Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 34-28 - Mechanics’ Liens
Section 34-28-7. - Lien of architect or engineer.

§ 34-28-7. Lien of architect or engineer.
The lien, under §§ 34-28-1, 34-28-2 or 34-28-3, of any architect or engineer, or of any immediate or mediate subcontractor thereto, for work done in connection with the construction, erection, alteration, or reparation, the result of which is used therein, shall be valid and enforceable under the provisions of this chapter if and only if a notice of intention provided for in § 34-28-4, is mailed and filed in accordance therewith by the architect, engineer, or such subcontractor thereto, the mailing and filing in the land evidence records to be before the later of two hundred (200) days of the performance of the work or ten (10) days after the actual and visible commencement, by excavation or otherwise, of the construction, erection, alteration or reparation.
History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 235, § 1; P.L. 1966, ch. 197, § 3; P.L. 1991, ch. 328, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 630, § 1.

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Rhode Island General Laws

Title 34 - Property

Chapter 34-28 - Mechanics’ Liens

Section 34-28-1. - Improvements by consent of owner — Contracts barring enforcement of lien against public policy.

Section 34-28-2. - Improvements by consent of tenant or lessee.

Section 34-28-3. - Improvements by consent of owner of less than freehold.

Section 34-28-3.1. - Materials to include rental or lease of any equipment.

Section 34-28-4. - Notice of intention to claim lien.

Section 34-28-4.1. - Contractors.

Section 34-28-5. - Recording notice of intention.

Section 34-28-6. - Repealed.

Section 34-28-7. - Lien of architect or engineer.

Section 34-28-8. - Land subject to lien.

Section 34-28-9. - Effective period of notice.

Section 34-28-10. - Complaint to enforce lien — Lis pendens notice.

Section 34-28-11. - Contents of lis pendens.

Section 34-28-12. - Recording of lis pendens.

Section 34-28-13. - Form of complaint to enforce lien.

Section 34-28-14. - Notice of complaint to owners and encumbrancers.

Section 34-28-15. - Contents and service of citation to owners and encumbrancers.

Section 34-28-16. - Entry of appearance and filing of account or claim.

Section 34-28-16.1. - Petition to foreclose mortgage.

Section 34-28-16.2. - Proceedings in superior court.

Section 34-28-17. - Dismissal of complaint, notice of lien, and release of lien upon deposit in court.

Section 34-28-17.1. - Dismissal of complaint for other cause.

Section 34-28-18. - Consolidation of proceedings by different lienholders.

Section 34-28-19. - Costs of proceedings.

Section 34-28-20. - Persons entitled to contest claims.

Section 34-28-21. - Decree ordering sale.

Section 34-28-22. - Court instructions as to sale.

Section 34-28-23. - Application of proceeds of sale.

Section 34-28-24. - Master’s bond.

Section 34-28-25. - Priority of liens.

Section 34-28-26. - Subordination or release of lien.

Section 34-28-27. - Direct payment on release of lien.

Section 34-28-28. - Damages on withholding direct payment or consent thereto.

Section 34-28-29. - Form of demand for direct payment.

Section 34-28-30. - Suit on bond to secure payment.

Section 34-28-31. - Application to governmental agencies.

Section 34-28-32. - Contractor excused from completing work upon filing of complaint.

Section 34-28-32.2. - Construction.

Section 34-28-33. - Remedy of chapter not exclusive.

Section 34-28-34. - Definitions.

Section 34-28-35. - Form of real estate description.

Section 34-28-36. - Short title.

Section 34-28-37. - Severability.