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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-34 > Chapter-34-10 > 34-10-16SECTION 34-10-16
§ 34-10-16 Construction or repair of fenceby complainant – Action for cost and penalties. – If the order shall not be complied with the complainant may build, repair, orrebuild the fence in the manner set forth in the order, and when the fenceshall be completed to the satisfaction of such fence viewer he or she shallascertain the cost thereof and give a certificate of the same, including alsohis or her fees, to the complainant, who shall be entitled to demand andrecover of the party delinquent double the sum in the certificate mentioned,and interest at the rate of twelve per cent (12%) per annum. The fence viewershall lodge a like certificate, to be signed by him or her, in the town clerk'soffice of the town in which the land lies, and the double sum above-mentionedshall be a lien on the land of the delinquent party, and shall attach at andfrom the time of the filing of the order in the town clerk's office, asprovided in § 34-10-15, and may be recovered in a civil action. If thedefendant cannot be found within the state, the writ shall be served by leavingan attested copy thereof in the clerk's office of the town wherein the land issituated, and the judgment in the action may be satisfied by an executionissued thereon, levied and served in the same manner as provided for the levyand service of executions in actions at law.
