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.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1383, ch. 854, § 1230.)
1981 Ed., § 45-1414.
1973 Ed., § 45-916.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Chapter 32 - Landlord and Tenant
§ 42–3201. When notice to quit not necessary
§ 42–3204. Tenancy by sufferance
§ 42–3205. Notice not to be recalled
§ 42–3206. Service of notice to quit
§ 42–3207. Refusal to surrender possession; double rent
§ 42–3208. Parties may agree to alternate notice provisions; waiver
§ 42–3209. Recovery of real and personal property leased together
§ 42–3210. Action in ejectment — When proper
§ 42–3210.01. Disposal of tenant's personal property upon ejectment
§ 42–3212. Consolidation of actions for arrears of rent and possession
§ 42–3213. Landlord’s lien for rent — Time of existence
§ 42–3214. Landlord’s lien for rent — How enforced
§ 42–3215. Landlord’s lien for rent — When attachment issuable; executing officer’s power of entry
§ 42–3219. Representatives of life tenant may recover proportion of rent from under-tenant
§ 42–3220. Action in debt may be brought for rent in arrears under lease or demise for life
§ 42–3228. Lease held by an infant or person with a mental disability — Renewed lease valid