Rhode Island: 72 hours before you dig.
Dig Safe · R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 39-1.2, §39-1.2-5
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A waiting period is not always permission. Some states also require that every operator has answered before you break ground, and some require you to mark your own dig path first. Where we have read that requirement, it is in the notes on this page. Where this page is silent, we have not checked it yet — silence here is not the same as absence. We are working through the rest and dating each one as it lands.
Notice before you break ground
72 hours
72 hours excluding weekends and legal holidays, max 30 days.
Worth knowing in Rhode Island
No expiry: the ticket stays good as long as the marks are maintained.
Common questions about digging in Rhode Island
- How much notice do you have to give before digging in Rhode Island?
- 72 hours before you break ground, through Dig Safe. 72 hours excluding weekends and legal holidays, max 30 days.
Check it yourself
Every figure here was read off R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 39-1.2, §39-1.2-5, not off a summary — summaries of these get the unit wrong, and the unit is usually a weekend. Read the source.
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