Title 34
Property

Chapter 18
Residential Landlord and Tenant Act

R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-44

§ 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.