R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-29-20
Upon the filing in the office of the clerk of the superior court of the description, plat, and statement referred to in § 45-29-19, the court shall enter an order fixing the time when, and the place where, all persons interested in the land or any interest or estate in the land, in the description, plat, or statement set forth, may appear before the court and be heard with reference to the taking of the land, (but not later than fifteen (15) days from the filing), and the hearing shall take precedence over all other civil matters pending before the court, or if the superior court not in session in that county, in the superior court for the counties of Providence and Bristol. The clerk of the court for the county in which the land lies, shall then issue notice directed to the persons interested in the land or any interest or estate in it, containing a summary in substance of the description, plat, and statement so filed and a copy of the court order, all of which shall be served by publication for a time and in a newspaper or newspapers that the court prescribes, and in any other manner that the court may direct.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-29-20