Landlord and Tenant

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Section
42–3201

When notice to quit not necessary

Section
42–3202

Notices to quit

Section
42–3203

Tenancy at will

Section
42–3204

Tenancy by sufferance

Section
42–3205

Notice not to be recalled

Section
42–3206

Service of notice to quit

Section
42–3207

Refusal to surrender possession; double rent

Section
42–3208

Parties may agree to alternate notice provisions; waiver

Section
42–3209

Recovery of real and personal property leased together

Section
42–3210

Action in ejectment — When proper

Section
42–3210.01

Disposal of tenant's personal property upon ejectment

Section
42–3211

Action in ejectment — Claims for arrears of rent, double rent, and waste; jurisdiction of court; money judgment

Section
42–3212

Consolidation of actions for arrears of rent and possession

Section
42–3213

Landlord’s lien for rent — Time of existence

Section
42–3214

Landlord’s lien for rent — How enforced

Section
42–3215

Landlord’s lien for rent — When attachment issuable; executing officer’s power of entry

Section
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

Section
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

Section
42–3218

Fraudulent removal, conveyance, or concealment of property to defeat lien subjects guilty party to forfeiture of double value of such property

Section
42–3219

Representatives of life tenant may recover proportion of rent from under-tenant

Section
42–3220

Action in debt may be brought for rent in arrears under lease or demise for life

Section
42–3221

Action by landlord for use and occupation of property where no deed; parol agreement as evidence of quantum of damages

Section
42–3222

Lease under control of a person with a mental disability — Surrender and renewal; guardian or committee; court order

Section
42–3223

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

Section
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

Section
42–3225

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

Section
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

Section
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

Section
42–3228

Lease held by an infant or person with a mental disability — Renewed lease valid

Section
42–3229

Surrender for new lease good without surrender of underleases; underleases continue unaffected; all rights and remedies to continue

Section
42–3230

Grant or assignment of reversion of premises or by lessee not to affect rights or duties under lease

Section
42–3231

Grants of remainders, reversions, and rents good without attornment; payment of rent to grantor without notice valid

Section
42–3232

Fraudulent attornment void; possession not changed by such attornment; limitation on scope of provisions