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Rhode Island · Through site files published 2025-08-13 · Newer source version available

R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-28.1-3: Home solicitation.

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  1. Title 6 Commercial Law — General Regulatory Provisions
  2. Chapter 28.1 Unfair Home Improvement Loans to Senior Citizens

(a) The following unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in a transaction intended to result or which results in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer are unlawful:

The home solicitation of a consumer who is a senior citizen where a loan is made encumbering the primary residence of that consumer for the purposes of paying for home improvements and where the transaction is part of a pattern or practice in violation of either subsection (h) or (i) of 15 U.S.C. § 1639 or subsection (e) of 12 CFR 226.32.

(b) A third party shall not be liable under this section unless: (1) There was an agency relationship between the party who engaged in home solicitation and the third party; or (2) The third party had actual knowledge of or participated in the unfair or deceptive transaction. A third party who is a holder in due course under a home solicitation transaction shall not be liable under this section.

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