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

SECTION 34-18.1-16

   § 34-18.1-16  Payment of rent on stay ofexecution. – Whenever the issuance of an execution for the recovery of real property coveredby this chapter, or the service of an execution, is stayed by order of thecourt or by the operation of law, the stay shall be conditioned upon thepayment, by the defendant or defendants to the plaintiff or plaintiffs in suchactions, of sums of money equal to the rent for the premises, which sums shallbe paid at the times and in the amounts as rent would be due and payable werethe action not then pending. The acceptance of moneys shall not constitute awaiver of the right of the plaintiff or plaintiffs to obtain possession of thepremises, nor shall the receipt thereof be deemed to reinstate the defendant ordefendants as a tenant.