This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Residential Landlord and Tenant Act”.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-1
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Known as the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
The act spans §§ 34–34 (68 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case URI Student Senate v. Town of Narragansett (2011)
Most recently applied in Crawford v. Yotty (March 2013)
P.L. 1986, ch. 200, § 2.
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