§ 34-18.1-1. Purpose. This chapter shall apply to all commercial properties and other estates, excluding residential properties governed by the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, chapter 18 of this title. History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 200, § 8; P.L. 1989, ch. 287, § 1.
§ 34-18.1-10. Liability of person in possession for rent on land held. Every person in possession of land covered by this chapter out of which rent is due shall be liable for the just amount or proportion of the rent due from the land in his or her possession, although it is only a part […]
§ 34-18.1-11. Action by or against executors or administrators for arrears of rent. An action may be brought by or against executors and administrators, for any arrears of rent accrued in the lifetime of the deceased parties respectively, in the same manner as for debts due from or to the same parties in their lifetime […]
§ 34-18.1-12. Other legal remedies for recovery of rents preserved. Nothing contained in §§ 34-18.1-9 — 34-18.1-11 shall deprive landlords of any other legal remedy for the recovery of their rents, whether secured to them by lease or by provision of law. History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 200, § 8.
§ 34-18.1-13. Apportionment of rent on termination of lease. When lands covered by this chapter are held by lease of a person who has an estate therein determinable on a life or on a contingency, and such estate determines before the end of a period for which rent is payable, or when an estate, created […]
§ 34-18.1-14. Recovery of prepaid rent on termination of tenancy. Upon the termination of a tenancy covered by this chapter in any manner mentioned in § 34-18.1-13 before the end of the period for which rent is payable, if the rent for the period has been paid, the portion of the period then unexpired may […]
§ 34-18.1-15. Right of “self help” prohibited. The right of a landlord or a reversioner to utilize “self help”, whether pursuant to the common law or pursuant to any agreement in writing or by parol, to reenter and repossess him or herself of land, buildings or parts of buildings leased covered by this chapter upon […]
§ 34-18.1-16. Payment of rent on stay of execution. Whenever the issuance of an execution for the recovery of real property covered by this chapter, or the service of an execution, is stayed by order of the court or by the operation of law, the stay shall be conditioned upon the payment, by the defendant […]
§ 34-18.1-17. Issuance of execution on nonpayment of rent. In the event that the defendant or defendants shall fail or refuse to pay all sums promptly when due, in accordance with the provisions of § 34-18.1-16, the court in which the judgment for possession was issued shall, on motion of the plaintiff or plaintiffs, and […]
§ 34-18.1-18. Payment of rent during pendency of appeal. Whenever an action for the recovery of real property covered by this chapter shall be pending on appeal in the superior or supreme court, the defendant or defendants in the action shall pay to the plaintiff or plaintiffs sums of money equal to the rent for […]
§ 34-18.1-19. Order of judgment on nonpayment of rent in pending appeals. In the event that the defendant or defendants shall fail or refuse to pay all sums promptly when due, in accordance with the provisions of § 34-18.1-18, the court in which the case is pending, shall, without any trial on the merits, on […]
§ 34-18.1-2. Quitting by tenants at will or by sufferance on notice. Tenants of lands or tenements at will or by sufferance covered by this chapter shall quit upon notice in writing from the landlord at the day named therein. History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 200, § 8; P.L. 1989, ch. 287, § 2.
§ 34-18.1-20. Removal of persons in tourist camps. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 34-18-8(4), all persons keeping tourist camps as defined under § 44-18-7(11), including campgrounds, may remove or cause to be removed from such establishment any guest remaining in a rental unit in violation of an agreed upon departure time and date by notifying […]
§ 34-18.1-3. Liability of tenants by sufferance for rent. Persons in possession of lands or tenements covered by this chapter as tenants by sufferance shall be liable to pay rent for such time as they may occupy or detain the same. History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 200, § 8; P.L. 1989, ch. 287, § 3.
§ 34-18.1-4. Quitting by tenants by parol from year to year. Tenants by parol of lands, buildings, or parts of buildings covered by this chapter, from year to year, shall quit at the end of the year upon notice in writing from the landlord given at least three (3) months prior to the expiration of […]
§ 34-18.1-5. Quitting by tenants by parol for less than one year. Tenants by parol of lands, buildings, or parts of buildings covered by this chapter, for any term less than a year, shall quit at the end of the term upon notice in writing from the landlord, given at least half the period of […]
§ 34-18.1-6. Notice of termination by tenant. To terminate leases at will or by sufferance or by parol covered by this chapter, like notice shall be given by the tenant, if he or she would quit of the same, as is prescribed to be given by the landlord. The notice shall have the same effect, […]
§ 34-18.1-7. Time of termination of letting. The time agreed upon in a definite letting covered by this chapter shall be the time of the termination thereof for all purposes; and if no time of termination has been agreed upon, it shall be deemed a letting from award year; provided, however, that in any case […]
§ 34-18.1-8. Surrender of premises damaged by fire or storm — Adjustment of rent. Where any leased or occupied tenement or other building covered by this chapter is destroyed by fire, hurricane or other cause, or is condemned by any state or municipal authority as unfit for occupancy, the lessee or occupant may, if the […]
§ 34-18.1-9. Delinquency in rent — Repossession by ejectment — Judgment. (a) All suits for possession of lands, buildings or parts of buildings covered by this chapter shall be by the ordinary process of actions for possession or otherwise as provided by law. (b)(1) If, in any case of a letting covered by this chapter, […]
