{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-44-5","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-44-5","heading":"Reprisals.","body":"(a) No licensee shall take reprisal(s) against a resident or prospective resident or association formed pursuant to § 31-44-3.1.\n(b) An increase in rent, nonrenewal of lease, refusal to offer a lease, or termination of tenancy, taken by a licensee against a resident, prospective resident, or association within six (6) months after the resident, prospective resident, or association has taken any protected lawful action, shall create a rebuttable presumption that the act by the licensee is a reprisal. Reprisal may be pleaded as a defense in any court proceeding brought against a resident or prospective resident after he or she has taken any protected lawful action.\n(c) In addition to any other remedy under this chapter, a resident, prospective resident, or association who has been the subject of a reprisal shall be entitled to the remedies provided for retaliatory actions in § 34-18-46.","path":["Title 31 Motor and Other Vehicles","Chapter 44 Mobile and Manufactured Homes"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE31/31-44/31-44-5.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:30Z","sha256":"f048884a60317a5f98258dfb344af56b495ddbc23b7a274b86a502001a3c2e12","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-44-4.1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-44-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}