Rhode Island § 34-18.1-16 § 34-18.1-16. Payment of rent on stay of execution.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 34-18.1-16 — § 34-18.1-16. Payment of rent on stay of execution.

Rhode Island § 34-18.1-16

Title 34Property

Ch. 34-18.1Commercial Leasing and Other Estates

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18.1-16 (2026).

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§ 34-18.1-16. Payment of rent on stay of execution.
Whenever the issuance of an execution for the recovery of real property covered by
            this chapter, or the service of an execution, is stayed by order of the court or by
            the operation of law, the stay shall be conditioned upon the payment, by the defendant
            or defendants to the plaintiff or plaintiffs in such actions, of sums of money equal
            to the rent for the premises, which sums shall be paid at the times and in the amounts
            as rent would be due and payable were the action not then pending. The acceptance
            of moneys shall not constitute a waiver of the right of the plaintiff or plaintiffs
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§ 34-18.1-16. Payment of rent on stay of execution.

Whenever the issuance of an execution for the recovery of real property covered by this chapter, or the service of an execution, is stayed by order of the court or by the operation of law, the stay shall be conditioned upon the payment, by the defendant or defendants to the plaintiff or plaintiffs in such actions, of sums of money equal to the rent for the premises, which sums shall be paid at the times and in the amounts as rent would be due and payable were the action not then pending. The acceptance of moneys shall not constitute a waiver of the right of the plaintiff or plaintiffs to obtain possession of the premises, nor shall the receipt thereof be deemed to reinstate the defendant or defendants as a tenant.