§ 34-16-12. Service on defendants unknown or with unknown addresses.
Service of process upon all unknown defendants, resident or nonresident, or others known, but whose names or addresses are unknown to, or unascertained by, the plaintiff shall be made by publication of an order of notice, to be entered by the court in some public newspaper published in this state, to be designated by the court, for such length of time as the court shall direct.
History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 528, § 26; P.L. 1940, ch. 938, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-16-12.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 34-16 - Quieting Title
Section 34-16-1. - Action brought by person claiming through sale or proceedings requiring notice.
Section 34-16-2. - Examination of title — Notice to parties in interest.
Section 34-16-3. - Determination of title — Decree.
Section 34-16-4. - Action brought by person claiming through conveyance, devise, or inheritance.
Section 34-16-5. - Contents of complaint.
Section 34-16-6. - Filing of abstract of title.
Section 34-16-7. - Presumption of lost grant by adverse possession.
Section 34-16-8. - Parties barred by presumption of lost grant.
Section 34-16-9. - Inclusion of unknown defendants in complaint.
Section 34-16-10. - Service of process on residents.
Section 34-16-11. - Service on nonresidents.
Section 34-16-12. - Service on defendants unknown or with unknown addresses.
Section 34-16-13. - Proof of service — Jurisdiction of parties.