§ 34-18.1-8. Surrender of premises damaged by fire or storm — Adjustment of rent.
Where any leased or occupied tenement or other building covered by this chapter is destroyed by fire, hurricane or other cause, or is condemned by any state or municipal authority as unfit for occupancy, the lessee or occupant may, if the destruction or damage occurred without his or her fault or neglect, quit and surrender possession of the leasehold premises and of the land so leased or occupied upon giving written notice to the lessor or owner of his or her intention to quit; and he or she is not liable to pay to the lessor or owner rent for the time subsequent to the surrender of the premises. Any rent paid in advance or which may have accrued by the terms of the lease or any other hiring shall be adjusted to the date of the surrender of the leasehold premises.
History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 200, § 8; P.L. 1989, ch. 287, § 8.
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.