2013 District of Columbia Code
Division I — GOVERNMENT OF DISTRICT
Title 6 — HOUSING AND BUILDING RESTRICTIONS AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 9 — INSANITARY BUILDINGS
Section 6-915 — Neglect by tenants or occupants.
If an uninhabitable or insanitary condition which has led to the condemnation of a building or part of building has been caused in any part by the action or by the neglect of the tenant or tenants, occupant or occupants thereof, such tenant, tenants, occupant, or occupants shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be liable to the penalties provided in § 6-916.
History
(May 1, 1906, ch. 2073, § 15; Aug. 28, 1954, 68 Stat. 889, ch. 1032; Apr. 27, 2001, D.C. Law 13-281, § 103(h), 48 DCR 1888.)
Annotations
Section References. This section is referenced in § 6-916.
Prior Codifications. 1981 Ed., § 5-715.
1973 Ed., § 5-630.
Effect of Amendments. D.C. Law 13-281 substituted "If an uninhabitable or insanitary condition" for "Whenever any insanitary condition".
Legislative History of Law 13-281. For D.C. Law 13-281, see notes following § 6-801.
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