Title 34
Property
Chapter 18
Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-39
§ 34-18-39. Failure to maintain.
If there is noncompliance by tenant with § 34-18-24 materially affecting health and safety that can be remedied by repair, replacement
of a damaged item, or cleaning, and the tenant fails to comply as promptly as conditions
require in case of emergency or within twenty (20) days after written notice by the
landlord specifying the breach and requesting that the tenant remedy it within that
period of time, the landlord may enter the dwelling unit and cause the work to be
done in a skilled manner and submit the itemized bill for the actual and reasonable
cost or the fair and reasonable value thereof as rent on the next date periodic rent
is due, or if the rental agreement has terminated, for immediate payment.
History of Section.
P.L. 1986, ch. 200, § 2.