If any person or property taxed in one city or town removes or is removed into another city or town before the tax is collected, the collector may follow the person or property into any city or town and levy or collect the tax with the same power as if the person or property was not removed.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 48, § 24; G.L. 1909, ch. 60, § 26; G.L. 1923, ch. 62, § 26; G.L. 1938, ch. 32, §§ 13, 25; P.L. 1946, ch. 1800, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-8-5.