Rhode Island § 6-44-9 § 6-44-9. Enforcement.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 6-44-9 — § 6-44-9. Enforcement.

Rhode Island § 6-44-9

Title 6Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions

Ch. 6-44Rental Purchase Agreements

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-44-9 (2026).

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§ 6-44-9. Enforcement.
(a) A lessee who has suffered a loss due to a violation of this chapter by a lessor is
            entitled to recover from the lessor actual damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and
            court costs.
         
(b) A lessor shall not be held liable in any action brought under this section if he or
            she shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the violation was not intentional
            and resulted from a bona fide error, notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures
            reasonably adopted to avoid any error. A bona fide error shall include, but shall
            not be limited to, clerical, calculation, computer malfunc

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§ 6-44-9. Enforcement.

(a) A lessee who has suffered a loss due to a violation of this chapter by a lessor is entitled to recover from the lessor actual damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and court costs.

(b) A lessor shall not be held liable in any action brought under this section if he or she shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the violation was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error, notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adopted to avoid any error. A bona fide error shall include, but shall not be limited to, clerical, calculation, computer malfunction, and programming and printing errors; provided that an error of legal judgment with respect to a person's obligations under this chapter shall not be a bona fide error.

(c) A lessor shall not be deemed liable under this chapter for a violation of the provisions of § 6-44-3 if, within sixty (60) days after discovering the error and before an action is filed in accordance with the provisions of this section or written notice of the error is received from the consumer, the lessor notifies the consumer of the error and makes whatever adjustments in the account necessary to assure that the consumer shall not be required to pay an amount in excess of the amounts actually disclosed. This provision shall apply whether the discovery of the error was made through the lessor's own procedures or otherwise.

(d) An action shall not be brought under this chapter more than one year after the occurrence of the act, method, or practice that is the subject of the action, or more than one year after the last payment in a transaction involving the method, act, or practice that is the subject of the action, whichever is later.