reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
RI Gen L § 34-4-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-11 - Conveyance of contingent, executory, and future interests.

§ 34-4-11. Conveyance of contingent, executory, and future interests.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.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 23; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 23; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 433, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-11.
RI Gen L § 34-4-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-12 - Rights against lessee in remainderman taking precedent estate by merger.

§ 34-4-12. Rights against lessee in remainderman taking precedent estate by merger.Where the reversion of any land expectant on a lease shall be merged in any remainder, other reversion, or estate, the person entitled to the estate into which the reversion shall have merged, his or her heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, shall have and enjoy the like advantage, remedy and benefit, against the lessee, his or her heirs, successors, executors, administrators and assigns, for nonpayment of rent, or for doing of waste or other forfeiture, or for not performing conditions, covenants or agreements, contained and expressed in his or her lease, demise or grant, as the person, who would for the time being have been entitled to the mesne reversion which shall have merged, would or might have had and enjoyed if the reversion had not been merged.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 24; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 433, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-12.
RI Gen L § 34-4-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-13 - Rights of entry not defeated by descent or discontinuance.

§ 34-4-13. Rights of entry not defeated by descent or discontinuance.No descent or discontinuance shall take away or defeat any right of entry or of action for the recovery of real estate.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 433, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-13.
RI Gen L § 34-4-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-14 - Liability of lands for debts of tenant in tail.

§ 34-4-14. Liability of lands for debts of tenant in tail.All lands held in fee tail shall be liable for the debts of the tenant in tail in his or her lifetime like estates in fee simple; and when sold on execution, or when sold by guardians, the creditor or purchaser shall hold the lands in fee simple, but this shall not extend to lands in which the debtor has only an estate tail in remainder.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 434, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-14.
RI Gen L § 34-4-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-15 - Conveyance of fee simple by tenant in tail.

§ 34-4-15. Conveyance of fee simple by tenant in tail.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.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 14; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 434, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-15.
RI Gen L § 34-4-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-16 - Conveyance by life tenant and remainderman in tail.

§ 34-4-16. Conveyance by life tenant and remainderman in tail.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.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 434, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-16.
RI Gen L § 34-4-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-17 - Barring of equitable estates tail.

§ 34-4-17. Barring of equitable estates tail.Equitable estates tail in possession or remainder, and all remainders and reversions expectant on them, may be barred in the same manner as legal estates tail and the remainders and reversions expectant on them; and all conveyances of equitable estates tail made by deed in common form in which the intention is expressed of barring the entail, and reference is made to the specific land by metes and bounds, or by other definite description, shall bar the estate tail and all remainders and reversions expectant thereon.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 16; P.L. 1906, ch. 1346, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 434, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-17.
RI Gen L § 34-4-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-18 - Right of grantee of equitable estate tail to conveyance of legal interest.

§ 34-4-18. Right of grantee of equitable estate tail to conveyance of legal interest.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.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 201, § 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 252, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 296, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 434, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-18.
RI Gen L § 34-4-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-19 - Limitation of possibilities of reverter and rights of entry.

§ 34-4-19. Limitation of possibilities of reverter and rights of entry.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.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 435, § 23; P.L. 1953, ch. 3213, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-19; P.L. 2006, ch. 368, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 464, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-4-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-20 - Possibilities of reverter and rights of entry exempt from limitation.

§ 34-4-20. Possibilities of reverter and rights of entry exempt from limitation.Section 34-4-19 shall not apply to a possibility of reverter or right of entry for condition broken in:(1) Lease for a term of years;(2) Grant, gift or devise to the state;(3) Grant, gift or devise for public, charitable, or religious purposes;(4) Deed to a railroad or public utility corporation;(5) Housing restriction as set forth in § 34-39.1-3.History of Section.G.L., 1938, ch. 435, § 23; P.L. 1953, ch. 3213, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-20; P.L. 2006, ch. 368, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 464, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-4-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-21 - Limitation of restrictive covenants.

§ 34-4-21. Limitation of restrictive covenants.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.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 435, § 23; P.L. 1953, ch. 3213, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-4-21; P.L. 2006, ch. 368, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 464, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 271, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 418, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-4-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-22 - Expiration of recorded options affecting real estate.

§ 34-4-22. Expiration of recorded options affecting real estate.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.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 133, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 368, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 464, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-4-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-23 - Expiration of recorded instruments affecting real estate.

§ 34-4-23. Expiration of recorded instruments affecting real estate.Any recorded contract or other instrument, 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 has created or shall create a right or obligation (other than an option) to purchase or sell real estate shall cease to be notice to any person or to put any person on inquiry with respect thereto unless, within ninety (90) days after the date therein provided for the delivery of the deed, or if no date is therein provided, then within ninety (90) days after the date therein provided for the payment of the final payment or instalment of the purchase price, or if no delivery date or payment date is therein provided, then within ninety (90) days after the date of the recording of the contract or other instrument, an action or proceeding shall have been commenced to enforce the contract or other instrument and a notice of the pendency of the action, containing a reference to the contract or other instrument and the book and page of the recording thereof and a description of the real estate sufficient to identify it, shall have been duly recorded. The ninety (90) day period provided for in this section shall not be extended by any disability, absence from the state, acknowledgement, or new promise not of record, payment after maturity, or for any other cause with the exception that the ninety (90) day period may be extended by agreement of all the parties to the contract or other instrument at the time of the execution of the contract or other instrument.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 133, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 213, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 480, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 368, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 464, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-4-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-24 - Limitation of proceedings based upon right of entry for condition broken or possibility of reverter.

§ 34-4-24. Limitation of proceedings based upon right of entry for condition broken or possibility of reverter.(a) (1) No proceeding based upon any right of entry for condition broken or possibility of reverter to which a fee simple or fee simple determinable in land is subject, created before May 11, 1953, shall be maintained in any court after December 31, 1987, unless on or before December 31, 1987:(i) The condition has been broken or the reverter has occurred, and a person or persons having the right of entry or reverter shall have taken possession of the land, or;(ii) A person or persons having the right of entry, or who would have it if the condition were broken, or would be entitled to a right of entry if a reverter occurred or one of them if there be more than one, shall by himself or herself, or by his or her attorney, agent, guardian, conservator, or parent have filed in the town or city clerk's office or recorder of deeds office for the town or city in which the land is situated, a statement in writing, duly sworn to, describing the land, the nature of the right, the deed or other instrument creating it, and where it may be found, and naming the person or persons appearing of record to own the fee subject to the right or possibility.(2) This statement shall be received and recorded upon payment of the fee required by law and shall be indexed in the grantor index under the person or persons named.(b) This section shall apply to all rights described in subsection (a) whether or not the holder of the rights is under any disability or out of the state, and it shall apply notwithstanding any recitals in any recorded deed or other instrument unless a statement is filed as provided in subsection (a).(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to extend the period of any other applicable statute of limitations, or to authorize the bringing of any proceeding to enforce any right which has been or may be barred by lapse of time or for any other reason.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 109, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 236, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 524, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-4-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-25 - Invalidity of certain restrictive covenants.

§ 34-4-25. Invalidity of certain restrictive covenants.Since many mentally retarded and mentally disabled individuals are able to live in the community with some assistance, it is the public policy of the state of Rhode Island to establish community residences in residential areas. Therefore, any restrictive covenant or other private legal impediment which directly or indirectly prevents or restricts the establishment of licensed community residences as defined in § 40.1-24-1 for eight (8) or fewer mentally retarded or mentally disabled persons shall be void and unenforceable as to those community residences.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 275, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-4-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-26 - Expiration of recorded rights affecting real estate.

§ 34-4-26. Expiration of recorded rights affecting real estate.(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.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 374, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 368, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 464, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-4-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-27 - Title to real estate - Trusts.

§ 34-4-27. Title to real estate — Trusts.(a) Property to be held in trust shall be conveyed to the trustees of the subject trust. An affidavit or memorandum of trust may be recorded in connection with the creation, amendment, restatement, or revocation of a trust. Any transfer or mortgage of trust property by the trustees shall require the recording of the trust instrument as amended or restated, or, in the alternative, the recording of the affidavit or memorandum of trust. An affidavit or memorandum of trust shall be executed either by each settlor of the trust, or by each current trustee and shall include the following information:(1) Name of the trust, including the name of each settlor, the name of each original trustee, and the date of the original instrument and of each amendment or restatement;(2) Names of the current trustees;(3) Statement as to whether the trustees have the power to perform discretionary acts as trustees without the consent, concurrence, or direction of the beneficiaries;(4) Statement as to the trustee's authority to convey, mortgage, lease, or grant restrictions or easements or any other interest in the real estate, with a copy of the relevant provisions of the trust attached to the affidavit or memorandum;(5) Statement as to whether anything in the trust derogates from the power of the trustees to convey, mortgage, lease, or grant restrictions or easements or any other interest in real estate;(6) Statement as to whether the trust has been revoked or has otherwise terminated and, if the trust has been revoked or has otherwise terminated, a statement as to the trustees' power to convey trust property to effect such revocation or termination;(7) Statement as to the manner in which the trustees are replaced and successor trustees are appointed;(8) Statement regarding the time and manner in which the trust terminates as well as a statement as to whether the trust is revocable and, if revocable, the circumstances under which it becomes irrevocable; and(9) Statement regarding the date and place of death of the settlor (if applicable).(b) Any third party without actual knowledge to the contrary may rely on the validity of the statements contained in the affidavit or memorandum of trust.(c) Any amendment or revocation of a trust or an affidavit or memorandum thereof must be recorded to constitute notice to third parties.(d) The provisions of this section shall apply to all transactions regarding all trusts and recorded instruments pertaining to real property recorded on or after the effective date of this act.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 106, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 314, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-4-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-28 - Title to real estate - Trusts - Conveyance to named trust.

§ 34-4-28. Title to real estate — Trusts — Conveyance to named trust.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.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 357, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 502, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-4-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-29 - Governmental covenants and restrictions.

§ 34-4-29. Governmental covenants and restrictions.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.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 368, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 464, § 2.
RI Gen L § 34-4-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property|Section 34-4-30 - Conveyance to or by nominee trust.

§ 34-4-30. Conveyance to or by nominee trust.(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.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 58, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 59, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-5-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-5 - Disclaimer of Certain Property Interests|Section 34-5-1 - Definitions.

§ 34-5-1. Definitions.The following words as used in this chapter shall have these meanings:(1) "Beneficiary" means any person to whom, and any estate, trust, corporation, or other legal entity to which, an interest in property would pass in any manner described in § 34-5-2, except for the execution and filing of a disclaimer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.(2) An "interest in property" which may be disclaimed shall include:(i) Any legal or equitable interest or estate, whether present, future, or contingent, in any real or personal property, or in any fractional part, share, or portion thereof, or in any dollar amount thereof, or in any specific asset or assets thereof;(ii) Any fractional part, share or portion of any interest described in subdivision (i), or remainder or life estate or other lesser estate therein.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 392, § 2.