TITLE 46
Waters and Navigation
CHAPTER 46-2
Federal Navigation and Flood Control Projects
SECTION 46-2-14
§ 46-2-14 Filing of plat and certificate
Notice to owners.
The city or town, taking any property, estate, or right of property under the
provisions of §§ 46-2-12 46-2-26, shall first cause a plat
with a description thereof to be made, which, with a certificate of the taking
of the same, shall contain a list of the owners thereof and of the persons
interested therein, so far as the same may be known to the town or city taking
the same, and which shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the superior
court for the county where the property or estate is located; and upon the
filing of the certificate, the taking shall thereupon become forthwith
effective and the clerk shall forthwith issue a notice to the several persons
named therein which shall contain the substance of the certificate, and also a
notice of a time and place when the persons may appear in the court and be
heard in reference to the question of the damages sustained by reason of the
taking; and the clerk shall, for four (4) successive weeks thereafter, cause to
be advertised in each issue of some newspaper published in the county a copy of
the notice, requiring all persons interested in the premises to appear at said
time and place, if they see fit, to be heard in the premises. The personal
notice upon known parties shall be served as soon as may be, and at least
twenty (20) days before the time of the hearing, by some officer authorized to
serve process or by some disinterested person.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1956, ch. 3662, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 46-2-14.)
