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2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 34 Property
CHAPTER 34-18 Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
- § 34-18-1 Short title.
- § 34-18-2 Purposes Rules of construction.
- § 34-18-3 Supplementary principles of law applicable.
- § 34-18-4 Construction against implicit repeal.
- § 34-18-5 Administration of remedies Enforcement.
- § 34-18-6 Temporary restraining orders Ex parte proceedings.
- § 34-18-7 Application.
- § 34-18-8 Exclusions from application of chapter.
- § 34-18-9 Jurisdiction.
- § 34-18-10 Service of process for actions pursuant to chapter.
- § 34-18-11 Definitions.
- § 34-18-12 Obligation of good faith.
- § 34-18-13 Unconscionability.
- § 34-18-14 Notice.
- § 34-18-15 Terms and conditions of rental agreement.
- § 34-18-16 Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement.
- § 34-18-16.1 Rent increases Notice requirements.
- § 34-18-17 Prohibited provisions in rental agreements.
- § 34-18-18 Receipt of rent free of maintenance obligations forbidden.
- § 34-18-19 Security deposits.
- § 34-18-20 Disclosure.
- § 34-18-21 Landlord to deliver possession of dwelling unit.
- § 34-18-22 Landlord to maintain premises.
- § 34-18-22.1 Landlord's duty to notify tenant of violation.
- § 34-18-22.2 Landlord's duty regarding compliance with zoning and minimum housing laws.
- § 34-18-22.3 Nonresident landlord to designate agent for service of process.
- § 34-18-23 Limitation of liability upon sale or change of management.
- § 34-18-24 Tenant to maintain dwelling unit.
- § 34-18-25 Rules and regulations.
- § 34-18-26 Access.
- § 34-18-27 Tenant to use and occupy.
- § 34-18-28 Noncompliance by the landlord in general.
- § 34-18-29 Failure to deliver possession.
- § 34-18-30 Self-help for limited repairs.
- § 34-18-31 Wrongful failure to supply heat, water, hot water, or essential services.
- § 34-18-32 Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession or rent.
- § 34-18-33 Fire or casualty damage.
- § 34-18-34 Tenant's remedies for landlord's unlawful ouster, exclusion, or diminution of service.
- § 34-18-35 Eviction for nonpayment of rent.
- § 34-18-36 Eviction for noncompliance with rental agreement.
- § 34-18-37 Termination of periodic tenancy.
- § 34-18-38 Eviction for unlawfully holding over after termination or expiration of tenancy.
- § 34-18-39 Failure to maintain.
- § 34-18-40 Remedies for abandonment.
- § 34-18-41 Waiver of landlord's right to terminate.
- § 34-18-42 Landlord liens Distraint for rent abolished.
- § 34-18-43 Remedy after termination.
- § 34-18-44 Self-help recovery of possession prohibited.
- § 34-18-45 Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access.
- § 34-18-46 Retaliatory conduct prohibited.
- § 34-18-47 Appeals.
- § 34-18-48 Execution.
- § 34-18-49 Payment of rent on stay of execution.
- § 34-18-50 Payment of moving costs required.
- § 34-18-51 Issuance of execution on nonpayment of rent.
- § 34-18-52 Payment of rent during pendency of appeal.
- § 34-18-53 Dismissal of appeal for nonpayment of rent during pendency of appeals.
- § 34-18-54 Savings clause.
- § 34-18-55 Severability.
- § 34-18-56 Notices and complaint forms.
- § 34-18-57 Providence and Warwick Absentee Landlord Enforcement Act.
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