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INTERNAL PROTOTYPE — NOT LEGAL ADVICE — DO NOT SEND

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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When a tenant, who is under an oral month-to-month lease, is served an eviction notice during the first ten days of the month for failure to pay rent, the situation is also a setup for the [tenant's] lawyer. This is a common mistake of a downtown attorney inexperienced in landlord-tenant law. With lip-smacking relish, the [tenant's] attorney moves to dismiss. "The statute is very clear," he explains. "It provides for a ten-day grace period to pay rent under an oral lease. In this case the notice to quit was served on the ninth day of the month. Consequently, it is too early for the current month. It is also too late for the preceding month, because such notice must be served during the month in which the rent was not paid."