§ 34-4-24. Limitation of proceedings based upon right of entry for condition broken or possibility of reverter.
(a)(1) No proceeding based upon any right of entry for condition broken or possibility of reverter to which a fee simple or fee simple determinable in land is subject, created before May 11, 1953, shall be maintained in any court after December 31, 1987, unless on or before December 31, 1987:
(i) The condition has been broken or the reverter has occurred, and a person or persons having the right of entry or reverter shall have taken possession of the land, or;
(ii) A person or persons having the right of entry, or who would have it if the condition were broken, or would be entitled to a right of entry if a reverter occurred or one of them if there be more than one, shall by himself or herself, or by his or her attorney, agent, guardian, conservator, or parent have filed in the town or city clerk’s office or recorder of deeds office for the town or city in which the land is situated, a statement in writing, duly sworn to, describing the land, the nature of the right, the deed or other instrument creating it, and where it may be found, and naming the person or persons appearing of record to own the fee subject to the right or possibility.
(2) This statement shall be received and recorded upon payment of the fee required by law and shall be indexed in the grantor index under the person or persons named.
(b) This section shall apply to all rights described in subsection (a) whether or not the holder of the rights is under any disability or out of the state, and it shall apply notwithstanding any recitals in any recorded deed or other instrument unless a statement is filed as provided in subsection (a).
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to extend the period of any other applicable statute of limitations, or to authorize the bringing of any proceeding to enforce any right which has been or may be barred by lapse of time or for any other reason.
History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 109, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 236, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 524, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 34-4 - Estates in Real Property
Section 34-4-1. - Presumed death from absence of life tenant.
Section 34-4-2. - Grant for life with remainder to heirs in fee.
Section 34-4-2.1. - Reservation of life estate with enhanced powers.
Section 34-4-3. - Purported grant of estate greater than owned by grantor.
Section 34-4-4. - Expectant estates not dependent on precedent estates.
Section 34-4-5. - Bar of estates tail preserved — Defeat of expectancies provided for by grantor.
Section 34-4-6. - Trustee of timber land subject to life estate.
Section 34-4-9. - Management of proceeds of sale — Supervision by court.
Section 34-4-10. - Construction of amendment to § 34-4-9.
Section 34-4-11. - Conveyance of contingent, executory, and future interests.
Section 34-4-12. - Rights against lessee in remainderman taking precedent estate by merger.
Section 34-4-13. - Rights of entry not defeated by descent or discontinuance.
Section 34-4-14. - Liability of lands for debts of tenant in tail.
Section 34-4-15. - Conveyance of fee simple by tenant in tail.
Section 34-4-16. - Conveyance by life tenant and remainderman in tail.
Section 34-4-17. - Barring of equitable estates tail.
Section 34-4-18. - Right of grantee of equitable estate tail to conveyance of legal interest.
Section 34-4-19. - Limitation of possibilities of reverter and rights of entry.
Section 34-4-20. - Possibilities of reverter and rights of entry exempt from limitation.
Section 34-4-21. - Limitation of restrictive covenants.
Section 34-4-22. - Expiration of recorded options affecting real estate.
Section 34-4-23. - Expiration of recorded instruments affecting real estate.
Section 34-4-25. - Invalidity of certain restrictive covenants.
Section 34-4-26. - Expiration of recorded rights affecting real estate.
Section 34-4-27. - Title to real estate — Trusts.
Section 34-4-28. - Title to real estate — Trusts — Conveyance to named trust.