{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-1604","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 42-1604","heading":"Joint tenant or tenant in common against cotenant.","body":"Any joint tenant or tenant in common may maintain an action for waste committed by his cotenant, or in a suit for a partition, or a sale for purpose of partition may have said waste charged against the share of the cotenant committing the same.","path":["Title 42. Real Property.","Chapter 16. Waste."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-1604","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"4f15ca99e7b589efc7440a7868c61c92dd7f42b17b9cc5f158fc999f9247a09b","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-1603","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-1621"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}