Rhode Island General Laws Title 45. Towns and Cities § 45-29-5. Service and publication of notice of taking of property

No sum paid into the court pursuant to § 45-29-4 shall be charged with clerk's fees of any nature. After the filing of the copy, plat, and statement, pursuant to § 45-29-4, notice of the taking of the land, or interest in it, shall be served upon the owners of and persons having an estate in and interested in the land by the sheriff or his deputies of the county in which the land, or interest in it, lies, leaving a true and attested copy of the description and statement with each of those persons personally, or at their last and usual place of abode in this state with some person living there, and in case any of those persons are absent from this state and have no last and usual place of abode in the state occupied by any person, the copy shall be left with the persons, if any, in charge of or having possession of the land, or interest in it, taken of the absent persons if they are known to the officer; and after the filing of the resolution, plat, and statement, the secretary of the authority shall cause a copy of the resolution and statement to be published in some newspaper published in the county where the land, or interest in it, may be located at least once a week for three (3) successive weeks.