3826.1 The Rent Administrator or the Rental Housing Commission may impose simple interest on rent refunds, or treble that amount under § 901(a) or § 901(f) of the Act.

3826.2 Interest is calculated from the date of the violation (or when service was interrupted) to the date of the issuance of the decision.

3826.3 The interest rate imposed on rent refunds or treble that amount, if any, shall be the judgment interest rate used by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 28-3302(c) (2001), on the date of the decision.

3826.4 Post judgment interest shall continue to accrue until full payment, or an intervening decision, order, or judgment, modifies or amends the judgment or accrual of interest.

SOURCE: Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 45 DCR 684, 686-87 (February 6, 1998).

EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 408 of Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985, 32 DCR 4450, 4457 (August 2, 1985), amended the Rental Housing Act of 1985 to add a new subsection (f), which provision states that "[c]ivil fines, penalties, and fees may be imposed as alternative sanctions for any infraction of subsections (a) through (e) of this section, or any rules or regulations issued under the authority of this Act, pursuant to titles I-III of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985."