§ 32-1-4 - Procedure for condemnation of land. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 32-1-4

   § 32-1-4  Procedure for condemnation ofland. – For the purpose of acquiring by condemnation any of the lands, estates, andinterests therein authorized to be taken by § 32-1-3, the director of thedepartment of environmental management shall have the powers conferred, and besubject to the duties imposed, upon towns taking property under the provisionsof chapter 15 of title 39, so far as those powers and duties are consistentwith the provisions of § 32-1-3 and appropriate for the purposes thereof.A description, plat, and statement of any land or any estate or interesttherein taken as described in § 32-1-3 shall be signed by the director ofthe department and filed in the records of land evidence as required by chapter15 of title 39 with respect to takings thereunder, and the owner of any land,estate, or interest therein taken under the authority of § 32-1-3 shallhave the same right of petition and of jury trial thereon and all other rightsgiven or secured to owners of property taken under chapter 15 of title 39.