(a)  To be effective and to be entitled to recordation, the notice referred to in § 34-13.1-5 shall contain an accurate and full description of all land affected by the notice, which description shall be set forth in particular terms and not by general inclusions; but, if the claim asserted under § 34-13.1-5 is founded upon a recorded instrument, the description in the notice may be the same as that contained in the recorded instrument. In addition, each notice shall clearly state the then owner or owners of record of the property involved.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 34-13.1-6

  • Recorded: means recorded as provided by chapter 13 of this title;

    (d)  "Records" means the Land Evidence Records of the town or city where the particular land is located;

    (e)  "Root of title" means that conveyance or other title transaction in the chain of title of a person, purporting to create or containing language sufficient to transfer the interest claimed by such person, upon which he relies as a basis for the marketability of his title, and which was the most recent to be recorded as of a date forty (40) years prior to the time when marketability is being determined. See Rhode Island General Laws 34-13.1-1

  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9

(b)  Each notice shall be recorded in the land records of the town where the land described there is located. The notice shall be indexed in the grantors’ index under the name or names of the owners of record as listed in the notice and in the grantees’ index under the name of the claimant appearing in the notice.

History of Section.
P.L. 1995, ch. 241, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 299, § 1.