CommonGround in Rhode Island
Rhode Island HOA compliance, enforced as code
Rhode Island's statutory enforcement procedure ships in CommonGround as a versioned rule set. Every requirement below is enforced as code: the legally correct path is the only path the software allows, and every blocked action comes back with the statute citation.
RI-HOA-SILENCE-2026.06 · Rhode Island (no planned community / HOA act)
RI-CONDO-34-36.1-2026.06 · R.I. Condominium Law (§ 34-36.1-3.20)
Not legal advice. CommonGround provides compliance guidance, not legal advice. The summaries below are generated from CommonGround's versioned Rhode Island rule-set data and require attorney review before you rely on them — consult your association's attorney for legal questions.
What Rhode Island law requires — and how CommonGround enforces it
Planned communities (HOAs)
Rhode Island law leaves the enforcement process to your governing documents — no state statute prescribes the fine notice, cure period, hearing, or dollar caps. CommonGround runs your documents' process with the same statutes-as-code rigor, audit trail, and owner-facing notices: your declaration's notice windows, cure periods, and fine schedule become the workflow, every step is recorded, and every deadline is tracked.
Condominiums
Who decides the fine
Decision body — the board
Hearings are conducted before the executive board or a person designated by the executive board (§ 34-36.1-3.20(e)); the board records the decision. R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-36.1-3.20(a)
In CommonGround: CommonGround routes the fine decision to the board and requires the recorded decision before any fine is assessed.
Notice, opportunity to be heard, and a recorded decision
Notice and the opportunity for a hearing must be provided to an alleged violator before a fine is imposed (§§ 34-36.1-3.02(a)(11), 34-36.1-3.20(a)). No statutory cure period or notice-content list. R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-36.1-3.20(a)
In CommonGround: The workflow has no path around it: the notice must be sent, the opportunity to be heard must be offered, and the decision must be recorded — in that order — before a fine can exist.
Fine limits
Per-day fine cap — $100
Daily fines shall be no more than $100 per day for residential condominiums (commercial: $500/day — out of product scope). R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-36.1-3.20(b)
In CommonGround: A daily fine over $100 is rejected at entry, with the citation, before it ever reaches a notice.
Single-fine cap — $500
Fines other than daily fines shall be no more than $500 for residential condominiums (commercial: $1,000 — out of product scope). R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-36.1-3.20(c)
In CommonGround: A single fine over $500 can't be recorded — the form rejects it with the citation.
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