§ 34-13.1-9. Notice not to be recorded to slander title damages.
No person may use the privilege of recording notices under §§ 34-13.1-5 and 34-13.1-6 for the purpose of slandering the title to land. In any action brought for the purpose of quieting title to land, if the court finds that any person has recorded a claim for that purpose only, the court shall award the plaintiff all the costs of the action, including such attorneys’ fees as the court may allow to the plaintiff, and in addition, shall decree that the defendant asserting the claim shall pay to the plaintiff all damages the plaintiff may have sustained as the result of such notice of claim having been so recorded.
History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 241, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 299, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 34-13.1 - Marketable Record Title
Section 34-13.1-1. - Marketable record title — Definitions.
Section 34-13.1-2. - Chain of title for not less than forty years creates marketable record title.
Section 34-13.1-3. - Interest to which title is subject.
Section 34-13.1-4. - Prior interest void.
Section 34-13.1-5. - Notice of claim filed within forty (40) year period.
Section 34-13.1-6. - Contents of notice — Recording — Indexing.
Section 34-13.1-7. - Excepted interests.
Section 34-13.1-8. - Other statutes not affected.
Section 34-13.1-9. - Notice not to be recorded to slander title damages.
Section 34-13.1-10. - Construction.
Section 34-13.1-11. - Forty year period extended to all for recording of notice.