2012 District of Columbia Code
Landlord and Tenant (Section 42-3201 to Section 42-3232)
Section 42-3201 — Notice to quit-Unnecessary with lease for certain term; landlord's right to immediate possession
Section 42-3202 — Notice to quit-Month to month or quarter to quarter tenancy; expiration of notice
Section 42-3203 — Notice of termination-Tenancies at will
Section 42-3204 — Notice to quit-Tenancies by sufferance; apportionment of rent
Section 42-3205 — Notice not to be recalled without consent; effect of expiration of notice
Section 42-3206 — Service of notice to quit
Section 42-3207 — Refusal to surrender possession; double rent
Section 42-3208 — Parties may agree to alternate notice provisions; waiver
Section 42-3209 — Recovery of real and personal property leased together
Section 42-3210 — Action in ejectment-When proper
Section 42-3211 — Action in ejectment-Claims for arrears of rent, double rent, and waste; jurisdiction of court; money judgment
Section 42-3212 — Consolidation of actions for arrears of rent and possession
Section 42-3213 — Landlord's lien for rent-Time of existence
Section 42-3214 — Landlord's lien for rent-How enforced
Section 42-3215 — Landlord's lien for rent-When attachment issuable; executing officer's power of entry
Section 42-3216 — Landlord'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
Section 42-3217 — Distress not unlawful and party making it not trespasser ab initio because of irregularity; special damages recoverable; costs; tender of amends defeats recovery
Section 42-3218 — Fraudulent removal, conveyance, or concealment of property to defeat lien subjects guilty party to forfeiture of double value of such property
Section 42-3219 — Representatives of life tenant may recover proportion of rent from under-tenant
Section 42-3220 — Action in debt may be brought for rent in arrears under lease or demise for life
Section 42-3221 — Action by landlord for use and occupation of property where no deed; parol agreement as evidence of quantum of damages
Section 42-3222 — Lease under control of a person with a mental disability -Surrender and renewal; guardian or committee; court order
Section 42-3223 — Leases under control of a person with a mental disability -Lease pursuant to provisions of ยง 42-3222 valid
Section 42-3224 — Leases 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
Section 42-3225 — Lease held by infant or person with a mental disability-Surrender and renewal; guardian or committee; court order
Section 42-3226 — Lease 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
Section 42-3227 — Lease 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
Section 42-3228 — Lease held by an infant or person with a mental disability -Renewed lease valid
Section 42-3229 — Surrender for new lease good without surrender of underleases; underleases continue unaffected; all rights and remedies to continue
Section 42-3230 — Grant or assignment of reversion of premises or by lessee not to affect rights or duties under lease
Section 42-3231 — Grants of remainders, reversions, and rents good without attornment; payment of rent to grantor without notice valid
Section 42-3232 — Fraudulent attornment void; possession not changed by such attornment; limitation on scope of provisions
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