Rhode Island § 37-12-7 § 37-12-7. Notice of pendency of suit.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 37-12-7 — § 37-12-7. Notice of pendency of suit.

Rhode Island § 37-12-7

Title 37Public Property and Works

Ch. 37-12Contractorsâ€™ Bonds

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 37-12-7 (2026).

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§ 37-12-7. Notice of pendency of suit.
In any suit brought under the provisions of this chapter such personal notice of the
            pendency of the suit as the court may order shall be given to all such known creditors
            and persons claiming to be creditors under the bond as shall not have entered their
            appearances in the suit and, in addition to the notice, notice of the pendency of
            the suit shall be given by publication in some newspaper published in this state of
            general circulation in the city or town or every city or town in which the work covered
            by the contract was carried on, once a week for three (3) successive weeks, in such
            form as the 

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§ 37-12-7. Notice of pendency of suit.

In any suit brought under the provisions of this chapter such personal notice of the pendency of the suit as the court may order shall be given to all such known creditors and persons claiming to be creditors under the bond as shall not have entered their appearances in the suit and, in addition to the notice, notice of the pendency of the suit shall be given by publication in some newspaper published in this state of general circulation in the city or town or every city or town in which the work covered by the contract was carried on, once a week for three (3) successive weeks, in such form as the court may order. The court, however, may dispense with the notices if satisfied that sufficient notices shall have been given in some other suit brought under the provisions of this chapter.