Statutes > District of Columbia Statutes > Division II - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure (TITLE 11 to TITLE 17) > TITLE 16 - PARTICULAR ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND MATTERS (Chapter 1 to Chapter 55) > Chapter 11 - Ejectment and Other Real Property Actions (Subchapter I and Subchapter II) > Subchapter I - Ejectment (Section 16-1101 to Section 16-1124) > Section 16-1122 - Judgment and writ of possession after tender of deed and defendant's refusal to pay

Section 16-1122 - Judgment and writ of possession after tender of deed and defendant's refusal to pay

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 provided by section 16-1120 and demands the value of his property without the improvements, as found by the jury, and the defendant fails or refuses to pay the value within the time fixed therefor by the court, the plaintiff shall, in like manner, be entitled to a judgment and writ of possession; and if the plaintiff is a minor, the court may authorize the deed to be executed by his guardian.

CREDIT(S)

(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 568, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 16-1122.
1973 Ed., § 16-1122.

Current through September 13, 2012