Title 34
Property
Chapter 18
Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-36
§ 34-18-36. Eviction for noncompliance with rental agreement.
(a) Except as provided in this chapter, if there is a material noncompliance by the tenant
with the rental agreement or a noncompliance with § 34-18-24 materially affecting health and safety, the landlord shall deliver a written demand
notice to the tenant, in a form substantially similar to that provided in § 34-18-56(b), specifying:
(1) The acts and/or omissions constituting the breach of the rental agreement or of § 34-18-24;
(2) The acts, repairs, or payment of damages, which are necessary to remedy the breach;
and
(3) That unless the breach is remedied within twenty (20) days of mailing of the notice
the rental agreement shall terminate upon a specified date, which shall not be less
than twenty-one (21) days after the mailing of the notice.
(b) Unless it is a violation of § 34-18-24(8), (9), or (10), if the tenant adequately remedies the breach before the date specified
in the notice, the rental agreement shall not terminate. If the breach is not remedied,
the landlord may commence an eviction action, which shall be filed no earlier than
the first day following the termination date specified in the written demand notice.
The action shall be initiated by filing a “Complaint for Eviction for Reason Other
Than for Nonpayment of Rent” in the appropriate court according to the form in § 34-18-56(e).