§ 34-36-12 - Recording of instruments affecting property – Separate index. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 34-36-12

   § 34-36-12  Recording of instrumentsaffecting property – Separate index. – (a) The declaration, any amendment, any instrument by which the provisions ofthis chapter may be waived, and every instrument affecting the property or anyunit shall be entitled to be recorded. Neither the declaration nor anyamendment thereof shall be valid unless recorded.

   (b) In addition to the records and indexes required to bemaintained by the recorder, the recorder may maintain an index whereby therecord of each condominium project contains a reference to the declaration,each conveyance of, lien against, and all other instruments referring to a unitaffected by the declaration, and the record of each conveyance of, lienagainst, and all other instruments referring to a unit shall contain areference to the declaration of the property of which the unit is a part.