§ 34-18-49 - Payment of rent on stay of execution. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 34-18-49

   § 34-18-49  Payment of rent on stay ofexecution. – Whenever, in any action for the recovery of real property, the issuance of anexecution, or the service of an execution, is stayed by order of the court orby the operation of law, the stay shall be conditioned upon the payment bytenant to the landlord of sums of money equal to the rent for the premises,which sums shall be paid at such times and in such amounts as rent would be dueand payable were the action not then pending. The acceptance of these sumsshall not constitute a waiver of the right of the landlord to obtain possessionof the premises, nor shall the receipt thereof be deemed to reinstate thetenancy.