Volume 67
Public Law 83–71
To amend the law of the District of Columbia relating to forcible entry and detainer.
Approved June 18, 1953
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the law of the District of Columbia relating to forcible entry and detainer.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 20 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of
Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1189, 1192), as amended (41 Stat. 555; D. C. Code, 1940, title 11, sec. 11–735), be, and the same hereby is, amended by striking out section 20, as amended, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
“Sec. 20. Unlawful Detainer.—
Whenever any person shall detain possession of real property without right, or after his right to possession shall have ceased, it shall be lawful for the municipal court, on complaint under oath verified by the person aggrieved by such detention or by his agent or attorney having knowledge of the facts, to issue a summons to the party complained of to appear and show cause why judgment should not be given against him for the restitution of possession.”
Approved June 18, 1953.