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Rhode Island General Laws — Title 44 (Taxation)

R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-7-12

Action for recovery of tax

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# (a)

The collector of any tax may recover the amount of the tax in an action against the person taxed, and in the complaint it shall be sufficient to set forth that the action is to recover a specified sum of money, being a tax assessed against the defendant, specifying the city or town in which the tax was assessed and the time of ordering and assessing the tax.

# (b)

The court may award a reasonable attorney’s fee to the prevailing party in any civil action arising from the collection of a municipal tax levy in which the court:

# (1)

Finds that there was a complete absence of a justiciable issue of either law or fact raised by the losing party; or

# (2)

Renders a default judgment against the losing party.

Amendment history

History of Section. G.L. 1896, ch. 48, § 26; G.L. 1909, ch. 60, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 62, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 32, §§ 20, 27; P.L. 1946, ch. 1800, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-7-12; P.L. 1990, ch. 371, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 370, § 1.

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In this chapter (34 sections)
  1. 44-7-1 · Definitions
  2. 44-7-2 · Duty of collector to collect and pay over
  3. 44-7-3 · Collector’s records
  4. 44-7-4 · Continuance in force of collection warrants
  5. 44-7-5 · Removal of collector from office — New collection warrant
  6. 44-7-6 · City or town treasurer as collector
  7. 44-7-7 · Notice by collector to taxpayer of amount of tax
  8. 44-7-7.1 · Taxpayer information
  9. 44-7-7.2 · Portsmouth — Tax bill contents
  10. 44-7-8 · Permissive excise tax collection agreement
  11. 44-7-9 · Delegated authority
  12. 44-7-10 · Priority of city or town taxes in insolvency
  13. 44-7-10.1 · Exeter — Non-issuance and/or renewal of licenses or…
  14. 44-7-10.2 · Glocester — Non-issuance of building and demolition…
  15. 44-7-10.3 · Barrington — Non-issuance and/or renewal of licenses or…
  16. 44-7-10.4 · East Greenwich — Non-issuance and/or renewal of licenses…
  17. 44-7-11 · Collectors to furnish statements of liens
  18. 44-7-12 · Action for recovery of tax
  19. 44-7-13 · Judgment for collector — Execution and levy
  20. 44-7-14 · Cancellation of taxes — Erroneous, uncollectible, or…
  21. 44-7-15 · Certificate of cancellation — Attachment to tax list
  22. 44-7-16 · Action by city or town treasurer against delinquent collector
  23. 44-7-17 · Execution against delinquent collectors
  24. 44-7-18 · Execution against sureties of delinquent collector
  25. 44-7-19 · Action by co-tenant for contribution to tax
  26. 44-7-20 · Actions for refund of taxes
  27. 44-7-21 · Severability
  28. 44-7-22 · Remedy not exclusive
  29. 44-7-23 · Exemption on uninhabited buildings
  30. 44-7-24 · Legislatively created bodies — Collection of taxes,…
  31. 44-7-25 · Sale of rights to uncollected taxes that are due and payable
  32. 44-7-26 · Jeopardy collections of taxes
  33. 44-7-27 · Newport — Cancellation of real property taxes in the city
  34. 44-7-28 · Glocester, Coventry and Burrillville tax lien on mobile or…
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