2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 34 - Property
Chapter 34-28 - Mechanics' Liens
Section 34-28-8 - Land subject to lien.


RI Gen L § 34-28-8 (2013) What's This?

§ 34-28-8 Land subject to lien. – A notice of intention may be mailed and filed under § 34-28-4 against one or more contiguous parcels of land or parcels of land separated only by a public or private way, provided such parcels are owned, or occupied as lessee or tenant, by the same person or persons, and in such case the lien under the provisions of §§ 34-28-1, 34-28-2, 34-28-3 or 34-28-7 shall be against all of the parcels of land and all of the buildings, canals, turnpikes, railroads, or other improvements thereon in accordance with the tenor of those sections, or against the interest of the lessee or tenant therein, if the work is done or the materials are used on any of the parcels, or in any of the buildings, canals, turnpikes, railroads, or other improvements.

History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 206, § 20; G.L. 1909, ch. 257, § 20; G.L. 1923, ch. 301, § 20; G.L. 1938, ch. 445, § 20; G.L. 1956, § 34-28-21; G.L. 1956, § 34-28-8; P.L. 1965, ch. 235, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 328, § 1.)

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