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tealccart t1_j1bdlhx wrote

Agree. Eviction cases go through landlord/tenant court and the cases I’ve seen take about 6 months before there’s an eviction. Furthermore the police (MPD) do not carry out evictions, the U.S. Marshals do. OTA keeps a list of scheduled evictions that is updated at least monthly. Here is the latest list: https://ota.dc.gov/page/scheduled-evictions

Please also familiarize yourself with OTA’s evictions page: https://ota.dc.gov/page/guide-eviction. This page specifically says “Judicial process is required for all evictions. Any eviction must be pursuant to a court order, and must be scheduled and supervised by the US Marshals Service.”

And, most importantly, that OTA link says: ”Self-help evictions (where the landlord attempts to evict a tenant without the involvement of the US Marshals Service) are not allowed. Contact the Metropolitan Police Department if a landlord attempts a self-help eviction.”

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