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RI Gen L § 44-9-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-13 - Entry by collector not required - Recording of tax sale list.

§ 44-9-13. Entry by collector not required — Recording of tax sale list.(a) No entry upon the land by the collector shall be deemed necessary, but the collector in all cases of sales of real estate shall deliver to the clerk's or recorder's office a list of those properties sold at tax sale that the clerk or recorder shall record or post in the land evidence records for their city or town within five (5) business days after the sale of real estate. The recorded or posted list shall include the assessed owner's name, the address of the property, and the assessor's plat and lot, and the recorded or posted list shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated in the list.(b) No properties shall be sold at tax sale to any bidder who is delinquent in the paying of taxes or is an officer, more than ten percent (10%) shareholder or owner of a partnership or corporation or limited-liability company that is delinquent in the paying of taxes on any property located within the city or town in which the tax sale is held, unless the bidder has agreed to a written payment plan approved by the collector and is current on any and all payments required by the plan; provided, however, that no bidder shall be deemed to be delinquent for the purposes of this subsection if that bidder owes property taxes solely on properties wherein the right of redemption under § 44-9-25 has not yet been foreclosed. The collector may require a bidder or an authorized officer or partner of the bidder to execute an affidavit that the bidder is qualified under this provision.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 48, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 60, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 62, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 32, §§ 15, 33; P.L. 1939, ch. 695, § 1; P.L. 1946, ch. 1800, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-9-13; P.L. 1993, ch. 123, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 42, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 74, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 262, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 351, § 1.
RI Gen L § 44-9-13.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-13.1 - Tax title holders - Filing required statements.

§ 44-9-13.1. Tax title holders — Filing required statements.Prior to receiving a deed, whoever has purchased a title to land under a sale for nonpayment of taxes or other assessment, shall file with the treasurer of the city or town and in the registry of deeds of the city or town a statement of his or her residence and place of business, with the street and number, if any. That person, who is not a resident of the city or town where the tax sale is held, shall also appoint an agent residing within the state, authorized to release the land. He or she shall also file the statement required by this section in which he or she shall also state the name of the agent and his or her residence and place of business, with the street number, if any. Whenever a person holding tax title changes his or her residence or place of business or agent, he or she shall file a new certificate. Tender of payment to, and service of process upon, the agent shall be sufficient tender to, or service upon, the holder of the tax title.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 42, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 74, § 2.
RI Gen L § 44-9-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-14 - Purchase by collector for city or town.

§ 44-9-14. Purchase by collector for city or town.If at the time and place of sale no person bids an amount equal to the tax and charges for the land offered for sale, the collector shall then and there make public declaration of the fact; and, if no bid equal to the tax and charges is then made, the collector shall give public notice that the collector purchases for the city or town by which the tax is assessed the land as offered for sale at the amount of the tax and the charges and expenses of the levy and sale. This amount, together with the cost of recording the deed of purchase, shall be allowed the collector in his or her settlement with the city or town; provided, that the collector causes the deed to be duly recorded within sixty (60) days after the purchase and to be delivered to the city or town treasurer.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 62, §§ 42, 43; P.L. 1935, ch. 2259, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 32, §§ 34, 43, 44; P.L. 1939, ch. 695, § 1; P.L. 1946, ch. 1800, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-9-14.
RI Gen L § 44-9-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-15 - Recital in deed to city or town.

§ 44-9-15. Recital in deed to city or town.If the city or town becomes the purchaser, the deed to it, in addition to the statements required by § 44-9-12, shall set forth the fact that no sufficient bid was made at the sale or that the land was taken by the city or town and shall confer upon the city or town the rights and duties of an individual purchaser.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 43; P.L. 1935, ch. 2259, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 32, §§ 35, 44; P.L. 1946, ch. 1800, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-9-15; P.L. 1997, ch. 42, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 74, § 1.
RI Gen L § 44-9-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-16 - Conveyance of several unimproved parcels by single deed - Apportionment of costs.

§ 44-9-16. Conveyance of several unimproved parcels by single deed — Apportionment of costs.If any unimproved and unoccupied parcels of land are sold for nonpayment of taxes assessed against the same person, the collector may convey in one deed to the same purchaser, or convey to the city or town any number of lots so advertised and sold, and the deed shall state the amount of the taxes and costs due for each lot. The cost of the sale shall be apportioned equally among all the lots sold, and the cost of the deed shall be apportioned equally among all the lots conveyed by the deed.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 62, § 48; P.L. 1937, ch. 2533, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 32, §§ 37, 49; P.L. 1946, ch. 1800, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-9-16.
RI Gen L § 44-9-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-17 - Lien for taxes assessed subsequent to sale.

§ 44-9-17. Lien for taxes assessed subsequent to sale.Whenever a city or town shall have purchased real estate for payment of taxes, the lien of the city or town on the real estate, for all taxes assessed subsequently to the assessment for payment of which the estate was purchased, shall continue, and it shall be unnecessary for the city or town to sell the real estate for nonpayment of the subsequent taxes, costs, and interest; and on either redemption from or foreclosure of the right of redemption under that purchase, the subsequent taxes, costs, and interest shall be paid to the city or town, and the payment shall be made a part of the terms of redemption. A city or town which has assigned a tax title held by it shall, after the assignment, have all the rights and powers to sell the real estate affected by the tax title, for the nonpayment of taxes, which it would have possessed had the city or town never been the holder of the tax title.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 32, §§ 38, 43; P.L. 1939, ch. 695, § 1; P.L. 1946, ch. 1800, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-9-17.
RI Gen L § 44-9-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-18 - Management and sale of land purchased by city or town - Assignment of tax title.

§ 44-9-18. Management and sale of land purchased by city or town — Assignment of tax title.(a) Cities or towns may make regulations for the possession, management, and sale of land purchased or taken for taxes not inconsistent with law or with the right of redemption. The treasurer of any city or town holding a tax title, upon payment to the city or town of a sum not less or more than the amount necessary for redemption, may assign and transfer the tax title to any person, and may execute and deliver on behalf of the city or town any instrument necessary for this purpose. The treasurer shall send notice of the intended assignment to the owner of record at the owner's last known address, by registered or certified mail, at least ten (10) days prior to the assignment, but failure to receive the notice shall not affect the validity of the assignment. The instrument of assignment shall be recorded within sixty (60) days from its date and if recorded shall be prima facie evidence of all facts essential to its validity. Except as provided, all provisions of law applicable in cases where the original purchaser at a tax sale is other than the city or town shall after this apply in the case of an assignment, as if the assignee had been a purchaser for the original sum at the original sale and had paid to the city or town the subsequent taxes and charges included in the sum paid for the assignment (Forms 1 and 2).(b) Neither a city or town nor any of its officers, agents or employees shall be liable or accountable to the owner or to any other person having an interest in the land for failure to collect rent or other income from the land; and neither the city or town nor any of its officers, agents or employees shall be liable for injury or damage caused by the possession of land or to the person or property of any person.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 32, § 39; P.L. 1946, ch. 1800, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3717, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-9-18; P.L. 1997, ch. 42, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 74, § 1.
RI Gen L § 44-9-18.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-18.1 - Barrington - Assignments to The Barrington Land Conservation Trust, Incorporated.

§ 44-9-18.1. Barrington — Assignments to The Barrington Land Conservation Trust, Incorporated.Notwithstanding the provisions of § 44-9-18, the town treasurer of the town of Barrington may transfer and assign any or all tax titles held by the town for no monetary consideration to The Barrington Land Conservation Trust, Incorporated, a non-profit Rhode Island corporation, and further shall not be required to send notice of any intended transfer or assignment to the owner of record. The transfer or assignment shall not confer upon The Barrington Land Conservation Trust, Incorporated, any greater rights or responsibilities than those granted to or imposed upon the town of Barrington as original holder of the tax title. The Barrington Land Conservation Trust, Incorporated, shall hold any tax title transferred or assigned subject to any and all rights of redemption held by the owner of record and/or his or her successors and assigns in title. Notwithstanding the foregoing, The Barrington Land Conservation Trust, Incorporated, shall also hold and be permitted to exercise any rights that the town of Barrington previously held, including the right to petition for foreclosure of any rights of redemption.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 304, § 1.
RI Gen L § 44-9-18.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-18.2 - Cities and towns - Assignments to redevelopment agencies.

§ 44-9-18.2. Cities and towns — Assignments to redevelopment agencies.Notwithstanding the provisions of § 44-9-18, the treasurer may transfer and assign any or all tax titles held by a city or town for no monetary consideration to the redevelopment agency of the city or town. The transfer shall not confer upon the redevelopment agency any greater rights or responsibilities than those granted to or imposed upon the city or town as the original holder of the tax title. The redevelopment agency shall hold any tax title transferred or assigned subject to any and all rights of redemption held by the owner of record and/or his or her successors and assigns in title. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the redevelopment agency shall also hold and be permitted to exercise any rights that the city or town previously held, including the right to petition for foreclosure of any rights of redemption.History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 42, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 74, § 2.
RI Gen L § 44-9-18.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-18.3 - Tiverton - Assignments to the Tiverton land trust.

§ 44-9-18.3. Tiverton — Assignments to the Tiverton land trust.Notwithstanding the provisions of § 44-9-18, the town treasurer of the town of Tiverton, with the approval of the town council, may transfer and assign any or all tax titles held by the town for no monetary consideration to the Tiverton Land Trust, Incorporated, a non-profit Rhode Island corporation, and further shall not be required to send notice of any intended transfer or assignment to the owner of record. The transfer or assignment shall not confer upon the Tiverton Land Trust, Incorporated any greater rights or responsibilities than those granted to or imposed upon the town of Tiverton as original holder of the tax title. The Tiverton Land Trust, Incorporated shall hold any tax title transferred or assigned subject to any and all rights of redemption held by the owner of record and/or his or her successors and assigns in title. Any and all statutory redemption costs shall be paid to the town of Tiverton and the Tiverton Land Trust, Incorporated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Tiverton Land Trust, Incorporated shall also hold and be permitted to exercise any rights that the town of Tiverton previously held, including the right to petition for foreclosure of any rights of redemption.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 410, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 485, § 1.
RI Gen L § 44-9-18.4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-18.4 - Westerly - Assignments to the Westerly land trust.

§ 44-9-18.4. Westerly — Assignments to the Westerly land trust.Notwithstanding the provisions of § 44-9-18, the tax collector of the town of Westerly, with the approval of the town council, may transfer and assign any or all tax titles held by the town, for no monetary consideration, to the Westerly Municipal Land Trust, established by chapter 165 of the 2002 Public Laws and further shall not be required to send notice of any intended transfer or assignment to the owner of record. The transfer or assignment shall not confer upon the Westerly Municipal Land Trust any greater rights or responsibilities than those granted to or imposed upon the town of Westerly as original holder of the tax title. The Westerly Municipal Land Trust shall hold any tax title transferred or assigned subject to any and all rights of redemption held by the owner of record and/or his or her successors and assigns in title. Any and all statutory redemption costs shall be paid to the town of Westerly and the Westerly Municipal Land Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Westerly Municipal Land Trust shall also hold and be permitted to exercise any rights that the town of Westerly previously held, including the right to petition for foreclosure of any rights of redemption.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 153, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 327, § 1.
RI Gen L § 44-9-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-19 - Right of redemption from city or town.

§ 44-9-19. Right of redemption from city or town.(a) Any person having an interest in land sold for nonpayment of taxes, or his or her heirs or assigns, at any time prior to the filing of a petition for foreclosure under § 44-9-25, if the land has been purchased by the city or town and has not been assigned, may redeem the land by paying or tendering to the treasurer the sum for which the real estate was purchased, plus a penalty which shall be ten percent (10%) of the purchase price if redeemed within six (6) months after the date of the collector's sale, and an additional one percent (1%) of the purchase price for each succeeding month, together with all charges lawfully added for intervening taxes, which have been paid to the municipality, plus interest thereon at a rate of one percent (1%) per month, and expenses assessed subsequently to the collector's sale.(b) The certificate of redemption shall be recorded by the treasurer on the land records within twenty (20) days after the entire redemption amount has been paid to the municipality. The recording costs for the certificate of redemption shall be paid by the redeeming party.(c) The right of redemption may be exercised only by those entitled to notice of the sale pursuant to §§ 44-9-10 and 44-9-11.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 48, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 60, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 62, § 18; P.L. 1936, ch. 2374, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 32, §§ 17, 40; P.L. 1939, ch. 695, § 1; P.L. 1946, ch. 1800, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-9-19; P.L. 2003, ch. 262, § 1.
RI Gen L § 44-9-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-20 - City or town treasurer's release.

§ 44-9-20. City or town treasurer's release.If land sold to a city or town for nonpayment of taxes, which has not been assigned, is redeemed, the treasurer shall sign, execute, and deliver on behalf of the city or town a release of all the right, title, and interest, which it acquired by the purchase in and to the land redeemed. The delivery of the instrument shall extinguish all right and title under the collector's deed. If a person other than the owner of the fee rightfully redeems, the instrument when duly recorded shall be notice to all persons of the payment. If the amount so paid for redemption is paid by a holder of a mortgage on the premises, pays the amount so paid may be added to the mortgage debt (Form 3).History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 32, § 40; P.L. 1946, ch. 1800, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-9-20.
RI Gen L § 44-9-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-21 - Redemption from purchaser other than city or town.

§ 44-9-21. Redemption from purchaser other than city or town.Any person may redeem by paying or tendering to a purchaser, other than the city or town, his or her legal representatives, or assigns, or to the person to whom an assignment of a tax title has been made by the city or town, at any time prior to the filing of the petition for foreclosure, in the case of a purchaser the original sum and any intervening taxes that have been paid to the municipality plus interest thereon at the rate of one percent (1%) per month and costs paid by him or her, plus a penalty as provided in § 44-9-19, or in the case of an assignee of a tax title from a city or town, the amount stated in the instrument of assignment, plus the above-mentioned penalty. He or she may also redeem the land by paying or tendering to the treasurer the sum that he or she would be required to pay to the purchaser or to the assignee of a tax title, in which case the city or town treasurer shall be constituted the agent of the purchaser or assignee until the expiration of one year from the date of sale and not thereafter. The right of redemption may be exercised only by those entitled to notice of the sale pursuant to §§ 44-9-10 and 44-9-11.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 48, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 60, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 62, § 18; P.L. 1936, ch. 2374, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 32, §§ 17, 40; P.L. 1939, ch. 695, § 1; P.L. 1946, ch. 1800, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-9-21; P.L. 2003, ch. 262, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 351, § 1.
RI Gen L § 44-9-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-22 - Proceedings as to low value lands unaffected by redemption provisions.

§ 44-9-22. Proceedings as to low value lands unaffected by redemption provisions.Nothing in §§ 44-9-19 — 44-9-21 nor in §§ 44-9-25 — 44-9-33 shall be construed to prevent the title of a person or a city or town purchasing land at a sale under §§ 44-9-36 — 44-9-38 from becoming absolute without any foreclosure proceedings under these sections.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 32, § 40; P.L. 1946, ch. 1800, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-9-22.
RI Gen L § 44-9-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-23 - Certificate of redemption money paid to treasurer.

§ 44-9-23. Certificate of redemption money paid to treasurer.The treasurer shall receive any money paid to him or her instead of the purchaser or assignee of a tax title, and, if the period of one year has not passed from the date of sale, give to the person paying it a certificate specifying the amount paid, the name of the person to whom and the real estate on which the tax was originally assessed, and the registry of deeds and the book and page of the records where the collector's deed and the instrument of assignment, if any, is recorded; and the recording of the certificate in the registry shall extinguish all right and title acquired under the collector's deed (Form 4).History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 32, § 41; P.L. 1946, ch. 1800, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-9-23; P.L. 2002, ch. 140, § 1.
RI Gen L § 44-9-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 44 - Taxation|Chapter 44-9 - Tax Sales|Section 44-9-24 - Title absolute after foreclosure of redemption - Jurisdiction of proceedings.

§ 44-9-24. Title absolute after foreclosure of redemption — Jurisdiction of proceedings.The title conveyed by a tax collector's deed shall be absolute after foreclosure of the right of redemption by decree of the superior court as provided in this chapter. Notwithstanding the rules of civil procedure or the provisions of chapter 21 of title 9, no decree shall be vacated except in a separate action instituted within six (6) months following entry of the decree and in no event for any reason, later than six (6) months following the entry of decree. Furthermore, the action to vacate shall only be instituted for inadequacy of notice of the petition amounting to a denial of due process or for the invalidity of the tax sale because the taxes for which the property was sold had been paid or were not due and owing because the property was exempt from the payment of such taxes. The superior court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of the foreclosure of all rights of redemption from titles conveyed by a tax collector's deed, and the foreclosure proceedings shall follow the course of equity in a proceeding provided for in §§ 44-9-25 — 44-9-33.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 32, § 42; P.L. 1946, ch. 1800, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-9-24; P.L. 2002, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 262, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 534, § 4; P.L. 2006, ch. 537, § 4; P.L. 2018, ch. 351, § 1.