§ 45-59-18 - Petition for relief from assessment. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 45-59-18

   § 45-59-18  Petition for relief fromassessment. – (a) Any person aggrieved on any ground whatsoever by any assessment against himor her by a district management authority in any municipality may within three(3) months after the last day appointed for the payment without penalty of theassessment, or the first installment of the payment, if the assessment ispayable in installments, file a notice of appeal with the district managementauthority, and within thirty (30) days thereafter, file a petition in thesuperior court for the county within which the municipality is located forrelief from the assessment, to which petition the district management authoritywill be made a party respondent, and the clerk of the superior court willthereupon issue a citation substantially in the following form:

   THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS

   To the sheriff of the several counties, or to the deputies,Greetings:

   We command you to summon the treasurer of (the districtmanagement authority): to wit,                  of               (if to be found in your precinct) to answer the complaint of                  of               on the return day hereof (said return day being the               day of    , A.D. 20      ) in the superior court to be holden at thecounty's courthouse in as by petition filed in court is fully set forth; and toshow cause why said petition should not be granted.

   Hereof fail not, and make true return of this writ with yourdoings thereon.

   Witness, the seal of our superior court, at                  this day of               in the year,    A.D. 20      .

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   (b) The petition will be subject to the provisions of§§ 44-5-26 – 44-5-31 insofar as those sections may be applicable.