§ 16-9-8. Late filing of petition by landowner not receiving personal notice.
In case any owner of or person having an estate in or interested in the land shall fail to receive personal notice of the taking of the land, and shall fail to file his or her petition as provided in § 16-9-7, the court in its discretion may permit the filing of the petition subsequent to the period of one year from the filing of the description and statement; provided, the person shall have had no actual knowledge of the taking of the land in season to file the petition; and provided, the town, after the filing of the description and statement, shall not have paid any other persons claiming to own the land the price or value of the land, or be liable to pay for the land under any judgment rendered against the town under the provisions of §§ 16-9-5 to 16-9-8.
History of Section.P.L. 1906, ch. 1306, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 75, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 82, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 343, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 16-9-8.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 16-9 - School Funds and Property
Section 16-9-1. - Receipt and payment of school funds by town treasurer.
Section 16-9-2. - Annual statement — Contents.
Section 16-9-4. - Town providing for schoolhouses.
Section 16-9-4.1. - New school construction — Regulations for technology requirements.
Section 16-9-5. - Power of city or town to condemn for school purposes — Maximum acreage.
Section 16-9-6. - Filing of description of land taken — Notice to owners — Payment of agreed price.
Section 16-9-7. - Assessment of land value by jury — Petition of owner.
Section 16-9-8. - Late filing of petition by landowner not receiving personal notice.
Section 16-9-9. - Purchase of flags and staffs for school buildings.