§ 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.
§ 34-18-8. Exclusions from application of chapter.
§ 34-18-10. Service of process for actions pursuant to chapter.
§ 34-18-12. Obligation of good faith.
§ 34-18-13. Unconscionability.
§ 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.
§ 34-18-21. 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.
§ 34-18-27. 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.
§ 34-18-38.2. Just cause needed for eviction of foreclosed residential property tenants.
§ 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.
§ 34-18-49. 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.
§ 34-18-56. Notices and complaint forms.
§ 34-18-57. Providence and Warwick Absentee Landlord Enforcement Act.
§ 34-18-58. Statewide mandatory rental registry.
§ 34-18-59. Fair limitation on rental application fees.
§ 34-18-60. Sealing and unsealing of court files.
§ 34-18-61. Convenience fees prohibited. [Effective January 1, 2025.]