R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-9-27 — Examination of title — Notice to interested parties of foreclosure petition

(a) Upon the filing of a petition, the petitioner shall, at his or her own cost, select,
with the approval of the court, a title company or an attorney familiar with the examination
of land titles. This company or attorney shall make an examination of the title sufficient
only to determine the persons who may be interested in the title, and the petitioner
shall, upon the filing of the examiner’s report, notify all persons appearing to be
interested, whether as equity owners, mortgagees, lienors, attaching creditors, or
otherwise, as well as the tax collector in the municipality where the subject property
is located, of the pendency of the petition, the notice to be sent to each by registered
or certified mail and return of receipt required. In the event that any item mailed
by certified mail is returned unopened, the petitioner shall send that notice to the
addressee at the same address by first class regular mail, postage prepaid, and also,
if the subject property is residential, petition the court for leave to serve the
addressee by tacking said notice to the front door of the subject property. Other
and further notice by publication or otherwise shall be given as the court may at
any time order.
(b) The notice, to be addressed “To all whom it may concern,” shall contain the name of
the petitioner, the names of all known respondents, a description of the land, and
a statement of the nature of the petition, shall fix the time when appearance may
be entered, and shall contain a statement that, unless the notified party shall appear
within the fixed time, a default will be recorded, the petition taken as confessed,
and the right of redemption forever barred (Form 6).