Rhode Island § 39-15-4 § 39-15-4. Bond to pay damages for property taken.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 39-15-4 — § 39-15-4. Bond to pay damages for property taken.

Rhode Island § 39-15-4

Title 39Public Utilities and Carriers

Ch. 39-15Water Supply

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-15-4 (2026).

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§ 39-15-4. Bond to pay damages for property taken.
Whenever any property or estate or rights of property shall be taken under the provisions
            of this chapter for either of the purposes described in § 39-15-2 or § 39-15-3, and the person or corporation shall then, or at any time thereafter, be required
            by the owner of the property, estate, or right taken, to give bond with surety for
            the payment therefor, the person or corporation shall, without delay, give bond to
            the owner, with surety satisfactory to a justice of the superior court, conditioned
            to pay to the owner all damages that may be awarded him or her for the estate so taken.
         

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§ 39-15-4. Bond to pay damages for property taken.

Whenever any property or estate or rights of property shall be taken under the provisions of this chapter for either of the purposes described in § 39-15-2 or § 39-15-3, and the person or corporation shall then, or at any time thereafter, be required by the owner of the property, estate, or right taken, to give bond with surety for the payment therefor, the person or corporation shall, without delay, give bond to the owner, with surety satisfactory to a justice of the superior court, conditioned to pay to the owner all damages that may be awarded him or her for the estate so taken.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 123, § 3; C.P.A. 1905, § 1223; G.L. 1909, ch. 149, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 179, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 637, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 39-15-4; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 117.