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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-44 > Chapter-44-9 > 44-9-18SECTION 44-9-18
§ 44-9-18 Management and sale of landpurchased by city or town – Assignment of tax title. – (a) Cities or towns may make regulations for the possession, management, andsale of land purchased or taken for taxes not inconsistent with law or with theright of redemption. The treasurer of any city or town holding a tax title,upon payment to the city or town of a sum not less or more than the amountnecessary for redemption, may assign and transfer the tax title to any person,and may execute and deliver on behalf of the city or town any instrumentnecessary for this purpose. The treasurer shall send notice of the intendedassignment to the owner of record at the owner's last known address, byregistered or certified mail, at least ten (10) days prior to the assignment,but failure to receive the notice shall not affect the validity of theassignment. The instrument of assignment shall be recorded within sixty (60)days from its date and if recorded shall be prima facie evidence of all factsessential to its validity. Except as provided, all provisions of law applicablein cases where the original purchaser at a tax sale is other than the city ortown shall after this apply in the case of an assignment, as if the assigneehad been a purchaser for the original sum at the original sale and had paid tothe city or town the subsequent taxes and charges included in the sum paid forthe assignment (Forms 1 and 2).
(b) Neither a city or town nor any of its officers, agents oremployees shall be liable or accountable to the owner or to any other personhaving an interest in the land for failure to collect rent or other income fromthe land; and neither the city or town nor any of its officers, agents oremployees shall be liable for injury or damage caused by the possession of landor to the person or property of any person.
