Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 24-3 - Improvement and Grading by Towns
Section 24-3-27. - Settlement or appraisal of damages from change of grade.

§ 24-3-27. Settlement or appraisal of damages from change of grade.
Whenever any abutting owner shall deem himself or herself to be injured by any change in the grade of a highway, and the owner shall make a claim for compensation for the injury to the town council within forty (40) days after the change of grade shall have been completed, the town council shall appoint three (3) suitable and indifferent persons, not interested in the lands bordering on the highway the grade of which has been changed, who shall be engaged to the faithful discharge of their duties, and who shall go upon the highway when the grade thereof has been changed, and examine the highway, and the estate alleged to have been injured by changing the grade of the highway, and endeavor to agree with the owner of the estate as to the amount of damage sustained by the owner by means of the change of grade, and if they agree with the owner, they shall reduce the agreement to writing and report the agreement to the town council, which report shall be binding upon the owner and upon the town; but if they fail to agree with the owner as to the damage, they shall report the failure to the town council, whereupon the council, after notice to the owner and offering him or her an opportunity to be heard, shall proceed to appraise the damage done to the owner by means of the change of grade.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 72, § 32; G.L. 1909, ch. 83, § 32; G.L. 1923, ch. 96, § 31; G.L. 1938, ch. 73, § 31; G.L. 1956, § 24-3-27.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 24 - Highways

Chapter 24-3 - Improvement and Grading by Towns

Section 24-3-1. - Power to mark out, widen or relocate municipal roads.

Section 24-3-2. - Repealed.

Section 24-3-3. - Hearing on enlargement or relocation in towns — Commissioners of estimate and assessment.

Section 24-3-4. - Assessment of benefits and damages in cities.

Section 24-3-5. - Commissioners’ estimate and report.

Section 24-3-6. - Filing and notice of report.

Section 24-3-7. - Publication and posting of notices.

Section 24-3-8. - Jury trial on report.

Section 24-3-9. - Election by council to make or discontinue improvements.

Section 24-3-10. - Taking of possession by town — Removal of crops and improvements.

Section 24-3-11. - Confirmation of reports.

Section 24-3-12. - Termination of leases and contracts on land taken.

Section 24-3-13. - Payment of damages awarded — Action against town.

Section 24-3-14. - Collection of assessments for benefits — Lien.

Section 24-3-15. - Compensation and expenses of commissioners.

Section 24-3-16. - Declaration of opening of highway.

Section 24-3-17. - Cities and towns affected.

Section 24-3-18. - Commissioners to define grade.

Section 24-3-19. - Notice of report on definition of grade.

Section 24-3-20. - Council action on commissioners’ report — Recording.

Section 24-3-21. - Effect of definition of grade.

Section 24-3-22. - Compensation and expenses of commissioners — Collection from petitioners.

Section 24-3-23. - Grading or change of grade — Notice and hearing.

Section 24-3-24. - Establishment and curbing of sidewalks.

Section 24-3-25. - Liability for cost of curbs.

Section 24-3-26. - Collection of curb costs.

Section 24-3-27. - Settlement or appraisal of damages from change of grade.

Section 24-3-28. - Appeal of appraisals and assessments.

Section 24-3-29. - Judgment on appeal.

Section 24-3-30. - Payment of damages — Action for recovery.

Section 24-3-31. - Islands exempt from provisions.