§ 34-16-1. Action brought by person claiming through sale or proceedings requiring notice. Any person or persons claiming title to real estate, which title is based upon or has come through a deed of a tax collector or town or city treasurer upon sale of real estate for the collection of taxes, assessments, or municipal […]
§ 34-16-10. Service of process on residents. Service of process upon known defendants residing or located in the state whose residence or place of business therein is known or can be ascertained by the plaintiff shall be made personally, as provided by law. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 528, § 26; P.L. 1940, ch. 938, […]
§ 34-16-11. Service on nonresidents. A nonresident defendant whose place of residence or business is known to the plaintiff shall be served by sending the process registered or certified mail to the defendant postpaid, addressed to his or her residence or place of business last known to the plaintiff. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 528, […]
§ 34-16-12. Service on defendants unknown or with unknown addresses. Service of process upon all unknown defendants, resident or nonresident, or others known, but whose names or addresses are unknown to, or unascertained by, the plaintiff shall be made by publication of an order of notice, to be entered by the court in some public […]
§ 34-16-13. Proof of service — Jurisdiction of parties. The court shall be satisfied before proceeding to hear the cause on its merits that there has been full compliance with the requirements of this chapter with respect to the service of process and may accept the affidavit of any plaintiff or the plaintiff’s attorney of […]
§ 34-16-14. Proof of title — Judgment. No decision, judgment, or decree, excepting decrees taking the matter as confessed, shall be entered by default, but proof satisfactory to the court shall be offered in support of plaintiff’s claim of title and of all claims known to be, or which may be, adverse thereto, and the […]
§ 34-16-15. Remedy cumulative. The remedy provided by this chapter shall be cumulative and shall not exclude or prevent the exercise of any other right or remedy now allowed by law. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 528, § 26; P.L. 1940, ch. 938, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-16-15.
§ 34-16-2. Examination of title — Notice to parties in interest. Upon filing his or her complaint, the plaintiff shall thereafter, at his or her own cost, select, with the approval of the court, a title company or an attorney familiar with the examination of land titles, which company or attorney shall proceed to examine […]
§ 34-16-3. Determination of title — Decree. A cause of action under this chapter shall follow the course of equity so far as equity is applicable, and the court shall determine the validity of the title of the plaintiffs, and may affirm the title, or if it finds other parties to have any title and […]
§ 34-16-4. Action brought by person claiming through conveyance, devise, or inheritance. Any person or persons claiming title to real estate, or any interest or estate, legal or equitable, in real estate, including any warrantor in any deed or other instrument in the chain of title to the real estate, which title, interest, or estate […]
§ 34-16-5. Contents of complaint. The complaint shall contain, among other things, to the extent known to plaintiff: (1) A complete and accurate description of the real estate involved, and the right, title and interest of the plaintiff claimed therein and the character and source thereof; (2) A recital of the character and source of […]
§ 34-16-6. Filing of abstract of title. Upon the filing of the complaint the court may, in its discretion, require that the plaintiff file an abstract of title to the real estate as specified in § 34-16-2. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 528, § 26; P.L. 1941, ch. 1005, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-16-6.
§ 34-16-7. Presumption of lost grant by adverse possession. Open, adverse, exclusive, and uninterrupted possession and enjoyment by the plaintiff, or by his or her predecessors in title or both the plaintiff and predecessors together of the real estate or his, her, or their interest therein described in the complaint, for a period of at […]
§ 34-16-8. Parties barred by presumption of lost grant. Under § 34-16-7, proof satisfactory to the court, and adequate to justify it, shall be effective to bar every claim of any party named or referred to in the cause adverse to plaintiff’s title, and every adverse and inconsistent right, title, and interest therein of any […]
§ 34-16-9. Inclusion of unknown defendants in complaint. (a) The complaint may include as defendants in such cause, in addition to such persons as appear of record to have, or are known to have or to assert, or who may have or assert, some claim to, or interest in, the lands described in the complaint […]
