Rhode Island § 9-4-9 § 9-4-9. Lis pendens.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 9-4-9 — § 9-4-9. Lis pendens.

Rhode Island § 9-4-9

Title 9COURTS and CIVIL PROCEDURE–PROCEDURE GENERALLY

Ch. 9-4Commencement of Proceedings

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-4-9 (2026).

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§ 9-4-9. Lis pendens.
(a) No proceeding in court, hereafter taken, whether by filing bill, petition, declaration,
            or other complaint, or by rule of court or otherwise, and no final order, decree,
            or judgment, concerning the title to any real estate, in this state, or to any interest
            or easement therein, shall affect the title (except as to parties thereto and their
            heirs and devisees, and those having actual notice thereof) as to any rights acquired
            before notice of the filing, or entry of the notice shall be recorded in the records
            of land evidence in the town or city where the real estate is situated; the notice
            to be copied in 

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§ 9-4-9. Lis pendens.

(a) No proceeding in court, hereafter taken, whether by filing bill, petition, declaration, or other complaint, or by rule of court or otherwise, and no final order, decree, or judgment, concerning the title to any real estate, in this state, or to any interest or easement therein, shall affect the title (except as to parties thereto and their heirs and devisees, and those having actual notice thereof) as to any rights acquired before notice of the filing, or entry of the notice shall be recorded in the records of land evidence in the town or city where the real estate is situated; the notice to be copied in a book duly indexed and kept for that purpose. The notice shall briefly state the names of all the parties, the court wherein filed, the date of filing, and the substance of the bill, petition, declaration or other complaint, rule, order, decree, or judgment, and a description of the real estate thereby affected, so as far as may be necessary to warn any person subsequently dealing with the title to the land.

(b) Any person causing such notice to be recorded shall, within seven (7) days of the recording, cause a copy of said notice to be mailed, regular mail, postage prepaid to all parties named in the bill, petition, declaration or other complaint, rule, order, decree, or judgment at their last known address. Failure to comply with this provision shall not invalidate the lis pendens.

Legislative History

C.P.A. 1905, § 439; G.L. 1909, ch. 294, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 344, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 439, § 1; P.L. 1940, ch. 942, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-4-9; P.L. 1988, ch. 85, § 1.