R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-37-4 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-37 / Section 34-37-4
§ 34-37-4. Unlawful housing practices.
Status: repealed

(a) No owner having the right to sell, rent, lease, or manage a housing accommodation as defined in § 34-37-3, or an agent of any of these, shall, directly or indirectly, make, or cause to be made, any written or oral inquiry concerning the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, lawful source of income, military status as a veteran with an honorable discharge or an honorable or general administrative discharge, servicemember in the armed forces, country of ancestral origin, or disability, age, familial status nor make any written or oral inquiry concerning whether a tenant or applicant or a member of the household is, or has been, or is threatened with being the victim of domestic abuse, or whether a tenant or applicant has obtained, or sought, or is seeking relief from any court in the form of a restraining order for protection from domestic abuse, of any prospective purchaser, occupant, or tenant of the housing accommodation; directly or indirectly, refuse to sell, rent, lease, let, or otherwise deny to or withhold from any individual the housing accommodation because of the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, lawful source of income, military status as a veteran with an honorable discharge or an honorable or general administrative discharge, servicemember in the armed forces, country of ancestral origin, disability, age, or familial status of the individual or the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, lawful source of income, military status as a veteran with an honorable discharge or an honorable or general administrative discharge, servicemember in the armed forces, country of ancestral origin or disability, age, or familial status of any person with whom the individual is or may wish to be associated; or shall, or on the basis that a tenant or applicant, or a member of the household, is or has been, or is threatened with being, the victim of domestic abuse, or that the tenant or applicant has obtained, or sought, or is seeking, relief from any court in the form of a restraining order for protection from domestic abuse. Nor shall an owner having the right to sell, rent, lease, or manage a housing accommodation as defined in § 34-37-3, or an agent of any of these, directly or indirectly, issue any advertisement relating to the sale, rental, or lease of the housing accommodation that indicates any preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, lawful source of income, military status as a veteran with an honorable discharge or an honorable or general administrative discharge, servicemember in the armed forces, country of ancestral origin, disability, age, familial status, or on the basis that a tenant or applicant or a member of the household is, or has been, or is threatened with being the victim of domestic abuse, or that the tenant or applicant has obtained, or sought, or is seeking relief from any court in the form of a restraining order for protection from domestic abuse, or shall, directly or indirectly, discriminate against any individual because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, lawful source of income, military status as a veteran with an honorable discharge or an honorable or general administrative discharge, servicemember in the armed forces, country of ancestral origin, disability, age, familial status, or on the basis that a tenant or applicant or a member of the household is, or has been, or is threatened with being the victim of domestic abuse, or that the tenant or applicant has obtained, or sought, or is seeking relief from any court in the form of a restraining order for protection from domestic abuse, in the terms, conditions, or privileges of the sale, rental, or lease of any housing accommodation or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection with it. Nor shall an owner having the right to sell, rent, lease, or manage a housing accommodation as defined in § 34-37-3, or an agent of any of these, directly or indirectly, misrepresent the availability of a housing accommodation or delay the processing of applications relating to the sale, rental, or lease of the housing accommodation based upon an individuals race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, lawful source of income, military status as a veteran with an honorable discharge or an honorable or general administrative discharge, servicemember in the armed forces, country of ancestral origin, disability, age, familial status, or on the basis that a tenant or applicant or a member of the household is, or has been, or is threatened with being the victim of domestic abuse, or that the tenant or applicant has obtained, or sought, or is seeking relief from any court in the form of a restraining order for protection from domestic abuse.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any oral or written inquiry as to whether the prospective purchaser or tenant is eighteen (18) years of age or older, or to confirm the source, amount, and expected duration of the lawful source of income of the prospective purchaser or tenant to determine whether the prospective purchaser or tenant meets the nondiscriminatory standards and preferences or terms, conditions, limitations, or specifications permitted under subsection (c) of this section.

(b) No person to whom application is made for a loan or other form of financial assistance for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair, or maintenance of any housing accommodation, whether secured or unsecured, shall directly or indirectly make or cause to be made any written or oral inquiry concerning the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military status as a veteran with an honorable discharge or an honorable or general administrative discharge, servicemember in the armed forces, country of ancestral origin, disability, age, familial status, or any express written or oral inquiry into whether a tenant or applicant or a member of the household is, or has been, or is threatened with being the victim of domestic abuse, or whether a tenant or applicant has obtained, or sought, or is seeking relief from any court in the form of a restraining order for protection from domestic abuse, of any individual seeking the financial assistance, or of existing or prospective occupants or tenants of the housing accommodation; nor shall any person to whom the application is made in the manner provided, directly or indirectly, discriminate in the terms, conditions, or privileges relating to the obtaining or use of any financial assistance against any applicant because of the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military status as a veteran with an honorable discharge or an honorable or general administrative discharge, servicemember in the armed forces, country of ancestral origin, disability, age, familial status, or on the basis that a tenant or applicant or a member of the household is, or has been, or is threatened with being the victim of domestic abuse, or that the tenant or applicant has obtained, or sought, or is seeking relief from any court in the form of a restraining order for protection from domestic abuse, of the applicant or of the existing or prospective occupants or tenants. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit any written or oral inquiry as to whether the applicant is over the age of eighteen (18).

(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed in any manner to prohibit or limit the exercise of the privilege of every person and the agent of any person having the right to sell, rent, lease, or manage a housing accommodation to establish standards and preferences and set terms, conditions, limitations, or specifications in the selling, renting, leasing, or letting thereof or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith that do not discriminate on the basis of the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, lawful source of income, military status as a veteran with an honorable discharge or an honorable or general administrative discharge, servicemember in the armed forces, country of ancestral origin, disability, age, familial status, or on the basis that a tenant or applicant or a member of the household is, or has been, or is threatened with being the victim of domestic abuse, or that the tenant or applicant has obtained, or sought, or is seeking relief from any court in the form of a restraining order for protection from domestic abuse, of any prospective purchaser, lessee, tenant, or occupant thereof or on the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, lawful source of income, military status as a veteran with an honorable discharge or an honorable or general administrative discharge, servicemember in the armed forces, country of ancestral origin, disability, age, or familial status of any person with whom the prospective purchaser, lessee, tenant, or occupant is or may wish to be associated. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed in any manner to prohibit or limit the exercise of the privilege of every person and the agent of any person making loans for, or offering financial assistance in, the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair, or maintenance of housing accommodations to set standards and preferences, terms, conditions, limitations, or specifications for the granting of loans or financial assistance that do not discriminate on the basis of the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military status as a veteran with an honorable discharge or an honorable or general administrative discharge, servicemember in the armed forces, country of ancestral origin, disability, age, familial status, or on the basis that a tenant or applicant or a member of the household is, or has been, or is threatened with being the victim of domestic abuse, or that the tenant or applicant has obtained, or sought, or is seeking relief from any court in the form of a restraining order for protection from domestic abuse, of the applicant for the loan or financial assistance or of any existing or prospective owner, lessee, tenant, or occupant of the housing accommodation. If a landlord requires that a prospective or current tenant have a certain minimum level of income, the standard for assessing eligibility shall be based only on the portion of the rent to be paid by the tenant, taking into account the value of any federal, state, or local rental assistance or housing subsidy.

(d) An owner may not refuse to allow a person with a disability to make, at his or her expense, reasonable modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by the person if the modifications may be necessary to afford the person full enjoyment of the premises, except that, in the case of a rental, the owner may, where it is reasonable to do so, condition permission for a modification on the renter agreeing to restore the interior of the premises to the condition that existed before the modification, reasonable wear and tear excepted. Where it is necessary in order to ensure with reasonable certainty that funds will be available to pay for the restorations at the end of the tenancy, the landlord may negotiate as part of the restoration agreement a provision requiring that the tenant pay into an interest bearing escrow account, over a reasonable period, a reasonable amount of money not to exceed the cost of the restorations. The interest in the account shall accrue to the benefit of the tenant. The restoration deposition shall be exempt from § 34-18-19(a) but will be subject to § 34-18-19(b) through (f) inclusive.

(e)(1) An owner may not refuse to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services when those accommodations may be necessary to afford an occupant with a disability equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling.

(2) Every person with a disability who has a guide dog or other personal assistive animal, or who obtains a guide dog or other personal assistive animal, shall be entitled to full and equal access to all housing accommodations provided for in this section and shall not be required to pay extra compensation for the guide dog or other personal assistive animal but shall be liable for any damage done to the premises by a guide dog or other personal assistive animal. For the purposes of this subsection, a personal assistive animal is an animal specifically trained by a certified animal training program to assist a person with a disability to perform independent living tasks.

(f) Any housing accommodation of four (4) units or more constructed for first occupancy after March 13, 1991, shall be designed and constructed in such a manner that:

(1) The public use and common use portions of the dwellings are readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities;

(2) All the doors designed to allow passage into and within all premises within the dwellings are sufficiently wide to allow passage by persons with disabilities in wheelchairs;

(3) All premises within the dwellings contain the following features of adaptive design:

(i) Accessible route into and through the dwelling;

(ii) Light switches, electrical outlets, thermostats, and other environmental controls in accessible locations;

(iii) Reinforcements in bathroom walls to allow later installation of grab bars; and

(iv) Usable kitchens and bathrooms such that an individual in a wheelchair can maneuver about the space. To the extent that any state or local building codes, statutes, or ordinances are inconsistent with this section, they are hereby repealed. The state building code standards committee is hereby directed to adopt rules and regulations consistent with this section as soon as possible, but no later than September 30, 1990.

(g) Compliance with the appropriate requirements of the state building code 14 accessibility for individuals with disabilities for residential use groups suffices to satisfy the requirements of subsection (f).

(h) As used in subsection (f), the term housing accommodation of four (4) units or more means:

(1) Buildings consisting of four (4) or more units if those buildings have one or more elevators; and

(2) Ground floor units in other buildings consisting of four (4) or more units.

(i) Nothing in subsection (f) shall be construed to limit any law, statute, or regulation that requires a greater degree of accessibility to persons with disabilities.

(j) Nothing in this section requires that a dwelling be made available to an individual whose tenancy would constitute a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals or whose tenancy would result in substantial physical damage to the property of others.

(k) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit an owner, lessee, sublessee, or assignee from advertising or selecting a person of the same or opposite gender to rent, lease, or share the housing unit that the owner, lessee, sublessee, or assignee will occupy with the person selected.

( l ) No person shall aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce the doing of any act declared by this section to be an unlawful housing practice; or obstruct or prevent any person from complying with the provisions of this chapter or any order issued thereunder; or attempt directly or indirectly to commit any act declared by this section to be an unlawful housing practice.

(m) No owner; person defined in § 34-37-3(13); person to whom application is made for a loan or other form of financial assistance for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair, or maintenance of any housing accommodation, whether secured or unsecured; no financial organization governed by the provisions of title 19 or any other credit-granting commercial institution; or respondent under this chapter; or any agent of these shall discriminate in any manner against any individual because he or she has opposed any practice forbidden by this chapter, or because he or she has made a charge, testified, or assisted in any manner in any investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this chapter.

(n) Nothing in this section shall prevent a landlord from proceeding with eviction action against a tenant who fails to comply with § 34-18-24(7).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-21-10 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-21 / Section 34-21-10
§ 34-21-10. Recovery of damages and costs by plaintiff.
Status: in_force

If, upon trial of the writ of replevin, the plaintiff shall make good his or her plea, the plaintiff shall recover from the defendant reasonable damages for the taking and detention of the goods and chattels, and costs; provided, that no costs shall be taxed against a defendant bailee where such bailee upon demand surrenders the replevied property to the officer serving the writ and makes no defense to the action, if the bailee shall, before service of the writ, have offered to surrender the property upon receipt of a good and sufficient bond of indemnity.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-22-7 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-22 / Section 34-22-7
§ 34-22-7. Good faith payment by attorney acting under invalid power.
Status: in_force

Any person, making any payment in good faith in pursuance of a power of attorney, shall not be liable, in respect of the payment, by reason that before the payment the donor of the power had died or become of unsound mind or bankrupt, or had revoked the power, if the fact of death, unsoundness of mind, bankruptcy or revocation, was not at the time of the payment known to the person making the payment. This section shall not affect any right against the payee of any person interested in any money so paid; and that person shall have the like remedy against the payee as he or she would have had against the payer if the payment had not been made.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-36-17 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-36 / Section 34-36-17
§ 34-36-17. Records of management.
Status: in_force

The manager or management committee shall keep detailed, accurate records in chronological order, of the receipts and expenditures affecting the common areas and facilities, specifying and itemizing the maintenance and repair expenses of the common areas and facilities and any other expenses incurred. Records and the vouchers authorizing the payments involved shall be available for examination by the unit owners at convenient hours of weekdays.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-15-2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-15 / Section 34-15-2
§ 34-15-2. Cotenants of estates for life or years.
Status: in_force

All joint tenants, coparceners, and tenants in common, who now are or hereafter may be actually seised or possessed of any estate for life or years in any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, may be compelled to make the partition between them of such lands, tenements, and hereditaments, to continue until the estate of some of the parties to the lands, tenements, or hereditaments shall determine, and no longer, by civil action.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-39-3 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-39 / Section 34-39-3
§ 34-39-3. Restrictions enforceable.
Status: in_force

(a) No conservation restriction held by any governmental body or by a charitable corporation, association, trust, or other entity whose purposes include conservation of land or water areas or of a particular area, and no preservation restriction held by any governmental body or by a charitable corporation, association, trust, or other entity whose purposes include preservation of structures or sites of historical significance or of a particular structure or site, shall be unenforceable against any owner of the restricted land or structure on account of lack of privity of estate or contract, or lack of benefit to particular land, or on account of the benefit being assignable or being assigned to any other governmental body or to any entity with like purposes, or on account of any other doctrine of property law that might cause the termination of the restriction such as, but not limited to, the doctrine of merger and tax delinquency. Conservation or preservation restrictions shall be liberally interpreted in favor of the grants awarded to effect the purposes of those easements and the policies and purpose of this chapter.

(b) This section shall not be construed to imply that any restriction easement, covenant, or condition that is not covered hereunder shall, on account of any provisions hereof, be unenforceable.

(c) The restrictions shall not be subject to the thirty-year limitation on restrictive covenants provided in § 34-4-21.

(d) The attorney general, pursuant to the attorney generals inherent authority, may bring an action in the superior court to enforce the public interest in such restrictions.

(e) The court in any judicial proceeding, or the decision maker in any arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution proceeding, in addition to any other relief ordered, may award the prevailing party reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred in the action or proceeding.

(f) A court action affecting a conservation restriction held by a private land trust, as defined in § 42-17.1-2(28)(ii), may only be brought or intervened in by:

(1) An owner of a property interest in the real property burdened by the conservation restriction;

(2) A holder of the conservation restriction;

(3) A person having a third-party right of enforcement stated in the recorded conservation restriction; or

(4) The attorney general as provided in subsection (d) of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-22-6 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-22 / Section 34-22-6
§ 34-22-6. Acts under power of attorney.
Status: in_force

The donee of a power of attorney may, under and within the authority of the power, if he or she thinks fit, execute or do any assurance, instrument, or thing in and with his or her own name and signature, and, where sealing is required, with his or her own seal; and every assurance, instrument and thing so executed and done shall be as effectual in law, to all intents, as if it had been executed or done by the donee of the power in the name and with the signature, or signature and seal, of the donor thereof.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-16-15 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-16 / Section 34-16-15
§ 34-16-15. Remedy cumulative.
Status: in_force

The remedy provided by this chapter shall be cumulative and shall not exclude or prevent the exercise of any other right or remedy now allowed by law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-4-21 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-4 / Section 34-4-21
§ 34-4-21. Limitation of restrictive covenants.
Status: in_force

If a covenant or restriction concerning the use of land, other than housing restrictions as set forth in § 34-39.1-3, and conservation restrictions and preservation restrictions as set forth in §§ 34-39-3 and 34-39-4, is created by any instrument taking effect after May 11, 1953, the covenant or restriction, if unlimited in time in the instrument, shall cease to be valid and operative thirty (30) years after the execution of the instrument creating it; provided, however, that the terms of this section shall not apply to any covenants and/or restrictions initially created by the Commerce Oil Refining Corporation with respect to land in the town of Jamestown.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-21-8 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-21 / Section 34-21-8
§ 34-21-8. Judgment for defendant.
Status: in_force

If, upon trial of the writ of replevin, judgment is rendered for a return and restoration, the defendant shall recover his or her reasonable damages with costs of suit.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-4-19 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-4 / Section 34-4-19
§ 34-4-19. Limitation of possibilities of reverter and rights of entry.
Status: reserved

If a possibility of reverter or right of entry for condition broken in land is reserved in a deed executed after May 11, 1953, or in a will of a testator who dies after May 11, 1953, and the possibility of reverter does not become a possessory interest or the right of entry is not exercised within twenty (20) years from the date of the execution of the deed or the death of the testator, then the possibility of reverter or right of entry shall become void, except a housing restriction as set forth in § 34-39.1-3.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-8 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-8
§ 34-18-8. Exclusions from application of chapter.
Status: in_force

Unless the parties expressly agree to be governed by the provisions of this chapter, the following arrangements are not governed by this chapter:

(1) Residence at an institution, public or private, if incidental to detention or the provision of medical, geriatric, educational, counseling, religious, or similar service;

(2) Occupancy under a contract of sale of a dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part, if the occupant is the purchaser or a person who succeeds to his or her interest;

(3) Occupancy by a member of a fraternal or social organization in the portion of a structure operated for the benefit of the organization;

(4) Transient occupancy in a hotel, motel, or other lodging as defined under § 44-18-7(11), which is subject to the state sales and use tax, or lodgings tax as allowed by state enabling legislation;

(5) Occupancy by a paid employee of a landlord, whose right to occupancy is conditional upon employment substantially for services, maintenance, or repair of premises containing more than eleven (11) units;

(6) Occupancy by a holder of a proprietary lease in a cooperative;

(7) Commercial letting and any other estate governed by chapter 18.1 of this title;

(8) Residence at a transitional housing facility.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-13-2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-13 / Section 34-13-2
§ 34-13-2. Recording as constructive notice.
Status: in_force

A recording or filing under § 34-13-1 shall be constructive notice to all persons of the contents of instruments and other matters so recorded, so far as they are genuine.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-46-6 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-46 / Section 34-46-6
§ 34-46-6. Cessation of enforcement actions.
Status: in_force

A facility operator shall cease enforcement actions immediately upon any of the following:

(1) Payment by owner. The vessel owner pays the facility operator the full amount necessary to satisfy the lien on the date payment is tendered. At any time before the conclusion of a sale conducted under this chapter, the vessel owner may redeem the vessel by paying the full amount of the lien on the date payment is tendered;

(2) Payment by other lienholders. A person other than the facility operator who has a lien on the vessel pays the facility operator the full amount necessary to satisfy the lien held by the facility operator. Upon payment by a lienholder of record, the facility operator shall hold the vessel for the benefit of and at the direction of that lienholder and may not deliver possession of the vessel to the vessel owner. Unless the facility operator and the lienholder enter into a new storage agreement, the lienholder shall arrange removal of the vessel from the facility forthwith; or

(3) Initiation of civil action. An owner of a vessel or one claiming ownership rights in the vessel files in a court of competent jurisdiction and serves on the facility operator, not less than ten (10) days before the scheduled date of sale, a complaint against the facility operator relating to the obligations incurred by the storage of the vessel or any claims related to the vessel and in such complaint objects to the enforcement of the lien and sets forth the legal reasons why the lien should not be enforced. The enforcement action shall not resume until either the civil action is resolved or the court enters an order permitting the enforcement action to proceed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-4-30 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-4 / Section 34-4-30
§ 34-4-30. Conveyance to or by nominee trust.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 34-4-27, title to real estate conveyed to a nominee trust or to the trustee of a nominee trust and conveyances of real estate by a trustee of a nominee trust are not on that account defective, and the conveyance shall be deemed valid so long as the following shall have occurred:

(1) A memorandum of trust pursuant to § 34-4-27 shall have been properly prepared and recorded; and

(2) The trustee of the nominee trust shall include in the memorandum of trust a statement to the effect that the trustee has received the consent of each of the beneficiaries authorizing the action of the trustee as required by the nominee trust.

(b) A trustee executing a memorandum of trust and representing that they have obtained the consent of the beneficiaries shall be subject to personal liability to each of the beneficiaries as well as the grantees and the grantees successors and/or assigns under the instrument purported to be executed with the consent of the beneficiaries, in the event such consent was not obtained.

(c) A nominee trust is defined as a trust in which the trustee(s) is/are not granted discretionary authority to act without the consent, concurrence, or direction of the beneficiaries.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-22-10 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-22 / Section 34-22-10
§ 34-22-10. Notice of death of member of military giving power of attorney.
Status: in_force

No person shall be deemed for the purposes of §§ 34-22-8 and 34-22-9 to have actual notice of the death of any donor of any power of attorney given by a member of the military by reason only of a report to the effect that the donor is missing or is missing and believed to be killed, unless the death of the donor has been presumed by order of a court of competent jurisdiction and the person in question has notice of the order.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-28 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-11 / Section 34-11-28
§ 34-11-28. Rights, privileges, and appurtenances included in grant.
Status: in_force

In any conveyance of real estate all rights, privileges, and appurtenances belonging or appertaining to the granted estate shall be included in the conveyance, unless a different intention shall clearly appear in the deed, and it shall be unnecessary to enumerate or mention them either generally or specifically.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-50-4 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-50 / Section 34-50-4
§ 34-50-4. Deceptive practices.
Status: in_force

If a person enters into an unfair service agreement with a consumer, as defined in this chapter, that agreement shall per se be deemed a deceptive act under chapter 13.1 of title 6 (deceptive trade practices).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-36-34.1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-36 / Section 34-36-34.1
§ 34-36-34.1. Rescission of purchase agreement or action for damages  Limitations of action.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who, in reasonable reliance upon any material, false or misleading statements or information published by or under authority from the owner or developer, in advertising and promotional materials, including but not limited to brochures and newspaper advertising, pays anything of value toward the purchase of or acquiring an interest in a condominium located in this state shall have a cause of action to rescind the contract or collect damages from the owner or developer for his or her loss or damages prior to closing of the transaction by which he or she purchases or acquires the interest. After the closing of the transaction, the purchaser shall have a cause of action against the owner or developer for damages under this section from the time of closing until one year after the date upon which the last of the events described in subdivisions (1) through (4) shall occur:

(1) The date of closing of the transaction; or

(2) The first issuance by the applicable governmental authority of a certificate of occupancy or other evidence of sufficient completion of construction of the building containing the apartment to allow lawful occupancy of the apartment; or

(3) The completion by the owner or developer of the common elements and recreational facilities (whether or not the recreational facilities are common elements) which the owner or developer is obligated to complete or provide under the terms of the written contract or written agreement for purchase and sale of the apartment; or

(4) In the event there shall not be a written contract of agreement for purchase and sale of the apartment, then the completion by the owner or developer of the common elements and such recreational facilities (whether or not the recreational facilities are common elements) which the owner or developer would be obligated to complete under any rule of law applicable to the owners or developers obligations, provided however that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create a cause of action otherwise barred by the statute of frauds.

(b) Under no circumstances shall a cause of action created or recognized under this section survive for a period of more than five (5) years after the closing of the transaction.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-36-8 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-36 / Section 34-36-8
§ 34-36-8. Compliance with declaration and rules.
Status: in_force

Each unit owner shall comply strictly with the covenants, conditions, and restrictions as set forth in the declaration or in the deed to his or her unit, and with the bylaws and/or house rules and with the administrative rules and regulations drafted pursuant thereto, as either of the same may be lawfully amended from time to time, and failure to comply shall be ground for an action to recover sums due for damages or injunctive relief or both, maintainable by the manager or management committee on behalf of the unit owners, or in a proper case, by an aggrieved unit owner.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-4-16 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-4 / Section 34-4-16
§ 34-4-16. Conveyance by life tenant and remainderman in tail.
Status: in_force

When lands are held by one person for life with a vested remainder in tail in another, the tenant for life and the remainderman may convey the lands in fee simple by their deed or deeds in common form subject to the proviso in § 34-4-15; and the deed or deeds shall bar the estate tail and all remainders and reversions expectant thereon.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-39-4 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-39 / Section 34-39-4
§ 34-39-4. Interests in real estate.
Status: in_force

Conservation and preservation restrictions are interests in real estate and a document creating a restriction shall be deemed a conveyance of real estate for purposes of chapters 11 and 13 of this title. A restriction may be enforced by an action at law or by injunction or other proceeding in equity.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-36-3 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-36 / Section 34-36-3
§ 34-36-3. Definitions.
Status: reserved

As used in this chapter:

(1) Association of unit owners means all of the unit owners acting as a group in accordance with the declaration and bylaws.

(2) Building means a building, containing four (4) or more units, or two (2) or more buildings, with a total of four (4) or more units for all the buildings, and comprising a part of the property.

(3) Common areas and facilities, unless otherwise provided in the declaration or lawful amendments thereto, means and includes:

(i) The land on which the building is located;

(ii) The foundations, columns, girders, beams, supports, main walls, roofs, halls, corridors, lobbies, stairs, stairways, fire escapes, and entrances and exits of the building;

(iii) The basements, yards, gardens, parking areas, and storage spaces;

(iv) The premises for lodging of janitors or persons in charge of the property;

(v) Installations of central services such as power, light, gas, hot and cold water, heating, refrigeration, air conditioning, and incinerating;

(vi) The elevators, tanks, pumps, motors, fans, compressors, ducts, and in general all apparatus and installations existing for common use;

(vii) Such community and commercial facilities as may be provided for in the declaration; and

(viii) All other parts of the property necessary or convenient to its existence, maintenance, and safety, or normally in common use.

(4) Common expenses means and includes:

(i) All sums lawfully assessed against the unit owners;

(ii) Expenses of administration, maintenance, repair, or replacement of the common areas and facilities;

(iii) Expenses agreed upon as common expenses by the association of unit owners;

(iv) Expenses declared common expenses by provisions of this chapter, or by the declaration or the bylaws.

(5) Common profits, unless otherwise provided in the declaration or lawful amendments thereto, means and includes the balance of all income, rents, profits, and revenues from the common areas and facilities remaining after the deduction of the common expenses.

(6) Condominium means the ownership of a single unit in a multi-unit project together with an undivided interest in common in the common areas and facilities of the property.

(7) Condominium project means a real estate condominium project; a plan or project whereby four (4) or more apartments, rooms, office spaces, or other units in existing or proposed apartment, commercial, or industrial buildings or structures are separately offered or proposed to be offered for sale.

(8) Declaration means the instrument by which the property is submitted to the provisions of this chapter, as it from time to time may be lawfully amended.

(9) Limited common areas and facilities means and include those common areas and facilities designated in the declaration as reserved for use of a certain unit or units to the exclusion of the other units.

(10) Majority or majority of the unit owners unless otherwise provided in the declaration or lawful amendments thereto, mean the owners of more than fifty per cent (50%) in the aggregate in interest of the undivided ownership of the common areas and facilities.

(11) Management committee means the committee as provided in the declaration charged with and having the responsibility and authority to make and to enforce all of the reasonable rules and regulations covering the operation and maintenance of the property.

(12) Person means individual, corporation, partnership, association, trustee or other legal entity.

(13) Property means and includes the land, the building, all improvements and structures thereon, all easements, rights, and appurtenances belonging thereto, and all articles of personal property intended for use in connection therewith.

(14) Record, recording, recorded, and recorder shall have the meaning stated in chapter 13 of this title.

(15) Record of survey map means a plat or plats of survey of the property and of all units in the property submitted to the provisions of this chapter, which may consist of a three-dimensional, horizontal, and vertical delineation of all such units.

(16) Unit means a part of the property intended for any type of independent use, including one or more rooms or spaces located in one or more floors (or part or parts of floors) in a building.

(17) Unit number means the number, letter or combination thereof designating the unit in the declaration and in the record of survey map.

(18) Unit owner means the person or persons owning a unit in fee simple and an undivided interest in the fee simple estate of the common areas and facilities in the percentage specified and established in the declaration.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-20-4 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-20 / Section 34-20-4
§ 34-20-4. Conditional judgment in action by mortgagee.
Status: in_force

In every action for possession of any real estate mortgaged, in which the defendant by his or her answer shall aver a right of redemption in himself or herself or in the person under whom the defendant claims, which averment shall not be denied by the plaintiff, or if denied shall be found true, the court shall, by itself or by one or more judicious and disinterested persons appointed by it, ascertain the just sum due on such mortgage; and shall thereupon render a conditional judgment, that if the mortgagor, the mortgagors heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, shall pay unto the plaintiff in such action, or deposit in the clerks office for him or her, the sum adjudged due within two (2) months from the time of entering up judgment, with interest, then the mortgage, or deed operating as such, shall be void and discharged; otherwise the plaintiff shall have a judgment for possession.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-26-4 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-26 / Section 34-26-4
§ 34-26-4. Requiring assignment of mortgage in lieu of discharge  Enforcement by incumbrancers.
Status: in_force

Where a mortgagor is entitled to redeem, he or she shall by virtue of this section have power to require the mortgagee, instead of discharging or reconveying, and on the terms on which he or she would be bound to discharge or reconvey, to assign the mortgage debt and convey the mortgaged property to such third person as the mortgagor directs; provided, that the mortgagor assumes the expense of making the assignment and conveyance, and obligates himself or herself to have the same recorded, and the fact of the transfer being made shall be prima facie evidence that the assumption of expense and the obligation have been made; and the mortgagee shall, by virtue of this section, be bound, on being relieved of all expense and having the obligation made to him or her, to assign and convey accordingly; and the right shall belong to and be capable of being enforced by each incumbrancer, or by the mortgagor, notwithstanding any intermediate incumbrance, but a requisition of an incumbrancer shall prevail over a requisition of the mortgagor and, as between incumbrancers, a requisition of a prior incumbrancer shall prevail over a requisition of a subsequent incumbrancer. This section does not apply in the case of a mortgagee being or having been in possession.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-28-35 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-28 / Section 34-28-35
§ 34-28-35. Form of real estate description.
Status: in_force

Whenever any description of real estate is required under the provisions of this chapter, it shall be deemed sufficient to describe the real estate by metes and bounds description and street address, or by recitation of the taxing authoritys assessors plat and lot designation and street address, or by recitation of the book and page of mortgage and street address.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-13 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-13
§ 34-18-13. Unconscionability.
Status: in_force

(a) If the court, as a matter of law, finds:

(1) A rental agreement or any provision thereof was unconscionable when made, the court may refuse to enforce the agreement, enforce the remainder of the agreement without the unconscionable provision, or limit the application of any unconscionable provision to avoid an unconscionable result; or

(2) A settlement in which a party waives or agrees to forego a claim or right under this chapter or under a rental agreement was unconscionable when made, the court may refuse to enforce the settlement, enforce the remainder of the settlement without the unconscionable provisions, or limit the application of any unconscionable provision to avoid an unconscionable result.

(b) If unconscionability is put into issue by a party or by the court upon its own motion, the parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to the setting, purpose and effect of the rental agreement or settlement to aid the court in making the determination.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-37-5.5 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-37 / Section 34-37-5.5
§ 34-37-5.5. Freedom of condominium owners and apartment renters to display certain religious items.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a landlord or owner, as defined in § 34-18-11; a management committee, as defined in § 34-36-3; or an association of unit owners, as defined in § 34-36.1-1.03 (hereinafter property owners); may not enforce or adopt a restrictive covenant or otherwise prohibit a unit owner or tenant from displaying or affixing on the entry to the unit owners or tenants dwelling one or more religious items, the display of which is motivated by the unit owners or tenants sincere religious belief.

(b) This section does not prohibit the enforcement or adoption of a covenant that, to the extent allowed by the constitutions of this state and the United States, prohibits the display or affixing of a religious item on the entry to the unit owners or tenants dwelling that:

(1) Threatens the public health or safety;

(2) Violates the provisions of chapter 37 of title 34 or any other state or federal law barring discrimination in housing, or any other law;

(3) Is in a location other than the entry door or door frame or extends past the outer edge of the door frame of the unit owners or residents dwelling; or

(4) Individually, or in combination with each other religious item displayed or affixed on the entry door or door frame, has a total size of greater than twenty-five (25) square inches.

(c) Except as otherwise provided, this section does not authorize a unit owner or tenant to use a material or color for an entry door or door frame of the owners or residents dwelling or make an alteration to the entry door or door frame that is not authorized by the restrictive covenant governing the dwelling.

(d) A property owners association may remove an item displayed in violation of a restrictive covenant permitted by this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-19 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-11 / Section 34-11-19
§ 34-11-19. Contents and effect of short-form mortgage deed.
Status: in_force

A deed substantially following the form entitled Mortgage Deed shall, when duly executed, have the force and effect of a mortgage deed to the mortgagee and his or her heirs and assigns, to his or her and their own use, with mortgage covenants and upon the statutory condition and with the statutory power of sale, as defined in §§ 34-11-20  34-11-22 inclusive, to secure the payment of the money and the performance of any obligation or obligations therein specified or referred to; provided, however, that any other lawful covenant, agreement, condition or power may be inserted or incorporated by reference in such mortgage deed and any of the terms and provisions of the mortgage covenants, statutory condition and statutory power of sale may be changed, amended, deleted or supplemented by any lawful agreement, covenant, condition or power specified or incorporated by reference in such mortgage deed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-13-1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-13 / Section 34-13-1
§ 34-13-1. Instruments eligible for recording.
Status: in_force

Any of the following instruments shall be recorded or filed by the town clerk or recorder of deeds, in the manner prescribed by law, on request of any person and on payment of the lawful fees therefor:

(1) Letters of attorney.

(2) All contracts for sale of land.

(3) Bonds for title or covenants or powers concerning lands, tenements and hereditaments.

(4) All notices to be filed under the provisions of §9-4-9.

(5) All notices and process to be filed under other statutory provisions, and all decrees in equity and judgments at law affecting the title to land.

(6) All instruments evidencing or relating to a security interest in personal property or fixtures that may be filed pursuant to chapter 9 of title 6A.

(7) All instruments required by statute to be recorded, including deeds, mortgages and transfers and discharges thereof, leases or memoranda thereof, and transfers and cancellations thereof, and the covenants, conditions, agreements and powers therein contained.

(8) Instruments of defeasance.

(9) Instruments (excepting wills) creating trusts.

(10) All instruments and notices, affecting, or purporting to affect, the title to land or any interest therein or giving or terminating the right to sever any building or part thereof or fixture, when signed and acknowledged as required for deeds.

(11) All affidavits as to family facts, including dates of birth, marriage, and death, which relate or purport to relate to title to land.

(12) All affidavits as to bounds and monuments of land.

(13) All certificates of the secretary of state as to change of corporate name.

(14) All original linen and/or original mylar maps, plats, surveys, and drawings, whether or not attached to, or a part of, another recordable instrument, Provided, however, That those requiring the approval of any council; commission, officer, or other body by law shall not be recorded without such approval.

All survey plans received for recording shall be drawn on archival mylar or linen, those of which shall not exceed a size of 24³ x 36³ and shall be recorded as originally drafted. Said plans shall contain as a minimum all items set forth in the Procedural and Technical Standards for the practice of Land Surveying in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations as adopted by the Rhode Island Board of Registration of Professional Land Surveyors effective April 1, 1994 and any amendments or modifications thereof. Further, all plans must be able to be reproduced so that the contents of said plans are legible.

Indexes of survey plans shall be maintained indicating (a) the title of the plan; and (b) the street(s) or road(s) on which the subject property abuts. Such plans shall include a separate listing, in or attached to the legend on the plan, of all streets and roads on which the subject property abuts.

(15) All declarations of restrictions and covenants in connection with a plat of record or to be recorded or with a tract or parcel of land which is to be subdivided.

(16) Statements of covenants, conditions, and powers of sale which are intended to be incorporated in mortgages by reference.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-25 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-11 / Section 34-11-25
§ 34-11-25. Use of assign sufficient to transfer mortgage.
Status: in_force

In any assignment of a mortgage of real estate the word assign shall be sufficient word to transfer the mortgage, without the words transfer and set over.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-9-6 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-9 / Section 34-9-6
§ 34-9-6. Persons acquiring title during proceedings.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall acquire, during the pendency of such proceedings, an interest in, or title to, any lands covered by public tidewater within such harbor line, which are the subject matter of such proceedings, may, by order of the court, be made a party to such proceedings, and chargeable with a share of the costs and expenses thereof, in such manner and to such extent as the court may prescribe.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-4-18 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-4 / Section 34-4-18
§ 34-4-18. Right of grantee of equitable estate tail to conveyance of legal interest.
Status: in_force

The person to whom an equitable fee simple is conveyed pursuant to § 34-4-17 shall, upon request, be entitled to a conveyance of the outstanding legal estate from the person in whom the legal estate is then or thereafter vested in trust, unless provisions to the contrary be made in the instrument creating the trust.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-5-3 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-5 / Section 34-5-3
§ 34-5-3. Disclaimer by fiduciaries.
Status: in_force

The probate court having jurisdiction of the estate of a beneficiary is empowered to authorize the duly appointed guardian or conservator of the beneficiary or the legal representative of the estate of a deceased beneficiary to execute and file a disclaimer on behalf of the beneficiary or deceased beneficiarys estate in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. This authority shall be granted, notwithstanding any diminution in the size of the estate of the beneficiary or of the deceased beneficiary by virtue of the proposed disclaimer, upon finding that the proposed disclaimer is not detrimental to the interests of the beneficiary or of the estate of the deceased beneficiary, as the case may be.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-47-2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-47 / Section 34-47-2
§ 34-47-2. Repair liens.
Status: in_force

Any person who lawfully repairs an aircraft within this state has a lien upon the aircraft for proper charges due to him, made with the consent of the owners of the aircraft.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-22-1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-22 / Section 34-22-1
§ 34-22-1. Disclaimer and renunciation or restriction of power.
Status: in_force

A person to whom any power of appointment, or power of apportionment, or any other power, whether coupled with an interest or not, is given, may disclaim or renounce the whole, or any part, of that power to the extent that the power has not been exercised by that person, and may also restrict any such power, either as to persons to whom he or she may appoint or the amounts he or she may appoint, or both. The disclaimer or renunciation shall relate back to the creation of the power and shall take and have effect as of that time. No title to any property or interest with respect to which such renunciation or disclaimer is made shall pass to any person by virtue of the power to the extent of the renunciation or disclaimer, and the power shall be void to the extent of the renunciation or disclaimer. After such disclaimer or renunciation, the power may be exercised by the other or others, if any, or the survivors or survivor of the others, of the persons to whom the power is given, unless the contrary is expressed in the instrument creating the power. This section shall apply to all powers of appointment and powers of apportionment and all other powers, whether created before or after the original enactment of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-17 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-17
§ 34-18-17. Prohibited provisions in rental agreements.
Status: in_force

(a) A rental agreement may not provide that the tenant:

(1) Agrees to waive or forego rights or remedies under this chapter;

(2) Authorizes any person to confess judgment on a claim arising out of the rental agreement;

(3) Agrees to pay the landlords attorneys fees inconsistent with this chapter; or

(4) Agrees to the exculpation or limitation of any liability of the landlord arising under law or to indemnify the landlord for that liability or the costs connected with the liability.

(b) A provision prohibited by subsection (a) included in a rental agreement is unenforceable. If a landlord deliberately uses a rental agreement containing provisions known to be prohibited, the tenant may recover, in addition to his or her actual damages, an amount up to three (3) months periodic rent and reasonable attorneys fees.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-28-1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-28 / Section 34-28-1
§ 34-28-1. Improvements by consent of owner  Contracts barring enforcement of lien against public policy.
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever any building, canal, turnpike, railroad, or other improvement shall be constructed, erected, altered, or repaired by oral or written contract with or at the oral or written request of the owner, the owner being at the time the owner of the land on which the improvement is located, or by the husband of such owner with the consent of his wife, the building, canal, turnpike, railroad, or other improvement, together with the land, is hereby made liable and shall stand subject to liens for all the work done by any person in the construction, erection, alteration, or reparation of such building, canal, turnpike, railroad, or other improvement, and for the materials used in the construction, erection, alteration, or reparation thereof, which have been furnished by any person.

(b) A covenant, promise, agreement of understanding in, or in connection with or collateral to, a contract or agreement relative to the construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance of a building, structure, appurtenance and appliance, including moving, demolition and excavating connected therewith, purporting to bar the filing of a notice of intention or the taking of any steps to enforce a lien as set forth in this chapter is against public policy and is void and unenforceable. This section shall not preclude a requirement for a written waiver of the right to file a mechanics lien executed and delivered by a contractor, subcontractor, material supplier, or laborer simultaneously with or after payment for the labor performed or the materials furnished has been made to such contractor, subcontractor, material supplier, or laborer.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-44-1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-44 / Section 34-44-1
§ 34-44-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Abandoned Property Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-17-1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-17 / Section 34-17-1
§ 34-17-1. Factory equipment declared real estate.
Status: in_force

The water wheels, steam engines, boilers, all shafting, whether upright or horizontal, and hangers for the same, except such as are used to drive a special machine, all drums, pulleys, wheels, gearing, steam pipes, gas pipes, gas fixtures, water pipes, and fixtures, kettles and vats, set and used in any mechanical or manufacturing establishment, are declared to be real estate whenever they belong to the owner of the real estate to which they are attached.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-45-9 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-45 / Section 34-45-9
§ 34-45-9. Waiver of rights.
Status: in_force

(a) Any party to whom notice is required to be given may waive their rights at any time pursuant to a written waiver signed by a duly authorized representative, which waiver shall terminate all of their rights under this chapter.

(b) For the purposes of the chapter, termination or expiration of a use restriction or a Section 8 (42 U.S.C. § 1437f) assistance contract does not include a termination or expiration which is immediately succeeded, without lapse, by an agreement or contract which embodies terms no less favorable to the tenants residing in the federally insured or assisted rental units than the prior agreement or contract.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-45-12 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-45 / Section 34-45-12
§ 34-45-12. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this chapter, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment shall have been entered.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-6 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-11 / Section 34-11-6
§ 34-11-6. Use of word grant not required.
Status: in_force

The use of the word grant is not necessary in order to convey tenements and hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-22-5 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-22 / Section 34-22-5
§ 34-22-5. Relationship between §§ 34-22-3 and 34-22-4.
Status: in_force

The general assembly hereby declares that § 34-22-4 is declaratory of the meaning of § 34-22-3.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-12-6 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-12 / Section 34-12-6
§ 34-12-6. Effect of acknowledgment before armed forces officer.
Status: in_force

An acknowledgment of instruments, attestation of documents, administration of oaths and affirmations, execution of depositions and affidavits, and performance of other notarial acts, made or taken before an armed forces officer, are hereby declared legal, valid, and binding, and instruments and documents so acknowledged, authenticated, or sworn to shall be admissible in evidence and eligible to be recorded in this state under the same circumstances and with the same force and effect as if the acknowledgment, attestation, oath, affirmation, deposition, affidavit, or other notarial act had been made or taken within this state before or by a duly qualified officer or official as otherwise provided by law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-19-6 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-19 / Section 34-19-6
§ 34-19-6. Judgment and writ of restitution.
Status: in_force

Upon the return of verdict for the complainant, the court shall enter up judgment that the complainant have restitution of the premises, with all costs, to be taxed by the court, and shall award a writ of restitution and for costs against the party complained of, in the form following:
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-22-13 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-22 / Section 34-22-13
§ 34-22-13. Powers as subjecting property to creditors.
Status: in_force

Except to the extent that a donee shall appoint to his or her estate or to his or her creditors, §§ 34-22-11 and 34-22-12 shall not be construed to subject to the claims of creditors of the donee the property which the donee is authorized to appoint.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-44-9 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-44 / Section 34-44-9
§ 34-44-9. Discharge of a receiver.
Status: in_force

The receiver may be discharged by the judge as provided in § 34-44-12 or at any time in the discretion of the court. The receiver shall be discharged when all of the following have occurred:

(1) The public nuisance has been abated;

(2) All costs, expenses, and approved fees of the receivership have been paid;

(3) Either all receivers notes and mortgages issued pursuant to this section have been paid, or all the holders of the notes and mortgages request that the receiver be discharged.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-17-3 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-17 / Section 34-17-3
§ 34-17-3. Partition of machinery and apparatus.
Status: in_force

Partition of the property mentioned in § 34-17-2 may be compelled between the owners thereof in the same manner as though the property were real estate.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-15-23 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-15 / Section 34-15-23
§ 34-15-23. Costs as lien on property.
Status: in_force

In an action for partition, the costs of partition, in such proportion as the court trying the action shall adjudge to be paid by any party or parties to the action, shall be a lien upon the interest of any party or parties in the several shares assigned to the party or parties, and in addition to the mode of recovery now used, may be recovered by sale of the several shares upon execution, to be issued in due form therefor in favor of the party or parties who may, by payment of the costs, be entitled to recover the costs.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-8-10 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-8 / Section 34-8-10
§ 34-8-10. Meter-to-foot conversion.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, and for purposes of conversion between the two (2) systems set forth in § 34-8-1 of this chapter, one meter equals 3.2808-  survey feet.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-29 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-11 / Section 34-11-29
§ 34-11-29. Newspapers eligible for publication of notice.
Status: in_force

Whenever it is required under this chapter that any notice or publication shall be published in a public newspaper, the newspaper shall be held to mean a public newspaper that has been regularly published for at least six (6) months prior to the first publication of the notice, or a merged or consolidated public newspaper formed by the merger or consolidation of two (2) or more public newspapers, one of which has been regularly published for a least six (6) months prior to the first publication of notice.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-9-3 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-9 / Section 34-9-3
§ 34-9-3. Notice and hearing by commissioners  Effect of report.
Status: in_force

Before proceeding to make a survey and to establish the lines according to § 34-9-2, the commissioners shall notify all persons whose rights may be affected by the determination of the lines, in the manner as the court shall direct, to appear at a time and place named to be heard in relation to the survey. The report and plan of the commissioners, when approved by the court and recorded as provided in § 34-9-2, shall forever fix and determine the rights of all persons and parties, except when definite boundary lines have been established by parties legally authorized so to do.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-28-32.2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-28 / Section 34-28-32.2
§ 34-28-32.2. Construction.
Status: in_force

This chapter is intended to afford a liberal remedy to all who have contributed labor, material, or equipment towards adding to the value of property to which the lien attaches and should be construed accordingly.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-10-16 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-10 / Section 34-10-16
§ 34-10-16. Construction or repair of fence by complainant  Action for cost and penalties.
Status: in_force

If the order shall not be complied with the complainant may build, repair, or rebuild the fence in the manner set forth in the order, and when the fence shall be completed to the satisfaction of such fence viewer he or she shall ascertain the cost thereof and give a certificate of the same, including also his or her fees, to the complainant, who shall be entitled to demand and recover of the party delinquent double the sum in the certificate mentioned, and interest at the rate of twelve per cent (12%) per annum. The fence viewer shall lodge a like certificate, to be signed by him or her, in the town clerks office of the town in which the land lies, and the double sum above-mentioned shall be a lien on the land of the delinquent party, and shall attach at and from the time of the filing of the order in the town clerks office, as provided in § 34-10-15, and may be recovered in a civil action. If the defendant cannot be found within the state, the writ shall be served by leaving an attested copy thereof in the clerks office of the town wherein the land is situated, and the judgment in the action may be satisfied by an execution issued thereon, levied and served in the same manner as provided for the levy and service of executions in actions at law.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-37-5.3 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-37 / Section 34-37-5.3
§ 34-37-5.3. Fostering of segregated housing prohibited.
Status: in_force

It shall be an unlawful discriminatory housing practice to for profit induce, or attempt to induce, any person to sell or rent any dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, color, religion, marital status, lawful source of income, military status as a veteran with an honorable discharge or an honorable or general administrative discharge, servicemember in the armed forces, country of ancestral origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or familial status.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-36-35 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-36 / Section 34-36-35
§ 34-36-35. Chapter supplemental.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to all other provisions of law, statutory or judicially declared, provided that wherever the application of the provisions of this chapter conflicts with the application of the other provisions, this chapter shall prevail.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-4-15 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-4 / Section 34-4-15
§ 34-4-15. Conveyance of fee simple by tenant in tail.
Status: in_force

A person actually seised of lands as a tenant in tail may convey the lands in fee simple by a deed in common form, in like manner as if he or she were seised of the lands in fee simple; provided, that in the deed the intention be expressed of barring the entail and reference be made to the specific land by metes and bounds, or by other definite description. This conveyance shall bar the estate tail and all remainders and reversions expectant thereon. An estate tail may also be barred as provided in § 34-4-14.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-10-19 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-10 / Section 34-10-19
§ 34-10-19. Neglect of duty by viewer.
Status: in_force

If any fence viewer, to whom complaint shall be made against any person for a violation of any of the provisions imposed on him or her by this chapter, shall neglect or refuse to do the duty enjoined on him or her to do, the fence viewer so refusing shall forfeit five dollars ($5.00) for every instance of neglect, to be recovered by any person who shall sue for instances of neglect in the town where the fence viewer shall live.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-29-1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-29 / Section 34-29-1
§ 34-29-1. Definitions.
Status: in_force

The terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows, unless other meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context, or unless such construction is inconsistent with the manifest intention of the legislature:

(1) Debtor means all persons, partnerships, and corporations who may be indebted to a processor for work and labor performed and materials furnished in and about the business of spinning, throwing, manufacturing, bleaching, mercerizing, dyeing, weighting, printing, finishing, dressing or scraping of linen, cotton, wool, silk, artificial silk, yarns or goods, skins, pelts, furs, or hides or goods of which linen, cotton, wool, silk, artificial silk, skins, pelts, furs, or hides form a component part.

(2) Owner means all persons, partnerships, and corporations having title to the property herein described, either at law or in equity, or having a lien or encumbrance on the same or having any interest whatsoever in the same, excepting the lien of the processor herein created.

(3) Processor means all persons, partnerships, and corporations engaged or that may be engaged in the business of spinning, throwing, manufacturing, bleaching, mercerizing, dyeing, weighting, printing, finishing, dressing, or scraping, or otherwise treating or processing of linen, cotton, wool, silk, artificial silks, yarns, or goods, skins, pelts, furs, or hides, or goods of which linen, cotton, wool, silk, artificial silk, skins, pelts, furs, or hides form a component part.

(4) Property means linen, cotton, wool, silk, artificial silk, yarn or goods, skins, pelts, furs, or hides, or goods of which linen, cotton, wool, silk, artificial silk, skins, pelts, furs, or hides form a component part.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-4-7 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-4 / Section 34-4-7
§ 34-4-7. Sale or mortgage of real estate subject to contingent remainder, executory devise, or power of appointment.
Status: in_force

When real estate is subject to a contingent remainder, executory devise, or power of appointment, the superior court may, upon the petition of any person who has an estate in possession in the real estate, and after notice and other proceedings as required by this chapter, appoint one or more trustees and authorize him or her or them to sell and convey the estate or any part thereof in fee simple, if the sale and conveyance appears to the court to be necessary or expedient, for such an amount, and on such terms, as the court may deem proper; and the conveyance shall be valid and binding upon all parties. The trustee or trustees may, in the discretion of the court, and upon such terms and conditions as the court may prescribe, execute a mortgage of the estate or any part thereof, which mortgage may contain such powers of sale, conditions, and covenants as are usual in mortgages taken by savings banks in this state. Notes secured by, and covenants contained in, mortgages executed by the trustee or trustees, so far as those notes and covenants are made by the trustee or trustees in his or her or their representative capacity, shall not bind the trustee or trustees personally, but only the trust estate.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-8-4 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-8 / Section 34-8-4
§ 34-8-4. Technical definition of systems  Origin of coordinates.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of more precisely defining the Rhode Island coordinate system of 1927, the following definition by the national ocean survey/national geodetic survey is adopted:

The Rhode Island coordinate system of 1927 is a transverse Mercator projection of the Clarke spheroid of 1866, having a central meridian 71Â° 30² west of Greenwich, on which meridian the scale is set at one part in one hundred sixty thousand (160,000) too small. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 71Â° 30² west of Greenwich and the parallel 41Â° 05² north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 500,000 feet and y = 0 feet.

(b) For the purposes of more precisely defining the Rhode Island coordinate system of 1983, the following definition by the national ocean survey/national geodetic survey is adopted:

The Rhode Island coordinate system of 1983 is a transverse Mercator projection of the North American datum of 1983 having a central meridian 71Â° 30² west of Greenwich, on which meridian the scale is set at one part in one hundred sixty thousand (160,000) too small. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 71Â° 30² west of Greenwich and the parallel 41Â° 05² north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 100,000 meters, and y = 100,000 meters, and y = 0 meters.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-15-14 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-15 / Section 34-15-14
§ 34-15-14. Joint or several answers.
Status: in_force

In actions for partition against several defendants, each of the defendants may answer severally, or any two (2) or more may answer jointly, and in their answers set forth the right or interest which they and each of them have in the estate for the partition of which the action is commenced.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-21-2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-21 / Section 34-21-2
§ 34-21-2. District court jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

The district court may issue writs of replevin where the goods and chattels to be replevied are valued at five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less, and venue of the action may be in any division of the district court where they were taken, attached or detained. The court may also try the same and award execution therein, adhering in its proceedings, as near as may be, to the forms herein prescribed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-50-5 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-50 / Section 34-50-5
§ 34-50-5. Recording prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall record or cause to be recorded an unfair service agreement or notice or memorandum thereof in this state.

(b) Any person who records or causes to be recorded an unfair service agreement or notice or memorandum thereof in this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c) Notwithstanding the recording statute of this state, chapter 13 of this title, the city or town clerk in the recorder of deeds office may refuse to accept for recordation an unfair service agreement as defined herein.

(d) If an unfair service agreement is recorded in this state, it shall not provide actual or constructive notice against an otherwise bona fide purchaser or creditor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-45-2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-45 / Section 34-45-2
§ 34-45-2. Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

(a) The general assembly recognizes, finds and declares that:

(1) There exists a serious shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary rental units that are available at rents affordable to low and moderate income families in Rhode Island. Many families are denied access to decent housing because they are unable to meet the higher cost of rent. Rising housing costs in Rhode Island force low and moderate income families to live in unsafe, substandard units; commit such an unreasonably high percentage of their income for rent that they deprive themselves of the other necessities of life; or, worse, find themselves without housing. The inadequacy in the supply of decent, safe and sanitary affordable rental housing endangers the public health and jeopardizes the public safety, general welfare, and good of the entire state.

(2) Approximately sixty-seven hundred (6,700) units of housing in sixty-five (65) developments in Rhode Island which are presently affordable to low and moderate income families are in danger of becoming unaffordable due to expiring use restrictions on the property. Low income housing units insured or assisted under §§ 221(d)(3) and 236 of the National Housing Act, 12 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq., could be lost as a result of the termination of low income affordability restrictions; low income housing units produced with assistance under § 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(c), could be lost as a result of the expiration of the rental assistance contracts; and rural low income housing financed under § 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, 12 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq., are threatened with loss as a result of the prepayment of mortgages by owners. The loss of this privately owned and federally assisted housing, which would occur in a period of sharply rising rents on unassisted housing and extremely low production of additional low rent housing, would inflict unacceptable harm on current tenants and would precipitate a grave crisis in the supply of low income housing that was neither anticipated nor intended when contracts for these units were entered into.

(b) There is, therefore, a compelling need to preserve the affordability of these rental housing units to low and moderate income persons and families in Rhode Island in order to prevent the displacement of these persons and families and to assure an adequate supply of affordable housing for these persons and families in Rhode Island.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-18 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-18
§ 34-18-18. Receipt of rent free of maintenance obligations forbidden.
Status: in_force

A rental agreement, assignment, conveyance, trust deed, or security instrument may not permit the receipt of rent free of the obligation to comply with § 34-18-22(a).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-26-2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-26 / Section 34-26-2
§ 34-26-2. Right to discharge on satisfaction of mortgage  Escrow accounts.
Status: in_force

(a) Every mortgagee of real estate, his, her or its heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or assigns, having received full satisfaction for the money due on the mortgage, shall, within thirty (30) days after final payment, discharge the mortgage as provided in § 34-26-3 or by separate instrument of release of the mortgage, and shall send the discharge to be recorded in the proper record book with suitable references to the original record, including the mortgagors name and address, which shall forever afterwards discharge, defeat and release the mortgage and perpetually bar all actions to be brought thereon in any court. Upon forwarding the discharge for recording the mortgagee shall notify the mortgagor. Any mortgagor or his agent upon tendering final payment to the mortgagee in full satisfaction of the mortgage may in writing require the mortgagee to issue the discharge by separate instrument of release, directly to a designated person or real estate closing officer within the thirty (30) day period.

(b) Every mortgagee of real estate, his, her or its heirs, executors, administrators or successors or assigns, having received full satisfaction for the money due on the mortgage, shall, within thirty (30) days after final payment, disburse to the mortgagor any and all funds held in escrow under the terms of the mortgage.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-38-11 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-38 / Section 34-38-11
§ 34-38-11. Applicability.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not apply to time-share interests in real estate or any phase of time-share which shall solely be governed by chapter 41 of this title.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-29-5 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-29 / Section 34-29-5
§ 34-29-5. Sale of goods  Notice  Disposition of proceeds.
Status: in_force

When any processor may have a lien upon the goods and property of others that may have come into their possession, and the amount due shall remain due and unpaid either in whole or in part, for two (2) months after the lien becomes due and payable, it shall be lawful for the processor to expose the goods and property for sale, and sell at public auction, upon notice of sale being first published for two (2) weeks at least once in each week, preceding the day of sale, in some newspaper published in the county in which the goods or property are located, and a copy of the printed notice being mailed to the owner or owners, if known, at least five (5) days before the day of sale, if their post office addresses can be ascertained; and the proceeds of the sale shall be applied to the payment of the lien and the expenses of the sale; and no more of the goods or property shall be sold, if easily separated or divided, than shall be necessary, as near as may be, to pay the lien and expenses, and the balance of the proceeds of sale of the goods or property, if any, shall be paid to those entitled thereto. Nothing in this section shall be construed to be in derogation of the right of the lienor to enforce the lien by any other lawful procedure.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-36-37 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-36 / Section 34-36-37
§ 34-36-37. Rights of tenants upon conversion to condominium ownership.
Status: in_force

Whenever there is a conversion of residential real estate from rental status to condominium ownership the following provisions shall apply to the owner, developer, and tenants of the property:

(1) All tenants shall be given at least one hundred twenty (120) days notice of the conversion. Rents shall not be increased during the notice period.

(2) Tenants shall have the right to cancel their lease and receive no penalties for the cancellation as long as all obligations of the lease have been met.

(3) The owner or developer shall honor all leases.

(4) All tenants shall be extended the first opportunity to purchase their units.

(5) An owner or developer shall not offer units for sale to the general public at terms more favorable than offered to the tenants, for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days subsequent to the tenants failure to exercise his or her right to purchase.

(6) Tenants shall have sixty (60) days to inform the owner or developer of their intentions, and during this period the owner or developer shall not sell the units to the general public.

(7) Any tenant who has attained the age of sixty-two (62) shall be given one-year notice. Rents shall not be increased during the notice period.

(8) The owner or developer shall pay reasonable moving expenses and costs, to any tenant who has attained the age of sixty-two (62), within a fifty (50) mile radius.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-22-14 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-22 / Section 34-22-14
§ 34-22-14. Severability of §§ 34-22-11  34-22-14.
Status: in_force

The provisions of §§ 34-22-11  34-22-14 are hereby declared to be severable; and in case any part, section or provision of §§ 34-22-11  34-22-14 are held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining parts, sections and provisions of §§ 34-22-11  34-22-14 shall not be thereby impaired or otherwise affected and the other parts, sections and provisions shall be given effect without the invalid provisions.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-62 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-62
§ 34-18-62. Inquiries regarding immigration status.
Status: in_force

(a) No landlord or any agent of the landlord shall:

(1) Make any inquiry regarding or based on the immigration or citizenship status of a tenant, prospective tenant, occupant, or prospective occupant of residential rental property; or

(2) Require that any tenant, prospective tenant, occupant, or prospective occupant of the rental property make any statement, representation, or certification concerning their immigration or citizenship status.

(b) No municipality or housing agency shall compel a landlord or any agent of the landlord to make any inquiry, compile, disclose, report, or provide any information, prohibit offering or continuing to offer accommodations in the property for rent or lease, or otherwise take any action regarding or based on the immigration or citizenship status of a tenant, prospective tenant, occupant, or prospective occupant of residential rental property.

(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a landlord from:

(1) Complying with any legal obligation under federal law; or

(2) Requesting information or documentation necessary to determine or verify the financial qualifications of a prospective tenant, or to determine or verify the identity of a prospective tenant or prospective occupant.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-28-22 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-28 / Section 34-28-22
§ 34-28-22. Court instructions as to sale.
Status: in_force

In every decree of sale the court shall prescribe the notice that shall be given of the sale, and shall also give therein instructions and particular directions as each case may require, and upon application to the court, at any time, further instructions and directions may be given from time to time in relation thereto.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-10-6 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-10 / Section 34-10-6
§ 34-10-6. Maintenance of water fences.
Status: in_force

Coterminous owners or possessors of land adjoining water, whenever their land is under improvement, shall make and maintain a sufficient water fence to prevent trespass by cattle in the same manner as other partition fences are directed to be made by this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-7-8 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-7 / Section 34-7-8
§ 34-7-8. Shore rights preserved  Prospective applicability.
Status: in_force

Nothing herein contained shall affect any rights of the shore to which the people of this state are now entitled under the charter, the constitution or by the law, or be construed to apply to any preceding action.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-46-2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-46 / Section 34-46-2
§ 34-46-2. Definitions.
Status: reserved

As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) Default means the failure to pay obligations incurred by the storage of a vessel and associated charges.

(2) Dry dock means any space and/or real property designed and/or used for the purpose of renting or leasing storage space for vessels.

(3) Facility means a marina, boatyard, or marine repair facility that provides, as part of its commercial operation, the storage of vessels.

(4) Last known address means that address provided by the owner in the latest storage agreement or the address provided by the owner in a subsequent notice of a change of address.

(5) Lien holder means a person holding a security interest.

(6) Operator means the proprietor, operator, lessor, or sublessor of a dry dock facility, his or her agent, or any other person authorized by him or her to manage the facility or to receive rent from the owner under a rental agreement.

(7) Owner means a person, other than a lienholder, having a property interest in or title to a vessel. The term includes a person entitled to use or have possession of a vessel subject to an interest in another person, reserved, or created by agreement and securing payment or performance of an obligation, but it does not include a lessee under a lease not intended as security.

(8) Personal property means movable property not affixed to land and includes, but is not limited to equipment, goods, furniture, and household items whether affixed to the vessel or not.

(9) Storage agreement means any written agreement or lease that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules, or any other provisions concerning the storage of a vessel in a dry dock facility.

(10) Vessel means every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water and any personal property located thereon and shall include its appurtenances.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-37-4.3 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-37 / Section 34-37-4.3
§ 34-37-4.3. Discrimination in granting credit or loans prohibited.
Status: in_force

No financial organization governed by the provisions of title 19 or any other credit granting commercial institution may discriminate in the granting or extension of any form of loan or credit, or the privilege or capacity to obtain any form of loan or credit, on the basis of the applicants sex, marital status, military status as a veteran with an honorable discharge or an honorable or general administrative discharge, servicemember in the armed forces, race or color, religion or country of ancestral origin, disability or age or familial status, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression and the form of loan and credit shall not be limited to those concerned with housing accommodations and the commission shall prevent any violation hereof in the same manner as it is to prevent unlawful housing practices under the provisions of this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-54 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-54
§ 34-18-54. Savings clause.
Status: repealed

Transactions entered into before January 1, 1987, and not extended or renewed on and after that date, and the rights, duties and interests flowing from them remain valid and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced as required or permitted by any statute or other law amended or repealed by this chapter as though the repeal or amendment had not occurred.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-3-2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-3 / Section 34-3-2
§ 34-3-2. Joint heirs.
Status: in_force

Joint heirs shall be deemed tenants in common.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-28-16.1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-28 / Section 34-28-16.1
§ 34-28-16.1. Petition to foreclose mortgage.
Status: in_force

At any time after the filing of a petition under § 34-28-10, the holder of a mortgage having a priority over liens existing under § 34-28-1, 34-28-2, 34-28-3 or 34-28-7 may petition the court to exercise the power of sale contained in the mortgage and the court shall grant the petition to foreclose, after notice to all interested parties and hearing thereon, upon a showing by the mortgagee that the mortgage is valid, entitled to priority and is in default, except for a default arising from the filing of a petition to enforce pursuant to § 34-28-10.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-45-6 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-45 / Section 34-45-6
§ 34-45-6. Notice of discontinuance.
Status: in_force

(a) Not less than two (2) years prior to:

(1) Selling, leasing, or disposing of prepaying obligations secured by a federally insured or assisted development in a manner which would result in either:

(i) A discontinuance of the use of the development as a federally insured or assisted housing development, or

(ii) Cause the termination or expiration of any use restrictions which apply to the development; or

(2) Recording a declaration of condominium, pursuant to chapter 36.1 of this title,

With respect to all or any portion of a federally insured or assisted development, the owner shall provide written notice of such sale, lease, disposition, or prepayments to:

(i) Each tenant of the development,

(ii) The tenant association of the development,

(iii) The corporation,

(iv) The department,

(v) The housing authority of the city or town in which the development is located, and

(vi) The city or town council of the city or town in which the development is located.

(b) A copy of any notice required by this section shall be filed in the land evidence records of the city or town in which the development is located.

(c) No sale, lease, or disposition of or prepayment of any obligations secured by a federally insured or assisted development in a manner which would result in either:

(1) A discontinuance of the use of the development as a federally insured or assisted housing development; or

(2) Cause the termination or expiration of any use restrictions which apply to the development,

Shall be valid unless the notices required by this section shall have first been provided and filed as required hereunder.

(d) The declaration of a condominium of a federally insured or assisted development which is otherwise valid will not be invalid under this section if consummated within two (2) years of notice if the owner records an agreement to maintain existing use restrictions with regard to those units which are federally insured or assisted for the duration of the two (2) year notice period in the appropriate office of land records and provide the corporation with a copy of that agreement.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-5-7 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-5 / Section 34-5-7
§ 34-5-7. Reliance on disclaimer.
Status: in_force

(a) No person or other legal entity having legal title to or possession of the property, an interest in which is being or has been disclaimed, shall be liable for any distribution or other disposition made prior to the delivery to him, her, or it of a copy of the disclaimer, pursuant to the requirements of § 34-5-6; and no person or other legal entity shall be liable for any good faith distribution or other disposition made in reliance upon a disclaimer, the form of which is in accordance with the requirements of § 34-5-4; and a copy of which has been delivered to him, her, or it pursuant to the requirements of § 34-5-6.

(b) If a disclaimer certifies, with particularity, that none of the contingencies specified in § 34-5-9, which would result in waiver or bar of the beneficiarys right to disclaim, are applicable, any person or other legal entity having legal title to or possession of the property, and any third party purchaser of the property, an interest in which is being or has been disclaimed, shall be entitled to rely without further inquiry upon the certifications.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-28-34 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-28 / Section 34-28-34
§ 34-28-34. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) Construction, erection, alteration or reparation and constructed, erected, altered or repaired, as used in this chapter, means excavation and demolition preparatory to actual construction, erection, alteration, or reparation, except where used in the phrase actual and visible commencement, by excavation or otherwise, of such construction, erection, alteration or reparation, in §§ 34-28-7 and 34-28-10, which phrase shall be construed to include the excavation or otherwise, but not demolition.

(b) Mortgage as used in this chapter means construction mortgages, so called, which are given to secure the payment of a sum certain which is to be advanced at stated times or intervals.

(c) Person as used in this chapter means corporations, partnerships, or other organizations or entities, except that the words individual person means only a natural person.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-49-1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-49 / Section 34-49-1
§ 34-49-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-19-7 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-19 / Section 34-19-7
§ 34-19-7. Recovery of costs by defendant.
Status: in_force

If the jurys verdict is that the complaint is not supported, or if the jury cannot agree upon a verdict, the defendant shall recover his or her costs of the proceeding, to be taxed by the court, who shall award to him or her, in common form, execution therefor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-28-25 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-28 / Section 34-28-25
§ 34-28-25. Priority of liens.
Status: in_force

(a) The priority of liens under §§ 34-28-1, 34-28-2, 34-28-3 and 34-28-7 shall be as follows:

(1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(3), as between persons having valid liens under this chapter, all of the lien holders shall share pro rata in the distribution of funds received by deposit under § 34-28-17 or of the proceeds of any sale under § 34-28-21, based on the amount of their claim plus their additional expenses of filing and advertising, if any.

(2) Except as provided in subdivision (1), the priority of persons mailing and filing notices of intention under § 34-28-4 shall date from the date of the filing; the lien of the persons shall be senior to any subsequently recorded title, claim, lease, mortgage, attachment, or other lien or encumbrance (other than under § 34-28-1, 34-28-2, 34-28-3 or 34-28-7), and the lien of such persons shall be junior to any prior recorded title, claim, lease, mortgage, attachment, or other lien or encumbrance (other than under § 34-28-1, 34-28-2, 34-28-3 or 34-28-7). Any person having an existing lien under § 34-28-1, 34-28-2, 34-28-3 or 34-28-7 subject to any prior recorded mortgage, attachment, or other lien or encumbrance may pay off the prior mortgage, attachment, or other lien or encumbrance and shall be subrogated to all of the rights of the holder of the prior mortgage, attachment, or other lien or encumbrance.

(3) In the event that there shall be recorded any title, claim, lease, mortgage, attachment, or other lien or encumbrance (other than under § 34-28-1, 34-28-2, 34-28-3 or 34-28-7) junior to any liens under § 34-28-1, 34-28-2, 34-28-3 or 34-28-7 in accordance with subdivision (2) and senior to other liens, then the liens under § 34-28-1, 34-28-2, 34-28-3 or 34-28-7 senior to the title, claim, lease, mortgage, attachment, or other lien or encumbrance shall be separated from the liens junior to the lien or encumbrance, and the senior liens shall be senior to the title, claim, lease, mortgage, attachment, or other lien or encumbrance, and the junior liens shall be junior thereto.

(b) Priority between persons whose claims are not specifically provided for in this section shall be determined by the court or master in accordance with equity and good conscience.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-36-15 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-36 / Section 34-36-15
§ 34-36-15. Bylaws  Recording.
Status: in_force

The administration of every property shall be governed by bylaws, which may either be embodied in the declaration or in a separate instrument, a true copy of which shall be appended to and recorded with the declaration. No modification or amendment of the declaration or bylaws shall be valid unless the modification is set forth in an amendment and the amendment is recorded.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-36-28 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-36 / Section 34-36-28
§ 34-36-28. Perpetuities and restraints on alienation.
Status: in_force

The rule of property known as the rule against perpetuities and the rule of property known as the rule restricting unreasonable restraints on alienation shall not be applied to defeat any of the provisions of this chapter, or of any declaration, bylaws or other document executed in accordance with this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-15-18 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-15 / Section 34-15-18
§ 34-15-18. Division of proceeds of sale  Share set aside for absent or unknown parties.
Status: in_force

In case of a sale under this chapter, the proceeds of the sale shall be divided, under the direction of the court, between the parties entitled thereto, in lieu of their interest in the estate ordered or decreed to be sold, and the portion of the proceeds of sale to which any party or person absent from the state or unknown and not appearing to claim the proceeds, may be entitled, may be invested for that person by the commissioners, under the direction of the court, and in such name as the court may direct, after deducting from that portion the reasonable share of the costs and expenses of partition of the party or persons, to be allowed by the court to those entitled thereto. In all cases the investment and the further disposition of the proceeds, and the deposit and disposition to be made of the evidence thereof, shall be subject only to the order and control of the court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-44 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-11 / Section 34-11-44
§ 34-11-44. Meaning of special warranty covenants.
Status: in_force

In any deed of conveyance of real estate, the use of the words special warranty in the title of said deed, and/or use of the words special warranty covenants in the body of said deed shall have the full force, meaning, and effect of the following words: The grantor, for himself or herself and for his or her heirs, executors and administrators, covenants with the grantee and his or her heirs and assigns, that he or she will, and his or her heirs, executors, and administrators shall, warrant and defend the granted premises to the grantee and his or her heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming, by, through, or under the grantor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-38-8 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-38 / Section 34-38-8
§ 34-38-8. Escrow account.
Status: in_force

All money paid or advanced by a purchaser or lessee or prospective purchaser or prospective lessee in respect of any lot, parcel, unit, or interest in any subdivision, the advertisement, offering, or disposition of which is controlled by this chapter, or such portion thereof as the department may determine is sufficient for the protection of the interests of the purchaser or lessee, shall be deposited by the seller or lessor in an escrow account, approved by the department, in a bank doing business in this state. The money shall remain in such escrow account until:

(1) A proper and valid release is obtained therefor from the purchasers;

(2) The owner or subdivider or the purchaser or lessee has defaulted under their contract for sale or lease and the department or the court has made a determination as to the disposition of the money; or

(3) The owner or subdivider or the seller or lessor orders the return of the money to the purchaser or lessee.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-2
§ 34-18-2. Purposes  Rules of construction.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.

(b) Underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are to:

(1) Simplify, clarify, modernize and revise the law governing the rental of dwelling units and the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants;

(2) Encourage landlords and tenants to maintain and improve the quality and availability of housing;

(3) Make more uniform the law relating to residential landlord and tenant relations in those respects in which this chapter follows the Uniform Residential Landlord  Tenant Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-25-9 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-25 / Section 34-25-9
§ 34-25-9. Form of open-end mortgage.
Status: in_force

In order to be entitled to the benefits of this chapter, a mortgage deed shall comply with the following provisions:

(1) The mortgage deed shall contain specific provisions permitting the future advances;

(2) At no time shall the unpaid principal balance of indebtedness outstanding under the mortgage deed exceed the stated amount thereof;

(3) All future advances shall be evidenced by a note or notes and/or an agreement signed by the obligor whose indebtedness is secured by the mortgage deed;

(4) The original mortgage deed shall be executed and recorded on or after June 1, 1983; and

(5) The mortgage shall provide an address at which mortgagee will accept written notices pursuant to §§ 34-25-10(b) and 34-25-11. The application of this section shall be retroactive to June 1, 1983.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-9-1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-9 / Section 34-9-1
§ 34-9-1. Petition for determination of boundaries covered by tidewater.
Status: in_force

Any person having any interest in land bordering on public tidewater, whenever a harbor line shall have been confirmed and established in front of or adjacent to the land, may apply by petition to the supreme court for the settlement and determination of the lines and boundaries of his interest and of the interests of all others in the land covered by public tidewater within such harbor line.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-26 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-26
§ 34-18-26. Access.
Status: in_force

(a) A tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the landlord to enter into the dwelling unit in order to inspect the premises, make necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, or improvements, supply necessary or agreed services, or exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workers, or contractors.

(b) A landlord may enter the dwelling unit without consent of the tenant in case of emergency, or, during any absence of the tenant in excess of seven (7) days, if reasonably necessary for the protection of the property.

(c) A landlord shall not abuse the right of access or use it to harass the tenant. Except in case of emergency or unless it is impracticable to do so, the landlord shall give the tenant at least two (2) days notice of his or her intent to enter and may enter only at reasonable times.

(d) A landlord has no other right of access except:

(1) Pursuant to court order;

(2) As permitted by § 34-18-39; or

(3) Unless the tenant has abandoned or surrendered the premises.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-4-11 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-4 / Section 34-4-11
§ 34-4-11. Conveyance of contingent, executory, and future interests.
Status: in_force

A contingent, an executory and a future interest, and a possibility coupled with an interest, in any tenements or hereditaments of any tenure, and a right of entry whether immediate or future and whether vested or contingent, into or upon any tenements or hereditaments of any tenure, may be disposed of by legal conveyance or will, but no such disposition shall, by force only of this section, defeat or enlarge an estate tail.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-10-17 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-10 / Section 34-10-17
§ 34-10-17. Settlement of controversies by viewer.
Status: in_force

Whenever any controversy or dispute shall arise about the rights of the respective occupants or owners in division lines or partition fences and their obligations to maintain the same, either party may apply to a fence viewer of the town where the lands lie, who, after ten-days notice to each party, to be given as provided in § 34-10-15, may in writing determine the division line and assign to each his or her part of the partition fence, and direct the time within which each party shall erect, build, or repair his or her part of the fence, which line and assignment being recorded in the office of the town clerk, shall be binding on the parties and all succeeding owners and occupants of the lands, and they shall always thereafter maintain their respective parts of the fence, until the rights of the respective parties shall be differently determined in some proper action.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-21-4 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-21 / Section 34-21-4
§ 34-21-4. Bond given prior to service of writ.
Status: in_force

The officer charged with the service of any such writ shall, before serving the same, take from the plaintiff, or from someone in his or her behalf, a bond to the defendant, with sufficient sureties, or a surety company authorized to do business in this state, in double the value of the goods and chattels to be replevied, with condition to prosecute the writ of replevin to final judgment and to pay such damages and costs as the defendant in the writ shall recover against the plaintiff, and also to return and restore the same goods and chattels in like good order and condition as when taken, in case such shall be the final judgment on the writ.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-24 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-11 / Section 34-11-24
§ 34-11-24. Effect of assignment of mortgage.
Status: in_force

An assignment of mortgage substantially following the form entitled Assignment of Mortgage shall, when duly executed, have the force and effect of granting, bargaining, transferring and making over to the assignee, his or her heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, the mortgage deed with the note and debt thereby secured, and all the right, title and interest of the mortgagee by virtue thereof in and to the estate described therein, to have and to hold the mortgage deed with the privileges and appurtenances thereof to the assignee, his or her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns in as ample manner as the assignor then holds the same, thereby substituting and appointing the assignee and his or her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns as the attorney or attorneys irrevocable of the mortgagor under and with all the powers in the mortgage deed granted and contained.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-28-3 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-28 / Section 34-28-3
§ 34-28-3. Improvements by consent of owner of less than freehold.
Status: in_force

Whenever any building, canal, turnpike, railroad, or other improvement shall be constructed, erected, altered, or repaired by oral or written contract with or at the oral or written request of the owner, the owner being at the time less than sole owner of the fee simply (including, without restricting the foregoing, a life tenant, tenant in common, joint tenant, and tenant by entirety), or by the husband of the owner with the consent of his wife (and, in the case of a tenant by entirety, no lien shall be had either against the husbands or the wifes interest in the improvement unless the consent is given), the building, canal, turnpike, railroad, or other improvement, together with the title and interest of the owner in the land on which the improvement is located, shall stand subject to liens for all the work done by any person in the construction, erection, alteration, or reparation of such building, canal, turnpike, railroad, or other improvement, and for the materials used in the construction, erection, or reparation thereof, which have been furnished by any person, but not the interest or title of any other owner of an estate in such land, unless the consent in writing of the other owner is first obtained, assenting to the construction, erection, alteration, or reparation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-10-1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-10 / Section 34-10-1
§ 34-10-1. Lawful fences defined.
Status: in_force

The following fences shall be adjudged to be lawful fences:

(1) A hedge with a ditch shall be three feet (3²) high upon the bank of the ditch, well staked, at the distance of two feet and a half (2Â½²), bound together at the top and sufficiently filled to prevent small stock from creeping through; and the bank of the ditch shall not be less than one foot (1²) above the surface of the ground.

(2) A hedge without a ditch shall be four feet (4²) high, staked, bound and filled, as a hedge with a ditch.

(3) A post-and-rail fence on the bank of a ditch shall be four (4) rails high, each well set in posts, and not less than four feet and a half (4Â½²) high.

(4) A stone wall fence shall be four feet (4²) high, with a flat stone hanging over the top thereof or a good rail or pole thereon, well staked or secured with crotches or posts.

(5) A stone wall without flat stones, rails or posts on the top, shall be four feet and a half (4Â½²) high.

(6) A woven wire fence of wire not less than number nine, firmly fastened to posts not more than sixteen feet (16²) apart, constructed of not less than eleven (11) horizontal wires, the top wire not less than fifty-four inches (54³) from the ground, the bottom wire not more than two inches (2³) from the ground and with stays or uprights not more than six inches (6³) apart.

(7) All other kinds of fences not herein particularly described shall be four feet and a half (4Â½²) high.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-23-6 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-23 / Section 34-23-6
§ 34-23-6. Loan fees.
Status: in_force

In the event any brokerage fees, loan fees, points, finders fees, origination fees, or any similar charges shall be imposed on any secured mortgage loan on real estate containing thereon dwelling houses of not more than four (4) dwelling units, those charges shall not be subject to any refund in the event the underlying loan contract is prepaid in full provided that the loan originator, broker or lender gives the following disclosure to the loan applicant in writing: not later than three (3) business days after the application is received. Notice regarding nonrefundability of loan fees: You have received a good faith estimate of fees and charges showing the loan fees and similar charges you are likely to pay to obtain this loan. As provided in § 34-23-6, none of these or other fees and charges will be refunded in the event the loan is prepaid in whole or in part.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-25 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-25
§ 34-18-25. Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

(a) A landlord, from time to time, may adopt a rule or regulation, however described, concerning the tenants use and occupancy of the premises. It is enforceable against the tenant only if:

(1) Its purpose is to promote the convenience, safety, or welfare of the tenants on the premises, preserve the landlords property from abusive use, or make a fair distribution of services and facilities held out for the tenants generally;

(2) It is reasonably related to the purpose of which it is adopted;

(3) It is sufficiently explicit in its prohibition, direction, or limitation of the tenants conduct to fairly inform the tenant of what he or she must or must not do to comply;

(4) It applies to all tenants in the premises in a fair manner;

(5) It is not for the purpose of evading the obligations of the landlord; and

(6) The tenant has notice of it at the time he or she enters into the rental agreement, or when it is adopted.

(b) If a rule or regulation is adopted after the tenant enters into the rental agreement that works a substantial modification of his or her bargain, it is not valid unless the tenant consents to it in writing.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-4-28 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-4 / Section 34-4-28
§ 34-4-28. Title to real estate  Trusts  Conveyance to named trust.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 34-4-27, title to real estate derived from a conveyance to a named trust by an instrument in which the trustees are not named as grantees is not on that account defective, and the conveyance shall be deemed to vest title to the real estate in the trustees of the named trust.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-27-6 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-27 / Section 34-27-6
§ 34-27-6. Payment of outstanding taxes.
Status: in_force

(a) In connection with any sale by public auction made under and according to the provisions of any mortgage of real estate or any power of sale contained therein or annexed thereto, if the mortgagee or an affiliate of the mortgagee is the successful bidder for the real estate or property offered for sale, the foreclosure deed shall be recorded in the records of land evidence for the municipality where the real estate is located within forty-five (45) days after the date of the sale. The deed shall be captioned foreclosure deed and the date of the foreclosure shall be stated in the deed. This subsection (a) shall not apply to any such sale if, prior to the recording of the foreclosure deed: (1) The mortgagor files a voluntary proceeding, or an order for relief is entered in any involuntary proceeding against the mortgagor, under any federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency statute; or (2) The mortgagee abandons or otherwise terminates such sale.

(b) Notwithstanding any other general law or local ordinance to the contrary, the grantee of real estate named in the foreclosure deed shall pay to the municipality, on or before the date the foreclosure deed is recorded, all taxes and other assessments, including water charges, interest and penalties, if any, that constitute liens on the real estate described in the foreclosure deed and that are due and owing on the recording date (collectively, taxes due and owing); provided, however, that a grantee shall not be deemed in violation of this subsection (b) if the grantee shall apply for a municipal lien certificate from the tax collector for the municipality during the forty-five-day (45) period ending on the day on which the foreclosure deed is recorded and shall pay the taxes due and owing within thirty (30) days after the date on which the municipal lien certificate is mailed by the tax collector by the United States mail, postage prepaid, certified, return receipt requested, and addressed to the grantee at the address therefor set forth in the application for the municipal lien certificate. Taxes due and owing for purposes of this section shall include only installments thereof required by law to be paid as of the date the foreclosure deed is recorded.

(c) Upon a violation of any one or more of the requirements of this section, a penalty shall accrue at the rate of three hundred dollars ($300) per month (in the aggregate) for each month or part thereof during which such violation or violations continue. For purposes of determining the penalty due hereunder, a month commences on the day on which the first such violation occurs and a new month commences on the same day (or if there is no such day, then on the last day) of each succeeding calendar month until all taxes due and owing are paid. In the event of a violation of subsection (a), taxes due and owing shall be determined as of the date required thereunder for the recording of a foreclosure deed. The maximum aggregate penalty shall not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000), which shall be paid prior to the city or town clerk accepting the foreclosure deed for recording.

(d) As used in this section, the term affiliate shall mean, with respect to any mortgagee, any individual or legal entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such mortgagee, and the term foreclosure deed shall mean the mortgagees deed or other conveyance of title to the successful bidder at any sale by public auction made under and according to the provisions of any mortgage of real estate or any power of sale contained therein or annexed thereto.

(e) A mortgagee not licensed as a financial lending institution holding a mortgage by private agreement with another party shall be exempt from the penalty requirements of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-29 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-29
§ 34-18-29. Failure to deliver possession.
Status: in_force

(a) If the landlord fails to deliver possession of the dwelling unit to the tenant as provided in § 34-18-21, rent abates until possession is delivered and the tenant may:

(1) Terminate the rental agreement upon at least five (5) days written notice to the landlord, and, upon termination, the landlord shall return all prepaid rent and security; or

(2) Demand performance of the rental agreement by the landlord and, if the tenant elects, bring action for possession of the dwelling unit against the landlord.

(b) If a persons failure to deliver possession is willful and not in good faith, an aggrieved person may recover from that person an amount not more than three (3) months periodic rent or threefold the actual damages sustained, whichever is greater, and reasonable attorneys fees.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-9 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-11 / Section 34-11-9
§ 34-11-9. Words importing failure of issue.
Status: in_force

In any limitation of real or personal estate by deed, will or other instrument in writing, hereafter executed, the words die without issue, or die without leaving issue, or leave no issue, or die without heirs of the body, or any other words that may import either a want or failure of issue of any person in his or her lifetime or at the time of his or her death, or an indefinite failure of his or her issue, shall be construed to mean a want or failure of issue in the lifetime or at the death of such person, and not an indefinite failure of his or her issue, unless a contrary intention shall clearly appear by the instrument containing such limitations.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-27-4 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-27 / Section 34-27-4
§ 34-27-4. Publication of notice under power of sale and rights of active military servicemembers.
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever any real estate shall be sold under any power of sale mortgage executed subsequent to May 4, 1911, and the mortgage shall provide for the giving of notice of the sale by publication in some public newspaper at least once a week for three (3) successive weeks before the sale, the first publication of the notice shall be at least twenty-one (21) days before the day of sale, including the day of the first publication in the computation, and the third publication of the notice shall be no fewer than seven (7) days before the original date of sale listed in the advertisement, including the day of the third publication in the computation, and no more than fourteen (14) days before the original date of sale listed in the advertisement. The sale may take place no more than fourteen (14) days from the date on which the third successive notice is published, excluding the day of the third publication in the computation. Provided, however, that if the sale is adjourned as provided in § 34-11-22, and the adjourned sale is held during the same calendar week as the originally scheduled day of sale, no additional advertising is required. Otherwise, publication of the notice of the adjourned sale, together with a notice of the adjournment or adjournments, shall be continued at least once each week commencing with the calendar week following the originally scheduled day of sale; the sale, as so adjourned, shall take place during the same calendar week in which the last notice of the adjourned sale is published, at least one day after the date on which the last notice is published.

(b) Provided, however, that no notice shall be valid or effective unless the mortgagor has been mailed written notice of the time and place of sale by certified mail return receipt requested at the address of the real estate and, if different, at the mortgagors address listed with the tax assessors office of the city or town where the real estate is located or any other address the mortgagor designates by written notice to the mortgagee at their, or its last known address, at least twenty (20) days for mortgagors other than individual consumer mortgagors, and at least thirty (30) days for individual consumer mortgagors, days prior to the first publication, including the day of mailing in the computation. The mortgagee shall include in the foreclosure deed an affidavit of compliance with this provision.

(c) Provided further, that the notice mailed to the mortgagor in accordance with subsection (b) above shall also contain a copy of subsection (d) below (printed in not less than 12 point type) headed by the following notice (printed in not less than 14 point type): A servicemember on active duty or deployment or who has recently ceased such duty or deployment has certain rights under § 34-27-4(d) of the Rhode Island general laws set out below. To protect your rights if you are such a servicemember, you should give written notice to the servicer of the obligation or the attorney conducting the foreclosure, prior to the sale, that you are a servicemember on active duty or deployment or who has recently ceased such duty or deployment. This notice may be given on your behalf by your authorized representative. If you have any questions about this notice, you should consult with an attorney. The mortgagee shall include in the foreclosure deed an affidavit of compliance with this provision.

(d) Foreclosure sales affecting servicemembers.

(1) The following definitions shall apply to this subsection and to subsection (c):

(i) Servicemember means a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard and members of the National Guard or Reserves called to active duty.

(ii) Active duty has the same meaning as the term is defined in 10 U.S.C. §§ 12301  12304. In the case of a member of the National Guard, or Reserves active duty means and includes service under a call to active service authorized by the president or the secretary of defense for a period of time of more than thirty (30) consecutive days under 32 U.S.C. § 502(f), for the purposes of responding to a national emergency declared by the president and supported by federal funds.

(2) This subsection applies only to an obligation on real and related personal property owned by a servicemember that:

(i) Originated before the period of the service members military service or in the case of a member of the National Guard or Reserves originated before being called into active duty and for which the servicemember is still obligated; and

(ii) Is secured by a mortgage or other security in the nature of a mortgage.

(3) Stay of right to foreclose by mortgagee. Upon receipt of written notice from the mortgagor or mortgagors authorized representative that the mortgagor is participating in active duty or deployment or that the notice as provided in subsection (c) was received within nine (9) months of completion of active duty or deployment, the mortgagee shall be barred from proceeding with the execution of sale of the property as defined in the notice until such nine-month (9) period has lapsed or until the mortgagee obtains court approval in accordance with subsection (d)(5) below.

(4) Stay of proceedings and adjustment of obligation. In the event a mortgagee proceeds with foreclosure of the property during, or within nine (9) months after a servicemembers period of active duty or deployment notwithstanding receipt of notice contemplated by subsection (d)(3) above, the servicemember or their authorized representative may file a petition against the mortgagee seeking a stay of such foreclosure, after a hearing on such petition, and on its own motion, the court may:

(i) Stay the proceedings for a period of time as justice and equity require; or

(ii) Adjust the obligation as permitted by federal law to preserve the interests of all parties.

(5 ) Sale or foreclosure. A sale, foreclosure or seizure of property for a breach of an obligation of a servicemember who is entitled to the benefits under subsection (d) and who provided the mortgagee with written notice permitted under subsection (d)(3) shall not be valid if made during, or within nine (9) months after, the period of the servicemembers military service except:

(i) Upon a court order granted before such sale, foreclosure, or seizure after hearing on a petition filed by the mortgagee against such servicemember; or

(ii) If made pursuant to an agreement of all parties.

(6) Penalties. A mortgagee who knowingly makes or causes to be made a sale, foreclosure, or seizure of property that is prohibited by subsection (d)(3) shall be fined the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. The remedies and rights provided hereunder are in addition to and do not preclude any remedy for wrongful conversion otherwise available under law to the person claiming relief under this section, including consequential and punitive damages.

(7) Any petition hereunder shall be commenced by action filed in the superior court for the county in which the property subject to the mortgage or other security in the nature of a mortgage is situated. Any hearing on such petition shall be conducted on an expedited basis following such notice and/or discovery as the court deems proper.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-31 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-31
§ 34-18-31. Wrongful failure to supply heat, water, hot water, or essential services.
Status: in_force

(a) If, contrary to the rental agreement or § 34-18-22, the landlord willfully or negligently fails to supply heat, running water, hot water, electric, gas, or other essential service, the tenant may give reasonable notice to the landlord specifying the breach and may:

(1) Take reasonable and appropriate measures to secure reasonable amounts of heat, running water, hot water, electric, gas, and other essential service during the period of the landlords noncompliance and deduct their actual and reasonable costs from the periodic rent; or

(2) Recover damages based upon the diminution in the fair rental value of the dwelling unit; or

(3) Procure reasonable substitute housing during the period of the landlords noncompliance, in which case the tenant is excused from paying rent for the period of the landlords noncompliance.

(b) In addition to the remedy provided in subsection (a)(3) of this section, the tenant may recover the actual and reasonable cost or fair and reasonable value of the substitute housing not in excess of an amount equal to the periodic rent, and in any case under subsection (a) of this section, may recover reasonable attorneys fees.

(c) If the tenant proceeds under this section, he or she may not proceed under § 34-18-28 or § 34-18-30 as to that breach.

(d) Rights of the tenant under this section do not arise until he or she has given notice to the landlord, nor does this section apply if the condition was caused by the deliberate or negligent act or omission of the tenant, a member of his or her family, or other person on the premises with his or her consent.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-35 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-35
§ 34-18-35. Eviction for nonpayment of rent.
Status: in_force

(a) If any part of the stipulated rent is due and in arrears for fifteen (15) days, the landlord shall send a written notice, in a form substantially similar to that provided in § 34-18-56(a), specifying the amount of the rent which is fifteen (15) days in arrears, making demand for the rent, and notifying the tenant that unless he or she cures the breach within five (5) days of the date of mailing of the notice, the rental agreement shall terminate, and the landlord shall commence an eviction action in the appropriate district court or housing court.

(b) If the tenant fails to cure his or her breach by paying the stipulated rent in arrears within five (5) days of the date of mailing of the notice, the landlord may commence an eviction action against the tenant, which shall be filed no earlier than the sixth (6th) day after mailing of the written demand notice. The action shall be commenced by filing a Complaint for Eviction for Nonpayment of Rent in the appropriate court in the form provided in § 34-18-56(d).

(c) The summons for eviction for nonpayment of rent shall specify the date for hearing and be in the form provided in § 34-18-56(g). The summons shall specify that the defendant may file and serve his or her answer prior to or at the time of hearing, and that if he or she fails to answer or appear at the hearing, he or she shall be defaulted.

(d) If the defendant files his or her answer and commences discovery prior to the hearing, and it appears, for good cause shown, that the defendant will not be able to conduct his or her defense without the benefit of discovery, the court may continue the hearing to allow a reasonable time for the completion of discovery. In the case of such a continuance, the court may, in its discretion, order interim rent, or other remedy, to be paid to preserve the status quo pending hearing. Except as provided in this chapter, the landlord may recover possession and actual damages. In cases where the tenant had received a demand notice pursuant to subsection (a) within the six (6) months immediately preceding the filing of the action, and the tenants nonpayment was willful, the landlord may also recover a reasonable attorneys fee.

(e) The tenant shall have the right to cure his or her failure to pay rent by tendering the full amount of rent prior to commencement of suit. If the tenant has not received a notice pursuant to subsection (a) of this section within the six (6) months immediately preceding the filing of the action, the tenant shall have the right to cure his or her failure to pay rent after commencement of suit by tendering the full amount of rent in arrears, together with court costs, at the time of hearing.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-45-4 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-45 / Section 34-45-4
§ 34-45-4. Definitions.
Status: in_force

Terms used in this chapter shall be defined as follows, unless another meaning is expressed or clearly apparent from the language or context:

(1) Appurtenant land means only the land and related facilities which are currently dedicated to the federally insured or assisted rental units, and does not include land which may be dedicated to nonfederally insured or assisted units under common ownership, whether or not the land is currently dedicated to federally insured or assisted rental units.

(2) Corporation means the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation, a corporation, instrumentality and agency of the state established pursuant to the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation act, chapter 55 of title 42.

(3) Department means the department of administration.

(4) Development means any structure or group of structures situated in the state which is federally insured or assisted; provided, however that the term development does not include any structure or group of structures which are not federally insured or assisted, although such structures may be commonly owned with units that receive such federal assistance or sent to such units; and provided further than this chapter shall not apply to a development whose owner gave notice to the United States department of housing and urban development pursuant to § 262 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(c), of termination of the housing assistance payment contracts for the development prior to June 10, 1988.

(5) Federally insured or assisted means any:

(i) Low income housing units insured or assisted under §§ 221(d)(3) and 236 of the National Housing Act, 12 U.S.C., § 1701 et seq.,

(ii) Low income housing units produced with assistance under 42 U.S.C. § 1437f, and

(iii) Rural low income housing financed under § 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, 12 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq.

(6) Owner means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, or business entity which holds title to a development.

(7) Rental unit or unit means that part of a development which is rented or offered for rent for residential occupancy and includes an apartment, efficiency apartment, room, suite of rooms, and any appurtenant land to the rental unit.

(8) Tenant means a tenant, subtenant, lessee, sublessee, or other person entitled to possession, occupancy, or receiving the benefits of, a federally insured or assisted rental unit within a development.

(9) Tenant association means an association or other organization that represents at least a majority of the tenants in federally insured or assisted rental units in a development, excluding those tenants which have not resided in the development for at least ninety (90) days and those tenants who have been an employee of the owner during the preceding one hundred twenty (120) days.

(10) Use restrictions means any federal, state, or local statute, regulation, ordinance, or contract which as a condition of receipt of any housing assistance, including a rental subsidy, mortgage subsidy or mortgage insurance, to a development:

(i) Establishes maximum limitations on tenant income as a condition of eligibility for occupancy of the units within a development; or

(ii) Imposes any restrictions on the maximum rents that could be charged for any of the units within a development; or

(iii) Requires that rents for any of the units within a development be reviewed by any governmental body or agency before the rents be implemented.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-15-13 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-15 / Section 34-15-13
§ 34-15-13. Voluntary appearance by heirs or devisees of deceased party.
Status: in_force

If the deceased persons heirs or devisees voluntarily appear in court without notice as provided in § 34-15-12, the court may proceed without further delay to try, render judgment, and proceed in the action.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-3-1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-3 / Section 34-3-1
§ 34-3-1. Tenancy in common presumed in conveyances.
Status: in_force

All gifts, feoffments, grants, conveyances, devises or legacies, of real or personal estate, which shall be made to two (2) or more persons, whether they be husband and wife or otherwise, shall be deemed to create a tenancy in common and not a joint tenancy, unless it be declared that the tenancy is to be joint, or that the conveyance is to those persons and the survivors or survivor of them, or to them as trustees or executors, or unless the intention manifestly appears that the persons shall take as joint tenants and not as tenants in common.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-15-10 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-15 / Section 34-15-10
§ 34-15-10. Summons of party omitted from original process.
Status: in_force

In any action for partition, if any person who ought to be a party to the action is omitted, the action shall not be thereby abated; but if the omission of the party is pleaded, a summons shall issue to the person thus omitted, which summons shall be served in the manner prescribed by law at least twenty (20) days before trial, and the person may come in and defend in the same manner as though he or she had been originally made a party to the action, and if the person thus summoned appears or neglects to appear, his or her name may be inserted in the process by the court, and judgment shall be rendered in the action in the same manner as if the person had been originally a party.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-45-3 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-45 / Section 34-45-3
§ 34-45-3. Legislative purpose.
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a mechanism which will, to the fullest extent possible: (1) preserve the availability and affordability to low and moderate income persons and families of currently available federally insured and assisted housing in the state, and (2) avoid the involuntary displacement of tenants currently residing in federally insured and assisted housing.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-37-2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-37 / Section 34-37-2
§ 34-37-2. Right to equal housing opportunities  Civil rights.
Status: in_force

The right of all individuals in the state to equal housing opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, lawful source of income, military status as a veteran with an honorable discharge or an honorable or general administrative discharge, servicemember in the armed forces, country of ancestral origin, disability, age, familial status, or regardless of the fact that a tenant or applicant or a member of the household is, or has been, or is threatened with being the victim of domestic abuse, or that the tenant or applicant has obtained, or sought, or is seeking, relief from any court in the form of a restraining order for protection from domestic abuse, is hereby recognized as, and declared to be, a civil right. Nothing in this section shall prevent a landlord from proceeding with eviction action against a tenant who fails to comply with § 34-18-24(7).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-36-16 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-36 / Section 34-36-16
§ 34-36-16. Bylaw provisions.
Status: in_force

The bylaws may provide for the following:

(1) The establishment of a management committee, the number of persons constituting the committee and the method of selecting the members of the committee; the powers and duties of the management committee; and whether or not the management committee may engage the services of a manager.

(2) The method of calling meetings of the unit owners; what percentage of the unit owners shall constitute a quorum, and be authorized to transact business.

(3) The maintenance, repair, and replacement of the common areas and facilities and payment therefor.

(4) The manner of collecting from the unit owners their share of the common expenses.

(5) The designation and removal of personnel necessary for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of the common areas and facilities.

(6) The method of adopting and of amending administrative rules and regulations governing the details of the operation and use of the common areas and facilities.

(7) Restrictions on and requirements respecting the use and maintenance of the units and the use of the common areas and facilities as are designed to prevent unreasonable interference with the use of their respective units and of the common areas and facilities by the several unit owners.

(8) The percentage of votes required to amend the bylaws.

(9) Other provisions as may be deemed necessary for the administration of the property consistent with this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-53 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-53
§ 34-18-53. Dismissal of appeal for nonpayment of rent during pendency of appeals.
Status: in_force

In the event that the tenant fails or refuses to pay all sums promptly when due, in accordance with the provisions of § 34-18-52, the court in which the case is pending, shall, without any trial on the merits, on motion of the landlord, and after hearing thereon, including satisfactory proof of such nonpayment, enter an order for the entry of judgment and the issuance of the execution and the prompt service thereof, and from that order there shall be no appeal. The papers shall be forthwith returned to the district court which shall upon payment of the required fee, issue an execution without further delay.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-44-3 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-44 / Section 34-44-3
§ 34-44-3. Injunctive relief and other relief.
Status: in_force

(a) In any proceeding:

(1) Brought under chapter 27.3 of title 23 entitled the Rhode Island state building code, and any violation of the provisions of those regulations promulgated by the state building code standards committee entitled SBC-1 Rhode Island state building code, SBC-2 Rhode Island state one- and two-family dwelling code, SBC-3 Rhode Island state plumbing code, SBC-4 Rhode Island state mechanical code, SBC-5 Rhode Island state electrical code, SBC-6 state property maintenance code, SBC-19 state fuel gas code or any municipal ordinance or regulation concerning minimum housing standards, that is before a state court, municipal court, housing division of a state or municipal court; or

(2) Brought upon a verified petition for abatement filed in the state court by the municipal corporation in which the property involved is located, by any neighboring landowner, or by a nonprofit corporation, registered to do business in the state, that is duly organized and has as one of its goals the improvement of housing conditions for low- and moderate-income persons in the municipality in which the property in question is located, if a building is alleged to be abandoned and either to be in a dangerous or unsafe condition or to be otherwise in violation of chapter 27.3 of title 23 entitled the Rhode Island state building code, and any violation of the provisions of those regulations promulgated by the state building code standards committee entitled SBC-1 Rhode Island state building code, SBC-2 Rhode Island state one and two family dwelling code, SBC-3 Rhode Island state plumbing code, SBC-4 Rhode Island state mechanical code, SBC-5 Rhode Island state electrical code, SBC-6 state property maintenance code, SBC-19 state fuel gas code or any municipal ordinance or regulation concerning building or housing; the municipal corporation, neighboring landowner, or nonprofit corporation may apply for an injunction requiring the owner of the building to correct the condition or to eliminate the violation which request shall include evidence of the condition(s) alleged satisfactory to the court, in its discretion.

(b) Unless the court finds an immediate need, due to public safety, for a shortened period, there shall be a hearing at least twenty (20) days after a summons for an injunction, indicating the date and time of the hearing is served upon the owner of the building. The summons shall be served by personal service, residence service, or service by certified mail pursuant to R.I. Super. Ct. R. Civ. P. 4. If service cannot be made in one of these ways, the notice shall be served by posting it in a conspicuous place on the building and by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which the building is located. If the court finds at the hearing that the building is abandoned and either is in a dangerous or unsafe condition or is otherwise in violation of any ordinance or regulation concerning minimum housing standards, it shall issue an injunction requiring the owner to correct the condition or to eliminate the violation, or any other order that it considers necessary or appropriate to correct the condition or to eliminate the violation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-49-2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-49 / Section 34-49-2
§ 34-49-2. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) Commercial real estate means any real estate other than: (i) Real estate containing one to four (4) residential units; (ii) Real estate on which: (A) No buildings or structures are located; and (B) Which is zoned for single-family residential use; or (iii) Single-family residential units such as condominiums, townhouses, or homes singly or in a subdivision when sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed on a unit by unit basis, even though these units may be a part of a larger building or parcel of real estate containing more than four (4) residential units.

(2) Compensation means fees, commissions, and any and all other compensation which may be due a real estate broker for performance of licensed services as defined in § 5-20-1 et seq.

(3) Real estate and real estate broker are as defined in § 5-20.5-1 et seq.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-36 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-36
§ 34-18-36. Eviction for noncompliance with rental agreement.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in this chapter, if there is a material noncompliance by the tenant with the rental agreement or a noncompliance with § 34-18-24 materially affecting health and safety, the landlord shall deliver a written demand notice to the tenant, in a form substantially similar to that provided in § 34-18-56(b), specifying:

(1) The acts and/or omissions constituting the breach of the rental agreement or of § 34-18-24;

(2) The acts, repairs, or payment of damages, which are necessary to remedy the breach; and

(3) That unless the breach is remedied within twenty (20) days of mailing of the notice the rental agreement shall terminate upon a specified date, which shall not be less than twenty-one (21) days after the mailing of the notice.

(b) Unless it is a violation of § 34-18-24(8), (9), or (10), if the tenant adequately remedies the breach before the date specified in the notice, the rental agreement shall not terminate. If the breach is not remedied, the landlord may commence an eviction action, which shall be filed no earlier than the first day following the termination date specified in the written demand notice. The action shall be initiated by filing a Complaint for Eviction for Reason Other Than for Nonpayment of Rent in the appropriate court according to the form in § 34-18-56(e).

(c) The summons shall be in the form provided in § 34-18-56(h) and shall specify that the tenant has twenty (20) days from the date of service in which to file his or her answer to the complaint, and that if he or she fails to file his or her answer within that time, he or she will be defaulted. The matter may be assigned for hearing in accordance with the rules of procedure of the appropriate court.

(d) Except as provided in this chapter, the landlord may recover possession, actual damages and obtain injunctive relief for noncompliance by the tenant with the rental agreement or § 34-18-24. If the tenants noncompliance is willful, the landlord may recover reasonable attorneys fees.

(e) If substantially the same act or omission which constituted a prior noncompliance, of which good faith notice was given, recurs within six (6) months, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement upon at least twenty (20) days written notice, specifying the breach and the date of termination of the rental agreement. No allowance of time to remedy noncompliance shall be required.

(f) If the tenant has violated § 34-18-24(8), (9), or (10), or if the tenant (i) is a seasonal tenant occupying the premises pursuant to a written lease agreement which commences no earlier than May 1st of the occupation year and expires no later than October 15th of the occupation year, or commences no earlier than September 1st and expires no later than June 1st of the next subsequent year, with no right of renewal or extension beyond the above dates; and (ii) has been charged with violating a municipal ordinance or has otherwise violated the terms of the rental agreement pertaining to legal occupancy or excessive noise or other disturbance of the peace, the landlord shall not be required to send a notice of noncompliance to the tenant and may immediately file a complaint for eviction in a form substantially similar to that provided in § 34-18-56(e) and seek the relief set forth in subsection (d).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-15-15 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-15 / Section 34-15-15
§ 34-15-15. Order to set off share of party.
Status: in_force

In actions for partition, the court may order the share of any plaintiff or of any defendant, or of any two (2) or more of the parties plaintiff and defendant, to be set off to the party or parties, dividing the remainder or leaving it undivided, in its discretion.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-7 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-11 / Section 34-11-7
§ 34-11-7. Warranties and rights of reentry not implied.
Status: in_force

The words, give, grant, or exchange, in any conveyance, shall imply no covenant, warranty, or right of reentry.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-22-8 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-22 / Section 34-22-8
§ 34-22-8. Power of attorney given by member of military in time of war.
Status: in_force

Any person seventeen (17) years old or over may give a power of attorney to be exercised during the period during which the donor is engaged in active service with the military, air, or naval forces of the United States or in the American merchant marine during any war, declared or undeclared, in which the United States shall be engaged. The power of attorney shall continue in full force and effect until revoked by the donor or by operation of law. The donee of the power of attorney may act for and represent the donor to the extent as authorized in the power of attorney, provided that nothing in §§ 34-22-8  34-22-10 shall authorize a donee of a power of attorney given by a minor to sell, mortgage or dispose of the property, real or personal, of the minor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-28-17 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-28 / Section 34-28-17
§ 34-28-17. Dismissal of complaint, notice of lien, and release of lien upon deposit in court.
Status: in_force

(a) At any time after the recording of a notice of intention or after the filing of a complaint to enforce a lien under §§ 34-28-10 and 34-28-13, the owner or lessee or tenant of the land described in the notice or complaint may pay into the registry of the court in the county in which the land is located cash equal to the total amount of the notice of intention and the accounts and demands of all persons claiming liens therein under § 34-28-1, 34-28-2, 34-28-3 or 34-28-7, including costs, interest at the statutory rate and reasonable attorneys fees of the lien holder, or may, in lieu of cash, deposit in the registry of the court the bond of a surety company licensed to do business in this state in the total amount including costs, interest at the statutory rate and reasonable attorneys fees running to all persons claiming liens under §§ 34-28-10 and 34-28-13, and on proper proof of payment or deposit and on motion of the owner or lessee or tenant, any justice of the superior court shall enter ex parte an order discharging the notice of intention and lis pendens and dismissing the cause as to the owner or lessee or tenant and as to all persons having any title, claim, lease, mortgage, attachment or other lien or encumbrance (other than under § 34-28-1, 34-28-2, 34-28-3 or 34-28-7), and on the entry of the order, the building, canal, turnpike, railroad or other improvement and the land on which the improvement is being or has been constructed, erected, altered, or repaired shall be released and discharged from the notices of intentions and accounts and demands, but the rights of all persons having any title, claim, lease, mortgage, attachment or other lien or encumbrance (other than under § 34-28-1, 34-28-2, 34-28-3 or 34-28-7) shall be the same as if no notices of intention under § 34-28-4 had been mailed or filed and as if no complaint under §§ 34-28-10 and 34-28-13 had been filed. In the event that a payment is made into the registry of court in accordance with this section, any person, having a contract directly with the person making the payment, may be permitted, after notice to all parties under the complaint and after hearing in open court, to withdraw from the registry of court the sum of money due to him or her under the contract, provided that the person making the withdrawal first furnish a bond, payable to the clerk of court, with good and sufficient corporate surety, for the repayment of the amount, or as much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy claims thereinafter allowed by the court.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, after depositing cash or the bond of a surety company the following shall apply:

(1) In the event that a notice of intention has been recorded, but no complaint filed, the person or other entity claiming the lien shall file the complaint against the surety within the time limits as noted in § 34-28-10. In the event of a cash deposit as noted in § 34-28-17, the complaint shall be brought against the clerk of the respective superior court for any deposit that is posted in the registry within the time limits as noted in § 34-28-10.

(2) In the event that the complaint has been filed with the appropriate superior court, and after depositing cash or the bond of a surety company and discharging the notice of intention and lis pendens, and dismissing the cause as noted in this section, the lien plaintiff shall amend the complaint, to include the surety as defendant within sixty (60) days after the person or entity claiming the lien is given notice of the order in regard to the bond. In the event of a cash deposit as noted in § 34-28-17, the complaint shall be amended and brought against the clerk of the respective superior court for any cash deposit that is posted in the registry within sixty (60) days after the person or entity claiming the lien is given notice of this order in regard to the cash deposit.

(c) The complaint filed against a surety, or the clerk of any respective superior court, pursuant to subsection (b) of this section need not comply with any procedural requirements of §§ 34-28-10, 34-28-11, 34-28-12, 34-28-14, or 34-28-15.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-13-9 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-13 / Section 34-13-9
§ 34-13-9. Fees for copies of record.
Status: in_force

Recording officers shall charge one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per page and three dollars ($3.00) for certifying of the record of any instrument described in this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-8-1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-8 / Section 34-8-1
§ 34-8-1. Adoption of ocean and geodetic survey systems.
Status: in_force

The two (2) systems of plane coordinates which have been established by the national ocean/national geodetic survey, or its successors, for defining and stating the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the state are hereafter to be known and designated as the Rhode Island coordinate system of 1927 and the Rhode Island coordinate system of 1983.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-44-7 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-44 / Section 34-44-7
§ 34-44-7. Nonapplicability of monetary jurisdiction limits  Personal liability of receiver.
Status: in_force

The amounts expended by the receiver, the amount of any notes issued by the receiver, any amounts expended by any other person authorized by the court under this chapter, any mortgage authorized by the court under this chapter and the amounts expended in connection with the foreclosure of any mortgage authorized by the court under this chapter shall not be limited by any monetary jurisdictional limit otherwise imposed upon the court that appoints the receiver. The receiver shall not be personally liable except for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in the performance of the function of his or her office.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-50-3 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-50 / Section 34-50-3
§ 34-50-3. Unfair service agreements unenforceable.
Status: in_force

If a service agreement is unfair under this chapter it is unenforceable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-43 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-43
§ 34-18-43. Remedy after termination.
Status: in_force

If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord has a claim for possession, for a sum for reasonable use and occupation subsequent to the termination, and for actual damages for breach of the rental agreement and reasonable attorneys fees.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-44 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-44
§ 34-18-44. Self-help recovery of possession prohibited.
Status: in_force

A landlord may not recover or take possession of the dwelling unit by action or otherwise, including willful diminution of services to the tenant by interrupting or causing the interruption of heat, running water, hot water, electric, gas, or other essential service to the tenant, except in case of abandonment, surrender, or as permitted in this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-27-7 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-27 / Section 34-27-7
§ 34-27-7. Notice to tenants of foreclosure sale.
Status: in_force

(a) The mortgagee shall provide to each bona fide tenant a written notice: (1) Stating that the real estate is scheduled to be sold at foreclosure; (2) Stating the date, time, and place initially scheduled for the sale; (3) Informing of the availability and advisability of counseling and information services; (4) Providing the address and telephone number of the Rhode Island housing help center and the United Way 2-1-1 center; (5) Reminding the recipient to continue paying rent to the landlord until the foreclosure sale occurs; and (6) Stating that this notice is not an eviction notice. The notice shall be mailed by first-class mail at least one business day prior to the first publication of the notice required by § 34-27-4. A form of written notice meeting the requirements of this section shall be promulgated by the department of business regulation for use by mortgagees no later than sixty (60) days after the effective date of this section. The notice may be addressed to Occupant and mailed to each dwelling unit of the real estate identified in the application for the loan secured by the mortgage being foreclosed. Failure of the mortgagee to provide notice as provided herein shall not affect the validity of the foreclosure.

(b) For purposes of this section, a lease or tenancy shall be considered bona fide only if:

(1) The mortgagor, or the child, spouse, or parent of the mortgagor, under the contract is not the tenant;

(2) The lease or tenancy was the result of an arms-length transaction; and

(3) The lease or tenancy requires the receipt of rent that is not substantially less than fair-market rent for the property or the units rent is reduced or subsidized due to a federal, state, or local subsidy.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-1.5 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-11 / Section 34-11-1.5
§ 34-11-1.5. Historical cemeteries.
Status: in_force

Every deed presented for recording a transfer in ownership of property that has located on it a historical cemetery registered pursuant to § 23-18-10.1 shall have endorsed upon the deed, in capital letters, a notation that a historical cemetery is located on the property. Failure to comply with this section shall not affect the validity of any deed.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-28-7 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-28 / Section 34-28-7
§ 34-28-7. Lien of architect or engineer.
Status: in_force

The lien, under §§ 34-28-1, 34-28-2 or 34-28-3, of any architect or engineer, or of any immediate or mediate subcontractor thereto, for work done in connection with the construction, erection, alteration, or reparation, the result of which is used therein, shall be valid and enforceable under the provisions of this chapter if and only if a notice of intention provided for in § 34-28-4, is mailed and filed in accordance therewith by the architect, engineer, or such subcontractor thereto, the mailing and filing in the land evidence records to be before the later of two hundred (200) days of the performance of the work or ten (10) days after the actual and visible commencement, by excavation or otherwise, of the construction, erection, alteration or reparation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-31-1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-31 / Section 34-31-1
§ 34-31-1. Lien for service and storage charges.
Status: in_force

Every launderer or cleanser who shall launder, cleanse or store any article of apparel or other personal property at the request of the owner or legal possessor thereof shall have a lien on and may retain the possession of the article until the charges for such laundering, cleansing or storage have been paid.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-28-27 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-28 / Section 34-28-27
§ 34-28-27. Direct payment on release of lien.
Status: in_force

Any person entitled to any lien under § 34-28-1, 34-28-2 or 34-28-3 who releases the lien before receiving payment for the work done or materials furnished forming the basis of the lien, shall be entitled to demand and receive direct payment therefor from the owner or lessee or tenant or other person as may be obligated or permitted to make the payment on behalf of the owner or lessee or tenant, provided that the person entitled to the lien first obtains the written consent of all persons in line of privity between him or her and the owner or other person; on presentation of a proper demand for the payment, the owner or lessee or tenant or other person shall, if satisfied as to the amount thereof, make payment, on proper receipt therefor, and credit shall be given therefor by all persons in line of privity between the owner or other person and the person releasing the lien.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-4-29 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-4 / Section 34-4-29
§ 34-4-29. Governmental covenants and restrictions.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to limit the duration of expiration of any restriction, whether recorded or not, that is contained in the written decision of any governmental body, agency, or permit-granting authority. If said covenant or restriction is unlimited in time in the decision, then it shall be deemed to be a perpetual covenant or restriction.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-1.2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-11 / Section 34-11-1.2
§ 34-11-1.2. Name and address of grantee  Recording.
Status: in_force

Every deed presented for record shall contain or have endorsed upon it the name, residence and/or post office address of the grantee and that address shall be recorded as part of the deed. Failure to comply with this section shall not affect the validity of any deed. A city or town clerk may decline to accept a deed for recording which is not in compliance with the requirements of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-4-22 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-4 / Section 34-4-22
§ 34-4-22. Expiration of recorded options affecting real estate.
Status: in_force

When a recorded instrument has created, or shall create, an option to purchase or lease real estate, other than housing restrictions as set forth in § 34-39.1-3, and conservation restrictions and preservation restrictions as set forth in §§ 34-39-3 and 34-39-4, which, according to its terms, or by operation of law, has expired, and one year has elapsed since the time of expiration, and no conveyance, contract, lease, or other instrument has been recorded showing that the option has been exercised or extended, then the instrument creating the option shall cease to be notice to any person or to put any person on inquiry, with respect to the existence, exercise, or extension of the option or of any contract, conveyance, lease, or other writing which may have been executed pursuant to the option. The one year period provided for in this section shall not be extended by any disability, absence from the state, acknowledgment, or new promise not of record, payment after maturity, or for any other cause.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-14-4 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-14 / Section 34-14-4
§ 34-14-4. Failure of person joined as plaintiff to appear.
Status: in_force

If any person named as plaintiff without his or her consent neglects to appear, after being duly notified in such manner as the court shall direct, his or her name shall be stricken from the writ and pleadings, and the other persons named as plaintiffs may prosecute the action to final judgment and execution in their own names and for their own use.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-5-9 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-5 / Section 34-5-9
§ 34-5-9. Waiver or bar to right to disclaim.
Status: in_force

(a) The right to disclaim an interest in property shall be barred by:

(1) Assignment, conveyance, encumbrance, pledge, transfer or other disposition of the interest, or any contract therefor, by the beneficiary;

(2) Sale or other disposition of the interest pursuant to judicial process made before the beneficiary has disclaimed the interest as provided in this chapter;

(3) A written waiver of the right to disclaim this interest pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, signed by the beneficiary, the duly appointed guardian or conservator of a beneficiary, or the legal representative of a deceased beneficiarys estate.

(4) Acceptance of the interest by the beneficiary; if the beneficiary, having knowledge of the existence of the interest, receives without objection a benefit from that interest, such receipt shall be deemed to constitute acceptance of the interest.

(b) The assignment, conveyance, encumbrance, pledge, transfer or other disposition or any contract therefor, sale or other disposition pursuant to judicial process, written waiver of the right to disclaim, or acceptance of a part of an interest in property shall not bar the right to disclaim any other part of the interest.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-25-1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-25 / Section 34-25-1
§ 34-25-1. Real estate mortgage to secure future loans  Amounts and purposes of loans covered.
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever a mortgage deed in statutory form or other form mortgaging real property is entitled at the beginning thereof Mortgage to secure present and future loans under §§ 34-25-1  34-25-5 and contains in its provisions a provision to the effect that it is intended to secure present and future loans and states a maximum amount as the total of the principal amount of loans to be secured thereby, hereinafter referred to as the stated maximum amount, the mortgage deed shall be security from the time of its recording in the records for recording real estate mortgages in the city or town in which the real property mortgaged therein is located for all loans which at the time of or before the recordings are made or agreed to be made by the mortgagee to the mortgagor on the security of the mortgage and shall also constitute security from the time of its recording for all additional loans made from time to time by the mortgagee to the mortgagor on the security of the mortgage after the recording of the mortgage and prior to its discharge of record, whether or not made after reduction of the principal of any loan made on the security of the mortgage. The mortgage shall also be security for interest, taxes, insurance premiums and other obligations undertaken by such mortgagor in the mortgage deed or in the note or notes secured thereby, notwithstanding that the interest, taxes, insurance premiums and other obligations, when added to the total principal amount of the loans outstanding at any time, may cause the amount secured by the mortgage to exceed the stated maximum amount.

(b) Provided, however, that such stated maximum amount shall not be an amount which exceeds by more than three thousand dollars ($3,000) the total of the principal amount of loans which at the time of or before the recording the mortgagee made or agreed to make to the mortgagor.

(c) And provided further, that that portion of the total amount of the principal of all loans outstanding at any one time made on the security of the mortgage in excess of the stated maximum amount shall not, to the extent of such excess, be secured by the mortgage while the total amount outstanding is in excess of the stated maximum amount.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-8-8 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-8 / Section 34-8-8
§ 34-8-8. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter shall be declared invalid such invalidity shall not affect any other portion of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-25-11 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-25 / Section 34-25-11
§ 34-25-11. Relinquishment of security as to additional future advances  Stipulation as to amount due.
Status: in_force

If the mortgagor desires to terminate the privilege of having the mortgage constitute security for further future advances in addition to all advances theretofore made by the mortgagee on the security of the mortgage, and desires to establish the then principal amount of loans outstanding and made on the security of the mortgage as a matter of record, the mortgagor shall, in writing, by registered or certified mail, send to the mortgagee at the address provided for such purpose in the mortgage, notice of the desire, then the mortgagee shall execute and deliver to the mortgagor at the address within this state specified in the notice, a stipulation, in writing, setting forth the then unpaid principal amount of loans outstanding and made on the security of the mortgage prior to the time of the receipt of the notice and relinquishing the right to have the mortgage constitute security for additional future advances made to the mortgagor subsequent to the receipt of written notice. The mortgagor shall offer the stipulation for record in the records of land evidence with payment for the recording thereof, and the recorder of deeds shall record the stipulation when so offered and shall cause reference thereto to be made on the original recording of the mortgage. The recording fee for recording any stipulation shall not exceed ten dollars ($10.00).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-25-10 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-25 / Section 34-25-10
§ 34-25-10. Priority of open-end mortgages over encumbrances not previously recorded.
Status: in_force

(a) The mortgage deed and the rights established therein, shall, to the extent of the loans secured thereby, and interest, taxes, insurance premiums and other obligations as secured thereby, have full priority over all mortgages, liens and encumbrances which have not been recorded prior to the recording of the mortgage deed except as otherwise hereinafter provided.

(b) If, after the recording of the mortgage deed, any writ of attachment attaching the real estate mortgaged under the mortgage deed or any execution against the real estate or any notice of lis pendens affecting the real estate or any subsequent mortgage or lien against such real estate be recorded in the records of the city or town, any optional or nonobligatory advances secured by the mortgage deed which are made by the mortgagee after receipt of written notice by the mortgagee at the address provided for such purpose in the mortgage deed, shall not have priority over the lien of the writ of attachment, execution, lis pendens or subsequent mortgage or lien, except that any obligatory advances which the mortgagee agreed to make by agreement entered into with mortgagor prior to receipt of written notice and any taxes, insurance premiums and obligations of the mortgagor as the mortgagee has agreed, or which the mortgagor has given the mortgagee the right, to pay in connection with the mortgage deed, shall continue to have priority over the writ of attachment, execution, lis pendens, or subsequent mortgage or lien. For the purposes of this chapter, an obligator advance is defined as any advance or principal which the mortgagee is obligated to make, absent the occurrence of an event of default under the mortgage or any corresponding loan agreement or notes, on or before a specified date or time or upon application therefor by the mortgagor or other obligor whose indebtedness is secured by the mortgage.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-36-22 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-36 / Section 34-36-22
§ 34-36-22. Removal of property from application of chapter.
Status: in_force

(a) All of the unit owners may remove a property from the provisions of this chapter by an instrument duly recorded to that effect, provided that the holders of all liens affecting any of the units consent or agree by instruments duly recorded, that their liens be transferred to the percentage of the undivided interest of the unit owner in the property.

(b) Upon removal of the property from the provisions of this chapter, the property shall be deemed to be owned in common by the unit owners. The undivided interest in the property owned in common which shall appertain to each unit owner shall be the percentage of undivided interest previously owned by such owner in the common areas and facilities.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-28-18 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-28 / Section 34-28-18
§ 34-28-18. Consolidation of proceedings by different lienholders.
Status: in_force

If more than one complaint under §§ 34-28-10 and 34-28-13 are filed against the same or any part of the same property, like proceedings shall be had on each, and each plaintiff shall give, upon motion of any person interested in the complaint made at any time, surety for costs, unless he or she is an inhabitant of the state; but all such complaints against the same or any part of the same property shall be consolidated after the returns of the citations, and shall proceed as one.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-11 / Section 34-11-2
§ 34-11-2. Seal not required in conveyances.
Status: in_force

No seal shall be required to any instrument conveying lands, tenements or hereditaments; and any instrument purporting to convey lands, tenements or hereditaments may be referred to as, and shall be, a deed, though no seal be affixed thereto; and the word covenant used in any deed or instrument to which no seal is affixed, shall have the same effect as though a seal had been affixed thereto.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-35-6 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-35 / Section 34-35-6
§ 34-35-6. Alternative remedies unimpaired.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not limit or restrict the right of any party having a lien upon property to hold or dispose of the property in any other manner authorized by law, or by contract of parties.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-22-4 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-22 / Section 34-22-4
§ 34-22-4. Means of releasing or contracting not to exercise power.
Status: in_force

Any power of appointment or power of apportionment or any other power, whether or not coupled with an interest, unless it is otherwise expressly provided by the terms of the power, may be released in whole or in part by the donee or donees of the power, or the donee or donees of the power may contract not to exercise the power in whole or in part. After the release or contract, the power may be exercised by the other or others, if any, or the survivors or survivor of the others, of the persons to whom the power is given, unless the contrary is expressed in the instrument creating the power. This section shall apply to all powers of appointment and powers of apportionment and all other powers, whether created before or after the original enactment of this section. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the release or contract shall be valid and effective according to its terms when signed by the releasor, or by the contracting party, as the case may be, and delivered to any other person having any legal or equitable interest, vested or contingent, in the property subject to the power; provided, however, that if the property, or any part thereof, shall consist of real estate situated in this state, the release or contract shall not take effect with respect to the real estate unless and until the release or contract shall be acknowledged and recorded in the records of land evidence in the town or city in which the real estate, or some part thereof, is situated.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-57 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-57
§ 34-18-57. Providence and Warwick Absentee Landlord Enforcement Act.
Status: in_force

All persons, corporations, organizations, associations or other legal entities owning and leasing property in the cities of Providence or Warwick shall register their names, home addresses, including zip codes, and telephone numbers with the city clerk in the city where such property is located.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-18 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-11 / Section 34-11-18
§ 34-11-18. Meaning of quitclaim covenants.
Status: in_force

In any conveyance of real estate the words with quitclaim covenants shall have the full force, meaning, and effect of the following words: The grantor, for himself or herself and for his or her heirs, executors and administrators, covenants with the grantee and his or her heirs and assigns, that he or she will, and his or her heirs, executors and administrators shall, warrant and defend the granted premises to the grantee and his or her heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by, through, or under the grantor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-15-3 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-15 / Section 34-15-3
§ 34-15-3. Cotenants of estates of inheritance and for life or years.
Status: in_force

All joint tenants, coparceners, and tenants in common, who now are or hereafter may be actually seised or possessed of any estate for life or years in any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, with others who have estates of inheritance in possession in the same lands, tenements, and hereditaments, may compel or be compelled to make partition of those lands, tenements, and hereditaments, to continue until the estate of some of the parties shall determine, and no longer, by civil action.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-3-3 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-3 / Section 34-3-3
§ 34-3-3. Proprietors of common and undivided lands.
Status: in_force

Whereas, there is still remaining within several of the towns of this state, lands belonging to the original proprietors of the land, lying common or undivided, for the better government of the proprietors, the management of their prudential affairs, the more just and equal division of the lands and the allotments and preservation of the boundaries of the lands; it shall be lawful for the proprietors of the several towns within this state, being convened by warrant specifying the occasion for convening, under the hand and seal of a justice of the peace of the town, to choose a clerk, a surveyor or surveyors, and such other officers as they shall judge necessary for the orderly carrying on and management of their affairs, and in like manner to proceed from time to time as shall be necessary.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-8 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-11 / Section 34-11-8
§ 34-11-8. Form of grants in tail.
Status: in_force

In a deed hereafter made, it shall be sufficient, in the limitation of an estate in tail, to use the words heirs of the body, or the words in tail without the words heirs of the body; and in the limitation of an estate in tail male or in tail female, to use the words heirs male of the body, or heirs female of the body, or the words in tail male, or in tail female, as the case requires, without the words heirs male of the body, or heirs female of the body.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-45 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-45
§ 34-18-45. Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access.
Status: in_force

(a) If the tenant refuses to allow lawful access, the landlord may obtain injunctive relief to compel access, or terminate the rental agreement.

(b) If the landlord makes an unlawful entry or a lawful entry in an unreasonable manner or makes repeated demands for entry otherwise lawful but which have the effect of unreasonably harassing the tenant, the tenant may obtain injunctive relief to prevent the recurrence of the conduct or terminate the rental agreement.

(c) In any action under subsection (a) or (b) the prevailing party may recover actual damages and shall be awarded costs and reasonable attorneys fees.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-4-26 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-4 / Section 34-4-26
§ 34-4-26. Expiration of recorded rights affecting real estate.
Status: in_force

(a) Any recorded contract, deed or other instrument entered into which creates a preemptive right, right to repurchase, or a right of first refusal to purchase real estate, other than housing restrictions as set forth in § 34-39.1-3, and conservation restrictions and preservation restrictions as set forth in §§ 34-39-3 and 34-39-4, which by its own terms, does not provide for a specific expiration date, shall expire ten (10) years after the date of execution, or ten (10) years after recording, if no date of execution is contained in the instrument. If these rights are created under a lease, then the rights shall expire on the termination or expiration of the lease.

(b) Any rights created prior to the passage of this act may be extended for a period of ten (10) years by refiling a Notice of Intention to extend said rights in the Land Evidence Records prior to July 1, 1991.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-20-2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-20 / Section 34-20-2
§ 34-20-2. Actions to recovery possession  Right of entry.
Status: in_force

In actions to recover possession of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, the plaintiff shall not be required to prove an actual entry under his or her title; but if he or she proves entitlement to an estate in the premises, whether as heir, devisee, purchaser, or otherwise, and proves a right of entry therein, this shall be deemed sufficient proof of his or her seisin, as alleged in the complaint; but no action shall be maintained unless the plaintiff has, at the time of commencing the same, a right of entry into the premises.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-36-34 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-36 / Section 34-36-34
§ 34-36-34. Liability of unit owners, tenants, employees.
Status: in_force

(a) All unit owners, tenants of the owners, employees of owners and tenants, or any other person who may in any manner use the property or any part thereof submitted to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to this chapter and to the declaration and bylaws adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(b) All agreements, decisions, and determinations lawfully made by the manager, management committees, or by the association of unit owners in accordance with this chapter, the declaration or bylaws, shall be deemed to be binding on all unit owners.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-30 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-30
§ 34-18-30. Self-help for limited repairs.
Status: in_force

(a) If the landlord fails to comply with § 34-18-22(a)(1), (2), (4), (5), or (6), and the reasonable cost of compliance is less than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate per year, the tenant may cause repairs to be done in a skilled manner, in compliance with applicable state and local codes, and deduct from the tenants rent the actual and reasonable cost or the fair and reasonable value of the repairs if:

(1) The tenant notifies the landlord of the tenants intention to correct the condition at the landlords expense; and

(2) The landlord fails to comply within twenty (20) days, or fails to demonstrate ongoing, good faith efforts to comply, after being notified by the tenant in writing; or, in the case of emergency, the landlord either cannot be reached by the tenant, or the landlord fails to comply as promptly as conditions require; and

(3) The tenant submits an itemized statement to the landlord of the cost or the fair and reasonable value of the repairs made.

(b) A tenant may not repair at the landlords expense if the condition was caused by the deliberate or negligent act or omission of the tenant, a member of the tenants family, or other person on the premises with the tenants consent.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-44-6 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-44 / Section 34-44-6
§ 34-44-6. Receivers bond  Power and duties.
Status: in_force

Before proceeding with his or her duties, any receiver appointed by the court shall post a bond in an amount designated by the court, but not exceeding the value of the building involved at the time of the appointment of the receiver as determined by the judge. The court may empower the receiver to do any or all of the following:

(1) Take possession and control of the property, operate and manage the property, establish and collect rents and income, lease and rent the property, and evict tenants;

(2) Pay all expenses of operating and conserving the property, including, but not limited to, the cost of electricity, gas, water, sewerage, heating fuel, repairs and supplies, custodian services, taxes and assessments, and insurance premiums, and hire and pay reasonable compensation to a managing agent;

(3) Pay pre-receivership mortgages or installments of them and other liens;

(4) Perform or enter into contracts for the performance of all work and the furnishing of materials necessary to abate, and obtain financing for the abatement of, the public nuisance;

(5) Pursuant to court order, remove and dispose of any personal property abandoned, stored, or otherwise located on the property that creates a dangerous or unsafe condition or that constitutes a violation of housing regulations or ordinances;

(6) Obtain mortgage insurance for the receivers mortgage from any agency of the federal government or private mortgage insurance company;

(7) Enter into any agreement and do those things necessary to maintain and preserve the property and comply with all housing and building regulations and ordinances;

(8) Give the custody of the property and the opportunity to abate the nuisance and operate the property to the owner, or any mortgagee or any lienholder of record;

(9) Issue notes and secure them by a mortgage bearing interest upon terms and conditions as the court may approve. When sold or transferred by the receiver in return for valuable consideration in money, material, labor, or services, the notes or certificates shall be freely transferable. If within sixty (60) days of the issuance of a secured note, the mortgage is filed for record in the office of the municipal recorder of the municipality in which the property is located, it shall be a first lien upon the property and shall be superior to any claims of the receiver and to all prior or subsequent liens and encumbrances except taxes and assessments. Priority among the receivers mortgages shall be determined by the order in which they are recorded.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-36-1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-36 / Section 34-36-1
§ 34-36-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Condominium Ownership Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-16-9 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-16 / Section 34-16-9
§ 34-16-9. Inclusion of unknown defendants in complaint.
Status: in_force

(a) The complaint may include as defendants in such cause, in addition to such persons as appear of record to have, or are known to have or to assert, or who may have or assert, some claim to, or interest in, the lands described in the complaint adverse to the plaintiffs right, title or interest therein:

(1) All other persons unknown to, or unascertained by, the plaintiff, who claim, or may claim, any right, title or interest in such real estate; and

(2) All others in privity with them or whose interest does or may constitute a cloud upon the title of the plaintiff thereto, as described in the complaint.

(b) The complaint may include such unknown defendants in substantially the following language:

(b) Also all other persons unknown and unascertained, claiming, or who may claim, any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate involved, which is, or might become, adverse to the plaintiffs right, title, or interest therein as alleged or which does or may constitute any cloud upon plaintiffs title thereto, as set forth in the complaint.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-34-1 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-34 / Section 34-34-1
§ 34-34-1. Duty of city or town to receive and file liens.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the recorder of deeds or the city or town clerk, having custody of the land records, in the several cities and towns in this state, to receive, file and index any and all notices of liens in favor of the United States for taxes due the United States, and of other liens notices of which under any act of congress or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto are required or permitted to be filed, or any copies thereof, duly certified by the director of internal revenue in whose district the state is situated, or by any other officer having legal custody of the records of notices of liens, with like effect as by existing law he or she is required to receive and record liens, deeds, and conveyances.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-28-15 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-28 / Section 34-28-15
§ 34-28-15. Contents and service of citation to owners and encumbrancers.
Status: in_force

(a) Every citation issued under § 34-28-14 shall contain a copy of the complaint and shall be served on the parties by a deputy sheriff or constable at least five (5) days before the return day of the citation, by leaving an attested copy at the last and usual place of abode of each of the persons to be cited or by reading the citation in their presence and hearing, if they reside in this state, otherwise by mailing the citation, by registered or certified mail, to the persons prepaid, addressed to their last known residence or place of business, and if no residence or place of business is known, no further service shall be necessary, other than service by advertisement provided for in § 34-28-14.

(b) The citation noted in the aforesaid section shall be in a form established by the superior court.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-4-13 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-4 / Section 34-4-13
§ 34-4-13. Rights of entry not defeated by descent or discontinuance.
Status: in_force

No descent or discontinuance shall take away or defeat any right of entry or of action for the recovery of real estate.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-15-4 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-15 / Section 34-15-4
§ 34-15-4. Action by executor or administrator as tenant in common.
Status: in_force

An executor or administrator with the will annexed, having, by the terms of the testators will, power to sell any undivided interest in any real estate of which his or her testator died seised, shall have the power to bring an action to effect a partition of the real estate in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Tenant in common as used in this chapter shall include an executor or administrator acting under this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-37-4.2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-37 / Section 34-37-4.2
§ 34-37-4.2. Exemptions  Religious organizations and private clubs.
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a religious organization, association, or society or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society from limiting the sale, rental, or occupancy of a dwelling which it owns or operates for other than commercial purposes to persons of the same religion or from giving preference to those persons unless membership in the religion is restricted on account of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, color, or national origin or disability. Nor shall anything in this chapter prohibit a private club not in fact open to the public which as an incident to its primary purpose or purposes provides lodgings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose from limiting the rental or occupancy of the lodgings to its members or from giving preference to its members.

(b) Nothing in this chapter limits the applicability of any reasonable local, state, or federal restrictions regarding the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy a dwelling.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-8-7 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-8 / Section 34-8-7
§ 34-8-7. Reliance on system not required  Describing location of survey system or land boundary corner.
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall require any purchaser or mortgagee of real property to rely wholly on a land description, any part of which depends exclusively upon either Rhode Island coordinate system.

(b) For purposes of describing the location of any survey station or land boundary corner in the state it shall be considered a complete, legal, and satisfactory description of such location to give the position of the survey station or land boundary corner on the system of plane coordinates defined in this chapter.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-55 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-18 / Section 34-18-55
§ 34-18-55. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or application of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-29-2 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-29 / Section 34-29-2
§ 34-29-2. Lien on textiles for processing.
Status: in_force

All processors shall be entitled to a lien upon the property of others which may come or may have come into their possession, for the entire indebtedness of the persons, partnership, or corporation for whose account, and to create which indebtedness work and labor was performed or materials furnished in and about the spinning, throwing, manufacturing, bleaching, mercerizing, dyeing, weighting, printing, finishing, dressing, or scraping or otherwise treating or processing, or shipping, trucking, and storing of the property for the debtor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-28-5 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-28 / Section 34-28-5
§ 34-28-5. Recording notice of intention.
Status: in_force

Every town clerk and every recorder of deeds, as the case may be, shall, on payment of a fee of eight dollars ($8.00) for each notice of intention, record the notices of intention provided for in § 34-28-4, whether in the form therein provided or not, in a book to be kept by him or her for that purpose, with the time and date when the notices of intention are received and recorded by him or her; he or she shall also maintain an alphabetical index of the owners and lessees or tenants mentioned in all notices of intention, so recorded, provided, however, that the town clerk may refuse for recording any notice of intention which fails to reference the name of the owner of record, or lessee, pursuant to § 34-28-4(b).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-15-16 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-15 / Section 34-15-16
§ 34-15-16. Order of sale.
Status: in_force

In an action for partition, the superior court may, in its discretion, upon motion of any party to the action, order the whole premises sought to be divided, or any particular lot, portion, or tract thereof or the interest of the plaintiff or plaintiffs or of the defendant or defendants in the whole premises, or in any particular lot, portion, or tract thereof, to be sold, either at public auction or by private contract, under the direction of the court, by the commissioner or commissioners appointed to divide or sell the same; provided, that if the sale is made by private contract, it shall not be made for less than the sum fixed by the court in its decree authorizing the sale by private contract.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-29-6 — RI Code / Title 34 / Chapter 34-29 / Section 34-29-6
§ 34-29-6. Contractual liens.
Status: in_force

The lien hereby created is in addition to any lien created by contract. Any contractual lien may be enforced by the same procedure as is provided in this chapter for the statutory lien, insofar as the contract does not provide otherwise.