Introduced By: Senators Fogarty, Breene and Flynn
Date Introduced : February 10, 1998
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 44-7-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 44-7 entitled "Collection of Taxes Generally" is hereby amended to read as follows:
44-7-11. Collectors to furnish statements of liens. --
(a) The collector of taxes for any city, or for any town shall,
on written application by any person, and within five (5) days
thereafter, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, furnish
to the applicant a single certificate of all taxes and other assessments,
including water rates and charges, which at the time constitute
liens on the parcel of real estate specified in such application
and are payable on account of the real estate. The certificate
shall be itemized and shall show the amounts then payable on account
of all taxes and assessments, rates, fees and charges, so far
as the amounts are fixed and ascertained, and if the amounts are
not then ascertainable, it shall so be expressed in the certificate.
In addition, the tax certificate shall include (1) a statement
as to whether there are any tax sales scheduled which would affect
the parcel of real estate noted in said certificate and (2) a
statement as to whether any of taxes or other assessments noted
on the tax certificate as being paid in full were paid as the
result of a sale held pursuant to the provisions of chapter 9
of this title within the twelve (12) month period immediately
preceding issuance of the certificate. Any city or town officer
or board doing any act toward establishing any tax assessment,
lien, fees or charge upon any real estate in the city or town
shall transmit a notice of that act to the collector of taxes.
The collector of taxes shall charge six dollars ($6.00), except
that for tax certificates issued by the tax collector(s) for the
city of Woonsocket and the town of North Smithfield and the town
of Coventry and the town of Lincoln and the city of Cranston and
the town of West Warwick {DEL , DEL} {ADD and the town of
Glocester, ADD} the charge shall be twelve dollars ($12.00) for
each certificate so issued, and the money so received shall be
paid into the city or town treasury. A certificate issued on or
after October 1, 1966, under this section may be filed or recorded
with the land evidence records of the city or town in which the
real estate shall be situated within sixty (60) days after its
date, and if so filed or recorded shall operate to discharge the
parcel of real estate specified from the liens for all taxes,
assessments or portions thereof, rates, fees and charges which
do not appear by the certificate to constitute liens thereon,
except the taxes, assessments or portions thereof, rates, fees
and charges which have accrued within one year immediately preceding
the date of the certificate, provided that they are noted in the
certificate, and the taxes, assessments or portions thereof, rates,
and charges concerning which a statement has been filed or recorded
in the land evidence records; provided, a certificate issued under
this section shall not affect the obligation of any person liable
for the payment of any tax, assessment, rate, fee, or charge.
(b) The fee to be paid for filing the certificate with the registry of deeds shall be eight dollars ($8.00).
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.