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R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-1 (2026)

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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Residential Landlord and Tenant Act”.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2000–2013 · leading case: URI Student Senate v. Town of Narragansett, 631 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2011).
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URI Student Senate v. Town of Narragansett, 631 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2011). “The appellants assert that the Ordinance is preempted by the Rhode Island Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (L & T Act), R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 34-18-1 to 34-18-57. As its title implies, the L & T Act speaks to the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants within Rhode Island.”
56 Assocs. Ex Rel. Paolino v. Frieband, 89 F. Supp. 2d 189 (D.R.I. 2000). · cites it 2× “§ 34-18-24(6), and expressly provides that it “shall not be construed to limit the right of the landlord to recover in an action in tort damages resulting from a fire or other casualty damage caused either negligently or deliberately by the tenant.”
Crawford v. Yotty, 828 N.W.2d 295 (Iowa 2013). “100-940; R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 34-18-1 to -57; S.C.Code Ann.”
URI Student Senate v. Town of Narragansett, 707 F. Supp. 2d 282 (D.R.I. 2010). · cites it 2× “Rhode Island Landlord-Tenant Law Finally, Plaintiffs assert that the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-1 et seq., preempts the Ordinance.”
City of Providence v. Doe, 21 A.3d 315 (R.I. 2011). “1956 chapter 18 of title 34, which is titled at § 34-18-1 as the “Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.”
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