SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIVIL DIVISION, LANDLORD AND TENANT BRANCH BLDG. B, 510 4th STREET, N.W., RM. 110 Washington, D.C. 20001 Telephone (202) 879-1152

______Plaintiff/Landlord v. L&T.______

______Defendant/Tenant

DEFENDANT/TENANT’S REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS (Residential Nonpayment of Rent Case)

Instructions to /Tenant: 1. Use this Request to get documents from /Landlord that you need to prepare for .

2. This Request for Production of Documents is to be served in a nonpayment of rent case only. For cases involving other lease violations, use Defendant/Tenant’s Request for Production of Documents (Residential Notice to Quit case).

3. Check only those requests for documents you want Plaintiff/Landlord to provide and that are relevant to this case. You cannot check more than 10 without permission of the Court.

4. You must serve a copy of this Request for Production of Documents by hand or by mail on Plaintiff/Landlord’s attorney, if there is one. If not, you must serve them on Plaintiff/Landlord. Plaintiff/Landlord has 30 days to provide these documents.

5. Do not file this Request for Production of Documents with the Court.

6. Keep a copy of the completed form for your records.

Instructions to the Plaintiff/Landlord: 1. For any box that is checked by Defendant/Tenant, you must provide to Defendant/Tenant at a specific place and time all the unaltered original documents for inspection and reproduction (copying) separately, in full and under oath. In the alternative, you may provide Defendant/Tenant with copies of all the unaltered original documents.

2. You have 30 days after the date this Request for Production of Documents is served on you to provide the documents. It is best to use this form when responding. Check either “Attached” if the document or a copy of the document is attached, or “Not attached because” and state the reason(s) why the document is not attached. If you choose not to use this form, you must type out the requests and respond as instructed above.

3. You must serve this Request for Production of Documents with the documents attached, signed as being true and correct under penalty of perjury, on Defendant/Tenant by mail or in person. Do not file this form or copies of your documents with the Court.

4. Keep a copy of the completed form for your records.

5. Where the term document is used, it means the following: all original documents of any kind of written or graphic matter, and any non-identical copies thereof, however produced or reproduced, pertaining to the parties of this or any of their agents, employees or attorneys. The term document means any writing, even if not on paper, including papers, books, letters, photographs, maintenance records, memoranda, work sheets, drafts, recordings of telephone and other conversations, sound records, E-mails, receipts and canceled checks. The term document also includes all records and materials upon which you intend to rely at trial, regardless of their author or origin, to support the allegations made by you in your or any elements of your case.

Defendant/Tenant specifically requests Plaintiff/Landlord produce the

following documents:

 1. All documents you were asked to identify in response to Defendant/

Tenant's to Plaintiff/Landlord.

 Attached.

 Not attached because:______.

 2. All documents you used, reviewed or referred to in your responses to

Defendant/Tenant's Interrogatories to Plaintiff/Landlord.

 Attached.

 Not attached because:______.

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 3. All records and documents relating to Defendant/Tenant's tenancy at

______, including but not limited to:

any rental applications executed by Defendant/Tenant or anyone purportedly

acting on behalf of Defendant/Tenant, copies of any register listing the amounts

of rent paid and owed by Defendant/Tenant; all leases or rental agreements;

any notices given to Defendant/Tenant regarding rent payments or rent levels;

copies of all rent receipts for the tenancy; copies of any other agreements

made with Defendant/Tenant; copies of any notes from any meetings between

building personnel and Defendant/Tenant.

 Attached.

 Not attached because:______.

 4. All notes, memoranda, or other documents concerning any conversations

between Defendant/Tenant and Plaintiff/Landlord, or between

Defendant/Tenant and the owner or the owner's agents, concerning any matter

for the past ______(three, unless otherwise stated) years.

 Attached.

 Not attached because:______.

 5. All documents reflecting correspondence between Defendant/Tenant and

Plaintiff/Landlord or Plaintiff/Landlord's agents or principals during

Defendant/Tenant's tenancy.

 Attached.

 Not attached because:______.

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 6. All Notices to Quit, or Notices to Vacate, Notices to Correct or Vacate, or

notices alleging that Defendant/Tenant has failed to pay rent served upon

Defendant/Tenant during Defendant/Tenant's tenancy.

 Attached.

 Not attached because:______.

 7. All notes, memoranda, or other documents concerning any conversations

between Defendant/Tenant and Plaintiff/Landlord, or between

Defendant/Tenant and the owner.

 Attached.

 Not attached because:______.

 8. All Real Estate Broker's licenses issued to Plaintiff/Landlord or

Plaintiff/Landlord's agents within the past ______(three, unless otherwise

stated) years.

 Attached.

 Not attached because:______.

 9. A copy of the current Housing Business License for the subject premises.

 Attached.

 Not attached because:______.

 10. All ongoing maintenance contracts pertaining to the premise in question,

including, but not limited to contracts for extermination, heating, air

conditioning, and general maintenance.

 Attached.

 Not attached because:______.

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 11. All receipts showing expenditures made for repairs on Defendant/ Tenant's

premises, or in the common areas of the building during the duration of

Defendant/Tenant's tenancy.

 Attached.

 Not attached because:______.

 12. All records of work orders pertaining to Defendant/Tenant’s premises or the

common areas of the building.

 Attached.

 Not attached because:______.

 13. Other:______

______.

 Attached.

 Not attached because:______.

I declare under penalty of perjury that all the foregoing information is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.

______Plaintiff/Landlord

______Address

______Phone Number

Executed this ______day of ______, 20___.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

REQUIRED: You must serve each party from whom you want a response to these requests. If a party has a lawyer, you must serve the lawyer instead of the party.

I hereby certify that a copy of this Request for Production of

Documents was (check one) □ hand-delivered □ mailed to

Plaintiff/Landlord or Plaintiff/Landlord’s Lawyer on the following date:

______, 20___ at the following address: ______

______.

______Signature of person who hand-delivered or mailed a copy of Defendant/Tenant’s Request for Production of Documents

VERIFICATION OF PLAINTIFF/LANDLORD’S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT/TENANT’S REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

Pursuant to Defendant/Tenant’s Request for Production of Documents, I declare under penalty of perjury that all the attached documents are either unaltered original documents or exact copies of unaltered original documents, and that any basis for objection to a document request is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.

______Plaintiff/Landlord

______Address

______Phone Number

Executed this ______day of ______,20___.

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