Sup. Ct. R. D.C. 3-II
COMMENT TO 2024 AMENDMENTS
Section (a) has been amended to delete the reference to Civil Rule 19 as unnecessary.
COMMENT TO 2023 AMENDMENTS
Subsection (b)(2)(C) has been amended to require that there be at least 30 days between the issuance of the order granting joinder and the next hearing. Subsection (b)(4) has been amended to require that proof of service on the defendant to be joined be filed at least 7 days before the hearing at which the joined defendant is to appear.
COMMENT TO 2019 AMENDMENTS
This new rule is intended to standardize the procedures for joinder of additional parties, consistent, to the greatest extent practicable, with the summary nature of landlord and tenant proceedings.