§ 44-9-31 - Contest of validity of tax title. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 44-9-31

   § 44-9-31  Contest of validity of taxtitle. – If a person claiming an interest desires to raise any question concerning thevalidity of a tax title, the person shall do so by answer filed in theproceeding on or before the return day, or within that further time as may onmotion be allowed by the court, or else be forever barred from contesting orraising the question in any other proceeding. He or she shall also filespecifications setting forth the matters upon which he or she relies to defeatthe title; and unless the specifications are filed, all questions of thevalidity or invalidity of the title, whether in the form of the deed orproceedings relating to the sale, shall be deemed to have been waived. Upon thefiling of the specifications, the court shall hear the parties and shall entera decree in conformity with the law on the facts found.