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RI Gen L § 34-11-39 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-11 - Form and Effect of Conveyances|Section 34-11-39 - Penalty for sale of lands in West Warwick subject to sewer assessment.

§ 34-11-39. Penalty for sale of lands in West Warwick subject to sewer assessment.Whoever, being the owner, or agent of the owner, of any property located in West Warwick which is or may be subject to a sewer assessment, transfers, sells, or negotiates to sell any land without a written disclosure contained in the purchaser's sales agreement to the effect that all or part of the land has been so previously determined to be subject to a sewer assessment by the town of West Warwick shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each lot or part thereof so transferred, sold, or negotiated for sale without written disclosure. The disclosure shall indicate that sewer assessments in the town are assessed according to the value of the land rather than by a flat fee per lot or by the frontage of any lot. The purchaser may recover the penalty by civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 32, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-11-40 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-11 - Form and Effect of Conveyances|Section 34-11-40 - Repealed.

§ 34-11-40. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 59, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1992, ch. 425, § 7, effective June 1, 1993.
RI Gen L § 34-11-41 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-11 - Form and Effect of Conveyances|Section 34-11-41 - Reimposition of restrictive covenants.

§ 34-11-41. Reimposition of restrictive covenants.The mere recital in a deed or other instrument of conveyance to the effect that the conveyance is subject to restrictive covenants or other restrictions shall not operate to impose, reimpose, or recreate the restrictive covenants or other restrictions which have expired according to their terms or which have ceased to be valid and operative by virtue of the provisions of § 34-4-21, unless the intent to make the imposition, reimposition, or recreation is expressly stated in the instrument of conveyance, or unless the instrument whereby the restrictive covenants or other restrictions were created provides for automatic renewal or extension of the covenants.History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 359, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-11-42 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-11 - Form and Effect of Conveyances|Section 34-11-42 - Transfer fees prohibited.

§ 34-11-42. Transfer fees prohibited.No person or business entity who sells real property shall charge, collect, receive, or be entitled to a fee based solely on the subsequent resale or transfer of said property. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, fees or charges imposed by a real estate developer based upon the subsequent resale or transfer of said real property. Any housing development that is covered by the definition in § 45-53-3(9) is exempt from this section. Further, any fee or charge connected with the transfer of properties with a conservation restriction as defined in § 34-39-2(a) is exempt from the provisions of this section. Further, community associations, including, but not limited to, condominium associations, homeowners associations and cooperative associations, are exempt from this section. Any covenant recorded on or after July 1, 2012, imposing any charge or fee inconsistent with this section shall be void and unenforceable against any subsequent owner, purchaser or mortgagee.History of Section.P.L. 2012, ch. 274, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 286, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-11-43 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-11 - Form and Effect of Conveyances|Section 34-11-43 - Effect of special warranty deed.

§ 34-11-43. Effect of special warranty deed.A deed entitled "special warranty deed" shall, when duly executed, have the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee and his or her heirs and assigns, to his, her, and their own use, with covenants on the part of the grantor, for himself or herself and for his or her heirs, executors, and administrators, 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.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 113, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 122, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-11-44 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-11 - Form and Effect of Conveyances|Section 34-11-44 - Meaning of special warranty covenants.

§ 34-11-44. Meaning of special warranty covenants.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."History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 113, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 122, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-12-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-12 - Acknowledgments And Notarial Acts|Section 34-12-1 - Form of acknowledgment - Foreign acknowledgments.

§ 34-12-1. Form of acknowledgment — Foreign acknowledgments.Acknowledgment of any instrument hereafter made need not be in any set form, but shall be made by all the parties executing the instrument and the certificate thereof shall express the ideas that the parties were each and all known to the magistrate taking the acknowledgment, and known by the magistrate to be the parties executing the instrument, and that they acknowledge the instrument to be their free act and deed; provided, however, that in case of any such instrument executed without this state, and within the limits of the United States or of any dependency thereof, if the instrument is acknowledged or proved in the manner prescribed by the law of the state, District of Columbia, territory or such dependency, where executed, it shall be deemed to be legally executed, and acknowledged and shall have the same effect as if executed and acknowledged in the mode above prescribed, including an acknowledgment by less than all parties if made in a jurisdiction the laws of which permit acknowledgments in that manner; provided, however, that instruments requiring acknowledgments by parties having opposing interests must be acknowledged by at least one party of each interest.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 202, § 5; G.L. 1909, ch. 253, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 297, § 5; P.L. 1928, ch. 1221, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 435, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 34-12-1; P.L. 1982, ch. 233, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-12-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-12 - Acknowledgments And Notarial Acts|Section 34-12-2 - Officers authorized to take acknowledgments.

§ 34-12-2. Officers authorized to take acknowledgments.Acknowledgment of any instrument required by any statute of this state to be acknowledged shall be made:(1) Within this state, before any state senator, any state representative, judge, justice of the peace, clerk or assistant clerk of the superior court, mayor, notary public, town clerk or recorder of deeds.(2) Without this state and within the limits of United States or any dependency thereof, before any judge or justice of a court of record or other court, justice of the peace, mayor or notary public, of the state, District of Columbia, territory or such dependency, in which such acknowledgment is made, or before any commissioner appointed by the governor of this state, or before any officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds in the place in which the acknowledgment is made.(3) Without the limits of the United States, before any of the following officers acting within his territorial jurisdiction or within that of the court of which he or she is an officer:(i) An ambassador, envoy, minister, charge d'affaires, secretary of legation, consul-general, consul, vice-consul, consular agent, vice-consular agent, or any other diplomatic or consular agent or representative of the United States, appointed or accredited to, and residing within the country where the acknowledgment or proof is taken.(ii) A judge or other presiding officer of any court having a seal or the clerk or other certifying officer thereof.(iii) A mayor or other chief civil officer of any city or other political subdivision.(iv) A notary public.(v) A person residing in, or going to, the country where the acknowledgment or proof is to be taken, and specially authorized for that purpose by a commission issued to him or her under the seal of the superior court.(vi) Any person authorized, by the laws of the country where the acknowledgment or proof is made, to take acknowledgments of conveyances of real estate or to administer oaths in proof of the execution thereof.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 202, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 253, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 297, § 8; P.L. 1928, ch. 1221, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 435, § 7; P.L. 1941, ch. 1010, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-12-2; P.L. 1959, ch. 112, § 1; P.L. 1963, ch. 142, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-12-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-12 - Acknowledgments And Notarial Acts|Section 34-12-3 - Acknowledgments in good faith before person claiming to be authorized - Penalty for misrepresentation.

§ 34-12-3. Acknowledgments in good faith before person claiming to be authorized — Penalty for misrepresentation.Any acknowledgment made in good faith before a person claiming to be one of the foregoing officials authorized to take acknowledgments within the respective jurisdictions as above, shall be valid, although the official before whom the acknowledgment is made was not duly qualified in that office; but every person who shall, within this state, wilfully take and certify to the taking of any such acknowledgment, without being lawfully qualified thereunto, shall be liable in a criminal proceeding to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), one-half (½) to the use of the complainant and the other half thereto to the use of this state.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 202, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 253, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 297, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 435, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 34-12-3.
RI Gen L § 34-12-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-12 - Acknowledgments And Notarial Acts|Section 34-12-4 - Instruments executed by diplomatic officials outside United States.

§ 34-12-4. Instruments executed by diplomatic officials outside United States.Every instrument requiring acknowledgment, executed without the limits of the United States, concerning lands lying within this state, in which instrument any ambassador, minister, charge d'affaires, consul general, vice-consul general, consul, vice-consul, consular agent, commercial agent, of the United States, or commissioner appointed by the governor of this state, shall be grantor, may be executed in the presence of two (2) witnesses; and when so executed, an official certificate under the hand and official seal of the grantor that such instrument is his act and deed shall be equivalent to an acknowledgment of such instrument in the manner required by law.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 202, § 10; G.L. 1909, ch. 253, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 297, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 435, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 34-12-4.
RI Gen L § 34-12-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-12 - Acknowledgments And Notarial Acts|Section 34-12-5 - Power of armed forces officers to take acknowledgments.

§ 34-12-5. Power of armed forces officers to take acknowledgments.In addition to the acknowledgment of instruments and the performance of other notarial acts in the manner and form and as otherwise authorized by law, instruments may be acknowledged, documents attested, oaths and affirmations administered, depositions and affidavits executed, and other notarial acts performed, before or by any commissioned officer in active service of the armed forces of the United States with the rank of second lieutenant or higher in the army, air force, or marine corps, or with the rank of ensign or higher in the navy or coast guard, or with equivalent rank in any other component part of the armed forces of the United States, by any person without the limits of the United States, and to any person who is a member of the armed forces who is within or without the limits of the United States and their lawful dependents.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1391, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-12-5; P.L. 1963, ch. 79, § 1; P.L. 1967, ch. 221, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-12-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-12 - Acknowledgments And Notarial Acts|Section 34-12-6 - Effect of acknowledgment before armed forces officer.

§ 34-12-6. Effect of acknowledgment before armed forces officer.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.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1391, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-12-6.
RI Gen L § 34-12-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-12 - Acknowledgments And Notarial Acts|Section 34-12-7 - Contents of certificate of armed forces officer.

§ 34-12-7. Contents of certificate of armed forces officer.In the taking of acknowledgments and the performing of other notarial acts requiring certification, a certificate endorsed upon or attached to the instrument or documents, which shows the date of the notarial act and which states, in substance that the person appearing before the officer acknowledged the instrument as his or her act or made or signed the instrument or document under oath, shall be sufficient for all intents and purposes. The instrument or document shall not be rendered invalid by the failure to state the place of execution or acknowledgment.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1391, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-12-7.
RI Gen L § 34-12-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-12 - Acknowledgments And Notarial Acts|Section 34-12-8 - Proof of authority of armed forces officer.

§ 34-12-8. Proof of authority of armed forces officer.If the signature, rank, and branch of service or subdivision thereof, of any such commissioned officer appear upon such instrument or document or certificate, no further proof of authority of the officer so to act shall be required and the action by the commissioned officer shall be prima facie evidence that the person making the oath or acknowledgment is within the purview of §§ 34-12-5 — 34-12-7.History of Section.P.L. 1944, ch. 1391, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-12-8.
RI Gen L § 34-12-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-12 - Acknowledgments And Notarial Acts|Section 34-12-9 - Validation of prior acknowledgments before foreign notary public.

§ 34-12-9. Validation of prior acknowledgments before foreign notary public.Any acknowledgment taken or made prior to April 27, 1928, of or upon any instrument used in conveying, directly or indirectly, any interest in real estate in this state, including power of attorney, and any other instruments heretofore acknowledged prior to April 27, 1928, before any notary public in any foreign country or territory without the United States, which instrument appears of record to have been duly recorded in any of the records of land evidence in this state, and the acknowledgment therein appearing was taken before a notary public outside the United States, which notary public was duly commissioned in the foreign place where the acknowledgment was taken, to take the acknowledgment, and the acknowledgment is accredited, approved or affirmed, or the commission of the foreign notary public is attested or certified by any ambassador, minister, charge d'affaires, consul general, vice-consul general, consul, vice consul, or consular agent of the United States, or any commissioned officer in active service of the armed forces of the United States with the rank of second lieutenant or higher in the army, air force, or marine corps, or with the rank of ensign or higher in the navy or coast guard, or with equivalent rank in any other component of the armed forces of the United States, duly establishing the fact that the notary public was at the time of taking the acknowledgment duly authorized by the law, rules, or regulations of his or her particular country or territorial section thereof, in which the acknowledgment was taken, to duly administer oaths or take acknowledgments, then the acknowledgment and conveyance in connection with which the acknowledgment was taken shall, for the purpose of the acknowledgment and execution thereof, be deemed a valid acknowledgment, and shall have the same effect as if acknowledged before a notary public in this state.History of Section.P.L. 1934, ch. 2132, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 437, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-12-9; P.L. 1967, ch. 212, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-13-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-13 - Recording Of Instruments|Section 34-13-2 - Recording as constructive notice.

§ 34-13-2. Recording as constructive notice.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.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 202, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 253, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 297, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 435, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 34-13-2.
RI Gen L § 34-13-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-13 - Recording Of Instruments|Section 34-13-3 - Affidavits as to acts under power of sale.

§ 34-13-3. Affidavits as to acts under power of sale.Whenever any administrator, executor, guardian, receiver, sheriff, mortgagee or any person acting under a power of sale in any mortgage deed, deed of trust or other conveyance, sells or causes to be sold any real estate lying within this state, the title to which will in any manner depend upon notice of sale to be published in any newspaper, if the person or persons causing the sale to be made causes a copy of the advertisement, in pursuance of which the sale is made, to be attached to the deed given thereunder, together with his, her or their affidavit, or, if a corporation, the affidavit of its duly authorized officer, stating when, how many times and in what newspaper or newspapers the advertisement was published, and the manner, time and place of making the sale, the copy and affidavit shall be recorded with the deed to which they are attached, and the record thereof shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the matters and things therein stated, but the omission of the copy and affidavit shall not affect the validity of the conveyance if otherwise valid.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 202, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 253, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 297, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 435, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 34-13-3.
RI Gen L § 34-13-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-13 - Recording Of Instruments|Section 34-13-4 - Entry of time of presentation for recording - Receiving book.

§ 34-13-4. Entry of time of presentation for recording — Receiving book.Whenever any instrument entitled to be recorded shall be presented for recording, the town clerk or recorder of deeds, as the case may be, immediately upon its presentment, shall cause to be entered in writing on the instrument the day, the hour, and the minute when the instrument was presented for recording, and shall enter this information, in the order of presentment, in a receiving book to be kept for that purpose.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 202, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 253, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 297, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 435, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 34-13-4.
RI Gen L § 34-13-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-13 - Recording Of Instruments|Section 34-13-5 - Index of instruments recorded.

§ 34-13-5. Index of instruments recorded.(a) It shall be the duty of the clerk or recorder of deeds of each city and town within the state to make and keep a separate alphabetical general index of all deeds, mortgages, and other instruments recorded in the office of the city or town clerk or recorder of deeds, which indices shall refer to the book and page of the records wherein the deeds, mortgages, and other instruments are recorded. Mortgage discharges and assignments of mortgage shall be indexed under the names of all parties to the original mortgage instrument and all subsequent assignees of parties to the original instrument.(b) The provisions of §§ 45-13-7 — 45-13-10 shall not apply to this section.History of Section.G.L., ch. 41, § 6; P.L. 1899, ch. 663, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 51, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 52, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 334, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 34-13-5; P.L. 1986, ch. 323, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 226, § 1.
RI Gen L § 34-13-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 34 - Property|Chapter 34-13 - Recording Of Instruments|Section 34-13-6 - Recording of certified copies.

§ 34-13-6. Recording of certified copies.If any instrument has been recorded or filed by a city or town clerk, or recorder of deeds, in the manner prescribed by law, a copy thereof duly certified by the proper official may be recorded or filed in the office of any city or town clerk or recorder of deeds, wherein the original might properly have been recorded or filed, and, when so recorded or filed, shall have the same effect as a recording or filing of the original instrument.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 297, § 25; P.L. 1933, ch. 2044, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 435, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 34-13-6.