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Rhode Island General Laws — Title 44 (Taxation)

R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-9-27

Examination of title — Notice to interested parties of foreclosure petition

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# (a)

Upon the filing of a petition, the petitioner shall, at his or her own cost, select, with the approval of the court, a title company or an attorney familiar with the examination of land titles. This company or attorney shall make an examination of the title sufficient only to determine the persons who may be interested in the title, and the petitioner shall, upon the filing of the examiner’s report, notify all persons appearing to be interested, whether as equity owners, mortgagees, lienors, attaching creditors, or otherwise, as well as the tax collector in the municipality where the subject property is located, of the pendency of the petition, the notice to be sent to each by registered or certified mail and return of receipt required. In the event that any item mailed by certified mail is returned unopened, the petitioner shall send that notice to the addressee at the same address by first class regular mail, postage prepaid, and also, if the subject property is residential, petition the court for leave to serve the addressee by tacking said notice to the front door of the subject property. Other and further notice by publication or otherwise shall be given as the court may at any time order.

# (b)

The notice, to be addressed “To all whom it may concern,” shall contain the name of the petitioner, the names of all known respondents, a description of the land, and a statement of the nature of the petition, shall fix the time when appearance may be entered, and shall contain a statement that, unless the notified party shall appear within the fixed time, a default will be recorded, the petition taken as confessed, and the right of redemption forever barred (Form 6).

Amendment history

History of Section. G.L. 1938, ch. 32, § 44; P.L. 1946, ch. 1800, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3717, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-9-27; P.L. 2002, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 534, § 3; P.L. 2006, ch. 537, § 3.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 44-9-14 · Purchase by collector for city or town
  2. 44-9-15 · Recital in deed to city or town
  3. 44-9-16 · Conveyance of several unimproved parcels by single deed —…
  4. 44-9-17 · Lien for taxes assessed subsequent to sale
  5. 44-9-18 · Management and sale of land purchased by city or town —…
  6. 44-9-18.1 · Barrington — Assignments to The Barrington Land…
  7. 44-9-18.2 · Cities and towns — Assignments to redevelopment agencies
  8. 44-9-18.3 · Tiverton — Assignments to the Tiverton land trust
  9. 44-9-18.4 · Westerly — Assignments to the Westerly land trust
  10. 44-9-19 · Right of redemption from city or town
  11. 44-9-20 · City or town treasurer’s release
  12. 44-9-21 · Redemption from purchaser other than city or town
  13. 44-9-22 · Proceedings as to low value lands unaffected by redemption…
  14. 44-9-23 · Certificate of redemption money paid to treasurer
  15. 44-9-24 · Title absolute after foreclosure of redemption —…
  16. 44-9-25 · Petition for foreclosure of redemption
  17. 44-9-25.1 · Foreclosure of the rights of redemption on account of…
  18. 44-9-25.2 · Foreclosure of the rights of redemption on account of…
  19. 44-9-25.3 · Expedited foreclosure of the rights of redemption on…
  20. 44-9-26 · Deposit by petitioner to cover costs
  21. 44-9-27 · Examination of title — Notice to interested parties of…
  22. 44-9-28 · Order as to parties in default
  23. 44-9-29 · Redemption by party to foreclosure proceedings
  24. 44-9-30 · Decree barring redemption
  25. 44-9-31 · Contest of validity of tax title
  26. 44-9-32 · Recording of notices of foreclosure petition and final…
  27. 44-9-33 · Practice following course of equity
  28. 44-9-34 · Holding and disposition of land foreclosed by city or town
  29. 44-9-35 · Errors and irregularities in proceedings
  30. 44-9-36 · Sale by city or town treasurer without foreclosure
  31. 44-9-37 · Surplus proceeds from sale without foreclosure
  32. 44-9-38 · Purchase by city or town at sale without foreclosure
  33. 44-9-39 · Bar of persons notified of sale without foreclosure
  34. 44-9-40 · Petition to establish title based on sale without foreclosure
  35. 44-9-41 · Notice of petition to establish title
  36. 44-9-42 · Decree on petition to establish title
  37. 44-9-43 · Refund of purchase price when title based on collector’s…
  38. 44-9-44 · Recording of notices in proceeding to establish title
  39. 44-9-45 · Jurisdiction of proceedings to establish title — Practice…
  40. 44-9-46 · Forms
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