-20 - Meaning of mortgage covenants.
- § 34-11-21 - Statutory mortgage condition.
- § 34-11-22 - Statutory power of sale in mortgage.
- § 34-11-23 - Mortgage to secure future loans.
- § 34-11-24 - Effect of assignment of mortgage.
- § 34-11-25 - Use of "assign" sufficient to transfer mortgage.
- § 34-11-26 - Use of word "grant" sufficient.
- § 34-11-27 - Words of inheritance not required – Fee simple presumed.
- § 34-11-28 - Rights, privileges, and appurtenances included in grant.
- § 34-11-29 - Newspapers eligible for publication of notice.
- § 34-11-3 - Creation of co-tenancies by deed – Conveyances between husband and wife.
- § 34-11-30 - Validation of deeds executed under defective law.
- § 34-11-31 - Application of previous deeds to successors.
- § 34-11-32 - Application of covenants to successors in interest.
- § 34-11-33 - Liability on covenant against incumbrances.
- § 34-11-34 - Conveyances executed by attorney – Recording of power.
- § 34-11-35 - Delivery of recorded instrument, when presumed.
- § 34-11-36 - Defective acknowledgments.
- § 34-11-37 - Indefinite references to "trustee".
- § 34-11-38 - Rule against perpetuities reform.
- § 34-11-39 - Penalty for sale of lands in West Warwick subject to sewer assessment.
- § 34-11-4 - Delivery of conveyance sufficient to pass title.
- § 34-11-40 - [Repealed.].
- § 34-11-41 - Reimposition of restrictive covenants.
- § 34-11-5 - Releases and discharges effective without seal.
- § 34-11-6 - Use of word "grant" not required.
- § 34-11-7 - Warranties and rights of reentry not implied.
- § 34-11-8 - Form of grants in tail.
- § 34-11-9 - Words importing failure of issue.
- CHAPTER 34-12 - Acknowledgments And Notarial Acts
- § 34-12-1 - Form of acknowledgment – Foreign acknowledgments.
- § 34-12-2 - Officers authorized to take acknowledgments.
- § 34-12-3 - Acknowledgments in good faith before person claiming to be authorized – Penalty for misrepresentation.
- § 34-12-4 - Instruments executed by diplomatic officials outside United States.
- § 34-12-5 - Power of armed forces officers to take acknowledgments.
- § 34-12-6 - Effect of acknowledgment before armed forces officer.
- § 34-12-7 - Contents of certificate of armed forces officer.
- § 34-12-8 - Proof of authority of armed forces officer.
- § 34-12-9 - Validation of prior acknowledgments before foreign notary public.
- CHAPTER 34-13 - Recording Of Instruments
- § 34-13-1 - Instruments eligible for recording.
- § 34-13-10 - Return of recorded documents.
- § 34-13-11 - Change in name or status of owner of real estate.
- § 34-13-12 - Conveyance of property acquired prior to change of name.
- § 34-13-2 - Recording as constructive notice.
- § 34-13-3 - Affidavits as to acts under power of sale.
- § 34-13-4 - Entry of time of presentation for recording – Receiving book.
- § 34-13-5 - Index of instruments recorded.
- § 34-13-6 - Recording of certified copies.
- § 34-13-7 - General recording fees.
- § 34-13-8 - Fees for attachments, executions, and mechanics' lien accounts.
- § 34-13-9 - Fees for copies of record.
- CHAPTER 34-13.1 - Marketable Record Title
- § 34-13.1-1 - Marketable record title – Definitions.
- § 34-13.1-10 - Construction.
- § 34-13.1-11 - Forty year period extended to all for recording of notice.
- § 34-13.1-2 - Chain of title for not less than forty years creates marketable record title.
- § 34-13.1-3 - Interest to which title is subject.
- § 34-13.1-4 - Prior interest void.
- § 34-13.1-5 - Notice of claim filed within forty (40) year period.
- § 34-13.1-6 - Contents of notice – Recording – Indexing.
- § 34-13.1-7 - Excepted interests.
- § 34-13.1-8 - Other statutes not affected.
- § 34-13.1-9 - Notice not to be recorded to slander title damages.
- CHAPTER 34-14 - Waste and Estrepement
- § 34-14-1 - Liability of tenant for life or years to reversioner or remainderman.
- § 34-14-2 - Liability of co-tenant.
- § 34-14-3 - Action in name of co-tenants.
- § 34-14-4 - Failure of person joined as plaintiff to appear.
- § 34-14-5 - Issuance of writ of estrepement.
- § 34-14-6 - Power of sheriff to stay waste.
- § 34-14-7 - Notice and hearing on estrepement.
- § 34-14-8 - Estrepement bond.
- § 34-14-9 - Return date of writ.
- CHAPTER 34-15 - Partition
- § 34-15-1 - Cotenants of estates of inheritance.
- § 34-15-10 - Summons of party omitted from original process.
- § 34-15-11 - Appointment of guardian ad litem.
- § 34-15-12 - Death of party – Substitution of heirs or devisees.
- § 34-15-13 - Voluntary appearance by heirs or devisees of deceased party.
- § 34-15-14 - Joint or several answers.
- § 34-15-15 - Order to set off share of party.
- § 34-15-16 - Order of sale.
- § 34-15-17 - Sale binding on parties to action.
- § 34-15-18 - Division of proceeds of sale – Share set aside for absent or unknown parties.
- § 34-15-19 - Adjudication of all claims.
- § 34-15-2 - Cotenants of estates for life or years.
- § 34-15-20 - Partition of lands of fee holders and of life tenants, reversioners, and remaindermen.
- § 34-15-21 - Title vested by sale – Investment for benefit of reversioner or remainderman.
- § 34-15-22 - Apportionment of costs.
- § 34-15-23 - Costs as lien on property.
- § 34-15-24 - Appointment of persons to make partition.
- § 34-15-25 - Partition by persons appointed.
- § 34-15-26 - Notice by commissioners nonresidents and to absent or unknown parties.
- § 34-15-27 - Report of commissioners – Judgment – Recording.
- § 34-15-28 - Vesting of title.
- § 34-15-29 - Subdivision and platting of lands.
- § 34-15-3 - Cotenants of estates of inheritance and for life or years.
- § 34-15-4 - Action by executor or administrator as tenant in common.
- § 34-15-5 - Joinder of reversioner or remainderman with tenant for life or years.
- § 34-15-6 - Venue when land situated in two (2) or more counties.
- § 34-15-7 - Notice to absent or unknown parties.
- § 34-15-8 - Notice to absentee by service on tenant in possession.
- § 34-15-9 - Continuance on failure of absentee to appear – Appointment of agent.
- CHAPTER 34-16 - Quieting Title
- § 34-16-1 - Action brought by person claiming through sale or proceedings requiring notice.
- § 34-16-10 - Service of process on residents.
- § 34-16-11 - Service on nonresidents.
- § 34-16-12 - Service on defendants unknown or with unknown addresses.
- § 34-16-13 - Proof of service – Jurisdiction of parties.
- § 34-16-14 - Proof of title – Judgment.
- § 34-16-15 - Remedy cumulative.
- § 34-16-2 - Examination of title – Notice to parties in interest.
- § 34-16-3 - Determination of title – Decree.
- § 34-16-4 - Action brought by person claiming through conveyance, devise, or inheritance.
- § 34-16-5 - Contents of complaint.
- § 34-16-6 - Filing of abstract of title.
- § 34-16-7 - Presumption of lost grant by adverse possession.
- § 34-16-8 - Parties barred by presumption of lost grant.
- § 34-16-9 - Inclusion of unknown defendants in complaint.
- CHAPTER 34-17 - Fixtures
- § 34-17-1 - Factory equipment declared real estate.
- § 34-17-2 - Machinery and apparatus declared personal property.
- § 34-17-3 - Partition of machinery and apparatus.
- § 34-17-4 - Removal of fixtures annexed by life tenant.
- § 34-17-5 - Testamentary powers unaffected by § 34-17-4.
- CHAPTER 34-18 - Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
- § 34-18-1 - Short title.
- § 34-18-10 - Service of process for actions pursuant to chapter.
- § 34-18-11 - Definitions.
- § 34-18-12 - Obligation of good faith.
- § 34-18-13 - Unconscionability.
- § 34-18-14 - Notice.
- § 34-18-15 - Terms and conditions of rental agreement.
- § 34-18-16 - Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement.
- § 34-18-16.1 - Rent increases – Notice requirements.
- § 34-18-17 - Prohibited provisions in rental agreements.
- § 34-18-18 - Receipt of rent free of maintenance obligations forbidden.
- § 34-18-19 - Security deposits.
- § 34-18-2 - Purposes – Rules of construction.
- § 34-18-20 - Disclosure.
- § 34-18-21 - Landlord to deliver possession of dwelling unit.
- § 34-18-22 - Landlord to maintain premises.
- § 34-18-22.1 - Landlord's duty to notify tenant of violation.
- § 34-18-22.2 - Landlord's duty regarding compliance with zoning and minimum housing laws.
- § 34-18-22.3 - Nonresident landlord to designate agent for service of process.
- § 34-18-23 - Limitation of liability upon sale or change of management.
- § 34-18-24 - Tenant to maintain dwelling unit.
- § 34-18-25 - Rules and regulations.
- § 34-18-26 - Access.
- § 34-18-27 - Tenant to use and occupy.
- § 34-18-28 - Noncompliance by the landlord in general.
- § 34-18-29 - Failure to deliver possession.
- § 34-18-3 - Supplementary principles of law applicable.
- § 34-18-30 - Self-help for limited repairs.
- § 34-18-31 - Wrongful failure to supply heat, water, hot water, or essential services.
- § 34-18-32 - Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession or rent.
- § 34-18-33 - Fire or casualty damage.
- § 34-18-34 - Tenant's remedies for landlord's unlawful ouster, exclusion, or diminution of service.
- § 34-18-35 - Eviction for nonpayment of rent.
- § 34-18-36 - Eviction for noncompliance with rental agreement.
- § 34-18-37 - Termination of periodic tenancy.
- § 34-18-38 - Eviction for unlawfully holding over after termination or expiration of tenancy.
- § 34-18-39 - Failure to maintain.
- § 34-18-4 - Construction against implicit repeal.
- § 34-18-40 - Remedies for abandonment.
- § 34-18-41 - Waiver of landlord's right to terminate.
- § 34-18-42 - Landlord liens – Distraint for rent abolished.
- § 34-18-43 - Remedy after termination.
- § 34-18-44 - Self-help recovery of possession prohibited.
- § 34-18-45 - Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access.
- § 34-18-46 - Retaliatory conduct prohibited.
- § 34-18-47 - Appeals.
- § 34-18-48 - Execution.
- § 34-18-49 - Payment of rent on stay of execution.
- § 34-18-5 - Administration of remedies – Enforcement.
- § 34-18-50 - Payment of moving costs required.
- § 34-18-51 - Issuance of execution on nonpayment of rent.
- § 34-18-52 - Payment of rent during pendency of appeal.
- § 34-18-53 - Dismissal of appeal for nonpayment of rent during pendency of appeals.
- § 34-18-54 - Savings clause.
- § 34-18-55 - Severability.
- § 34-18-56 - Notices and complaint forms.
- § 34-18-57 - Providence and Warwick Absentee Landlord Enforcement Act.
- § 34-18-6 - Temporary restraining orders – Ex parte proceedings.
- § 34-18-7 - Application.
- § 34-18-8 - Exclusions from application of chapter.
- § 34-18-9 - Jurisdiction.
- CHAPTER 34-18.1 - Commercial Leasing and Other Estates
- § 34-18.1-1 - Purpose.
- § 34-18.1-10 - Liability of person in possession for rent on land held.
- § 34-18.1-11 - Action by or against executors or administrators for arrears of rent.
- § 34-18.1-12 - Other legal remedies for recovery of rents preserved.
- § 34-18.1-13 - Apportionment of rent on termination of lease.
- § 34-18.1-14 - Recovery of prepaid rent on termination of tenancy.
- § 34-18.1-15 - Right of "self help" prohibited.
- § 34-18.1-16 - Payment of rent on stay of execution.
- § 34-18.1-17 - Issuance of execution on nonpayment of rent.
- § 34-18.1-18 - Payment of rent during pendency of appeal.
- § 34-18.1-19 - Order of judgment on nonpayment of rent in pending appeals.
- § 34-18.1-2 - Quitting by tenants at will or by sufferance on notice.
- § 34-18.1-20 - Removal of persons in tourist camps.
- § 34-18.1-3 - Liability of tenants by sufferance for rent.
- § 34-18.1-4 - Quitting by tenants by parol from year to year.
- § 34-18.1-5 - Quitting by tenants by parol for less than one year.
- § 34-18.1-6 - Notice of termination by tenant.
- § 34-18.1-7 - Time of termination of letting.
- § 34-18.1-8 - Surrender of premises damaged by fire or storm – Adjustment of rent.
- § 34-18.1-9 - Delinquency in rent – Repossession by ejectment – Judgment.
- CHAPTER 34-18.2 - Leased Land Dwellings
- CHAPTER 34-19 - Forcible Entry and Detainer
- § 34-19-1 - Warrant for summons of jury.
- § 34-19-10 - Limitation of actions.
- § 34-19-11 - Compensation of jurors.
- § 34-19-2 - Issuance of summons to defendant.
- § 34-19-3 - Service on defendant – Proceeding on nonappearance.
- § 34-19-4 - Impaneling and oath of jurors.
- § 34-19-5 - Return of verdict.
- § 34-19-6 - Judgment and writ of restitution.
- § 34-19-7 - Recovery of costs by defendant.
- § 34-19-8 - Appeal not allowed – New trial – Judgment not bar to further action.
- § 34-19-9 - Certiorari to supreme court.
- CHAPTER 34-2 - Capacity to Hold Real Estate
- CHAPTER 34-20 - Trespass and Actions for Possession
- § 34-20-1 - Liability for unauthorized cutting of trees or wood.
- § 34-20-10 - Unlawful termination of tenancy in general.
- § 34-20-11 - Termination of tenancy for failure to pay increased rent imposed as penalty.
- § 34-20-2 - Actions to recovery possession – Right of entry.
- § 34-20-3 - Action by cotenants.
- § 34-20-4 - Conditional judgment in action by mortgagee.
- § 34-20-5 - – 34-20-9. [Repealed.].
- CHAPTER 34-21 - Replevin
- § 34-21-1 - Property repleviable on superior court writ.
- § 34-21-10 - Recovery of damages and costs by plaintiff.
- § 34-21-11 - Damages and costs on divided judgment.
- § 34-21-12 - Restored property subject to prior attachment.
- § 34-21-13 - Assumption of defense by attaching creditor.
- § 34-21-2 - District court jurisdiction.
- § 34-21-3 - Service of writ where sheriff or deputy is party.
- § 34-21-4 - Bond given prior to service of writ.
- § 34-21-5 - Court examination of bond – Failure of plaintiff to comply with court order.
- § 34-21-6 - Insufficient bond.
- § 34-21-7 - Failure of plaintiff to prosecute.
- § 34-21-8 - Judgment for defendant.
- § 34-21-9 - Form of writ of return and restoration.
- CHAPTER 34-22 - Powers
- § 34-22-1 - Disclaimer and renunciation or restriction of power.
- § 34-22-10 - Notice of death of member of military giving power of attorney.
- § 34-22-11 - Construction of certain powers of appointment created before May 1, 1958.
- § 34-22-12 - Construction of certain powers of appointment created after May 1, 1958.
- § 34-22-13 - Powers as subjecting property to creditors.
- § 34-22-14 - Severability of §§ 34-22-11 – 34-22-14.
- § 34-22-2 - Delivery and recording of disclaimer and renunciation.
- § 34-22-3 - Release of power – Contract not to exercise.
- § 34-22-4 - Means of releasing or contracting not to exercise power.
- § 34-22-5 - Relationship between §§ 34-22-3 and 34-22-4.
- § 34-22-6 - Acts under power of attorney.
- § 34-22-6.1 - When power of attorney not affected by incompetency.
- § 34-22-7 - Good faith payment by attorney acting under invalid power.
- § 34-22-8 - Power of attorney given by member of military in time of war.
- § 34-22-9 - Good faith acts under revoked military member's power of attorney.
- CHAPTER 34-23 - Mortgages of Real Property
- § 34-23-1 - Effect of unrecorded defeasance.
- § 34-23-2 - Redemption right of mortgagor or vendor with defeasance.
- § 34-23-3 - Time within which redemption allowed.
- § 34-23-4 - Certificate of possession taken by mortgagee.
- § 34-23-5 - Prepayment of mortgage loans.
- § 34-23-6 - Disclosure requirements.
- § 34-23-7 - [Repealed.].
- CHAPTER 34-24 - Mortgages Of Personal Property
- CHAPTER 34-25 - Future Loans and After-Acquired Property
- § 34-25-1 - Real estate mortgage to secure future loans – Amounts and purposes of loans covered.
- § 34-25-10 - Priority of open-end mortgages over encumbrances not previously recorded.
- § 34-25-11 - Relinquishment of security as to additional future advances – Stipulation as to amount due.
- § 34-25-12 - Discharge of open-end mortgage.
- § 34-25-13 - Mortgages to which §§ 34-25-8 – 34-25-14 apply.
- § 34-25-14 - Mortgagees authorized to take open-end mortgages.
- § 34-25-2 - Priority of future loan mortgages over encumbrances not previously recorded.
- § 34-25-3 - Priority of attachment, execution, or lis pendens over subsequent loans.
- § 34-25-4 - Relinquishment of security as to additional loans – Stipulation as to amount due.
- § 34-25-5 - Mortgages to which §§ 34-25-1 – 34-25-5 apply.
- § 34-25-6 - Mortgagees authorized to take future loan mortgages.
- § 34-25-7 - Application of mortgages to after-acquired property of public utilities.
- § 34-25-8 - Open-end mortgages.
- § 34-25-9 - Form of open-end mortgage.
- CHAPTER 34-25.1 - Reverse Mortgages
- § 34-25.1-1 - Reverse mortgages.
- § 34-25.1-10 - Pre-closing disclosures.
- § 34-25.1-11 - Annual account statements and other required disclosures.
- § 34-25.1-12 - Non-binding on the applicant.
- § 34-25.1-13 - Attorneys-in-fact – Guardians.
- § 34-25.1-14 - Regulations.
- § 34-25.1-15 - Property held in name or trust.
- § 34-25.1-16 - Liberal construction.
- § 34-25.1-2 - Form of reverse mortgage.
- § 34-25.1-3 - Priority over encumbrances not previously recorded.
- § 34-25.1-4 - Relinquishment of security as to additional future advances – Stipulation as to amount due.
- § 34-25.1-5 - Discharge of reverse mortgage.
- § 34-25.1-6 - Mortgages to which this chapter applies.
- § 34-25.1-7 - Reverse mortgage loan requirements.
- § 34-25.1-8 - Mortgagees authorized to take reverse mortgages.
- § 34-25.1-9 - Required counseling.
- CHAPTER 34-25.2 - Rhode Island Home Loan Protection Act
- § 34-25.2-1 - Short title.
- § 34-25.2-10 - Rights in addition to other laws.
- § 34-25.2-11 - Exemption.
- § 34-25.2-12 - Department of business regulation.
- § 34-25.2-13 - Reporting.
- § 34-25.2-14 - Liberal construction.
- § 34-25.2-15 - Severability.
- § 34-25.2-2 - Legislative findings.
- § 34-25.2-3 - Purpose.
- § 34-25.2-4 - Definitions.
- § 34-25.2-5 - Prohibited acts and practices regarding home loans.
- § 34-25.2-6 - Limitations and prohibited practices regarding high-cost home loans.
- § 34-25.2-7 - Assignee liability.
- § 34-25.2-8 - Civil action.
- § 34-25.2-9 - Subterfuge prohibited.
- CHAPTER 34-26 - Redemption, Release, and Transfer of Mortgages
- § 34-26-1 - Complaint to redeem.
- § 34-26-2 - Right to discharge on satisfaction of mortgage – Escrow accounts.
- § 34-26-3 - Methods of discharge.
- § 34-26-4 - Requiring assignment of mortgage in lieu of discharge – Enforcement by incumbrancers.
- § 34-26-5 - Liability of mortgagee for failure to discharge, release, or transfer mortgage.
- § 34-26-6 - Other forms of discharge or release preserved.
- § 34-26-7 - Certain ancient mortgages becoming void unless continued.
- § 34-26-8 - Release of mortgage – Affidavit.
- CHAPTER 34-27 - Mortgage Foreclosure and Sale
- § 34-27-1 - Complaint to foreclose.
- § 34-27-1.1 - [Transferred.].
- § 34-27-2 - Right of mortgagee to bid at sale.
- § 34-27-3 - Discharge of purchaser at sale by payments to mortgagee.
- § 34-27-3.1 - Foreclosure counseling.
- § 34-27-4 - Publication of notice under power of sale.
- § 34-27-5 - Mortgage foreclosure advertisement.
- § 34-27-6 - Payment of outstanding taxes.
- CHAPTER 34-27.1 - Payment of Proceeds of Mortgage Loans to Subcontractors and Materialmen
- CHAPTER 34-27.2 - The Rhode Island Construction Trust Act
- CHAPTER 34-28 - Mechanics' Liens
- § 34-28-1 - Improvements by consent of owner – Contracts barring enforcement of lien against public policy.
- § 34-28-10 - Complaint to enforce lien – Lis pendens notice.
- § 34-28-11 - Contents of lis pendens.
- § 34-28-12 - Recording of lis pendens.
- § 34-28-13 - Form of complaint to enforce lien.
- § 34-28-14 - Notice of complaint to owners and encumbrancers.
- § 34-28-15 - Contents and service of citation to owners and encumbrancers.
- § 34-28-16 - Entry of appearance and filing of account or claim.
- § 34-28-16.1 - Petition to foreclose mortgage.
- § 34-28-16.2 - Proceedings in superior court.
- § 34-28-17 - Dismissal of complaint, notice of lien, and release of lien upon deposit in court.
- § 34-28-17.1 - Dismissal of complaint for other cause.
- § 34-28-18 - Consolidation of proceedings by different lienholders.
- § 34-28-19 - Costs of proceedings.
- § 34-28-2 - Improvements by consent of tenant or lessee.
- § 34-28-20 - Persons entitled to contest claims.
- § 34-28-21 - Decree ordering sale.
- § 34-28-22 - Court instructions as to sale.
- § 34-28-23 - Application of proceeds of sale.
- § 34-28-24 - Master's bond.
- § 34-28-25 - Priority of liens.
- § 34-28-26 - Subordination or release of lien.
- § 34-28-27 - Direct payment on release of lien.
- § 34-28-28 - Damages on withholding direct payment or consent thereto.
- § 34-28-29 - Form of demand for direct payment.
- § 34-28-3 - Improvements by consent of owner of less than freehold.
- § 34-28-3.1 - Materials to include rental or lease of any equipment.
- § 34-28-30 - Suit on bond to secure payment.
- § 34-28-31 - Application to governmental agencies.
- § 34-28-32 - Contractor excused from completing work upon filing of complaint.
- § 34-28-32.2 - Construction.
- § 34-28-33 - Remedy of chapter not exclusive.
- § 34-28-34 - Definitions.
- § 34-28-35 - Form of real estate description.
- § 34-28-36 - Short title.
- § 34-28-37 - Severability.
- § 34-28-4 - Notice of intention to claim lien.
- § 34-28-4.1 - Contractors.
- § 34-28-5 - Recording notice of intention.
- § 34-28-6 - [Repealed.].
- § 34-28-7 - Lien of architect or engineer.
- § 34-28-8 - Land subject to lien.
- § 34-28-9 - Effective period of notice.
- CHAPTER 34-29 - Textile Processors' Liens
- § 34-29-1 - Definitions.
- § 34-29-2 - Lien on textiles for processing.
- § 34-29-3 - Priority of lien over owner's interest.
- § 34-29-4 - Lien unimpaired by judgment or taking of bill or note for debt.
- § 34-29-5 - Sale of goods – Notice – Disposition of proceeds.
- § 34-29-6 - Contractual liens.
- § 34-29-7 - Severability.
- CHAPTER 34-3 - Tenancy in Common
- CHAPTER 34-30 - Jewelers', Watchmakers', and Silversmiths' Liens
- CHAPTER 34-30.1 - Manufacturer's Mold Lien
- CHAPTER 34-31 - Launderers' and Cleaners' Lien
- CHAPTER 34-32 - Liens on Motor Vehicles
- CHAPTER 34-33 - Innkeepers' Liens
- CHAPTER 34-34 - Federal Liens
- CHAPTER 34-35 - Enforcement of Common Law and Contractual Liens
- CHAPTER 34-36 - Condominium Ownership
- § 34-36-1 - Short title.
- § 34-36-10 - Declaration – Recording.
- § 34-36-11 - Deeds – Contents.
- § 34-36-12 - Recording of instruments affecting property – Separate index.
- § 34-36-13 - Survey map.
- § 34-36-14 - Descriptions of unit.
- § 34-36-15 - Bylaws – Recording.
- § 34-36-16 - Bylaw provisions.
- § 34-36-17 - Records of management.
- § 34-36-18 - Release of initial liens.
- § 34-36-19 - Unit liens.
- § 34-36-2 - Applicability.
- § 34-36-20 - Common expenses – Payment.
- § 34-36-21 - Interest of unit owner acquired on forced sale.
- § 34-36-22 - Removal of property from application of chapter.
- § 34-36-23 - Resubmission of property to chapter.
- § 34-36-24 - Common profits and expenses – Distribution and charging.
- § 34-36-25 - Voluntary conveyance of unit.
- § 34-36-26 - Liability of unit owner for common expenses absolute.
- § 34-36-27 - Separate assessment for taxation.
- § 34-36-28 - Perpetuities and restraints on alienation.
- § 34-36-29 - Insurance.
- § 34-36-3 - Definitions.
- § 34-36-30 - Reconstruction on insured loss.
- § 34-36-31 - Repairs on insured loss.
- § 34-36-32 - Sale or disposition of entirety.
- § 34-36-33 - Actions relating to common areas.
- § 34-36-34 - Liability of unit owners, tenants, employees.
- § 34-36-34.1 - Rescission of purchase agreement or action for damages – Limitations of action.
- § 34-36-34.2 - Punitive damages – Attorney's fees.
- § 34-36-35 - Chapter supplemental.
- § 34-36-36 - Severability.
- § 34-36-37 - Rights of tenants upon conversion to condominium ownership.
- § 34-36-38 - Applicability of local ordinance, regulation, and building codes.
- § 34-36-39 - Chapter continuity.
- § 34-36-4 - Units deemed separable.
- § 34-36-5 - Units may be held in ownership as in other property.
- § 34-36-6 - Exclusive ownership and possession.
- § 34-36-7 - Incidents of ownership.
- § 34-36-8 - Compliance with declaration and rules.
- § 34-36-9 - Alterations.
- CHAPTER 34-36.1 - Condominium Law
- § 34-36.1-1.01 - Short title.
- § 34-36.1-1.02 - Applicability.
- § 34-36.1-1.03 - Definitions.
- § 34-36.1-1.04 - Variation by agreement.
- § 34-36.1-1.05 - Separate titles and taxation.
- § 34-36.1-1.06 - Applicability of local ordinances, regulations, and building codes.
- § 34-36.1-1.07 - Eminent domain.
- § 34-36.1-1.08 - Supplemental general principles of law applicable.
- § 34-36.1-1.09 - Severability.
- § 34-36.1-1.10 - Unconscionable agreement or term of contract.
- § 34-36.1-1.11 - Obligation of good faith.
- § 34-36.1-1.12 - Remedies to be liberally administered.
- § 34-36.1-2.01 - Creation of condominium.
- § 34-36.1-2.02 - Unit boundaries.
- § 34-36.1-2.03 - Construction and validity of declaration and bylaws.
- § 34-36.1-2.04 - Description of units.
- § 34-36.1-2.05 - Contents of declaration.
- § 34-36.1-2.06 - Leasehold condominiums.
- § 34-36.1-2.07 - Allocation of common element interest, votes, and common expense liabilities.
- § 34-36.1-2.08 - Limited common elements.
- § 34-36.1-2.09 - Plats and plans.
- § 34-36.1-2.10 - Exercise of development rights.
- § 34-36.1-2.11 - Alterations of units.
- § 34-36.1-2.12 - Relocation of boundaries between adjoining units.
- § 34-36.1-2.13 - Subdivisions of units.
- § 34-36.1-2.14 - Easement for encroachments.
- § 34-36.1-2.15 - Use for sales purposes.
- § 34-36.1-2.16 - Easement rights.
- § 34-36.1-2.17 - Amendment of declaration.
- § 34-36.1-2.18 - Termination of a condominium.
- § 34-36.1-2.19 - Rights of secured lenders.
- § 34-36.1-2.20 - Master associations.
- § 34-36.1-2.21 - Merger or consolidation of condominiums.
- § 34-36.1-3.01 - Organization of unit owners' association.
- § 34-36.1-3.02 - Powers of unit owners' association.
- § 34-36.1-3.03 - Executive board members and officers.
- § 34-36.1-3.04 - Transfer of special declarant rights.
- § 34-36.1-3.05 - Termination of contracts and leases of declarant.
- § 34-36.1-3.06 - Bylaws.
- § 34-36.1-3.07 - Upkeep of condominium.
- § 34-36.1-3.08 - Meetings.
- § 34-36.1-3.09 - Quorums.
- § 34-36.1-3.10 - Voting – Proxies.
- § 34-36.1-3.11 - Tort and contract liability.
- § 34-36.1-3.12 - Conveyance or encumbrance of common elements.
- § 34-36.1-3.13 - Insurance.
- § 34-36.1-3.14 - Surplus funds.
- § 34-36.1-3.15 - Assessments for common expenses.
- § 34-36.1-3.16 - Lien for assessments.
- § 34-36.1-3.17 - Other liens affecting the condominium.
- § 34-36.1-3.18 - Association records.
- § 34-36.1-3.19 - Association as trustee.
- § 34-36.1-3.20 - Enforcement of declaration, by-laws and rules.
- § 34-36.1-3.21 - Foreclosure of condominium lien.
- § 34-36.1-4.01 - Applicability – Waiver.
- § 34-36.1-4.02 - Liability for public offering statement requirements.
- § 34-36.1-4.03 - Public offering statement – General provisions.
- § 34-36.1-4.04 - Public offering statement – Condominiums subject to development rights.
- § 34-36.1-4.05 - Public offering statement – Time shares.
- § 34-36.1-4.06 - Public offering statement – Condominiums containing conversion buildings.
- § 34-36.1-4.07 - Public offering statement – Condominium securities.
- § 34-36.1-4.08 - Purchaser's rights to cancel.
- § 34-36.1-4.09 - Resale of units.
- § 34-36.1-4.10 - Escrow of deposits.
- § 34-36.1-4.11 - Release of liens.
- § 34-36.1-4.12 - Conversion buildings.
- § 34-36.1-4.13 - Express warranties of quality.
- § 34-36.1-4.14 - Implied warranties of quality.
- § 34-36.1-4.15 - Exclusion or modification of implied warranties of quality.
- § 34-36.1-4.16 - Statute of limitations for warranties.
- § 34-36.1-4.17 - Effect of violations on rights of action – Attorney's fees.
- § 34-36.1-4.18 - Labeling of promotional material.
- § 34-36.1-4.19 - Declarant's obligation to complete and restore.
- § 34-36.1-4.20 - Substantial completion of units.
- CHAPTER 34-37 - Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act
- § 34-37-1 - Finding and declaration of policy.
- § 34-37-10 - Severability.
- § 34-37-11 - Short title.
- § 34-37-2 - Right to equal housing opportunities – Civil rights.
- § 34-37-2.1 - Right to equal housing opportunities – Age.
- § 34-37-2.2 - Right to equal housing opportunities – Sexual orientation.
- § 34-37-2.3 - Right to equal housing opportunities – Gender identity or expression.
- § 34-37-2.4 - Right to equal housing opportunities – Victims of domestic violence status.
- § 34-37-3 - Definitions.
- § 34-37-4 - Unlawful housing practices.
- § 34-37-4.1 - Discrimination in familial status – Exemptions.
- § 34-37-4.2 - Exemptions – Religious organizations and private clubs.
- § 34-37-4.3 - Discrimination in granting credit or loans prohibited.
- § 34-37-4.4 - Discrimination based on sexual orientation – Exemption.
- § 34-37-4.5 - Discrimination based on gender identity or expression – Exemption.
- § 34-37-5 - Prevention of unlawful housing practices.
- § 34-37-5.1 - Interference, coercion, or intimidation.
- § 34-37-5.2 - Discrimination in brokerage services.
- § 34-37-5.3 - Fostering of segregated housing prohibited.
- § 34-37-5.4 - Discrimination in residential real estate related transactions.
- § 34-37-6 - Judicial review and enforcement.
- § 34-37-7 - [Repealed.].
- § 34-37-8 - Appropriation.
- § 34-37-9 - Construction.
- CHAPTER 34-38 - Regulation of Out of State Real Estate Sales and Dispositions
- § 34-38-1 - Definitions.
- § 34-38-10 - Violations.
- § 34-38-11 - Applicability.
- § 34-38-2 - Exemptions.
- § 34-38-3 - Filing requirements.
- § 34-38-4 - Department investigation.
- § 34-38-5 - Approval or disapproval of filing and issuance of license.
- § 34-38-6 - Requirements for offer or disposition.
- § 34-38-7 - Advertisement and sale.
- § 34-38-8 - Escrow account.
- § 34-38-9 - Appointment of agent and service of process.
- CHAPTER 34-39 - Conservation and Preservation Restrictions on Real Property
- CHAPTER 34-39.1 - The Holders of Low and Moderate Income Housing Restrictions Act
- CHAPTER 34-4 - Estates in Real Property
- § 34-4-1 - Presumed death from absence of life tenant.
- § 34-4-10 - Construction of amendment to § 34-4-9.
- § 34-4-11 - Conveyance of contingent, executory, and future interests.
- § 34-4-12 - Rights against lessee in remainderman taking precedent estate by merger.
- § 34-4-13 - Rights of entry not defeated by descent or discontinuance.
- § 34-4-14 - Liability of lands for debts of tenant in tail.
- § 34-4-15 - Conveyance of fee simple by tenant in tail.
- § 34-4-16 - Conveyance by life tenant and remainderman in tail.
- § 34-4-17 - Barring of equitable estates tail.
- § 34-4-18 - Right of grantee of equitable estate tail to conveyance of legal interest.
- § 34-4-19 - Limitation of possibilities of reverter and rights of entry.
- § 34-4-2 - Grant for life with remainder to heirs in fee.
- § 34-4-20 - Possibilities of reverter and rights of entry exempt from limitation.
- § 34-4-21 - Limitation of restrictive covenants.
- § 34-4-22 - Expiration of recorded options affecting real estate.
- § 34-4-23 - Expiration of recorded instruments affecting real estate.
- § 34-4-24 - Limitation of proceedings based upon right of entry for condition broken or possibility of reverter.
- § 34-4-25 - Invalidity of certain restrictive covenants.
- § 34-4-26 - Expiration of recorded rights affecting real estate.
- § 34-4-27 - Title to real estate – Trusts.
- § 34-4-28 - Title to real estate – Trusts – Conveyance to named trust.
- § 34-4-29 - Governmental covenants and restrictions.
- § 34-4-3 - Purported grant of estate greater than owned by grantor.
- § 34-4-4 - Expectant estates not dependent on precedent estates.
- § 34-4-5 - Bar of estates tail preserved – Defeat of expectancies provided for by grantor.
- § 34-4-6 - Trustee of timber land subject to life estate.
- § 34-4-7 - Sale or mortgage of real estate subject to contingent remainder, executory devise, or power of appointment.
- § 34-4-8 - Notice of petition for sale – Representation of minors and parties not ascertained.
- § 34-4-9 - Management of proceeds of sale – Supervision by court.
- CHAPTER 34-40 - Solar Easements
- CHAPTER 34-41 - Rhode Island Real Estate Time-Share Act
- § 34-41-1.01 - Short title.
- § 34-41-1.02 - Definitions.
- § 34-41-1.03 - Status and taxation of time-share estates.
- § 34-41-1.04 - Variation by agreement.
- § 34-41-1.05 - Unconscionable agreement or term of contract.
- § 34-41-1.06 - Obligation of good faith.
- § 34-41-1.07 - Remedies to be liberally administered.
- § 34-41-1.08 - Supplemental general principles of law applicable.
- § 34-41-1.09 - Conflicts with other statutes.
- § 34-41-1.10 - [Reserved.].
- § 34-41-1.11 - Applicability.
- § 34-41-1.12 - Severability.
- § 34-41-2.01 - Time shares in projects.
- § 34-41-2.02 - Time-share instrument.
- § 34-41-2.03 - Allocation of time-share expense liability and voting rights.
- § 34-41-2.04 - Partition.
- § 34-41-2.05 - Termination of time shares.
- § 34-41-2.06 - Use for sales purposes.
- § 34-41-2.07 - Rights of secured lenders.
- § 34-41-2.08 - Transfer of time-share licenses.
- § 34-41-3.01 - Managing entity.
- § 34-41-3.02 - Powers of managing entity.
- § 34-41-3.03 - Powers and duties in absence of managing entity.
- § 34-41-3.04 - Transfer of special developer rights.
- § 34-41-3.05 - Termination of contracts and leases of developer.
- § 34-41-3.06 - Upkeep of units.
- § 34-41-3.07 - Tort and contract liability.
- § 34-41-3.08 - Insurance.
- § 34-41-3.09 - Surplus funds.
- § 34-41-3.10 - Assessments for time-share expenses.
- § 34-41-3.11 - Lien for assessments.
- § 34-41-3.12 - Financial records.
- § 34-41-3.13 - Authority of trustee.
- § 34-41-3.14 - Initiative, referendum, and recall – General provisions.
- § 34-41-3.15 - Direct initiative by owners.
- § 34-41-3.16 - Referendum of owners.
- § 34-41-3.17 - Recall of manager by owners.
- § 34-41-4.01 - Applicability – Exemptions.
- § 34-41-4.02 - Liability for public offering statement requirements.
- § 34-41-4.03 - Public offering statement – General provisions.
- § 34-41-4.04 - Public offering statement – Conversion building.
- § 34-41-4.05 - Public offering statement – Time-share securities.
- § 34-41-4.06 - Purchaser's right to cancel.
- § 34-41-4.07 - Resales of time shares.
- § 34-41-4.08 - Deposits.
- § 34-41-4.09 - Liens.
- § 34-41-4.10 - Conversion building.
- § 34-41-4.11 - Express warranties of quality.
- § 34-41-4.12 - Implied warranties of quality.
- § 34-41-4.13 - Exclusion or modification of implied warranties of quality.
- § 34-41-4.14 - Statute of limitation for warranties.
- § 34-41-4.15 - Effect of violations on rights of action.
- § 34-41-4.16 - Labeling of promotional material.
- § 34-41-4.17 - Developer's obligation to complete.
- § 34-41-4.18 - Substantial completion of units.
- § 34-41-5.01 - Administrative agency.
- § 34-41-5.02 - Registration required.
- § 34-41-5.03 - Application for registration – Approval of uncompleted units.
- § 34-41-5.04 - Receipt of application – Order of registration.
- § 34-41-5.05 - Annual report and amendments.
- § 34-41-5.06 - Agency regulation of public offering statement.
- § 34-41-5.07 - Civil sanctions.
- CHAPTER 34-42 - Self-Service Storage Facilities
- § 34-42-1 - Short title.
- § 34-42-2 - Definitions.
- § 34-42-3 - Owner's lien.
- § 34-42-4 - Enforcement of owner's lien.
- § 34-42-5 - Construction of chapter.
- § 34-42-6 - Savings clause.
- § 34-42-7 - Severability.
- § 34-42-8 - Notification of local fire departments.
- CHAPTER 34-43 - Insurance on Multi-Unit Dwellings in Providence
- CHAPTER 34-44 - Abandoned Property
- § 34-44-1 - Short title.
- § 34-44-10 - Legality of prior and inferior mortgage liens.
- § 34-44-11 - Receiver's entitlement to fees and commissions.
- § 34-44-12 - Sale of building and property by receiver.
- § 34-44-2 - Definitions.
- § 34-44-3 - Injunctive relief and other relief.
- § 34-44-4 - Public nuisance determination – Show cause hearing – Appointment of receiver.
- § 34-44-4.1 - Court determinations required.
- § 34-44-5 - Demolition.
- § 34-44-6 - Receiver's bond – Power and duties.
- § 34-44-7 - Nonapplicability of monetary jurisdiction limits – Personal liability of receiver.
- § 34-44-8 - Expenses of receivership – Fees.
- § 34-44-9 - Discharge of a receiver.
- CHAPTER 34-45 - Preservation of Federally Insured or Assisted Housing
- § 34-45-1 - Short title.
- § 34-45-10 - Rule making.
- § 34-45-11 - Rights of tenants.
- § 34-45-12 - Severability.
- § 34-45-2 - Legislative findings.
- § 34-45-3 - Legislative purpose.
- § 34-45-4 - Definitions.
- § 34-45-5 - Notice of termination of section 8 contract.
- § 34-45-6 - Notice of discontinuance.
- § 34-45-7 - Opportunity to purchase.
- § 34-45-8 - Offer to sell – Rights of first refusal.
- § 34-45-9 - Waiver of rights.
- CHAPTER 34-46 - Dry Dock Facilities
- CHAPTER 34-47 - Aircraft Repair Liens
- CHAPTER 34-48 - Animal Liens
- CHAPTER 34-5 - Disclaimer of Certain Property Interests
- § 34-5-1 - Definitions.
- § 34-5-10 - Spendthrift provisions.
- § 34-5-11 - Effect on other laws.
- § 34-5-2 - Disclaimer of interest in estate.
- § 34-5-3 - Disclaimer by fiduciaries.
- § 34-5-4 - Form of disclaimer.
- § 34-5-5 - Time for filing disclaimer.
- § 34-5-6 - Filing and service of disclaimer.
- § 34-5-7 - Reliance on disclaimer.
- § 34-5-8 - Disposition of disclaimed interest.
- § 34-5-9 - Waiver or bar to right to disclaim.
- CHAPTER 34-6 - Release of Money Charges
- CHAPTER 34-7 - By Possession and Prescription
- § 34-7-1 - Conclusive title by peaceful possession under claim of title.
- § 34-7-2 - Absentees and persons under disability – Reversioners and remaindermen.
- § 34-7-3 - Easement of light and air denied.
- § 34-7-4 - Right of footway denied.
- § 34-7-5 - Utility rights-of-way not acquired by enjoyment.
- § 34-7-6 - Notice of intent to dispute interrupting adverse possession.
- § 34-7-7 - Action by claimant in possession after notice of intent to dispute.
- § 34-7-8 - Shore rights preserved – Prospective applicability.
- § 34-7-9 - Land preserved for open space and conservation purposes.
- CHAPTER 34-8 - Rhode Island Coordinate System
- § 34-8-1 - Adoption of ocean and geodetic survey systems.
- § 34-8-10 - Meter-to-foot conversion.
- § 34-8-2 - Use of term in documents.
- § 34-8-3 - Location of point by coordinates.
- § 34-8-4 - Technical definition of systems – Origin of coordinates.
- § 34-8-5 - [Repealed.].
- § 34-8-6 - Proximity to established station required for use of coordinates in public records.
- § 34-8-7 - Reliance on system not required – Describing location of survey system or land boundary corner.
- § 34-8-8 - Severability.
- § 34-8-9 - Use of coordinate systems.
- CHAPTER 34-9 - Boundary Line Determination
- § 34-9-1 - Petition for determination of boundaries covered by tidewater.
- § 34-9-2 - Appointment of commissioners – Report – Recording.
- § 34-9-3 - Notice and hearing by commissioners – Effect of report.
- § 34-9-4 - [Obsolete.].
- § 34-9-5 - Expense of proceedings.
- § 34-9-6 - Persons acquiring title during proceedings.
- § 34-9-7 - State interest unaffected.