Property
Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Mortgage And Foreclosure Sale [HB-5417]
[Real Estate ]
[Finance ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Increases the fines for failing to file a foreclosure deed.
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Condominium Insurance [SB-198]
[Insurance ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requires a condominium association to provide a unit owner, whose unit has sustained insurance covered damages, with a written copy of the insurance company's damage appraisal.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Mortgage Foreclosure And Sale [HB-5397]
[Real Estate ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Imposes a penalty of two thousand dollars ($2,000) upon financial institutions failing to promptly record foreclosure deeds and pay outstanding taxes.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Immigration Status [SB-233]
[Immigration ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibits a landlord from asking about the immigration status of a tenant, prospective tenant, occupant, or prospective occupant of residential rental property.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Maintenance Of Private Easements And Rights-of-way [SB-235]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Requires that the cost of maintaining an easement or right-of-way be the responsibility of the owner(s) of the property the easement benefits.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Fair Housing Practices [SB-236]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Easements [HB-5344]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Establishes the rights and obligations of property owners concerning the maintenance of private easements and rights-of-way.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Trespass And Actions For Possession [SB-165]
[Real Estate ]
Provides that a cause of action may be brought for encroachment upon open space land.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Fair Housing Practices [HB-5266]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibits discrimination in housing against those persons who have a lawful source of income.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Condominium Law - Insurance [HB-5223]
[Insurance ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Entitles a condominium owner to obtain a copy of a damage appraisal within fourteen days.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Condominium Dispute Resolution [HB-5097]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishes an arbitration process to resolve certain condominium disputes.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Trespass And Actions For Possession [HB-5116]
[Real Estate ]
Provides that a cause of action may be brought for encroachment upon open space land.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Self Service Storage Facilities [SB-900]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizes the owner of a self-storage facility to notify an occupant who has been defaulted, of the default, by verified electronic mail.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Mortgage And Foreclosure Sale [SB-836]
[Real Estate ]
[Finance ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Removes the July 1, 2018 sunset provision imposed by Chapters 325 and 406 of the 2013 Public Laws with respect to §34-27-3.2 ("mediation conference").
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Form And Effect Of Conveyances [SB-832]
[Real Estate ]
Validates certain conveyancing defects in various instruments executed by or affecting grantors, grantees, business entities, powers of attorney, probate fiduciaries, mortgage discharges and foreclosures or certain clerical defects.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Electronic Recording [HB-6104]
[Real Estate ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Authorizes a city or town clerk/recorder of deeds, at the clerk's/recorder's option, to accept electronic documents for recording real property and land records and to index and store those documents.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien [HB-6057]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Provides that failure to record a notice of lien by the real estate broker in accordance with chapter 49 of title 34, the commercial estate broker lien act, would result in dismissal of a complaint pursuant to the act.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Forms And Effect Of Conveyances [SB-659]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Finance ]
Provides that all transfers of a mortgage interest on residential property be recorded so as to provide a clean chain of title for consumers to track the owner of their mortgage loans.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Mortgage Foreclosure And Sale [SB-668]
[Real Estate ]
[Finance ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibits a lender from filing an action for a deficiency judgment following a short sale of residential property if the lender reports to the IRS it has cancelled all or part of the borrower's debt and provides the borrower with a copy of the report.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Residual Debt After Short Sale Of Residential Property [SB-667]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Prohibits a lender from filing an action for a deficiency judgment following a short sale of residential property if the lender reports to the IRS it has cancelled all or part of the borrower's debt and provides the borrower with a copy of the report.