Rhode Island Residential Lease Agreement (Page 7 of 9) in pdf

28. DELIQUENT RENT PAYMENTS. If we fail to receive your monthly rent

installment within five (5) days of due date, you will be charged a $50.00 late

payment fee. There will be a $50.00 fee for bounced checks. No demand for rent

either written or oral is required. If any part of the rent is due and in arrears for

fifteen (15) days, we will send you a written notice specifying the amount of rent in

arrears making demand for the same and notifying you that unless you pay the

amount in arrears within five (5) days of the mailing of the notice, this lease will

terminate and eviction proceedings will commence. Tenant shall pay all of

Landlord’s reasonable costs, expenses, and attorney fees for collection or eviction

fees.

29. ABANDONMENT. If at any time during the term of this Agreement Tenant

abandons the Premises or any part thereof, Landlord may, at Landlord's option, obtain

possession of the Premises in the manner provided by law, and without becoming

liable to Tenant for damages or for any payment of any kind whatever. Landlord

may, at Landlord's discretion, as agent for Tenant, relet the Premises, or any part

thereof, for the whole or any part thereof, for the whole or any part of the then

unexpired term, and may receive and collect all rent payable by virtue of such

reletting, and, at Landlord's option, hold Tenant liable for any difference between the

rent that would have been payable under this Agreement during the balance of the

unexpired term, if this Agreement had continued in force, and the net rent for such

period realized by Landlord by means of such reletting. If Landlord's right of reentry

is exercised following abandonment of the Premises by Tenant, then Landlord shall

consider any personal property belonging to Tenant and left on the Premises to also

have been abandoned, in which case Landlord may dispose of all such personal

property in any manner Landlord shall deem proper and Landlord is hereby relieved

of all liability for doing so.

30. ATTORNEYS' FEES. Should it become necessary for Landlord to employ an

attorney to enforce any of the conditions or covenants hereof, including the collection

of rentals or gaining possession of the Premises, Tenant agrees to pay all expenses so

incurred, including a reasonable attorneys' fee.

31. RECORDING OF AGREEMENT. Tenant shall not record this Agreement on

the Public Records of any public office. In the event that Tenant shall record this

Agreement, this Agreement shall, at Landlord's option, terminate immediately and

Landlord shall be entitled to all rights and remedies that it has at law or in equity.

32. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed, construed and

interpreted by, through and under the Laws of the State of Rhode Island.

33. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof

shall, for any reason and to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable, neither the

remainder of this Agreement nor the application of the provision to other persons,

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