District of Columbia § 16-3521 Persons against whom issued; civil action.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 16-3521 — Persons against whom issued; civil action.

District of Columbia § 16-3521

Title 16Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]

Ch. 35Quo Warranto.

Subch. IIActions Against Officers or Corporations of the District of Columbia.

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D.C. Code § 16-3521 (2026).

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A quo warranto may be issued from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in the name of the District of Columbia against —

(1)a person who within the District of Columbia usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises, a franchise conferred by the District of Columbia, a public office of the District of Columbia, civil or military, or an office in a domestic corporation; or

(2)one or more persons who act as a corporation within the District of Columbia without being duly authorized, or exercise within the District of Columbia corporate rights, privileges, or franchises not granted them by law in force in the District of Columbia.

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A quo warranto may be issued from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in the name of the District of Columbia against —

(1) a person who within the District of Columbia usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises, a franchise conferred by the District of Columbia, a public office of the District of Columbia, civil or military, or an office in a domestic corporation; or

(2) one or more persons who act as a corporation within the District of Columbia without being duly authorized, or exercise within the District of Columbia corporate rights, privileges, or franchises not granted them by law in force in the District of Columbia.