{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2a-211","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:2A-211","heading":"Warranties against interference and against infringement; lessee’s obligation against infringement.","body":"(a)\nThere is in a lease contract a warranty that for the lease term no person holds a claim to or interest in the goods that arose from an act or omission of the lessor, other than a claim by way of infringement or the like, which will interfere with the lessee’s enjoyment of its leasehold interest.\n\n(b)\nExcept in a finance lease there is in a lease contract by a lessor who is a merchant regularly dealing in goods of the kind a warranty that the goods are delivered free of the rightful claim of any person by way of infringement or the like.\n\n(c)\nA lessee who furnishes specifications to a lessor or a supplier shall hold the lessor and the supplier harmless against any claim by way of infringement or the like that arises out of compliance with the specifications.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 2A. Leases.","Part II. Formation and Construction of Lease Contract."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:2A-211","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"4e184a54d2dc75d6eac8458733b7da8d3377adc28f33e556b617b4a1c5abb3f6","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2a-210","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-2a-212"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}