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Ayers v. Landow, 666 A.2d 51 (1995)

Citation
Ayers v. Landow, 666 A.2d 51 (1995)
Parent Document
Ayers v. Landow, 666 A.2d 51 (1995)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1995-10-02

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The parties have had a difficult landlord-tenant relationship for over fourteen years. In January of 1993, the landlord entered the tenant's apartment and found an uninhabitable and toxic scene. The tenant appeared to be in violation of provisions of his lease requiring him to maintain the apartment in good order. The question before us is whether the landlord gave proper notice to begin the legal process to take possession of the premises for the tenant's failure to abide by the terms of the lease. D.C.Code §§ 45-1406, -2551(a) & (b) (1990). Specifically, the question is whether the landlord's mailing the tenant a copy of a Notice to Cure Violation of Tenancy or Vacate on March 12, 1993, followed by a posting of the Notice on the *58 tenant's door on March 19, March 24, April 7, and April 9, 1993, complied with the statutory requirement that