Title 40 — Liens.
4 chapters · 44 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 40-201 Hospital’s lien for services on recovery in accident cases
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Every association, corporation, or other institution, and any agency of the United States or the District of Columbia, maintaining a hospital in the District of Columbia, which shall furnish medical or other service to any patient injured by reason of an accident causing injuries…
D.C. Code § 40-202 Notice
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No such lien shall be effective, however, unless a written notice containing the name and address of the injured person, the date of the accident, the name and location of the hospital, and the name of the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations alleged to b…
D.C. Code § 40-203 Liability for failure to pay hospital’s lien
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Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations, including an insurance carrier, making any payment to such patient or to his attorneys or heirs or legal representatives as compensation for the injury sustained, after the filing and mailing of such notice withou…
D.C. Code § 40-204 Permission to examine hospital records
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Any person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or corporations legally liable for such lien or against whom a claim shall be asserted for compensation for such injuries, shall be permitted to examine the ledger entries and similar records of any such association, corporation, …
D.C. Code § 40-205 Recorder to provide lien docket
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The Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia shall provide a suitable bound book to be called the hospital lien docket, in which, upon the filing of any lien claim under the provisions of this chapter, he shall enter the name of the injured person, the name of the person, fi…