Rhode Island General Laws 45-44-11. Responsibilities and duties of board
The board is empowered and has the duty and responsibility to:
(1) Review and publicize, by newspaper advertising or some other effective method, the availability of homestead program properties.
(2) Accept and review applications and determine the qualifications of applicants within the criteria established by this chapter and the regulations promulgated under this chapter.
(3) Approve and certify applicants with a view towards compatibility of the applicant and the parcel assigned to him or her.
(4) Approve and recommend the execution, by the duly authorized officer of the city or town, of a conditional deed to the assigned parcel upon the applicant being approved.
(5) Approve and recommend the execution, by the duly authorized representative of the city or town, of all documents necessary to convey fee simple title to the assigned parcel to the applicant upon the applicant’s fulfillment of all conditions enumerated in § 45-44-4.
(6) Accept any real property donated to the city or town which qualifies or is eligible for rehabilitation under the homestead program.
History of Section.
P.L. 1974, ch. 256, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 310, § 2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 45-44-11
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- 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