Title 34
Property
Chapter 18
Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-9
§ 34-18-9. Jurisdiction.
The district or appropriate housing court of this state shall exercise jurisdiction
in both law and equity over any landlord or tenant with respect to any conduct in
this state governed by this chapter or with respect to any claim arising from a transaction
subject to this chapter. In addition to any other method provided by rule or by statute,
personal jurisdiction over a landlord or tenant may be acquired in a civil action
or proceeding commenced in the court by the service of process in the manner provided
by § 34-18-10(c).
History of Section.
P.L. 1986, ch. 200, § 2.