Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-4-3 (2026)

Fixtures declared to be real estate

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The main wheels, steam engines, dynamos, boilers, and shafts, whether upright or horizontal, drums, pulleys, and wheels attached to any real estate for operating machinery, and all steam pipes, gas pipes, water pipes, ammonia pipes, air pipes, gas fixtures, electric fixtures, and water fixtures attached to, and all kettles set and used in, any manufacturing establishment, are declared to be real estate when owned by the owners of the real estate to which they are attached.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1967–1967 · leading case: Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. v. Cote, 226 A.2d 814 (R.I. 1967).
Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. v. Cote, 226 A.2d 814 (R.I. 1967). “6 Insofar as here pertinent §44-4-10 reads as follows: “The fixtures enumerated in §44-4-3, all picking, carding, spooling, drawing, spinning and reeling frames, dressing and warping machines, looms, tools and machines of all sorts, propelled by steam, water, electric, or other…”
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