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2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 34 - Property
Chapter 34-18 - Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
Chapter 34-18-42 - Landlord liens – Distraint for rent abolished.
RI Gen L § 34-18-42 (2012) What's This?
§ 34-18-42 Landlord liens – Distraint for rent abolished. – (a) A lien or security interest on behalf of the landlord in the tenant's household goods is not enforceable unless perfected before the effective date of this chapter, except as provided in § 34-18-50.
(b) Distraint for rent is abolished.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1986, ch. 200, § 2.)
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