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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Warwick Housing Authority v. McLeod, 913 A.2d 1033 (2007)

Citation
Warwick Housing Authority v. McLeod, 913 A.2d 1033 (2007)
Parent Document
Warwick Housing Authority v. McLeod, 913 A.2d 1033 (2007)
Jurisdiction
Rhode Island (state)
Effective Date
2007-01-18

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Since the time these cases were decided, the General Assembly passed the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. The act is carefully crafted and balances the rights of landlords and tenants. Section 34-18^11 is crystal clear in requiring that the landlord give written notice of his intention to continue termination proceedings to the tenant within ten days of accepting rent. Failure to provide that notice results in the waiver of the right to terminate for any breach of the rental agreement of which he has knowledge. The pellucid wording of this statute is, in essence, a codification of the rule that existed at common law that deemed a landlord’s unqualified acceptance of rent to be a waiver of any breach of which he was aware. Bove