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INTERNAL PROTOTYPE — NOT LEGAL ADVICE — DO NOT SEND

Scarborough v. Winn Residential L.L.P., 890 A.2d 249 (2006)

Citation
Scarborough v. Winn Residential L.L.P., 890 A.2d 249 (2006)
Parent Document
Scarborough v. Winn Residential L.L.P., 890 A.2d 249 (2006)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
2006-01-12

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Nevertheless, reading the statute as a whole makes this conclusion at least open to debate. The main reason is that when the Council elsewhere meant to dispense with the opportunity to cure as a condition of lease termination — and with criminal behavior in mind — it did so unambiguously. The very next subsection of § 42-3505.01 allows a landlord to evict, merely by “service] on the tenant [of] a 30-day notice to vacate,” where “a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that the tenant, or a person occupying the premises with or in addition to the tenant, has performed an illegal act within the rental unit.” Section 42-3505.01(c). 4