R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-9-3

Before proceeding to make a survey and to establish the lines according to § 34-9-2, the commissioners shall notify all persons whose rights may be affected by the determination of the lines, in the manner as the court shall direct, to appear at a time and place named to be heard in relation to the survey. The report and plan of the commissioners, when approved by the court and recorded as provided in § 34-9-2, shall forever fix and determine the rights of all persons and parties, except when definite boundary lines have been established by parties legally authorized so to do.