Title 34
Property
Chapter 18
Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-3
§ 34-18-3. Supplementary principles of law applicable.
(a) Unless displaced by the provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity,
including the law relating to capacity to contract, mutuality of obligations, principal
and agent, real property, public health, safety, and fire prevention, estoppel, fraud,
misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating
cause supplements its provisions.
(b) This chapter shall apply to any rental agreement involving public housing or any type
of federally subsidized or regulated housing except where:
(1) A particular subject matter has been pre-empted by federal law, or;
(2) A landlord or tenant has any rights or responsibilities derived from federal law or
regulations which directly conflict with the provisions of this chapter, in which
case the rights and responsibilities derived from federal laws and regulations shall
control.
History of Section.
P.L. 1986, ch. 200, § 2.