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Section 34-18-1. - Short title. - § 34-18-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...
Section 34-18-2. - Purposes — Rules of construction. - § 34-18-2. Purposes — Rules of construction. (a) This chapter...
Section 34-18-3. - Supplementary principles of law applicable. - § 34-18-3. Supplementary principles of law applicable. (a) Unless displaced...
Section 34-18-4. - Construction against implicit repeal. - § 34-18-4. Construction against implicit repeal. This chapter being a...
Section 34-18-5. - Administration of remedies — Enforcement. - § 34-18-5. Administration of remedies — Enforcement. (a) The remedies...
Section 34-18-6. - Temporary restraining orders — Ex parte proceedings. - § 34-18-6. Temporary restraining orders — Ex parte proceedings. (a)...
Section 34-18-7. - Application. - § 34-18-7. Application. This chapter applies to, regulates and determines...
Section 34-18-8. - Exclusions from application of chapter. - § 34-18-8. Exclusions from application of chapter. Unless the parties...
Section 34-18-9. - Jurisdiction. - § 34-18-9. Jurisdiction. The district or appropriate housing court of...
Section 34-18-10. - Service of process for actions pursuant to chapter. - § 34-18-10. Service of process for actions pursuant to chapter....
Section 34-18-11. - Definitions. - § 34-18-11. Definitions. Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent...
Section 34-18-12. - Obligation of good faith. - § 34-18-12. Obligation of good faith. Every duty under this...
Section 34-18-13. - Unconscionability. - § 34-18-13. Unconscionability. (a) If the court, as a matter...
Section 34-18-14. - Notice. - § 34-18-14. Notice. (a)(1) A person has notice of a...
Section 34-18-15. - Terms and conditions of rental agreement. - § 34-18-15. Terms and conditions of rental agreement. (a) A...
Section 34-18-16. - Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement. - § 34-18-16. Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement. (a)...
Section 34-18-16.1. - Rent increases — Notice requirements. - § 34-18-16.1. Rent increases — Notice requirements. (a) Prior to...
Section 34-18-17. - Prohibited provisions in rental agreements. - § 34-18-17. Prohibited provisions in rental agreements. (a) A rental...
Section 34-18-18. - Receipt of rent free of maintenance obligations forbidden. - § 34-18-18. Receipt of rent free of maintenance obligations forbidden....
Section 34-18-19. - Security deposits. - § 34-18-19. Security deposits. (a) A landlord may not demand...
Section 34-18-20. - Disclosure. - § 34-18-20. Disclosure. (a) A landlord or any person authorized...
Section 34-18-21. - Landlord to deliver possession of dwelling unit. - § 34-18-21. Landlord to deliver possession of dwelling unit. At...
Section 34-18-22. - Landlord to maintain premises. - § 34-18-22. Landlord to maintain premises. (a) A landlord shall:...
Section 34-18-22.1. - Landlord’s duty to notify tenant of violation. - § 34-18-22.1. Landlord’s duty to notify tenant of violation. (a)...
Section 34-18-22.2. - Landlord’s duty regarding compliance with zoning and minimum housing laws. - § 34-18-22.2. Landlord’s duty regarding compliance with zoning and minimum...
Section 34-18-22.3. - Nonresident landlord to designate agent for service of process. - § 34-18-22.3. Nonresident landlord to designate agent for service of...
Section 34-18-23. - Limitation of liability upon sale or change of management. - § 34-18-23. Limitation of liability upon sale or change of...
Section 34-18-24. - Tenant to maintain dwelling unit. - § 34-18-24. Tenant to maintain dwelling unit. A tenant shall:...
Section 34-18-25. - Rules and regulations. - § 34-18-25. Rules and regulations. (a) A landlord, from time...
Section 34-18-26. - Access. - § 34-18-26. Access. (a) A tenant shall not unreasonably withhold...
Section 34-18-27. - Tenant to use and occupy. - § 34-18-27. Tenant to use and occupy. Unless otherwise agreed,...
Section 34-18-28. - Noncompliance by the landlord in general. - § 34-18-28. Noncompliance by the landlord in general. (a) Except...
Section 34-18-29. - Failure to deliver possession. - § 34-18-29. Failure to deliver possession. (a) If the landlord...
Section 34-18-30. - Self-help for limited repairs. - § 34-18-30. Self-help for limited repairs. (a) If the landlord...
Section 34-18-31. - Wrongful failure to supply heat, water, hot water, or essential services. - § 34-18-31. Wrongful failure to supply heat, water, hot water,...
Section 34-18-32. - Landlord’s noncompliance as defense to action for possession or rent. - § 34-18-32. Landlord’s noncompliance as defense to action for possession...
Section 34-18-33. - Fire or casualty damage. - § 34-18-33. Fire or casualty damage. (a) If the dwelling...
Section 34-18-34. - Tenant’s remedies for landlord’s unlawful ouster, exclusion, or diminution of service. - § 34-18-34. Tenant’s remedies for landlord’s unlawful ouster, exclusion, or...
Section 34-18-35. - Eviction for nonpayment of rent. - § 34-18-35. Eviction for nonpayment of rent. (a) If any...
Section 34-18-36. - Eviction for noncompliance with rental agreement. - § 34-18-36. Eviction for noncompliance with rental agreement. (a) Except...
Section 34-18-37. - Termination of periodic tenancy. - § 34-18-37. Termination of periodic tenancy. (a) The landlord or...
Section 34-18-38. - Eviction for unlawfully holding over after termination or expiration of tenancy. - § 34-18-38. Eviction for unlawfully holding over after termination or...
Section 34-18-38.1. - Definitions for purpose of the eviction of tenants in residential foreclosed properties. - § 34-18-38.1. Definitions for purpose of the eviction of tenants...
Section 34-18-38.2. - Just cause needed for eviction of foreclosed residential property tenants. - § 34-18-38.2. Just cause needed for eviction of foreclosed residential...
Section 34-18-39. - Failure to maintain. - § 34-18-39. Failure to maintain. If there is noncompliance by...
Section 34-18-40. - Remedies for abandonment. - § 34-18-40. Remedies for abandonment. If the tenant abandons the...
Section 34-18-41. - Waiver of landlord’s right to terminate. - § 34-18-41. Waiver of landlord’s right to terminate. Acceptance of...
Section 34-18-42. - Landlord liens — Distraint for rent abolished. - § 34-18-42. Landlord liens — Distraint for rent abolished. (a)...
Section 34-18-43. - Remedy after termination. - § 34-18-43. Remedy after termination. If the rental agreement is...
Section 34-18-44. - Self-help recovery of possession prohibited. - § 34-18-44. Self-help recovery of possession prohibited. A landlord may...
Section 34-18-45. - Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access. - § 34-18-45. Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access....
Section 34-18-46. - Retaliatory conduct prohibited. - § 34-18-46. Retaliatory conduct prohibited. (a) Except as provided in...
Section 34-18-47. - Appeals. - § 34-18-47. Appeals. Appeals of actions brought under this chapter...
Section 34-18-48. - Execution. - § 34-18-48. Execution. If no appeal is claimed, and if...
Section 34-18-49. - Payment of rent on stay of execution. - § 34-18-49. Payment of rent on stay of execution. Whenever,...
Section 34-18-50. - Payment of moving costs required. - § 34-18-50. Payment of moving costs required. Whenever the personal...
Section 34-18-51. - Issuance of execution on nonpayment of rent. - § 34-18-51. Issuance of execution on nonpayment of rent. In...
Section 34-18-52. - Payment of rent during pendency of appeal. - § 34-18-52. Payment of rent during pendency of appeal. Whenever...
Section 34-18-53. - Dismissal of appeal for nonpayment of rent during pendency of appeals. - § 34-18-53. Dismissal of appeal for nonpayment of rent during...
Section 34-18-54. - Savings clause. - § 34-18-54. Savings clause. Transactions entered into before January 1,...
Section 34-18-55. - Severability. - § 34-18-55. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...
Section 34-18-56. - Notices and complaint forms. - § 34-18-56. Notices and complaint forms. (a) A notice in...
Section 34-18-57. - Providence and Warwick Absentee Landlord Enforcement Act. - § 34-18-57. Providence and Warwick Absentee Landlord Enforcement Act. All...