Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 31-44 - Mobile and Manufactured Homes
Section 31-44-18. - Decisions, judicial review and enforcement.

§ 31-44-18. Decisions, judicial review and enforcement.
(a) When the director makes a decision, an order shall be made in writing and shall include finding of facts. The findings of fact shall be accompanied by a concise and explicit statement of the underlying facts supporting the findings. The parties shall be notified by mail of any decision or order.
(b) A decision of the director may be appealed, by either party, by applying for a rehearing or appealing to the superior court for the county in which either party resides, within thirty (30) days of the date of the decision pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, chapter 35 of title 42.
(c) If no timely appeal is taken pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the decision of the director shall become final. The director shall file a certified abstract of any final decision with the clerk of the superior court in the county of residence of the complainant. The clerk of the court shall enter judgment on it, and this judgment may be enforced as with any final judgment of the superior court.
History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 94, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 248, § 1.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles

Chapter 31-44 - Mobile and Manufactured Homes

Section 31-44-1. - Definitions.

Section 31-44-1.1 - — 31-44-1.3. Repealed.

Section 31-44-1.4. - Powers and duties of department.

Section 31-44-1.5. - Mobile and manufactured home advisory information.

Section 31-44-1.6. - Fees and charges for licenses.

Section 31-44-1.7. - Mobile and manufactured home park operation — License.

Section 31-44-1.8. - Survey of parks.

Section 31-44-2. - Evictions — Termination of tenancy.

Section 31-44-3. - Rules and regulations.

Section 31-44-3.1. - Sale of mobile home parks — Tenants association right of first refusal.

Section 31-44-3.2. - Mobile home parks — Discontinuance.

Section 31-44-3.3. - Future qualified sale of mobile- and manufactured-home community.

Section 31-44-4. - Sale of mobile and manufactured homes.

Section 31-44-4.1. - Recording of sale or transfer documents — Penalties.

Section 31-44-5. - Reprisals.

Section 31-44-6. - Notice of judgment.

Section 31-44-7. - Lease.

Section 31-44-7.1. - Security deposits.

Section 31-44-7.2. - Trailer parks located within the town of Exeter.

Section 31-44-8. - Notice required by law.

Section 31-44-9. - Enforceability.

Section 31-44-9.1. - Remedies.

Section 31-44-9.2. - Investigations.

Section 31-44-10. - Penalty.

Section 31-44-11. - Fiscal autonomy.

Section 31-44-12. - Severability.

Section 31-44-13. - Right of mobile home owners to peaceably assemble — Right to communicate.

Section 31-44-14. - Resident owned mobile home parks — Record keeping.

Section 31-44-15. - Purchase requirement.

Section 31-44-16. - Department of business regulation to hear matters.

Section 31-44-17. - Filing of complaint with department — Notice — Rules of evidence not binding.

Section 31-44-18. - Decisions, judicial review and enforcement.

Section 31-44-19. - Notification and cooperation required.

Section 31-44-20. - Mobile home conveyance tax.

Section 31-44-21. - Documentary stamps.

Section 31-44-22. - Sale price recording.