R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-29-7
Any owner of or persons entitled to any estate in or interested in any part of the land, or interest in it, taken pursuant to this chapter, who cannot agree with the authority for the price of the land, or interest in it, so taken in which he or she is interested as previously stated, may, within three (3) months after personal notice of the taking, or, if he or she has no personal notice, within one year from the first publication of the copy of the resolution and statement referred to in § 45-29-3, apply by petition to the superior court in and for the county in which the land, or interest in it, lies, setting forth the taking of his or her land or interest in it, and praying for an assessment of damages by a jury.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-29-7