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 {DEL,DEL}
{ADD and the town of West Warwick 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.
