Certification to District Court upon plea of title; undertaking

§ 16–1504. Certification to District Court upon plea of title; undertakingWhen, upon a trial in a proceeding pursuant to this chapter, the defendant pleads title to the premises, in himself or in another under whom he claims, setting forth the nature of the title, under oath, and enters into an undertaking, with sufficient surety, to be approved by the court, to pay all intervening damages and costs and reasonable intervening rent for the premises, the court shall certify the proceedings to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and the proceeding shall be further continued in the District Court according to its rules.