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Rhode Island Property Lien Statutes - Rhode Island Mechanics Lien Law | LienItNow
Rhode Island Property Lien Statutes - Rhode Island Mechanics Lien Law
The provisions of the Rhode Island statutes that permit the filing of mechanics liens and materialman's liens on construction projects can be found in Rhode Island's Mechanics' Lien Law, Gen. Laws 1956 § 34-28-1 et. seq. The full text of the Rhode Island Construction Lien Law is provided below, and has been updated as of 2011. To see a quick synopsis of the most important provisions, take a look at our Rhode Island Frequently Asked Questions page.
[ § 34-28-1. Improvements by Consent of Owner-Contracts Barring Enforcement of Lien Against Public Policy]
[ § 34-28-2. Improvements by Consent of Tenant or Lessee]
[ § 34-28-3. Improvements by Consent of Owner of Less than Freehold]
[ § 34-28-3.1. Materials to Include Rental or Lease of Any Equipment]
[ § 34-28-4. Notice of Intention to Claim Lien]
[ § 34-28-4.1. Contractors]
[ § 34-28-5. Recording Notice of Intention]
[ § 34-28-6. Repealed]
[ § 34-28-7. Lien of Architect or Engineer]
[ § 34-28-8. Land Subject to Lien]
[ § 34-28-9. Effective Period of Notice]
[ § 34-28-10. Complaint to Enforce Lien-Lis Pendens Notice]
[ § 34-28-11. Contents of Lis Pendens]
[ § 34-28-12. Recording of Lis Pendens]
[ § 34-28-13. Form of Complaint to Enforce Lien]
[ § 34-28-14. Notice of Complaint to Owners and Encumbrancers]
[ § 34-28-15. Contents and Service of Citation to Owners and Encumbrancers]
[ § 34-28-16. Entry of Appearance and Filing of Account or Claim]
[ § 34-28-16.1. Petition to Foreclose Mortgage]
[ § 34-28-16.2. Proceedings in Superior Court]
[ § 34-28-17. Dismissal of Complaint, Notice of Lien, and Release of Lien upon Deposit in Court]
[ § 34-28-17.1. Dismissal of Complaint for Other Cause]
[ § 34-28-18. Consolidation of Proceedings by Different Lienholders]
[ § 34-28-19. Costs of Proceedings]
[ § 34-28-20. Persons Entitled to Contest Claims]
[ § 34-28-21. Decree Ordering Sale]
[ § 34-28-22. Court Instructions as to Sale]
[ § 34-28-23. Application of Proceeds of Sale]
[ § 34-28-24. Master’s Bond]
[ § 34-28-25. Priority of Liens]
[ § 34-28-26. Subordination or Release of Lien]
[ § 34-28-27. Direct Payment on Release of Lien]
[ § 34-28-28. Damages on Withholding Direct Payment or Consent Thereto]
[ § 34-28-29. Form of Demand for Direct Payment]
[ § 34-28-30. Suit on Bond to Secure Payment]
[ § 34-28-31. Application to Governmental Agencies]
[ § 34-28-32. Contractor Excused from Completing Work upon Filing of Complaint]
[ § 34-28-32.2. Construction]
[ § 34-28-33. Remedy of Chapter Not Exclusive]
[ § 34-28-34. Definitions]
[ § 34-28-35. Form of Real Estate Description]
[ § 34-28-36. Short Title]
[ § 34-28-37. Severability]
Rhode Island Construction Lien Law for Mechanics and Materialmen
§ 34-28-1. Improvements by consent of owner--Contracts barring enforcement of lien against public policy
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No person contracting directly with either the owner of the land, lessee, or tenant of the land, or owner of less than the fee simple, other than material suppliers, as those terms are referred to in §§ 34-28-1, 34-28-2, 34-28-3 of this Chapter, shall be entitled to claim a lien under this chapter unless that person shall have given the following notice to the owner, lessee or tenant, or owner of less than the fee simple in writing, by certified mail, return receipt requested, within ten (10) business days of commencing work or delivery of materials for construction, erection, alteration or repair as set forth in this chapter.
The undersigned is about to perform work and/or furnish materials for the construction, erection, alterations or repair upon the land at (INSERT ADDRESS) under contract with you. This is a notice that the undersigned and any other persons who provide labor and materials for the improvement under contract with the undersigned may file a mechanic’s lien upon the land in the event of nonpayment to them. It is your responsibility to assure yourself that those other persons under contract with the undersigned receive payment for their work performed and materials furnished for the construction, erection, alteration or repair upon the land.
§ 34-28-10. Complaint to enforce lien--Lis pendens notice
All persons are hereby notified that the undersigned this day has filed or will file within seven (7) days hereafter, in the superior court for .......... County, a complaint to enforce a mechanics’ lien against (here insert name of the person against whom the complaint has been or will be filed and his or her relationship to the land), concerning land described as follows: (here insert description of land). The undersigned asserts that there is due to him or her the sum of (here insert the amount claimed) under the mechanics’ lien, which is based upon a notice of intention, under § 34-28-4 of the mechanics’ lien law, mailed to (here insert name and address of person to whom mailing was made) on (here insert date of mailing) and filed in the records of land evidence of the city or town of (here insert name of city or town) on (here insert date of filing of notice). The attorney for the undersigned is (here insert name and address of attorney.
§ 34-28-12. Recording of lis pendens
§ 34-28-14. Notice of complaint to owners and encumbrancers
§ 34-28-15. Contents and service of citation to owners and encumbrancers
§ 34-28-24. Master’s bond
§ 34-28-28. Damages on withholding direct payment or consent thereto