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Subchapter I - Ejectment
§ 16–1101. Parties defendant; joint tenants and tenants in common - (a) A civil action based upon a cause of action...
§ 16–1102. Failure of tenant to give notice to landlord - If a tenant, on whom a complaint in ejectment is...
§ 16–1103. Contents of complaint; adverse possession - In his complaint in ejectment, the plaintiff shall: (1) describe...
§ 16–1104. Proof necessary - (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section,...
§ 16–1105. Legal title in mortgagee or trustee; possession - It is not a bar to the plaintiff’s recovery in...
§ 16–1106. Performance of contract by vendee as precluding vendor from recovery - Where real property has been sold under a written contract...
§ 16–1107. Several judgments against defendants occupying distinct parcels - When it appears on the trial in an action of...
§ 16–1108. Recovery of less than is claimed - The plaintiff, under a claim to certain described premises, may...
§ 16–1109. Recovery of mesne profits and damages; separate count - (a) The plaintiff may embody in his complaint, in a...
§ 16–1110. Recovery, by landlord, of furniture, arrears in rent, and damages; separate counts - (a) In an action in ejectment against his tenant, a...
§ 16–1111. Separate action for rent or damages - The plaintiff in ejectment is not required to join his...
§ 16–1112. Expiration of title pending suit; damages - If the title of the plaintiff in ejectment expires after...
§ 16–1113. Defense of adverse possession; enclosure - In an action to recover vacant and unimproved lots of...
§ 16–1114. Verdict; judgment; costs; future actions - (a) In an action of ejectment, if the plaintiff’s title...
§ 16–1115. Conclusiveness of final judgment - A final judgment rendered in an action of ejectment is...
§ 16–1116. Improvements; notice; good faith; directions to jury; measure of damages - In an action of ejectment, at any time before the...
§ 16–1117. New trial as to assessment - Either party who feels aggrieved by the assessment provided for...
§ 16–1118. Judgment for damages in excess of improvements - When the damages of the plaintiff, assessed as provided by...
§ 16–1119. Judgment when improvements and damages are equal - When the value of the improvements, ascertained as provided by...
§ 16–1120. Election of plaintiff if value of improvements exceeds damages - If the value of the improvements referred to in this...
§ 16–1121. Judgment and writ of possession after payment for improvements - When the plaintiff pays to the defendant, within the time...
§ 16–1122. Judgment and writ of possession after tender of deed and defendant’s refusal to pay - If the plaintiff tenders to the defendant a deed as...
§ 16–1123. Judgment for defendant after plaintiff’s refusal to pay excess or tender deed - If the plaintiff fails or refuses either to pay the...
§ 16–1124. Ejectment for non-payment of rent; time limitation on relief from judgment; set-off; dismissal upon payment - (a) In a case between landlord and tenant, where one-half...
Subchapter II - Proceedings to Discover the Death of a Tenant for Life
§ 16–1151. Petition by person entitled to claim; form and contents - (a) A person entitled to claim real property, after the...
§ 16–1152. Order to produce life tenant; service of order - Upon the presentation of the petition and affidavit prescribed by...
§ 16–1153. Failure to produce as ordered; subsequent proceedings; commissioners; presumption of death; right of possession - (a) If a person upon whom an order, as prescribed...
§ 16–1154. Investigation outside the District; report to court; presumption of death; right to possession - If before, or at the time of, the presentation of...
§ 16–1155. Restoration of property to life tenant - The possession of real property that has been awarded to...
§ 16–1156. Recovery of profits by person evicted - A person evicted, as prescribed by this subchapter, may, when...
§ 16–1157. Preservation of life tenants’ rights if living at time of return - When a guardian, trustee, or other person holding an estate...
§ 16–1158. Persons holding over after life estate; damages - A guardian or trustee for an infant, or other person...