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2019 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 34 - Property
Chapter 34-18 Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
Section 34-18-44 Self-help recovery of possession prohibited.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 34-18-44 (2019)
§ 34-18-44. Self-help recovery of possession prohibited.
A landlord may not recover or take possession of the dwelling unit by action or otherwise, including willful diminution of services to the tenant by interrupting or causing the interruption of heat, running water, hot water, electric, gas, or other essential service to the tenant, except in case of abandonment, surrender, or as permitted in this chapter.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1986, ch. 200, § 2.)
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