{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-1101","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-1101","heading":"Parties defendant; joint tenants and tenants in common.","body":"(a)\nA civil action based upon a cause of action in ejectment, may be brought against:\n(1)\nthe person actually occupying the premises claimed, either in person or by tenant; or\n(2)\nboth the claimant and his tenant, or other occupant claiming under him; or\n(3)\nif the premises are not actually occupied, a person exercising acts of ownership thereon adversely to the plaintiff.\n\n(b)\nJoint tenants shall sue jointly in ejectment, but tenants in common may sue either jointly or separately, and any number of tenants in common, less than the whole number entitled, may sue jointly in reference to their undivided interests.","path":["Title 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]","Chapter 11. Ejectment and Other Real Property Actions.","Subchapter I. Ejectment."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-1101","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"dc72d28cd8786418cacdebcc7197b4c3a2c75e0cc03424bd4f15eae8ea69540f","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-1065","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-1102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}