Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski and McDonald
Date Introduced : January 20, 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 {DELsix 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, the charge shall be DEL}{ADDsix 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 and the town of South Kingstown, the charge shall beADD} 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.