Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-24 (2026)

Tenant to maintain dwelling unit

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A tenant shall:

(1) Comply with all obligations primarily imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of building and housing codes materially affecting health and safety;

(2) Keep that part of the premises that he or she occupies and uses as clean and safe as the condition of the premises permit;

(3) Dispose from his or her dwelling unit all ashes, garbage, rubbish, and other waste in a clean and safe manner;

(4) Keep all plumbing fixtures in the dwelling unit or used by the tenant as clean as their condition permits;

(5) Use in a reasonable manner all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and other facilities and appliances, including elevators, in the premises;

(6) Not deliberately or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair, or remove any part of the premises or knowingly permit any person to do so;

(7) Conduct himself or herself, and require other persons on the premises with his or her consent to conduct themselves, in a manner that will not disturb his or her neighbors’ peaceful enjoyment of the premises;

(8) Refrain from using any part of the premises in a manner such as would constitute the maintaining of a narcotics nuisance under the provisions of § 21-28-4.06;

(9) Refrain from using any part of the premises or any public property adjacent thereto for the manufacture, sale, or delivery of a controlled substance or from possessing on the premises or any public property adjacent thereto with the intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver a controlled substance classified in schedule I or schedule II of chapter 28 of title 21; and

(10) Refrain from any crime of violence on the premises or on any public property adjacent to said premises. A “crime of violence” means and includes any of the following crimes or an attempt to commit any of the following crimes; murder, manslaughter, arson, rape, sexual assault, mayhem, kidnapping, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault or battery involving grave bodily injury, and a felony assault with intent to commit any offense.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2000–2021 · leading case: Warwick Hous. Auth. v. McLeod, 913 A.2d 1033 (R.I. 2007).
Warwick Hous. Auth. v. McLeod, 913 A.2d 1033 (R.I. 2007). · cites it 6× “1956 § 34 — 18—36(f), as amended by P.L.1996, ch. 358, § l, 6 frees it from a notice requirement because McLeod’s tenancy was terminated for a crime of violence, bringing the matter within the provisions of § 34-18-24(10).”
56 Assocs. Ex Rel. Paolino v. Frieband, 89 F. Supp. 2d 189 (D.R.I. 2000). · cites it 2× “G.L. § 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.”
Latonya Marzett v. Amanda Letendre, alias (R.I. 2021). · cites it 2× “G.L. 34-18-24, [since the tenants] willfully, negligently, malicious[ly], unreasonably and deliberately did destroy, deface, damage and impair the property from it’s [sic] move in condition * * *.”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-24(10) — 1 case
Warwick Hous. Auth. v. McLeod, 913 A.2d 1033 (R.I. 2007). “1956 § 34 — 18—36(f), as amended by P.L.1996, ch. 358, § l, 6 frees it from a notice requirement because McLeod’s tenancy was terminated for a crime of violence, bringing the matter within the provisions of § 34-18-24(10).”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-24(6) — 1 case
56 Assocs. Ex Rel. Paolino v. Frieband, 89 F. Supp. 2d 189 (D.R.I. 2000). “G.L. § 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.”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-24(7) — 1 case
Warwick Hous. Auth. v. McLeod, 913 A.2d 1033 (R.I. 2007). “1956 § 34 — 18—36(f), as amended by P.L.1996, ch. 358, § l, 6 frees it from a notice requirement because McLeod’s tenancy was terminated for a crime of violence, bringing the matter within the provisions of § 34-18-24(10).”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-24(8) — 1 case
Warwick Hous. Auth. v. McLeod, 913 A.2d 1033 (R.I. 2007). “1956 § 34 — 18—36(f), as amended by P.L.1996, ch. 358, § l, 6 frees it from a notice requirement because McLeod’s tenancy was terminated for a crime of violence, bringing the matter within the provisions of § 34-18-24(10).”
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