Title 39
Public Utilities and Carriers

Chapter 15
Water Supply

R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-15-3

§ 39-15-3. Riparian rights as to tidelands.

If any land covered by tidewater shall be taken under this chapter, then damages to the rights of every riparian owner and of every lessee of the land, if any, shall be awarded under the provisions hereof the same as for any other right of property.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 123, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 149, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 179, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 637, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 39-15-3.