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R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-50-5

Recording prohibited

P.L. 2025, ch. 53, § 2, effective June 13, 2025; P.L. 2025, ch. 54, § 2, effective June 13, 2025.

(a) No person shall record or cause to be recorded an unfair service agreement or notice or memorandum thereof in this state.

(b) Any person who records or causes to be recorded an unfair service agreement or notice or memorandum thereof in this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c) Notwithstanding the recording statute of this state, chapter 13 of this title, the city or town clerk in the recorder of deeds office may refuse to accept for recordation an unfair service agreement as defined herein.

(d) If an unfair service agreement is recorded in this state, it shall not provide actual or constructive notice against an otherwise bona fide purchaser or creditor.

Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.