District of Columbia § 42-3214 Landlord’s lien for rent — How enforced.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 42-3214 — Landlord’s lien for rent — How enforced.

District of Columbia·Title 42 Real Property.·Ch. 32 Landlord and Tenant.

The said lien may be enforced:

(1)By attachment, to be issued upon affidavit that the rent is due and unpaid; or, if it be not due, that the defendant is about to remove or sell some part of said chattels;

(2)By judgment against the tenant and execution, to be levied on said chattels, or any of them, in whosesoever hands they may be found;

(3)By action against any purchaser of said chattels, with notice of the lien, in which action the plaintiff may have judgment for the value of the chattels purchased by the defendant not exceeding the rent in arrear.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

The said lien may be enforced:

(1) By attachment, to be issued upon affidavit that the rent is due and unpaid; or, if it be not due, that the defendant is about to remove or sell some part of said chattels;

(2) By judgment against the tenant and execution, to be levied on said chattels, or any of them, in whosesoever hands they may be found;

(3) By action against any purchaser of said chattels, with notice of the lien, in which action the plaintiff may have judgment for the value of the chattels purchased by the defendant not exceeding the rent in arrear.

District of Columbia § 42-3214 (Landlord’s lien for rent — How enforced.) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.