Title 44, Title 44 Title 44

The board of assessment review, or city or town council, shall hear and render a judgment on all appeals of: (1) Landowners denied certification as farmland or forest land by the director of the department of environmental management or when the certification has been cancelled; …

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this chapter is for any reason judged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the judgment does not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter but is confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragra…

When used in this chapter: (1) “Farmland” means: (i) Any tract or tracts of land, including woodland and wasteland constituting a farm unit; (ii) Land which is actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural use including, but not limited to: forages and sod crops; grains and f…

(a) An owner of land may file a written application with the director of environmental management, for its designation by the director as farmland or as dairy farmland. When the application is made and after a filing fee of ten dollars ($10.00) is paid, the director shall examine…

(a) An owner of not less than ten (10) acres of forest land may file a written application with the director of environmental management for its designation by the director as forest land. When the application is made and a filing fee of ten dollars ($10.00) is paid, the director…

(a)(1) An owner of land may apply for its classification as open space land on any assessment list of a city or town by filing a written application for that classification with the assessor of the city or town, not later than thirty (30) days before nor later than thirty (30) da…

(a) Any person or persons jointly or severally aggrieved by a decision of the board of assessment review, or city or town council, may appeal to the superior court for the county in which the municipality is situated by filing a complaint stating the reasons of appeal within nine…

The director of environmental management is authorized to promulgate those rules and regulations that the director deems necessary to carry out his or her responsibilities and fulfill the purposes of this chapter.

The department of revenue shall annually publish all information, which it collects that relates to land values for different types of farm, forest, or open space lands. This information shall be made available to local assessors.

(a) Upon the change of ownership of title, as recorded in the land evidence records of the city or town, of land previously classified as farm, forest, or open space land, the assessor of the city or town where the land is located shall notify the new owner that the land is class…