{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-20.8-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-20.8-3","heading":"Exemptions.","body":"The following transfers are exempt from the provisions of this chapter:\n(1) Transfer pursuant to a court order, including, but not limited to, transfer ordered by a probate court in administration of an estate, transfer pursuant to a writ of execution, transfer by a trustee in bankruptcy, transfer by eminent domain, and transfer resulting from a decree for specific performance;\n(2) Transfer to a mortgagee by a mortgagor or pursuant to a foreclosure sale, or transfer by a mortgagee who has so acquired the real estate;\n(3) Transfer by a fiduciary in the course of the administration of a decedent’s estate, guardianship, conservatorship, or trust;\n(4) Transfer from one co-owner to one or more other co-owners;\n(5) Transfer made to a spouse, or to a person or persons in the lineal line of consanguinity of one or more of the transferors;\n(6) Transfer between spouses resulting from a decree of dissolution of marriage or a decree of legal separation or from a property settlement agreement incidental to that decree;\n(7) Transfer from any governmental entity;\n(8) Transfer of any new unoccupied dwelling unit from a builder or developer;\n(9) Transfer by a relocation company; and\n(10) Transfer of title with no consideration.","path":["Title 5 Businesses and Professions","Chapter 20.8 Real Estate Sales Disclosures"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE5/5-20.8/5-20.8-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:34:19Z","sha256":"0c04a760c352535992d69a004458c84a2b84db078260f143c441cc275a3ff26b","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-20.8-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-20.8-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}