§ 34-18.1-13. Apportionment of rent on termination of lease.
When lands covered by this chapter are held by lease of a person who has an estate therein determinable on a life or on a contingency, and such estate determines before the end of a period for which rent is payable, or when an estate, created by a written lease or by operation of the provisions of this chapter, is determined before the end of such a period by surrender, either expressed or by operation of law, by notice to quit, or for nonpayment of rent, or by the death of any party, the landlord, or his or her executors and administrators, may recover a proportional part of such rent according to the time expired, at such determination, of the last period for which such rent was growing due.
History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 200, § 8; P.L. 1989, ch. 287, § 11.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 34-18.1 - Commercial Leasing and Other Estates
Section 34-18.1-2. - Quitting by tenants at will or by sufferance on notice.
Section 34-18.1-3. - Liability of tenants by sufferance for rent.
Section 34-18.1-4. - Quitting by tenants by parol from year to year.
Section 34-18.1-5. - Quitting by tenants by parol for less than one year.
Section 34-18.1-6. - Notice of termination by tenant.
Section 34-18.1-7. - Time of termination of letting.
Section 34-18.1-8. - Surrender of premises damaged by fire or storm — Adjustment of rent.
Section 34-18.1-9. - Delinquency in rent — Repossession by ejectment — Judgment.
Section 34-18.1-10. - Liability of person in possession for rent on land held.
Section 34-18.1-11. - Action by or against executors or administrators for arrears of rent.
Section 34-18.1-12. - Other legal remedies for recovery of rents preserved.
Section 34-18.1-13. - Apportionment of rent on termination of lease.
Section 34-18.1-14. - Recovery of prepaid rent on termination of tenancy.
Section 34-18.1-15. - Right of “self help” prohibited.
Section 34-18.1-16. - Payment of rent on stay of execution.
Section 34-18.1-17. - Issuance of execution on nonpayment of rent.
Section 34-18.1-18. - Payment of rent during pendency of appeal.
Section 34-18.1-19. - Order of judgment on nonpayment of rent in pending appeals.