Motor Vehicle Tax Collections
The Town receives all registration renewal forms from the State of RI Registry of Motor Vehicles for those residents who have vehicles registered in South Kingstown. If motor vehicle taxes are up to date, the Town places an approval stamp on the form and mails it to the individual. If there are delinquent taxes due, car registrations are held and notices are sent by the Tax Collector in order to prevent those who fail to pay their motor vehicle taxes from registering their motor vehicles until taxes are paid.
If you are registering a motor vehicle in the State of RI, you must obtain an approval stamp from the Tax Collector on your State car registration prior to renewal. Because this approval stamp is required, South Kingstown residents cannot register their vehicles on-line at the State’s website.
Click here for the location and hours of operation of the R.I. Registry of Motor Vehicles. As a reminder, AAA members can renew their automobile registrations at an AAA Office.
Real Estate Tax Collections
The Town holds an annual tax sale for non-payment of property taxes under the provisions of Rhode Island General Laws §44-9. According to law, the sale is published in the legal section of the South County Independent. The sale is usually held in April. The next tax sale is scheduled for April 2011 to be held in the Town Council Chambers at 180 High St., Wakefield, RI. A list of the properties is available inthe Tax Collector’s Office in March of each year and listed in the South County Independent for three consecutive weeks prior to the sale.
Tangible Personal Property Tax Collections
This includes taxes for tangible personal property such as manufactured/mobile homes on leased land and/or commercial property as defined in Rhode Island General Laws, §44-4-10 as all motors, machines, equipment, fixtures and tools of all sorts however propelled, in any factory, machine shop, print works, manufacturing, or other establishment of any kind, and all livestock and farming tools on farms; all fixtures, tools, machinery, livestock, farming tools, goods, wares, merchandise, and all other tangible personal property except manufacturer's inventory as defined in Rhode Island General Laws, §44-3-3.
The Town of South Kingstown places UCC liens on delinquent property owners for the tangible personal property tax and interest due through the RI Secretary of State’s Office. In addition, the Town holds a distress sale of tangible properties under the provisions of Rhode Island General Laws, §44-8. The next Distress Sale is scheduled for late summer 2010. A List of the tangible properties will be available at the Tax Collector’s office prior to the sale.