Title 34
Property
Chapter 18
Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-44
§ 34-18-44. Self-help recovery of possession prohibited.
A landlord may not recover or take possession of the dwelling unit by action or otherwise,
including willful diminution of services to the tenant by interrupting or causing
the interruption of heat, running water, hot water, electric, gas, or other essential
service to the tenant, except in case of abandonment, surrender, or as permitted in
this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1986, ch. 200, § 2.