Rhode Island General Laws 11-30-6. Annulment of lease by maintenance of nuisance
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If any person, being a tenant or occupant under any lawful title of any building or tenement not owned by him or her, shall use the premises or any part for any of the purposes enumerated in § 11-30-1 and § 11-30-2, that use shall annul the lease or other title under which the occupant holds, and, without any act of the owner, shall cause the right of possession to revert and vest in him or her, and the owner may make immediate entry on it and repossess himself or herself of the premises without process of law.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 92, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 108, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 120, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 598, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 11-30-6.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 11-30-6
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6