(a)  Taxes assessed against any person in the towns of Glocester, Coventry, and Burrillville for either a mobile or manufactured home shall constitute a lien on the mobile or manufactured home. The lien shall arise and attach as of the date of assessment of the taxes, as defined in § 44-5-1.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 44-7-28

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

(b)  The lien shall terminate at the expiration of twenty (20) years. The lien shall be superior to any other lien, encumbrance, or interest in the mobile or manufactured home whether by way of attachment or otherwise.

History of Section.
P.L. 2013, ch. 328, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 388, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 494, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 527, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 336, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 338, § 1.