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
the title to the real estate described in the complaint, and when the examination
is completed, shall deposit an abstract of title to the real estate in the court,
together with a report of the status of the title and a list of the parties found
interested therein, and who should, in the opinion of the company or attorney, be
made parties to the action. Upon receipt of the abstract and report, the court shall
order all persons not parties to the action but found by it to be necessary to the
cause to be made parties defendant and shall order notice to be given to those defendants.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
4
cases, 1984–2014 · leading case:
Costa v. Silva, 996 A.2d 607 (R.I. 2010).
Costa v. Silva, 996 A.2d 607 (R.I. 2010).
· cites it 3× “Section 34-16-2. The statute also provides the procedure for service of process upon known resident and nonresident defendants and upon unknown defendants or those with unknown addresses.”
William J. Nye v. Susan J. Brousseau, 102 A.3d 627 (R.I. 2014).
· cites it 8× “1956] § 34-16-2[,]” was “[njoticeably absent” from the court file; and, thus, a genuine issue of material fact may exist which precluded the entry of summary judgment.”
Conti v. Hines, 659 A.2d 117 (R.I. 1995).
· cites it 2× “1956 (1984 Reenactment) § 34-16-2. This in rem action to quiet title was filed in 1987 and involves title to about 450 small lots of land in Smithfield, Rhode Island.”
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