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RI Gen L § 34-8-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-8 - Rhode Island Coordinate System|Section 34-8-3 - Location of point by coordinates.

§ 34-8-3. Location of point by coordinates.The plane coordinate values for a point on the earth's surface, to be used to express the geographic position or location of such point on the Rhode Island coordinate system, shall consist of two (2) distances, expressed in U. S. survey feet and decimals of a survey foot when using the Rhode Island coordinate system of 1927, and expressed in meters and decimals of a meter when using the Rhode Island coordinate system of 1983. One of these distances, to be known as the "x-coordinate", shall give the position in an east and west direction; the other, to be known as the "y-coordinate", shall give the position in a north and south direction. These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to plane rectangular coordinate values for the monumented points of the North American horizontal geodetic control network as published by the national ocean survey/national geodetic survey or its successors, and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the systems defined in this chapter. Any such station may be used for establishing a survey connection to either Rhode Island coordinate system set forth in § 34-8-1 of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1653, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 34-8-3; P.L. 1983, ch. 241, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-8-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-8 - Rhode Island Coordinate System|Section 34-8-4 - Technical definition of systems - Origin of coordinates.

§ 34-8-4. Technical definition of systems — Origin of coordinates.(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 71° 30′ 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 71° 30′ west of Greenwich and the parallel 41° 05′ 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 71° 30′ 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 71° 30′ west of Greenwich and the parallel 41° 05′ north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 100,000 meters, and y = 100,000 meters, and y = 0 meters.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1653, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 34-8-4; P.L. 1983, ch. 241, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-8-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-8 - Rhode Island Coordinate System|Section 34-8-5 - Repealed.

§ 34-8-5. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1653, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 34-8-5; Repealed by P.L. 1983, ch. 241, § 2.
RI Gen L § 34-8-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-8 - Rhode Island Coordinate System|Section 34-8-6 - Proximity to established station required for use of coordinates in public records.

§ 34-8-6. Proximity to established station required for use of coordinates in public records.No coordinates based on either Rhode Island coordinate system, purporting to define the position of a point on land boundary, shall be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records unless such point is within one kilometer of a monumented horizontal control station and unless minimum THIRD ORDER — class II procedures are used in conformity with the standards of accuracy and specifications prepared and published by the federal geodetic control committee established in conformity with the standards of accuracy and specifications for first — or second-order geodetic surveying as prepared and published by the federal geodetic control committee (FGCC) of the United States department of commerce. Standards and specifications of the FGCC or its successor in force on date of the survey shall apply. The publishing of the existing control stations, or the acceptance with intent to publish the newly established control stations, by the national ocean survey/national geodetic survey will constitute evidence of adherence to the FGCC specifications. Above limitations may be modified by the Rhode Island department of transportation land surveying section to meet local conditions.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1653, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 34-8-6; P.L. 1983, ch. 241, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-8-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-8 - Rhode Island Coordinate System|Section 34-8-7 - Reliance on system not required - Describing location of survey system or land boundary corner.

§ 34-8-7. Reliance on system not required — Describing location of survey system or land boundary corner.(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.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1653, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 34-8-7; P.L. 1983, ch. 241, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-8-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-8 - Rhode Island Coordinate System|Section 34-8-8 - Severability.

§ 34-8-8. Severability.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.History of Section.P.L. 1945, ch. 1653, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 34-8-8.
RI Gen L § 34-8-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-8 - Rhode Island Coordinate System|Section 34-8-9 - Use of coordinate systems.

§ 34-8-9. Use of coordinate systems.The Rhode Island coordinate system of 1927 may be used up to and including December 31, 1989, but shall not be used thereafter. The Rhode Island coordinate system of 1983 may be used up to and including December 31, 1989, and shall be the exclusive Rhode Island coordinate system thereafter.History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 241, § 3.
RI Gen L § 34-8-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-8 - Rhode Island Coordinate System|Section 34-8-10 - Meter-to-foot conversion.

§ 34-8-10. Meter-to-foot conversion.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 3.2808-⅓ survey feet.History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 241, § 3.
RI Gen L § 34-9-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-9 - Boundary Line Determination|Section 34-9-1 - Petition for determination of boundaries covered by tidewater.

§ 34-9-1. Petition for determination of boundaries covered by tidewater.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.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 266, § 1; C.P.A. 1905, § 1166; G.L. 1909, ch. 331, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 382, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 593, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-9-1.
RI Gen L § 34-9-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-9 - Boundary Line Determination|Section 34-9-2 - Appointment of commissioners - Report - Recording.

§ 34-9-2. Appointment of commissioners — Report — Recording.Upon such petition the court may appoint three (3) commissioners to make a survey of the land within and adjacent to the harbor line, covering the area of land as the commissioners may deem necessary, to include the interests of all persons whose rights may be affected by the determination of the lines; and the commissioners, being first sworn to a faithful discharge of their duties, shall determine the boundary lines of the interests of all the persons whose rights may be affected by the determination of the lines, and shall report to the court the boundaries so established, with a plat of the land, within and adjacent to the harbor line, showing the lines established for each person having an interest therein, which plat, after its approval by the court, shall by order of the court be recorded in the records of land evidence in the town where such land lies and in the office of the director of environmental management.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 266, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 331, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 382, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 593, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 34-9-2.
RI Gen L § 34-9-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-9 - Boundary Line Determination|Section 34-9-3 - Notice and hearing by commissioners - Effect of report.

§ 34-9-3. Notice and hearing by commissioners — Effect of report.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.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 266, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 331, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 382, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 593, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 34-9-3.
RI Gen L § 34-9-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-9 - Boundary Line Determination|Section 34-9-4 - [Obsolete.]

§ 34-9-4. [Obsolete.]
RI Gen L § 34-9-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-9 - Boundary Line Determination|Section 34-9-5 - Expense of proceedings.

§ 34-9-5. Expense of proceedings.The just charges and expenses of the commissioners shall be ascertained and allowed by the court; any further costs of the proceedings shall be taxed in the usual manner; and all the costs and expenses shall be apportioned by the court upon all parties interested as aforesaid, in such proportions or amounts as the court shall deem equitable.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 266, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 331, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 382, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 593, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 34-9-5.
RI Gen L § 34-9-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-9 - Boundary Line Determination|Section 34-9-6 - Persons acquiring title during proceedings.

§ 34-9-6. Persons acquiring title during proceedings.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.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 266, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 331, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 382, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 593, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 34-9-6.
RI Gen L § 34-9-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-9 - Boundary Line Determination|Section 34-9-7 - State interest unaffected.

§ 34-9-7. State interest unaffected.No proceedings under the provisions of this chapter shall affect any right or title of the state to any lands, unless it consents to become a party to the proceedings.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 266, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 331, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 382, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 593, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 34-9-7.
RI Gen L § 34-9.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-9.1 - Maintenance of Private Easements and Rights-of-Way|Section 34-9.1-1 - Definitions.

§ 34-9.1-1. Definitions.As used in this chapter:(1) "Benefited property" or "property that benefits" means and includes residential real property enjoying the use of an easement or right-of-way;(2) "Burdened property" means and includes residential real property over which the easement runs;(3) "Easement" or "right-of-way" means a private appurtenant easement or right-of-way; and(4) "Residential real property" means one- to four-family (4) residential real estate located in this state, but does not include property owned by the state or any political subdivision thereof.History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 142, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 241, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-9.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-9.1 - Maintenance of Private Easements and Rights-of-Way|Section 34-9.1-2 - Maintenance of private easement and rights-of-way.

§ 34-9.1-2. Maintenance of private easement and rights-of-way.(a) In the absence of an enforceable, written agreement to the contrary, the owner of any residential real property that benefits from an easement or right-of-way, the purpose of which is to provide access to the residential real property, shall be responsible for the cost of maintaining the easement or right-of-way in good repair and the cost of repairing or restoring any damaged portion of the easement or right-of-way. The maintenance shall include, but not be limited to, the removal of snow from the easement or right-of-way.(b) In the absence of an enforceable, written agreement, the cost of maintaining and repairing or restoring the easement or right-of-way shall be shared by each owner of a benefited property in proportion to the benefit received by each property; provided, that the market value or assessed valuation of each such property shall not be taken into consideration in the calculation of benefit received.(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, any owner of a benefited property or any owner of a burdened property who directly or indirectly damages any portion of the easement or right-of way shall be solely responsible for repairing or restoring the portion damaged by that owner.(d) If any owner of a benefited or burdened property refuses to repair or restore a damaged portion of an easement or right-of-way in accordance with this section, or fails, after a demand in writing, to pay the owner's proportion of the cost of maintaining or repairing or restoring the easement or right-of-way in accordance with subsection (b), an action for specific performance or contribution may be brought in the superior court against the owner by other owners of benefited or burdened properties, either jointly or severally.(e) In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this section and an agreement described in subsections (a) or (b) of this section, the terms of the agreement shall control.History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 142, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 241, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-10-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-10 - Fences|Section 34-10-1 - Lawful fences defined.

§ 34-10-1. Lawful fences defined.The following fences shall be adjudged to be lawful fences:(1) A hedge with a ditch shall be three feet (3′) high upon the bank of the ditch, well staked, at the distance of two feet and a half (2½′), 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′) above the surface of the ground.(2) A hedge without a ditch shall be four feet (4′) 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 (4½′) high.(4) A stone wall fence shall be four feet (4′) 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 (4½′) high.(6) A woven wire fence of wire not less than number nine, firmly fastened to posts not more than sixteen feet (16′) apart, constructed of not less than eleven (11) horizontal wires, the top wire not less than fifty-four inches (54″) from the ground, the bottom wire not more than two inches (2″) from the ground and with stays or uprights not more than six inches (6″) apart.(7) All other kinds of fences not herein particularly described shall be four feet and a half (4½′) high.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 126, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 152, § 1; P.L. 1916, ch. 1386, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 182, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 645, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-10-1.
RI Gen L § 34-10-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-10 - Fences|Section 34-10-2 - Consent of adjoining owner to barbed-wire fence.

§ 34-10-2. Consent of adjoining owner to barbed-wire fence.No fence shall be constructed wholly or in part of barbed wire, as a line fence between adjoining owners, without the consent in writing of the adjoining owners.History of Section.P.L. 1906, ch. 1364, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 152, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 182, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 645, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 34-10-2.
RI Gen L § 34-10-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-10 - Fences|Section 34-10-3 - Removal of barbed-wire fence.

§ 34-10-3. Removal of barbed-wire fence.Any adjoining owner who shall not have given his or her consent as provided in § 34-10-2 may complain of the fence to any fence viewer of the town where the fence is located, and may advance to the fence viewer the reasonable expense necessary to remove and store the fence. It shall then be the duty of the fence viewer to notify in writing the other adjoining owner to forthwith remove the fence. If the fence shall not be removed within fifteen (15) days after the giving of the notice, then it shall be the duty of the fence viewer to remove the fence and to store the materials removed. He or she shall deliver the fence materials removed to the owner upon demand.History of Section.P.L. 1906, ch. 1364, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 152, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 182, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 645, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 34-10-3.
RI Gen L § 34-10-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-10 - Fences|Section 34-10-4 - Expense of removal of barbed-wire fence.

§ 34-10-4. Expense of removal of barbed-wire fence.The fence viewer or the adjoining owner who has advanced the necessary expense to remove and store the fence may recover all of the expense in an action of debt from the person or persons who caused or suffered the fence to be built.History of Section.P.L. 1906, ch. 1364, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 152, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 182, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 645, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 34-10-4.
RI Gen L § 34-10-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-10 - Fences|Section 34-10-5 - Barbed-wire fences through woodland - Fences existing before 1906.

§ 34-10-5. Barbed-wire fences through woodland — Fences existing before 1906.The provisions of §§ 34-10-2 — 34-10-4 shall not apply to line fences running through woodland nor to barbed-wire fences constructed before April 20, 1906.History of Section.P.L. 1906, ch. 1364, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 152, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 182, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 645, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 34-10-5.
RI Gen L § 34-10-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-10 - Fences|Section 34-10-6 - Maintenance of water fences.

§ 34-10-6. Maintenance of water fences.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.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 126, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 152, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 182, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 645, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 34-10-6.
RI Gen L § 34-10-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-10 - Fences|Section 34-10-7 - Marshland exempt.

§ 34-10-7. Marshland exempt.All tracts of marshland so situated and exposed to the flow and wash of the sea as to render it impracticable for the several owners thereof to keep up partition fences around the respective shares or lots, shall be exempted from the operation of this chapter.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 126, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 152, § 18; G.L. 1923, ch. 182, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 645, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 34-10-7.
RI Gen L § 34-10-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-10 - Fences|Section 34-10-8 - Remedies of marshland owner to trespass.

§ 34-10-8. Remedies of marshland owner to trespass.If any person shall permit any cattle, sheep, horses or hogs, to him or her belonging, to run upon any tract of marshland, the owner of the marshland shall, for every trespass, have all the remedies provided in other cases by chapter 14 of title 4.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 126, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 152, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 182, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 645, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 34-10-8.
RI Gen L § 34-10-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-10 - Fences|Section 34-10-9 - Placement of partition fences - Maintenance throughout year.

§ 34-10-9. Placement of partition fences — Maintenance throughout year.All partition fences shall run on the dividing line, and the owners shall have the right to place one-half (½) of the width thereof on the land of each adjoining proprietor. The fences shall be kept up and maintained in good order through the year, unless the parties concerned shall otherwise agree.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 126, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 152, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 182, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 645, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 34-10-9.
RI Gen L § 34-10-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-10 - Fences|Section 34-10-10 - Partition fences between lands under improvement.

§ 34-10-10. Partition fences between lands under improvement.Partition fences between lands under improvement shall be made and maintained in equal halves in length and quality, by the proprietors or possessors of those lands respectively.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 126, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 152, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 182, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 645, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 34-10-10.
RI Gen L § 34-10-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-10 - Fences|Section 34-10-11 - Partition fences between improved and unimproved lands.

§ 34-10-11. Partition fences between improved and unimproved lands.In case any proprietor of land shall improve his or her land, the land adjoining being unimproved, and shall make the whole partition fence, the proprietor or possessor of the land adjoining and unimproved shall, upon improvement thereof, pay for one-half (½) of the partition fence, according to the value thereof at that time, and shall keep up and maintain the same ever afterwards, whether he or she shall continue to improve the land or not.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 126, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 152, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 182, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 645, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 34-10-11.