Title 37, Title 37 Property and Works

Whenever in the opinion of the acquiring authority the purposes for which control over any land or other real property is needed are not essentially impaired by the acquisition of an interest in the land, or other real property less than a fee simple, or less than perpetual in du…

Whenever estates, rights, interests, easements, and privileges in lands or other real property can be acquired at prices reasonable in the judgment of the state properties committee, the acquiring authority is authorized and empowered to acquire the estates, rights, interests, ea…

The attorney general shall require the state purchasing agent to engage a title insurance company doing business within this state to furnish a certificate of title or to issue to the state a policy of title insurance covering the real estate, and the expense of procuring the cer…

Whenever in the opinion of the director of transportation the acquisition of land or other real property or any interest, estate, or right therein is necessary or advantageous for the establishing, laying out, widening, extending, relocating, regrading, straightening, or improvin…

Whenever in the opinion of the director of administration the acquisition of land or other real property or any interest, estate, or right therein is necessary or advantageous for the construction of state office buildings, including parking areas required therefor, and other rel…

Within six (6) months after the state properties committee has authorized condemnation proceedings, the acquiring authority shall file in the office of the recorder of deeds or town clerk in the city or town where the land or other real property to be acquired is situated, a desc…

After the filing of the description, plat, and statement, a notice of the taking of the land or other real property shall be served upon the owner and persons having an estate or right in or who are interested in the land or other real property by any deputy sheriff, or constable…

(a) After the filing of the description and statement, the acquiring authority shall cause a notice of condemnation to be published in the newspaper of greatest circulation in the city or town where the land or other real property is located at least once a week for three (3) suc…

If any party shall agree with the acquiring authority upon the sum to be paid for the value of the land or other real property so taken and of appurtenant damage to any remainder or for the value of his or her estate, right, or interest therein, and the price shall be approved by…

Any owner of, or any person entitled to any estate or right in, or interested in any part of the land or other real property so taken, who cannot agree with the acquiring authority upon the price to be paid for his or her estate, right, or interest in land or other real property …

In case any owner of or any person having an estate or interest in land or other real property shall fail to file his or her petition as provided in § 37-6-18, the superior court in the county of Providence or the superior court for one of the counties in which the land or other …

(a) The state properties committee is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and prescribe rules of procedure and regulations, and from time to time amend, change, and eliminate rules and regulations, and make such orders and perform such actions as it may deem necessary to the…

In the event that the government of the United States of America does not participate with the state of Rhode Island in the payment of any funds to the claimant or claimants of an estate, then within sixty (60) days after the service of a certified copy upon the head of the acqui…

A trial shall be conducted as other civil actions at law are tried. The trial shall determine all questions of fact relating to the value of the estate or interest in the land or other real property taken and the appurtenant damage to any remainder and the amount thereof. The tri…

In any proceedings for the assessment of damages for real property so taken by the state under the provisions of this chapter, at any time during the pendency of the action or proceeding, the state or owner may apply to the court for an order directing the owner or state, as the …

In case two (2) or more petitioners make claim to the same land, or other real property, or to any estate or interest therein, or to different estates or interests in the same parcel of land or other real property, the court shall, upon motion, consolidate their several petitions…

(a) If a petition for assessment of damages is filed, then the property owner shall be entitled to interest on the fair market value of the property taken by the acquiring authority from the date it is condemned to the day that judgment enters. Interest thereon shall be calculate…

(a) If, after the expiration of one year following the filing of the description, plat, and statement as provided in § 37-6-14, and after notice by publication as prescribed by § 37-6-16, no petition for an assessment of damages has been filed in the superior court pursuant to § …

(a) If, after the expiration of one year following the filing of the description, plat, and statement as provided in § 37-6-14, and after notice by publication as prescribed by § 37-6-16, no petition for an assessment of damages has been filed in the superior court pursuant to § …

Whenever in the opinion of the acquiring authority a substantial saving in the cost of acquiring title can be effected by conveying other land or other real property, title to which is in the state, to the person or persons from whom the estate or interest in land or other real p…

The provisions of this chapter and §§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-9 shall be construed liberally in order to accomplish the purposes hereof, and where any specific power is given to the state properties committee or the acquiring authority by the provisions thereof, the statement thereof shall…

(a) Whenever, in connection with the laying out, widening, relocating, improving, constructing, or altering of a highway by the department of transportation, land, an easement, or other interest therein owned by a public utility or railroad company, is acquired by the director of…

(a) The state properties committee may, upon receipt of a request from a city or town, permit the use of state owned property within the city or town for park or recreational purposes. The city or town receiving permission to use state property shall be responsible for its mainte…

The state of Rhode Island and any and all of its agencies and departments are hereby authorized to comply fully with the pertinent provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Land Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, 42 U.S.C. § 4601 et seq., and any subsequent amendments th…

Upon request of the state properties committee, the head of any department, board, bureau, or commission of the state government shall detail to the committee any state employee under his or her supervision whose assistance as professional personnel, technician, or expert, or who…

(a) The chief purchasing officer as defined in subsection 37-2-7(3) shall cause to be established a registry of leases which shall be indexed and copies shall be kept of all leases entered into by the state or any of its agencies. The state and any department, board, bureau, comm…

The powers and duties vested in the state purchasing agent, the director of administration, and the attorney general by the provisions of this chapter and §§ 37-7-1 — 37-7-9 shall be construed to be in addition to any and all other powers and duties vested in them by any other ge…

(a) Whenever in the opinion of the head of any department, board, bureau, commission, or agency of the state government, hereinafter referred to as the acquiring authority, the acquisition of land or other real property or any interest, estate, or right therein is necessary or ad…

Before acquiring and before disposing of any land or other real property or any interest, estate, or right therein, by conveyance, grant, lease, or license, except by license terminable by will, the acquiring authority shall give written notice of its contemplated or proposed act…

In the selection of a site for acquisition for any public use, reference shall be had to the interest and convenience of the public, as well as to the best interests of the state government. The state properties committee shall have the power, and it shall be its duty, to set asi…

Every instrument conveying an interest in land or other real property to the state shall, prior to acceptance, be approved by the acquiring authority, and as to substance, by the director of administration, and as to form, by the attorney general, and a copy of each instrument of…

The general treasurer is hereby directed, authorized, and empowered, with the approval of the acquiring authority, and subject to the approval of the state properties committee and of the governor, to receive, take title to, and hold in trust for the state, exempt from taxation, …