Title 6, Title 6 Law — General Regulatory Provisions

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application and to this end the provisions …

This chapter takes effect on July 1, 1986, and does not apply to misappropriation occurring prior to July 1, 1986. With respect to a continuing misappropriation that began prior to July 1, 1986, the chapter also does not apply to the continuing misappropriation that occurs after …

(a) Actual or threatened misappropriation may be enjoined. Upon application to the court, an injunction shall be terminated when the trade secret has ceased to exist, but the injunction may be continued for an additional reasonable period of time in order to eliminate commercial …

(a) Except to the extent that a material and prejudicial change of position prior to acquiring knowledge or reason to know of misappropriation renders a monetary recovery inequitable, a complainant is entitled to recover damages for misappropriation. Damages can include both the …

If: (a) a claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith; or (b) a motion to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith; or (c) willful and malicious misappropriation exists, the court may award reasonable attorney’s fees to the prevailing party.

In an action under this chapter, a court shall preserve the secrecy of an alleged trade secret by reasonable means, which may include granting protective orders in connection with discovery proceedings, holding in camera hearings, sealing the records of the action, and ordering a…

An action for misappropriation must be brought within three (3) years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered. For the purposes of this section, a continuing misappropriation constitutes a single claim.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this chapter displaces conflicting tort, restitutionary, and other law of this state providing civil remedies for misappropriation of a trade secret. (b) This chapter does not affect: (1) Contractual remedies, whether or n…

This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.

This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Trade Secrets Act”.

When a check, draft, or other instrument has been dishonored by nonacceptance or nonpayment by any bank or other financial institution and has not been paid within ten (10) days, the holder to whom the check, draft, or other instrument was issued may send a notice of dishonor to …

(a) A notice of dishonor sent by a holder to a maker or drawer pursuant to § 6-42-1 shall substantially comply with the following form: NOTICE OF DISHONORED CHECK DATE _________________________________________ NAME OF ISSUER _________________________________________ STREET ADDRES…

(a) If a check, draft, or other instrument has not been paid within thirty (30) days after the holder has sent a notice of dishonor to the maker or drawer of a check, draft, or other instrument that has been dishonored, pursuant to §§ 6-42-1 and 6-42-2, the holder may seek the da…

It shall be a defense to any action commenced by the holder of a dishonored check or other instrument under § 6-42-3 that: (1) The dishonor of the check or other instrument was due to a justifiable stop payment order or to the attachment of the account; or (2) Within thirty (30) …

(a) No person, firm, or corporation, engaged in the business of the rental of video cassette recordings shall rent a recording that has been labeled, advertised, or otherwise held out to be “X”, “XX”, or “XXX” to any person who is under the age of eighteen (18). The use of the de…

Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

This chapter shall be known as “The Rhode Island Rental Purchase Agreement Act.”

The provisions of this chapter shall be severable, and if any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of t…

For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Lessee” means an individual who leases personal property under a rental purchase agreement. (2) “Lessor” means a person who, in the ordinary course of business, regularly leases, offers to lease, or acts as an agent for the leasing of proper…

(a) Each lessor shall give to the lessee, prior to the execution of the lease, a dated, written statement on which the lessor and lessee are identified setting out accurately and in a clear and conspicuous manner the following information with respect to the lease, as applicable:…

A rental purchase agreement may not contain a provision: (1) Requiring a confession of judgment; (2) Authorizing a lessor or an agent of the lessor to commit a breach of the peace in the repossession of property; or (3) Waiving a defense counterclaim or right the lessee may have …

(a) A lessee who fails to make timely lease payments has the right to reinstate the original rental purchase agreement without losing any rights or options previously acquired under the rental purchase agreement within three (3) lease terms after the expiration of the last lease …

A rental purchase agreement must provide that, at any time after the initial payment, the lessee may acquire ownership of the property by complying with the terms of an early purchase option that must be clearly set forth in the rental purchase agreement.

This chapter does not apply to: (1) Agreements for the rental of property in which the person who rents the property has no legal right to become the owner of the property at the end of the rental period; (2) A lease of a safe deposit box; (3) Commercial leases or leases entered …

(a) If an advertisement for a rental purchase agreement states the amount of any payment or states that any or no initial payment is required, the advertisement shall also clearly and conspicuously state the following items as applicable: (1) That the transaction advertised is a …

(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 show…

The following words and phrases as used in this chapter, for the purposes of this chapter, have the following meanings: (1) “Assistive technology device” means any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, t…

(a) For purposes of §§ 6A-2-314 or 6A-2.1-212 and §§ 6A-2-315 or 6A-2.1-213, with respect to a sale or a lease of an assistive technology device, the term “seller” or “lessor” includes the manufacturer of the device. (b) For purposes of §§ 6A-2-315 or 6A-2.1-213, with respect to …

(a) If a new assistive technology device or demonstrator has a nonconformity and the consumer first reports that nonconformity to the manufacturer of the device or its authorized dealer within Term B, then the manufacturer of the device shall be jointly obligated, together with a…

(a) A “reasonable number of attempts to repair” an assistive technology device with a nonconformity means the occurrence of one or both of the following: (1) The same nonconformity that is first reported during Term A is subject to repair two (2) or more times during Term B; or (…

(a) If, after a reasonable number of attempts to repair, a nonconformity develops in a new assistive technology device or demonstrator, the manufacturer shall carry out the requirement under subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) at the sole option of the consumer upon his or her request …

(a) No assistive technology device returned by a consumer in this state or any other state by reason of problems with its performance, fitness, quality, or functioning may be sold or leased again in this state unless full written disclosure is made to any prospective buyer or les…

(a) In addition to pursuing any other remedy, a consumer may bring an action to recover any damages caused by a violation of this chapter, plus taxable costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. For a violation of any of the obligations provided by § 6-45-5(a), whether relative to a r…

At the time of purchase or lease, the manufacturer must provide directly to the consumer a statement, written in not less than fourteen (14) point all capital bolded type on a separate piece of paper or in such other form as the consumer can understand, the following form: “(1) I…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Rhode Island Equipment Dealership Act”.

Nothing contained in this section shall bar the right of an agreement to provide for binding arbitration of disputes. Any arbitration shall be consistent with the provisions of this chapter and other appropriate state law. The place of any arbitration shall be in the city or coun…

(a) The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be incorporated in every agreement and shall supersede and control all other provisions of the agreement. No supplier may require any dealer to waive compliance with any provision of this chapter. Any contract or agreement pur…

The obligation of any supplier or dealer is applied to and made an obligation of any successor in interest or assignee of the supplier or dealer. A successor in interest includes, but is not limited to, any purchaser of the assets or stock, and surviving entity resulting from mer…

For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the following meanings: (1) “Current net price” means the price listed in the supplier’s price list or catalog in effect at the time the dealer agreement is terminated, less any applicable discounts allowed.…

(a) Notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, prior to the termination of a dealer agreement, a supplier shall notify the dealer of the termination not less than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the effective date of the termination. No supplier may terminate, cancel, …

(a) Whenever a dealer enters into a dealer agreement under which the dealer agrees to maintain an inventory, and the agreement is terminated by either party as provided in this chapter, the supplier, upon written request of the dealer filed within thirty (30) days of the effectiv…

(a) Within ninety (90) days from the receipt of the written request of the dealer, a supplier under the duty to repurchase inventory pursuant to this chapter may examine any books or records of the dealer to verify the eligibility of any item for repurchase. Except as otherwise p…

The provisions of this chapter shall not require the repurchase from a dealer of: (1) A repair part with a limited storage life or otherwise subject to physical or structural deterioration including, but not limited to, gaskets or batteries; (2) A single repair part normally pric…

(a) No supplier shall unreasonably withhold or delay consent to any transfer of the dealer’s business or transfer of the stock or other interest in the dealership whenever the dealer to be substituted meets the material and reasonable business and financial requirements of the su…

Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed to release or terminate a perfected security interest of the supplier in the inventory of the dealer.