Title 31, Title 31 and Other Vehicles

(a) A person shall not operate a mobile and manufactured home park without a license. (b) Upon completion, review, and approval of certifications, the department of business regulation shall grant a license to operate a mobile and manufactured home park. (c) An annual license sha…

The department of health or its authorized representatives shall conduct a survey every three (3) years of mobile and manufactured home parks.

Any person who violates the licensing provisions of this chapter may be fined by the department an amount not in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000), lose their license according to prescribed procedure, after a hearing. Provided, further, any person violating any of the pro…

All license and permit fees collected pursuant to this chapter, and any fines collected by the department of business regulation for violations related to licenses and permits shall be held and used as specified under § 31-44-1.6. Any revenue received in excess of the department’…

If the provisions of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the prov…

(a) No provision contained in any bylaw, rental agreement, regulation, or rule pertaining to a mobile home park shall infringe upon the right of the mobile home owners to peaceably assemble in an open public meeting for any lawful purpose, at reasonable times and in a reasonable …

(a) Resident owned mobile home parks shall maintain a copy of each of the following, where applicable, which shall constitute the official records of the association: (1) The plans, permits, warranties, and other items provided by the developer; (2) A photocopy of the resident as…

(a) All dealers and purchasers of new manufactured homes shall present or buy only housing urban and development (HUD) approved and compliant manufactured structures. (b) All dealers and purchasers of new manufactured homes are required to record with the local building official …

(a) The director of the department of business regulation, or his or her designee, shall hear matters involving mobile and manufactured housing park rules, specifically this chapter. The director shall not have jurisdiction over issues relative to rent increases or jurisdiction o…

(a) Any resident of a mobile and manufactured housing park or any owner of a mobile and manufactured housing park may petition the director by filing a complaint with the department of business regulation. After review of the claim and a decision by the director that the matter h…

(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 an…

The director shall notify the attorney general’s consumer protection division and antitrust bureau, department of justice, that the attorney general may accept and act on written complaints properly forwarded to it by the director relative to mobile/manufactured housing.

(a) A tenancy may be terminated by a park owner or operator pursuant to chapter 18 of title 34, provided, that jurisdiction as it relates to this chapter shall be in the district court but subject to one or more of the following reasons and limitations which shall take precedence…

(a) There is imposed, on every deed, instrument, or writing by which any mobile or manufactured home shall be granted, assigned, transferred, or otherwise conveyed to, or vested in, the purchaser or purchasers, or any other person or persons, by his or her or their direction, whe…

(a) The payment of the tax imposed by this chapter shall be evidenced by the affixing of a documentary stamp or stamps to instrument by the person making, executing, delivering, or presenting for recording the instrument and only the original instrument shall be accepted for reco…

Every deed presented for recording due to the sale of property, which results in the transfer in ownership of the property, shall contain or have endorsed upon it the total dollar amount of the actual sale, which shall be recorded as part of the deed. A city or town clerk may dec…

This chapter shall not apply to manufactured homes that are not located in a mobile and manufactured home park and which meet the criteria set forth in § 45-24-31.

The following requirements and restrictions shall apply to all mobile- and manufactured-home parks: (1) A mobile- and manufactured-home park licensee shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations that shall specify standards for mobile and manufactured homes in the park, entr…

(a) In any instance in which a mobile home park owner has been sent a certified letter from an incorporated home owner households association indicating that the association has at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the home owner households residing within that park as members, an…

(a)(1) In any instance in which a mobile home park is to be sold or leased for any purpose which would result in a discontinuance of the mobile home park, the mobile home park owner shall give at least one year written notice by certified mail return receipt requested to each mob…

The qualified sale of a mobile- or manufactured-home community to a resident-owned organization is exempt from the real estate conveyance tax imposed under chapter 44-25.

(a) No owner of a mobile and manufactured home park shall deny any resident the right to sell his or her mobile and manufactured home owned by him or her while the mobile and manufactured home is in the park or require the resident to remove the mobile and manufactured home becau…

Every deed, instrument, or writing by which an interest in any mobile or manufactured home is granted, assigned, transferred, or otherwise conveyed to, or vested in, a purchaser or purchasers, or any other person or persons, shall be filed with the recorder of deeds of the city o…

(a) No licensee shall take reprisal(s) against a resident or prospective resident or association formed pursuant to § 31-44-3.1. (b) An increase in rent, nonrenewal of lease, refusal to offer a lease, or termination of tenancy, taken by a licensee against a resident, prospective …

In any action to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the clerk of the court shall mail copies of any final judgment, decree, permanent injunction, arbitration decision or order of the court upon the entry of it to the attorney general and if licenses are involved, the departm…

All terms and conditions of the occupancy must be fully disclosed in a written lease by the mobile and manufactured home park owner to any prospective mobile and manufactured home park resident at a reasonable time prior to the rental or occupancy of a mobile and manufactured hom…

In any rental agreement for the lease of a mobile home in which the licensee requires the payment of a security deposit by the resident: (1) The deposit shall accumulate interest on an annual basis at the rate of three percent (3%). (2) No deposit will be required which is more t…

Any agreement for the lease of a mobile home or a mobile home lot or space located within the town of Exeter and offered pursuant to the provisions of § 31-44-7, must be in writing and shall not be executed unless each term of it either shall have been completed in full or shall …

The following notice must be given by the licensee to the tenant prior to occupancy: “The terms of your tenancy must be in accordance with the Rhode Island Mobile and Manufactured Home Act, title 31, chapter 44. Section 31-44-3 requires all the rules and regulations governing you…

(a) Any provision of this chapter and any provision of a license issued pursuant to this chapter may be enforced by the department of business regulation. In addition to and notwithstanding any action taken by or pending at the department of business regulation, any resident of a…

In addition to any other remedy authorized by law, equity or regulation, the director of the department may order, following notice and opportunity to be heard, the owner and residents of any mobile and manufactured home park to pay monthly rents directly to an interest bearing e…

When, in the opinion of the director, sufficient cause exists to begin an investigation of alleged violations of any provision of this chapter or a license issued pursuant to this chapter, the director may commence an investigation of any act or practice or failure to act of any …