Rhode Island § 34-26-7 § 34-26-7. Certain ancient mortgages becoming void unless continued.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 34-26-7 — § 34-26-7. Certain ancient mortgages becoming void unless continued.

Rhode Island § 34-26-7

Title 34Property

Ch. 34-26Redemption, Release, and Transfer of Mortgages

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-26-7 (2026).

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§ 34-26-7. Certain ancient mortgages becoming void unless continued.
On and after January 1, 1989, no power of sale in any mortgage of real estate, except
            mortgages made by public utilities and non-amortizing mortgages made by Rhode Island
            housing and mortgage finance corporation now or hereafter of record, shall be exercised
            and no entry shall be made, nor possession taken, nor proceeding begun for foreclosure
            of any such mortgage after the expiration of a period which shall be thirty-five (35)
            years from the date of recording of the mortgage, or in the case of a mortgage in
            which the term or maturity date is stated, five (5) years from the expirat

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§ 34-26-7. Certain ancient mortgages becoming void unless continued.

On and after January 1, 1989, no power of sale in any mortgage of real estate, except mortgages made by public utilities and non-amortizing mortgages made by Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation now or hereafter of record, shall be exercised and no entry shall be made, nor possession taken, nor proceeding begun for foreclosure of any such mortgage after the expiration of a period which shall be thirty-five (35) years from the date of recording of the mortgage, or in the case of a mortgage in which the term or maturity date is stated, five (5) years from the expiration of the term or maturity date, unless an extension of the mortgage, or an acknowledgment by affidavit of the mortgagee that the mortgage is not satisfied, is recorded before the expiration of the applicable time period. In case an extension of the mortgage or such an acknowledgment by affidavit is so recorded, the period shall continue until five (5) years shall have elapsed during which there is not recorded any further extension of the mortgage nor acknowledgment nor affidavit that the mortgage is not satisfied. The period shall not be extended by nonresidence nor disability of any person interested in the mortgage or the real estate, or by any partial payment, agreement, extension, acknowledgment, affidavit, or other action not meeting the requirements of this section. All extensions, agreements, affidavits and acknowledgments shall be indexed in the land evidence records under the name of the present landowner. Upon the expiration of the applicable period provided herein, the mortgage shall be treated for title purposes as if it had been properly discharged by the record holder thereof.

Legislative History

P.L. 1970, ch. 200, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 217, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 139, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 215, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 293, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 96, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 106, § 1.