D.C. Code § 28:2A-307: Priority of liens arising by attachment or levy on, security interests in, and other claims to goods.

(a)

Except as otherwise provided in § 28:2A-306, a creditor of a lessee takes subject to the lease contract.

(b)

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section and in §§ 28:2A-306 and 28:2A-308, a creditor of a lessor takes subject to the lease contract unless the creditor holds a lien that attached to the goods before the lease contract became enforceable.

(c)

Except as otherwise provided in §§ 28:9-317, 28:9-321, and 28:9-323, a lessee takes a leasehold interest subject to a security interest held by a creditor of the lessor.