Tenant’s Remedies for Landlord’s Unlawful Ouster, Exclusion, or Diminution of Services

If the landlord unlawfully removes or excludes the tenant from the premises or willfully diminishes services to the tenant by causing interruption of essential services to the tenant, the tenant may either recover possession or terminate rental agreement. In either case, the tenant shall be entitled from the landlord the actual and verifiable cost of damages sustained by him. If rental agreement is terminated the landlord shall return all security deposits recoverable under § 48201.