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A specific termination date must be stated in the notice which has to be forty five days (or more) after the next rental payment due date. Tenants with monthly agreements still follow the 30 day procedure for month to month tenancies.

Under Rhode Island law, the rental agreement between a tenant and a landlord is a contract. A landlord is permitted to attempt to increase a tenant's rent by any amount for any reason, as long as the increase was not done for an illegal reason, and as long as the increase was done by proper procedures.

Rhode Island law allows a landlord to deduct the following: ? Unpaid rent owed by the tenant. ? Reasonable cleaning expenses, excluding ordinary wear and tear. ? Reasonable trash disposal expenses.

Pursuant to RI law, to evict a month-to-month tenant, a landlord must send a 30 day notice to terminate the month to month tenancy. When the 30 day time period expires, then the landlord or the landlord's Rhode Island eviction lawyer may file a complaint for eviction in Providence District Court.

The landlord must send you the notice far enough in advance as required by law. If you pay rent monthly, you must be given the notice 30 days before the date you need to leave. If you pay weekly, you must be given at least 10 days advance notice.

Only under extreme circumstances, emergencies or as provided for under RIGL 34-18-39 (Failure to maintain) or 40 (Remedies for abandonment) can the landlord enter without notice or a court order. Right of entry must not be abused or used to harass the tenant.