District of Columbia Code
Chapter 32 - Landlord and Tenant
§ 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

All and every sum and sums of money and other consideration, paid or advanced by any such guardian, trustee, committee or other person, for or on account of the renewal of any such lease or leases, and all reasonable charges incident thereto, shall be paid out of the estate or effects of the infant or person with a mental illness for whose benefit the said lease or leases shall be renewed, or shall be a charge and incumbrance upon the leasehold premises, together with interest for the same, as the said court shall direct and determine.
(29 Geo. 2, ch. 31, § 2, 1756; Kilty’s Rep. 253; Alex. Br. Stat. 789; Comp. Stat. D.C., 335, § 71; Apr. 24, 2007, D.C. Law 16-305, § 64(e), 53 DCR 6198; Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-169, § 26(b), 59 DCR 5567.)
1981 Ed., § 45-1426.
1973 Ed., § 45-928.
D.C. Law 16-305 rewrote the section heading, which formerly read: “Lease held by infant or mentally handicapped—Costs of renewal chargeable to estate of infant or handicapped or deemed charge upon leasehold.”
The 2012 amendment by D.C. Law 19-169 substituted “person with a mental illness” for “lunatic.”
Section 35 of D.C. Law 19-169 provided that no provision of the act shall impair any right or obligation existing under law.

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District of Columbia Code

Title 42 - Real Property

Chapter 32 - Landlord and Tenant

§ 42–3201. When notice to quit not necessary

§ 42–3202. Notices to quit

§ 42–3203. Tenancy at will

§ 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

§ 42–3211. Action in ejectment — Claims for arrears of rent, double rent, and waste; jurisdiction of court; money judgment

§ 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

§ 42–3216. 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

§ 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

§ 42–3218. Fraudulent removal, conveyance, or concealment of property to defeat lien subjects guilty party to forfeiture of double value of such property

§ 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

§ 42–3221. Action by landlord for use and occupation of property where no deed; parol agreement as evidence of quantum of damages

§ 42–3222. Lease under control of a person with a mental disability — Surrender and renewal; guardian or committee; court order

§ 42–3223. Leases under control of a person with a mental disability — Lease pursuant to provisions of § 42-3222 valid

§ 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

§ 42–3225. Lease held by an infant or person with a mental disability — Surrender and renewal; guardian or committee; court order

§ 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

§ 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

§ 42–3228. Lease held by an infant or person with a mental disability — Renewed lease valid

§ 42–3229. Surrender for new lease good without surrender of underleases; underleases continue unaffected; all rights and remedies to continue

§ 42–3230. Grant or assignment of reversion of premises or by lessee not to affect rights or duties under lease

§ 42–3231. Grants of remainders, reversions, and rents good without attornment; payment of rent to grantor without notice valid

§ 42–3232. Fraudulent attornment void; possession not changed by such attornment; limitation on scope of provisions