Claims for rent

§ 20–1306. Claims for rent Where the claim is for rent, there shall be produced the lease itself, or the deposition of a credible witness, or an acknowledgment in writing of the deceased, establishing the contract and the time which has elapsed during which rent was chargeable, and a statement of the sum due for the rent, with an oath of the creditor or agent indorsed thereon “that no part of the sum due for the rent or any security or satisfaction for the same has been received except what (if any) is credited.”. The proof of a claim for rent in arrears, in order to render the claim a preferred claim, shall be the proofs and vouchers for rent specified by this section, and proof that the claim is such that an attachment therefor might be levied on the deceased’s goods and chattels in the hands of the administrator. The preference given for rent does not impair the landlord’s right of attachment where he believes it proper to exercise the right.