District Of Columbia § 28:2A-521 - Lessee’s right to specific performance or replevin.
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§ 28:2A-521. Lessee’s right to specific performance or replevin.
28:2A-521Specific performance may be decreed if the goods are unique or in other proper circumstances.
A decree for specific performance may include any terms and conditions as to payment of the rent, damages, or other relief that the court deems just.
A lessee has a right of replevin, detinue, sequestration, claim and delivery, or the like for goods identified to the lease contract if after reasonable effort the lessee is unable to effect cover for those goods or the circumstances reasonably indicate that the effort will be unavailing.
Annotations
“Term”. Section 1-201(42).
“Rights”. Section 1-201(36).
“Lessee”. Section 2A-103(1)(n).
“Lease contract”. Section 2A-103(1)(l).
“Goods”. Section 2A-103(1)(h).
“Delivery”. Section 1-201(14).
Revised to reflect leasing practices and terminology, and to expand the reference to the right of replevin in subsection (3) to include other similar rights of the lessee.
Section 2-716.
Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 28:2A-521 ("Lessee’s right to specific performance or replevin.") is part of the D.C. Code, the codified statutory law of District Of Columbia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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