§ 34-18-1. Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Residential Landlord and Tenant Act”.
History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 200, § 2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 34-18 - Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
Section 34-18-1. - Short title.
Section 34-18-2. - Purposes — Rules of construction.
Section 34-18-3. - Supplementary principles of law applicable.
Section 34-18-4. - Construction against implicit repeal.
Section 34-18-5. - Administration of remedies — Enforcement.
Section 34-18-6. - Temporary restraining orders — Ex parte proceedings.
Section 34-18-7. - Application.
Section 34-18-8. - Exclusions from application of chapter.
Section 34-18-9. - Jurisdiction.
Section 34-18-10. - Service of process for actions pursuant to chapter.
Section 34-18-11. - Definitions.
Section 34-18-12. - Obligation of good faith.
Section 34-18-13. - Unconscionability.
Section 34-18-15. - Terms and conditions of rental agreement.
Section 34-18-16. - Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement.
Section 34-18-16.1. - Rent increases — Notice requirements.
Section 34-18-17. - Prohibited provisions in rental agreements.
Section 34-18-18. - Receipt of rent free of maintenance obligations forbidden.
Section 34-18-19. - Security deposits.
Section 34-18-20. - Disclosure.
Section 34-18-21. - Landlord to deliver possession of dwelling unit.
Section 34-18-22. - Landlord to maintain premises.
Section 34-18-22.1. - Landlord’s duty to notify tenant of violation.
Section 34-18-22.2. - Landlord’s duty regarding compliance with zoning and minimum housing laws.
Section 34-18-22.3. - Nonresident landlord to designate agent for service of process.
Section 34-18-23. - Limitation of liability upon sale or change of management.
Section 34-18-24. - Tenant to maintain dwelling unit.
Section 34-18-25. - Rules and regulations.
Section 34-18-27. - Tenant to use and occupy.
Section 34-18-28. - Noncompliance by the landlord in general.
Section 34-18-29. - Failure to deliver possession.
Section 34-18-30. - Self-help for limited repairs.
Section 34-18-31. - Wrongful failure to supply heat, water, hot water, or essential services.
Section 34-18-32. - Landlord’s noncompliance as defense to action for possession or rent.
Section 34-18-33. - Fire or casualty damage.
Section 34-18-35. - Eviction for nonpayment of rent.
Section 34-18-36. - Eviction for noncompliance with rental agreement.
Section 34-18-37. - Termination of periodic tenancy.
Section 34-18-38. - Eviction for unlawfully holding over after termination or expiration of tenancy.
Section 34-18-38.2. - Just cause needed for eviction of foreclosed residential property tenants.
Section 34-18-39. - Failure to maintain.
Section 34-18-40. - Remedies for abandonment.
Section 34-18-41. - Waiver of landlord’s right to terminate.
Section 34-18-42. - Landlord liens — Distraint for rent abolished.
Section 34-18-43. - Remedy after termination.
Section 34-18-44. - Self-help recovery of possession prohibited.
Section 34-18-45. - Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access.
Section 34-18-46. - Retaliatory conduct prohibited.
Section 34-18-48. - Execution.
Section 34-18-49. - Payment of rent on stay of execution.
Section 34-18-50. - Payment of moving costs required.
Section 34-18-51. - Issuance of execution on nonpayment of rent.
Section 34-18-52. - Payment of rent during pendency of appeal.
Section 34-18-53. - Dismissal of appeal for nonpayment of rent during pendency of appeals.
Section 34-18-54. - Savings clause.
Section 34-18-55. - Severability.
Section 34-18-56. - Notices and complaint forms.
Section 34-18-57. - Providence and Warwick Absentee Landlord Enforcement Act.