R.I. Gen. Laws § 24-3-14: Collection of assessments for benefits — Lien.

The amount of benefit apportioned and assessed to the owners of real estate by the commissioners in their report, confirmed as aforesaid, and required by the report to be paid by the respective owners, shall be added to the taxes assessed against the real estate and the owners thereof by the assessors of taxes at the next or any subsequent annual assessment of taxes after the confirmation of the report, and shall be and remain a lien upon the real estates from and after the confirmation until it is paid, and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the other taxes assessed against the real estate and the owners thereof; except in cases where the estates are owned by nonresidents in the state, or minors, in which case one year in addition shall be allowed.