§ 34-4-21 - Limitation of restrictive covenants. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 34-4-21

   § 34-4-21  Limitation of restrictivecovenants. – If a covenant or restriction concerning the use of land, other than housingrestrictions as set forth in § 34-39.1-3, and conservation restrictionsand preservation restrictions as set forth in §§ 34-39-3 and 34-39-4,is created by any instrument taking effect after May 11, 1953, the covenant orrestriction, if unlimited in time in the instrument, shall cease to be validand operative thirty (30) years after the execution of the instrument creatingit; provided, however, that the terms of this section shall not apply to anycovenants and/or restrictions initially created by the Commerce Oil RefiningCorporation with respect to land in the town of Jamestown.