§ 10-4-4. Recording and notice of assignments.
Every assignee under this chapter shall immediately cause the deed of assignment to be recorded in the registry of deeds in each town or city in which there may be real estate of the assignor on which it may operate, and in any event in the registry of deeds of the town or city where the assignor resides or is located, and shall immediately give public notice of his or her qualification, with notice to all creditors to present claims and all debtors to make payments to the assignee, in some newspaper published in the county in which the assignor resides or is located; and the assignee shall immediately also notify creditors by depositing like notice in the United States mail, postpaid, and directed to the creditors at their respective address as they appear in the schedule made by the assignor and filed with the assignee.
History of Section.P.L. 1902, ch. 984, § 3; G.L. 1909, ch. 338, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 389, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 595, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 10-4-4; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 94.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions
Chapter 10-4 - Assignment for Benefit of Creditors
Section 10-4-1. - Residence of assignee — Bond.
Section 10-4-2. - Filing of schedules and lists — Certificate of deed of assignment.
Section 10-4-3. - Place of filing of papers.
Section 10-4-4. - Recording and notice of assignments.
Section 10-4-5. - Removal or replacement of assignee.
Section 10-4-6. - Effect of assignment on liens.
Section 10-4-8. - Demands for and protection of property by assignee.
Section 10-4-9. - Effect on suits and proceedings of death, resignation, or removal of assignee.
Section 10-4-10. - Dividends to creditors — Assignee’s report — Discharge of surety on bond.
Section 10-4-11. - Record of proceedings.
Section 10-4-12. - Appeal to supreme court — Certification of questions.
Section 10-4-13. - Chancery jurisdiction preserved — Provisions mandatory.