District of Columbia · Statutes
Chapter 32. Landlord and Tenant.
33 sections
33 sections
- D.C. Code § 42-3201When notice to quit not necessary.
- D.C. Code § 42-3202Notices to quit.
- D.C. Code § 42-3203Tenancy at will.
- D.C. Code § 42-3204Tenancy by sufferance.
- D.C. Code § 42-3205Notice not to be recalled.
- D.C. Code § 42-3206Service of notice to quit.
- D.C. Code § 42-3207Refusal to surrender possession; double rent.
- D.C. Code § 42-3208Parties may agree to alternate notice provisions; waiver.
- D.C. Code § 42-3209Recovery of real and personal property leased together.
- D.C. Code § 42-3210Action in ejectment — When proper.
- D.C. Code § 42-3210.01Disposal of tenant's personal property upon ejectment.
- D.C. Code § 42-3211Action in ejectment — Claims for arrears of rent, double rent, and waste; jurisdiction of court; money judgment.
- D.C. Code § 42-3212Consolidation of actions for arrears of rent and possession.
- D.C. Code § 42-3213Landlord’s lien for rent — Time of existence.
- D.C. Code § 42-3214Landlord’s lien for rent — How enforced.
- D.C. Code § 42-3215Landlord’s lien for rent — When attachment issuable; executing officer’s power of entry.
- D.C. Code § 42-3216Landlord’s lien for rent — Property subject to lien not to be executed on by another without payment of rent due; when rent in arrears exceeds 3 months.
- D.C. Code § 42-3217Distress not unlawful and party making it not trespasser ab initio because of irregularity; special damages recoverable; costs; tender of amends defeats recovery.
- D.C. Code § 42-3218Fraudulent removal, conveyance, or concealment of property to defeat lien subjects guilty party to forfeiture of double value of such property.
- D.C. Code § 42-3219Representatives of life tenant may recover proportion of rent from under-tenant.
- D.C. Code § 42-3220Action in debt may be brought for rent in arrears under lease or demise for life.
- D.C. Code § 42-3221Action by landlord for use and occupation of property where no deed; parol agreement as evidence of quantum of damages.
- D.C. Code § 42-3222Lease under control of a person with a mental disability — Surrender and renewal; guardian or committee; court order.
- D.C. Code § 42-3223Leases under control of a person with a mental disability — Lease pursuant to provisions of § 42-3222 valid.
- D.C. Code § 42-3224Leases under control of a person with a mental disability — Money received for renewal paid to guardian for benefit of person with a disability; characterization of money at death of person with a disability.
- D.C. Code § 42-3225Lease held by an infant or person with a mental disability — Surrender and renewal; guardian or committee; court order.
- D.C. Code § 42-3226Lease held by an infant or person with a mental disability — Costs of renewal chargeable to estate of infant or person with a disability or deemed charge upon leasehold.
- D.C. Code § 42-3227Lease held by an infant or person with a mental disability — New leases to be of same nature and subject to same liabilities as surrendered leases.
- D.C. Code § 42-3228Lease held by an infant or person with a mental disability — Renewed lease valid.
- D.C. Code § 42-3229Surrender for new lease good without surrender of underleases; underleases continue unaffected; all rights and remedies to continue.
- D.C. Code § 42-3230Grant or assignment of reversion of premises or by lessee not to affect rights or duties under lease.
- D.C. Code § 42-3231Grants of remainders, reversions, and rents good without attornment; payment of rent to grantor without notice valid.
- D.C. Code § 42-3232Fraudulent attornment void; possession not changed by such attornment; limitation on scope of provisions.