§ 34-13.1-9 - Notice not to be recorded to slander title damages. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 34-13.1-9

   § 34-13.1-9  Notice not to be recorded toslander title damages. – No person may use the privilege of recording notices under §§34-13.1-5 and 34-13.1-6 for the purpose of slandering the title to land. In anyaction brought for the purpose of quieting title to land, if the court findsthat any person has recorded a claim for that purpose only, the court shallaward the plaintiff all the costs of the action, including such attorneys' feesas the court may allow to the plaintiff, and in addition, shall decree that thedefendant asserting the claim shall pay to the plaintiff all damages theplaintiff may have sustained as the result of such notice of claim having beenso recorded.