D.C. Code § 42-3922 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 39 / § 42-3922
§ 42-3922. Standards of practice.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3507.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3507.04
§ 42-3507.04. Relocation advisory services.
Status: in_force

Whenever a building in the District is converted from rental to condominium units, substantially rehabilitated or demolished, or discontinued from housing use, the Relocation Assistance Office of the Department of Housing and Community Development shall provide relocation advisory services for tenants who move from the building. These services shall include:
(1) Ascertaining the relocation needs for each household;
(2) Providing current information on the availability of equivalent substitute housing;
(3) Supplying information concerning federal and District housing programs; and
(4) Providing other advisory services to displaced persons in order to minimize hardships in adjusting to relocation.
D.C. Code § 42-2201 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 22 / § 42-2201
§ 42-2201. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Council” means the Council of the District of Columbia.
(2) “District” means the District of Columbia.
(3) “Fund” means the Senior Citizens’ Home Repair and Improvement Program Fund established by § 42-2202 .
(4) “Lower income” means a household within the Section 8 lower income guidelines established by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1437f.
(5) “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
(6) “Principal place of residence” means a dwelling unit in which a person lives in a particular locality with the intent to make it a fixed and permanent home of the senior citizen.
(7) “Senior citizen homeowner” means the owner resident of residential real property who is 60 years of age or older.
D.C. Code § 42-3213 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 32 / § 42-3213
§ 42-3213. Landlord’s lien for rent — Time of existence.
Status: in_force

The landlord shall have a tacit lien for his rent upon such of the tenant’s personal chattels, on the premises, as are subject to execution for debt, to commence with the tenancy and continue for 3 months after the rent is due and until the termination of any action for such rent brought within said 3 months.
D.C. Code § 42-3904 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 39 / § 42-3904
§ 42-3904. Powers of the Board of Appraisers.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3918 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 39 / § 42-3918
§ 42-3918. Hearings.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-4095 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4095
§ 42-4095. Service.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-609 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 6 / § 42-609
§ 42-609. Warranties void as to heirs; life tenants and certain parties not in possession.
Status: in_force

All warranties which shall be made by any tenant for life, of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, the same descending or coming to any person in reversion or remainder, shall be void and of none effect, and likewise all collateral warranties, of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, by any ancestor, who has no estate of inheritance in possession in the same shall be void against the heir.
D.C. Code § 42-1106 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 11 / § 42-1106
§ 42-1106. No recordation until return filed and tax paid; deeds evidencing transfer of economic interest in real property in District.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1011 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 10 / § 42-1011
§ 42-1011. General powers in trust.
Status: in_force

A general power is in trust when any person or class of persons other than the grantee of such power is designated as entitled to the proceeds, or any portion of the proceeds or other benefits to result from the alienation of the lands, according to the power.
D.C. Code § 42-3505.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3505.05
§ 42-3505.05. Prohibition of discrimination against elderly tenants or families with children.
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for a housing provider to discriminate against families receiving or eligible to receive Tenant Assistance Program assistance, elderly tenants, or families with children when renting housing accommodations.
(b) Any protections provided by subsection (a) of this section and any penalties provided in § 42-3509.01 shall be in addition to any other provision of law.
(c) Allegations of violations of this section that are made by families receiving or eligible to receive Tenant Assistance Program assistance, by elderly tenants, or by families with children shall be promptly investigated and handled by the Department of Buildings, which shall provide the complaining party with a written report upon the conclusion of the investigation.
D.C. Code § 42-835.13 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-835.13
§ 42-835.13. Availability of documents for inspection in the District of Columbia.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3915 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 39 / § 42-3915
§ 42-3915. Fees.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3631 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 36 / § 42-3631
§ 42-3631. Definitions.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-837.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-837.02
§ 42-837.02. Written demand for judicial foreclosure.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1733 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1733
§ 42-1733. List of licensees to be published.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1761 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1761
§ 42-1761. Effect of license revocation or suspension upon partnership, association, or corporation.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3405.03a — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3405.03a
§ 42-3405.03a. Declaratory relief.
Status: in_force

(a) An aggrieved owner, tenant, or tenant organization may petition the Mayor for declaratory relief under provisions of this chapter. Upon a showing of reasonable grounds, the Mayor shall grant a hearing and may issue findings of fact, conclusions of law, and declaratory orders and take other enforcement actions provided by this subchapter.
(b) The Mayor shall consider a petition for relief and issue a declaratory order with regard to the petition within 30 days after receipt of the petition requesting relief. The Mayor shall promulgate regulations to afford all interested parties an opportunity to participate in any declaratory proceeding.
(c) A declaratory order issued pursuant to § 42-3405.03 or § 42-3405.03a shall be the sole means by which the Mayor shall issue an official, binding determination pursuant to the request of an aggrieved owner, tenant, or tenant organization to determine rights under subchapters IV and V of this chapter. Reliance upon any other form of determination shall not be afforded any weight.
(d) Notwithstanding the preceding subsection, the following, when taken together, shall constitute conclusive proof of the termination of a tenant’s or a tenant organization’s rights pursuant to subchapters IV and V of this chapter:
  (1) Certifications provided by the Mayor setting forth the date of receipt of the Notice of Transfer and indicating that no Time Certain Notices from a tenant or tenant organization were received within the prescribed periods;
  (2) An affidavit from the owner or the owner’s authorized representative attesting to the date, content, and manner of issuance of the Notice of Transfer; and
  (3) An affidavit from owner or owner’s authorized representative in compliance with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, approved October 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 1178; 50 U.S.C. App. § 501 et seq.), as to any tenant whose rights are affected by this chapter.
D.C. Code § 42-3151.10 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31B / § 42-3151.10
§ 42-3151.10. Notice; demolition, repair, or enclosure.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1231 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12A / § 42-1231
§ 42-1231. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Digitized image” means an electronic document that is created as an electronic copy of a paper document that accurately depicts the information on the paper document and is unalterable.
(2) “Document” means information that is:
  (A) Inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and
  (B) Eligible to be recorded in the land records maintained by the Recorder of Deeds.
(3) “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
(4) “Electronic document” means a document that is received by the Recorder of Deeds in an electronic form.
(5) “Electronic signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.
(6) “Paper document” means a document that is received by the Recorder of Deeds in a form that is not electronic.
(7) “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership,
limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(8) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
D.C. Code § 42-1801 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 18 / § 42-1801
§ 42-1801. Signs on sidewalk or parking prohibited; number of signs; removal; penalties.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3531.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35A / § 42-3531.04
§ 42-3531.04. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(a) (1) “Chief” means Chief Tenant Advocate established by § 42-3531.06 .
  (1A) "Closure order" means any order by a District agency requiring relocation of tenants.
  (2) “Office” means the Office of the Tenant Advocate established by § 42-3531.05 .
  (2A) "Owner" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 47-802(5) .
  (3) Repealed.
  (4) “Tenant” and “tenant organization” shall have the same meaning as in § 42-3401.03(17) and (18), and shall include any other tenant organization.
D.C. Code § 42-3504.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3504.02
§ 42-3504.02. Rental Unit Fee Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the Rental Unit Fee Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Office of the Tenant Advocate in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(b) The source of revenue for the Fund shall be the fee charged to a housing provider pursuant to § 42-3504.01(a) , excluding $21.50 of that fee, which shall be deposited in the fund established pursuant to § 42-3131.01(b) .
(c) Money in the Fund shall be used solely to support the activities of the Office of the Tenant Advocate.
(d) The money deposited into the Fund shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time.
D.C. Code § 42-4084 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4084
§ 42-4084. Relocation advisory services.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-834.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-834.02
§ 42-834.02. Notice of default required; no effect on late fees.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1662 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16B / § 42-1662
§ 42-1662. Final report of receiver; discharge.
Status: in_force

(a) On completion of a receiver's duties, the receiver shall file a final report including:
  (1) A description of the activities of the receiver in the conduct of the receivership;
  (2) A list of receivership property at the commencement of the receivership and any receivership property received during the receivership;
  (3) A list of disbursements, including payments to professionals engaged by the receiver;
  (4) A list of dispositions of receivership property;
  (5) A list of distributions made or proposed to be made from the receivership for creditor claims;
  (6) If not filed separately, a request for approval of the payment of fees and expenses of the receiver; and
  (7) Any other information required by the Superior Court.
(b) If the Superior Court approves a final report filed under subsection (a) of this section and the receiver distributes all receivership property, the receiver is discharged.
D.C. Code § 42-3404.05a — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3404.05a
§ 42-3404.05a. Template agreements and contracts; filing with department.
Status: in_force

(a) No agreement or contract entered into under this subchapter , including development agreements, shall be deemed valid or enforceable unless the information specified in this section is filed with the Department within 30 days after signature by all parties. Information submitted to the Department shall include:
  (1) Address and ward;
  (2) Unit count;
  (3) Sales price;
  (4) Information related to rent-stabilization;
  (5) Information related to income-restricted units and subsidies; and
  (6) Other information as determined by the Department.
(b) No later than [June 29, 2026], the Department, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , shall issue rules to establish:
  (1) A standard template for purchase contracts; and
  (2) Rules governing the minimum information required to be included in a purchase contract.
(c) The use of templates established pursuant to subsection (b) shall not be mandatory for the execution of an agreement governed by this chapter .
D.C. Code § 42-148 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 1 / § 42-148
§ 42-148. Short forms.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-844.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-844.05
§ 42-844.05. Land installment contracts.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1750 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1750
§ 42-1750. Transfer of license; change of status; brokerage firms.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-4085 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4085
§ 42-4085. Tenant hot line.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-1303 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 13 / § 42-1303
§ 42-1303. Scope of liability; information prepared by third party.
Status: in_force

(a) The transferor is not liable for any error, inaccuracy, or omission in any information delivered pursuant to this chapter if the error, inaccuracy, or omission was not within the actual personal knowledge of the transferor, or was based entirely on information provided by public agencies or provided by other persons specified in subsection (c) of this section and ordinary care was exercised in transmitting the information. It is not a violation of this chapter if the transferor fails to disclose information that could be obtained only through inspection or observation of inaccessible portions of real estate or could be discovered only by a person with expertise in a science or trade beyond the knowledge of the transferor.
(b) The delivery to a prospective transferee of any information required by this chapter to be disclosed to a prospective transferee by a public agency or other person specified in subsection (c) of this section shall be considered to comply with the requirements of this chapter and relieves the transferor of any further duty or liability under this chapter with respect to that item of information, unless the transferor has actual personal knowledge of a known defect or condition that contradicts the information provided by the public agency or the person specified in subsection (c) of this section and knowingly fails to disclose such known defect or condition.
(c) The delivery to a prospective transferee of a report or opinion prepared by a licensed professional engineer, professional surveyor, home inspector, geologist, structural pest control operator, contractor, or other expert, dealing with matters within the scope of the professional’s license or expertise, is sufficient compliance for application of the exemption provided in subsection (a) of this section if the information is provided upon the request of the prospective transferee (provided that nothing in this chapter shall be construed as imposing on the transferor any obligation to comply with the request), unless the transferor has actual personal knowledge of a known defect or condition that contradicts the information contained in the report or opinion and knowingly fails to disclose the known defect or condition. In responding to a request by a prospective transferee, an expert may indicate, in writing, an understanding that the information provided will be used in fulfilling the requirements of § 42-1305 and, if so, shall indicate the required disclosures, or parts of disclosures, to which the information being furnished applies. In furnishing the statement, the expert is not responsible for any items of information other than those expressly set forth in the statement.
D.C. Code § 42-2602.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 26 / § 42-2602.01
§ 42-2602.01. Home Purchase Assistance Program Revision.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall review and revise the repayment structure of the Home Purchase Assistance Program ("Program"), established by Chapter 25 of Title 14 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, to include greater flexibility in the Program by supplementing the Program with additional repayment options for the lowest income loan recipients.
  (1) Examples of additional repayment options include:
    (A) A graduated repayment system;
    (B) The postponement of the repayment of individual loans until the sale of a home; and
    (C) An exploration of the establishment of an incentive program to forgive a portion of the loan if cash refinancing is carried out within a certain timeframe.
  (2) The maximum amount of financial assistance for very low income applicants available under the Program shall be $202,000, and shall be adjusted based on the applicant's income according to 14 DCMR § 2503.1(b)(1); provided, that no qualifying applicant shall be approved to receive less than $70,000. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "very low income" shall have the same meaning as set forth in 14 DCMR § 2599.1.
(b) The Mayor shall submit the revised repayment system to the Council for review, pursuant to § 42-2604(a) , within 60 days after July 1, 2016.
(c) (1) Financial assistance provided pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section may be used for purposes of a mortgage rate buydown if an applicant meets other Program criteria, regardless of whether the qualifying applicant is required to provide a down payment on the home the applicant intends to purchase.
  (2) If there are no closing costs associated with the purchase of the home the applicant intends to purchase, a qualifying applicant shall receive the full amount of Program funding available to the applicant, inclusive of any funding initially set aside for closing costs, which may be used for purposes of a down payment or a mortgage rate buydown.
(d) (1) No later than April 1, 2023, the Mayor shall establish a grant program that provides qualifying applicants up to $25,000 for repairs on a home purchased with Program financial assistance that are identified by a certified home inspector in writing.
  (2) Grant funds disbursed to a qualifying applicant pursuant to the program established by paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be in addition to financial assistance provided to a qualifying applicant for purposes of a down payment or mortgage rate buydown on the home the applicant intends to purchase.
  (3) The Mayor shall include details about the grant program in communications to a qualifying applicant at the time the Mayor confirms that the qualifying applicant is approved for the Program.
(e) (1) (A) At the beginning of each quarter in a fiscal year, funds necessary to administer the Program and provide financial assistance to qualifying applicants shall be disbursed to a grantee who has an agreement or contract with the District to administer the Program.
    (B) Repealed.
    (C) The amount of funds disbursed to a grantee shall be determined by the Mayor.
    (D) By September 15, 2024, DHCD shall submit to the Council a plan to create a centralized portal for Program document collection and approval that is accessible to Program stakeholders, including grantees, qualifying applicants and their representatives, and sellers and their representatives.
  (2) (A) Within 15 days of a settlement on a loan for a qualifying applicant, a grantee shall submit any information and documentation considered necessary by the Mayor to verify compliance with Program requirements and any other applicable laws or regulations.
    (B) The Mayor may determine corrective actions or penalties for non-compliance.
  (3) This subsection shall not apply to any District agencies providing financial assistance to qualifying applicants directly.
(f) (1) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , shall issue rules as necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
  (2) Proposed rules promulgated pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed rules, in whole or in part, by resolution within this 45-day period, the proposed rules shall be deemed to be approved.
(g) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-128 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 1 / § 42-128
§ 42-128. Validation of deeds made without acknowledgment prior to January 1, 1902.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3507.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3507.02
§ 42-3507.02. Eligibility assistance.
Status: in_force

Each housing provider commencing substantial rehabilitation, demolition, or housing discontinuance, on or after July 17, 1985, shall pay relocation assistance in an amount calculated under § 42-3507.03 to all tenants of the housing accommodation who:
(1) Were living in the rental units contained in the housing accommodation from which they are being displaced at the time the notice required by § 42-3505.01 is given; and
(2) Are displaced from rental units because the housing accommodation in which they are located is to be substantially rehabilitated, demolished, or discontinued.
D.C. Code § 42-2503 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 25 / § 42-2503
§ 42-2503. Eligibility.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant shall be eligible for the Program if the applicant is:
  (1) A District of Columbia government employee, a first-responder, an educator, or a public transit employee; and
  (2) A first-time homebuyer in the District.
(b) No more than one member of a household shall be eligible for the Program.
(c) The Mayor shall not limit the eligibility of an applicant to participate in the Program based on the length of employment of the applicant or the length of time that the applicant has resided in the District of Columbia if the applicant is a District of Columbia police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, or educator; provided, that the Mayor may limit the eligibility of an applicant to receive a District of Columbia contribution toward a down payment based on the length of employment of the applicant with the District of Columbia, as an educator, or as a public transit employee or the length of time the applicant has resided in the District of Columbia. The Mayor shall not limit the eligibility of an applicant to participate in the Program based on the place of residence of the applicant at the time of his or her application. A rule, or a portion of a rule, inconsistent with this subsection shall be void.
(d) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit participation in subchapter I of Chapter 26 of this title .
D.C. Code § 42-1732 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1732
§ 42-1732. Further exemptions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-841.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-841.04
§ 42-841.04. Memorandum of foreclosure sale.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2704.13 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2704.13
§ 42-2704.13. Investment of funds with financial institution or company doing business with Northern Ireland.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “agency funds” means all monies managed and all funds established pursuant to §§ 42-2704.06 and 42-2704.11 .
(b) (1) Agency funds invested in stocks, securities, or other obligations of any institution or company doing business in or with Northern Ireland or with agencies or instrumentalities of Northern Ireland shall be invested to reflect advances to eliminate discrimination made by these institutions and companies pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection.
  (2) The Mayor shall consider the following criteria, referred to as the MacBride Principles, to determine the advances to eliminate discrimination made by companies and institutions doing business in or with Northern Ireland or with agencies or instrumentalities of Northern Ireland:
    (A) Increasing the representation of individuals from underrepresented religious groups on the work force, including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs;
    (B) Providing adequate security for the protection of minority employees both at the workplace and while traveling to and from work;
    (C) Banning provocative religious or political emblems from the workplace;
    (D) Publicly advertising all job openings and making special recruitment efforts to attract applicants from underrepresented religious groups;
    (E) Providing that layoff, recall, and termination procedures should not in practice favor particular religious groups;
    (F) Abolishing job reservations, apprenticeship restrictions, and differential employment criteria that discriminate on the basis of religion or ethnic origin;
    (G) Developing training programs that will prepare substantial numbers of current minority employees for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade, and improve the skills of minority employees;
    (H) Establishing procedures to assess, identify, and actively recruit minority employees with potential for further advancement; and
    (I) Appointing senior management staff members to oversee affirmative action efforts and setting up timetables to carry out affirmative action principles.
  (3) On or before the 1st day of October of each year, the Mayor shall determine the existence of affirmative action taken by all institutions and companies doing business in or with Northern Ireland, in which agency funds are or will be invested, in adhering to the MacBride Principles as enumerated in paragraph (2) of this subsection and provide an annual report of his or her findings for presentation to the Council, which report shall be made available for public inspection.
D.C. Code § 42-306 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 3 / § 42-306
§ 42-306. Deed or will necessary for more than one-year term or for limitation upon such.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, “commercial lease” means a lease for nonresidential real property.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no estate of inheritance, or for life, or for a longer term than 1 year, in any real property, corporeal or incorporeal, in the District of Columbia, or any declaration or limitation of uses in the same, for any of the estates mentioned, shall be created or take effect, except by deed signed and sealed by the grantor, lessor, or declarant, in person or by power of attorney or by will.
(c) Commercial leases for a longer term than 1 year in any real property in the District of Columbia may be signed on behalf of the owner of real property by an authorized agent.
D.C. Code § 42-3252 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 32A / § 42-3252
§ 42-3252. Testing.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall require the owner of a multiple dwelling to order a water lead level test kit from WASA to sample the tap water in a dwelling or rooming unit for the presence of lead within 15 calendar days of a written request to do so by a rental tenant or owner-occupant of the unit. The rental tenant or owner-occupant shall also send a copy of this written request to the Mayor.
(b) (1) The owner shall order a water lead level test kit for each rental tenant and owner-occupant of the dwelling who requests a test, up to a maximum of 2% of the total units in the multiple dwelling or 6 units, whichever is less. In multiple dwellings of less than 50 units, the owner shall order at least one water lead level test kit if requested to by a rental tenant or owner-occupant of the dwelling.
  (2) An owner shall be required to order a water lead level test kit pursuant to this chapter no more than once in a 6-month period for each unit whose rental tenant or owner-occupant requests a test kit.
(c) WASA shall send a water lead level test kit to each owner upon request. At the time WASA sends a water lead level test kit to an owner in response to a request pursuant to this chapter, WASA shall also send written notice to the Mayor that it has sent the water lead level test kit.
(d) Within 15 calendar days of receiving the water lead level test kit from WASA, the owner shall provide the water lead level test kit to an occupant of each unit being tested and send written certification to the Mayor that the owner has provided the kit.
(e) The rental tenant or owner-occupant of the unit being tested shall send a sample of the water it collects from the unit to WASA to have it tested for the lead level.
(f) WASA shall ensure the conducting of a lead level test of the water sample at its expense and shall mail the result of the water lead level test to both the dwelling owner and to the rental tenant or owner-occupant of the unit in which the water sample was collected when the result is available.
(g) Within 15 calendar days of receiving the water lead level test result from WASA, the owner shall:
  (1) Provide a written copy of the water lead level test result to any rental tenant or owner-occupant of the multiple dwelling who requests a copy of the test result and post the test result in a conspicuous place on the dwelling’s premises; and
  (2) Send written certification to the Mayor that the owner has provided a written copy of, and posted, the water lead level test result in the manner prescribed by this subsection.
D.C. Code § 42-507 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 5 / § 42-507
§ 42-507. Estate in possession.
Status: in_force

An estate in possession exists when the owner has an immediate right to the possession of the land.
D.C. Code § 42-3506.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3506.02
§ 42-3506.02. Demolition.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall demolish and the Mayor shall not permit the demolition of any housing accommodation or rental unit for the purpose of constructing or expanding a hotel, motel, inn, or other transient residential accommodation.
(b) No person shall construct or expand and the Mayor shall not permit the construction or expansion of a hotel, motel, inn, or other transient residential occupancy on the site of a housing accommodation or rental unit demolished after July 17, 1985.
D.C. Code § 42-811 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8 / § 42-811
§ 42-811. Appointment of trustee in event of death of mortgagee or trustee; procedure; summary decree.
Status: in_force

In case of the death of a sole mortgagee or trustee, or the last survivor of several, if the debt secured by the mortgage or deed of trust shall not have been paid, the party entitled thereto may file a petition in the court having probate jurisdiction, setting forth under oath the execution of the mortgage or deed of trust, the death of the mortgagee or trustee, and the fact that the debt secured by the said mortgage or deed of trust remains unpaid, and such other fact as may be necessary to entitle the petitioner to the relief prayed, and praying for the appointment of a trustee to execute the trusts of the said mortgage or deed of trust. It shall not be necessary to make the heirs at law or devisees of the deceased mortgagee or trustee parties to such proceeding. The court may thereupon lay a rule upon the debtor or parties whose property is bound by said mortgage or deed of trust, unless they shall voluntarily appear and admit the allegations of the petition, to show cause, under oath, on or before the 10th day, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, after the service of such rule, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. If said party or parties can not be found in said District, service of said rule shall be by publication, according to the practice in equity in said court. If no cause be shown, notwithstanding the service of said rule, against the prayer of said petition, the court may determine in a summary way whether said debt remains unpaid, and if satisfied thereof the said court may, by decree, appoint a new trustee in the place of the deceased mortgagee or trustee, and vest in him all the title at law and in equity, and all the powers that had been conveyed to and vested in the deceased mortgagee or trustee. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the appointment of a new trustee pursuant to § 42-814(b) and the execution of the trusts of said deed of trust by such new trustee.
D.C. Code § 42-3112 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31 / § 42-3112
§ 42-3112. Violation of injunction or abatement order.
Status: in_force

(a) A violation of any court order issued under this chapter is punishable as a contempt of court.
(b) Upon finding that a defendant has willfully violated an order issued under this chapter, the court may issue any additional orders necessary to abate the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance.
(c) Upon motion, the court may vacate an order or judgment of abatement if the owner of the property satisfies the court that the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance has been abated for 90 days prior to the motion, corrects all housing code and health code violations on the property, and deposits a bond in an amount to be determined by the court, which shall be in an amount reasonably calculated to ensure continued abatement of the nuisance. Any bond posted under this subsection shall be forfeited immediately if the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance recurs during the 2-year period following the date on which an order under this section is entered. At the close of 2 years following the date on which an order under this section is entered, the bond shall be returned.
D.C. Code § 42-801 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8 / § 42-801
§ 42-801. Execution, acknowledgment, and recordation in same manner as deeds.
Status: in_force

Mortgages and deeds of trust to secure debts, conveying any estate in land, shall be executed and may be acknowledged and recorded in the same manner as absolute deeds; and they shall take effect both as between the parties thereto and as to others, bona fide purchasers and mortgagees and creditors, in the same manner and under the same conditions as absolute deeds.
D.C. Code § 42-3505.06 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3505.06
§ 42-3505.06. Right of tenants to organize.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) “CPI” means the average of the Consumer Price Index for the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Statistical Area for all-urban consumers published by the Department of Labor, or any successor index, as of the close of the 12-month period ending on November 30 of such year.
  (2) “Tenant organizer” means a person who:
    (A) Assists tenants in establishing and operating a tenant organization; and
    (B) Is not an employee or representative of the current or prospective owner, the current or prospective manager, or an agent of such persons.
(b) Tenants shall have the right to:
  (1) Self-organization;
  (2) Form, join, meet, or assist one another within and without tenant organizations;
  (3) Meet and confer through representatives of their own choosing with an owner;
  (4) Engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of mutual aid and protection; and
  (5) Refrain from such activity.
(c) (1) If a multifamily housing accommodation has a written policy favoring canvassing, any tenant organizer who is not a tenant shall be afforded the same privileges and rights of access as other uninvited outside parties in the normal course of operations.
  (2) If the multifamily housing accommodation does not have a consistently enforced, written policy against canvassing, the multifamily housing accommodation shall be treated as if it has a policy favoring canvassing.
  (3) If a multifamily housing accommodation has a consistently enforced, written policy against canvassing, a tenant shall accompany a tenant organizer who is not a tenant while the tenant organizer is on the property of the multifamily housing accommodation. The tenant organizer who is not a tenant shall be afforded the same privileges and rights of access as other invited outside parties in the normal course of operations.
(d) No owner or agent of an owner of a multifamily housing accommodation shall interfere with the right of a tenant or tenant organizer to conduct the following activities related to the establishment or operation of a tenant organization:
  (1) Distributing literature in common areas, including lobby areas;
  (2) Placing literature at or under tenants’ doors;
  (3) Posting information on all building bulletin boards;
  (4) Assisting tenants to participate in tenant organization activities;
  (5) Convening tenant or tenant organization meetings at any reasonable time and in any appropriate space that would reasonably be interpreted as areas that the tenant had access to under the terms of their lease, including any tenant’s unit, a community room, a common area including lobbies, or other available space; provided, that an owner or agent of owner shall not attend or make audio recordings of such meetings unless permitted to do so by the tenant organization, if one exists, or by a majority of tenants in attendance, if a tenant organization does not exist;
  (6) Formulating responses to owner actions, including:
    (A) Rent or rent ceiling increases or requests for rent or rent ceiling increases;
    (B) Proposed increases, decreases, or other changes in the housing accommodation’s facilities and services; and
    (C) Conversion of residential units to nonresidential use, cooperative housing, or condominiums;
  (7) Proposing that the owner or management modify the housing accommodation’s facilities and services; and
  (8) Any other activity reasonably related to the establishment or operation of a tenant organization.
(e) Any owner, any person with an ownership interest in an owner, or an agent of an owner of a multifamily housing accommodation who knowingly violates any provision of this section, or any rule or regulation issued or promulgated in furtherance of this section, shall be subject to:
  (1) A civil penalty for each violation not to exceed $10,000, which shall be increased annually, beginning January 1, 2008, by an amount equal to $10,000 multiplied by the percentage by which the CPI for the preceding year ending November 30 exceeds the CPI for the year ending November 30, 2006;
  (2) An injunctive order respecting future behavior;
  (3) Liability for damages to tenants, or a tenant organization or its members;
  (4) Suspension or revocation of the owner or agent’s business license or registration, during which period the rent for any rental unit in the housing accommodation shall not be increased; or
  (5) Reasonable attorney’s fees under § 42-3509.02 .
D.C. Code § 42-3173.11 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31C / § 42-3173.11
§ 42-3173.11. Use of funds; deposit of funds.
Status: in_force

(a) Amounts collected by the District of Columbia under this subchapter shall be deposited into the fund established by § 42-3131.01(b)(1) .
(b) Amounts in the fund established by § 42-3131.01(b)(1) , may be used to pay the costs incurred by the District to demolish or enclose a structure under this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 42-2081 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20C / § 42-2081
§ 42-2081. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter , the term:
(a) "ADU" means affordable dwelling unit, which is a for-sale or for-rent housing unit that is locally restricted, but not federally restricted, for occupancy to a household with an income that falls within a certain range and that is generally produced in exchange for zoning relief, tax incentives, public financing, the right to purchase or lease District-owned land, or other relief, as described in Mayor's Order 2009-112, issued June 18, 2009 (56 DCR 6859).
(b) "CA" means the River East at Grandview Condominium Association.
(c) "DHCD" means the District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development.
(d) "HPAP" means Home Purchase Assistance Program.
(e) "HUD" means the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(f) "Inclusionary Development" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 6-1041.01(2) .
(g) "Inclusionary unit" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 6-1041.01(3) .
(h) "IZ" means the Inclusionary Zoning Program.
(i) "NACA" means the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including the Neighborhood Stabilization Corporation.
(j) "OCFO" means the Office of the Chief Financial Officer.
(k) "Property" means the River East at Grandview Condominiums located at 1262 Talbert Street, SE, Washington, DC, 20020, known for tax and assessment purposes as Lots 2047 through 2092 in Square 5807, which may also be known as River East at Grandview, Grandview Estate, Grandview Estates, Grandview Estates II, Gardenview, River East, RiverEast, River East at Anacostia, River East at Anacostia Metro Station, River East at Grandview, and Talbert Street.
(l) "Property Owner" means an individual who owns one of the 46 condominium units at the Property.
D.C. Code § 42-1747 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1747
§ 42-1747. Qualifications for licensure of property managers.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3404.33 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3404.33
§ 42-3404.33. Limitations on the District as purchaser of a housing accommodation.
Status: in_force

(a) If the District, or an assignee, purchases a housing accommodation pursuant to this subchapter, the District shall remain subject to all provisions of this chapter as owner of the housing accommodation.
(b) (1) After purchasing a housing accommodation, the Mayor, or an assignee of the Mayor, shall maintain affordable rents for a tenant who lived in a rental unit in the housing accommodation on the date the offer of sale was provided to the Mayor, as follows:
    (A) For the first 12 months, the monthly rent, including utilities, shall not be greater than the monthly rent, including utilities, on the date the offer of sale was provided to the Mayor; and
    (B) After the first 12 months, the monthly rent shall be subject to allowable percentage increases annually, limited to the lesser of:
      (i) The allowable annual increase in monthly rent for a rental unit pursuant to § 42-3502.08(h) or,
      (ii) For any unit covered by a local or federal rental affordability program, the allowable increase under that program.
  (2) For the purposes of this subsection, household income shall be calculated pursuant to 24 C.F.R. § 5.609.
  (3) Tenants shall be notified in writing as to the manner in which the Mayor, or an assignee of the Mayor, calculates household income and rent.
  (4) The Rent Administrator shall consider a challenge to a rent amount or income calculation upon a petition filed by a tenant. The petition shall be heard and determined according to the procedures in the Rent Stabilization Program established pursuant to subchapter II of Chapter 35 of this title [ § 42-3502.01 et seq.].
  (5) Notwithstanding the rent amounts established pursuant to this section, nor any other law, no tenant in an affordable unit shall be required to pay a rent increase of more than 10% per year.
  (6) Income restrictions may be imposed upon the housing accommodation by the Mayor, or an assignee of the Mayor; provided, that an existing tenant shall be exempt from any income restrictions.
(c) (1) Upon the initial sale of the housing accommodation to the Mayor or the Mayor's assignee, the Mayor shall record a covenant that shall require the Mayor or the Mayor's assignee, and every successor in interest, to maintain as rent-and-income-restricted, for as long as the property remains a housing accommodation, each rental unit in the housing accommodation for which the most recent monthly rent, including utilities, on the date the offer of sale was provided to the Mayor, was equal to or less than the maximum rent for a household with an income of 60% of the median family income, and any additional units as designated by the affordability plan required by subsection (d) of this section.
  (2) For any rental unit that is vacant on the date the offer of sale was provided to the Mayor, or subsequently becomes vacant before the parties execute the affordability covenant:
    (A) If the most recent monthly rent was equal to or less than the maximum rent for a household with an income of 60% of the median family income, that unit shall become a rent-and-income-restricted unit restricted to tenants with annual household incomes equal to or less than 60% of the median family income; or
    (B) If the most recent monthly rent was equal to or less than the maximum rent for a household with an income of 30% of the median family income, that unit shall become a rent-and-income-restricted unit restricted to tenants with annual household incomes equal to or less than 30% of the median family income.
    (C) For the remaining units, including units for which there is no record of the most recent monthly rent, the Mayor, an assignee of the Mayor, or any successor in interest, shall set the rents in accordance with the affordability plan required by subsection (d) of this section.
    (D) The Mayor may waive in writing subparagraphs (A) or (B) of this paragraph for all or a portion of the rental units in a specific property that are vacant on the date the offer of sale was provided to the Mayor, or subsequently become vacant before the parties execute the affordability covenant, in order to increase financial feasibility of the purchase and operation of the project, in which case rents shall be set in accordance with the affordability plan required by subsection (d) of this section.
(d) (1) The Mayor, or an assignee of the Mayor, shall develop an affordability plan detailing a strategy to meet the requirements of subsection (c)(2) of this section, and as practicable, increase the number of rent-and-income-restricted units in the purchased housing accommodation restricted to tenants with annual household incomes equal to or less than 60% of the median family income.
  (2) The affordability plan may allow for rent-and-income restricted units to be restricted to tenants with annual household incomes above 60% of the median family income; provided, that the average designated household annual income limit of all rent-and-income restricted rental units in the housing accommodation is equal to or less than 60% of the median family income as a result of the affordability plan.
  (3) In accordance with subsection (c)(1) of this section, the affordability plan may not reduce the number of units affordable at 30% or 60% of median family income below the number of such units existing in the housing accommodation on the date the offer of sale was provided to the Mayor.
(e) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) "Maximum rent" means the highest amount chargeable for a particular rental unit such that a household of the rental unit's imputed household size that earns the applicable MFI level will expend no more than 30% of its annual income on monthly rent and utilities, as set forth in a Rent and Income Schedule published by the Mayor. For purposes of this paragraph, the imputed household size applicable to a unit will be determined in accordance with the regulations governing the Housing Production Trust Fund program.
  (2) "Median family income" or "MFI" means the median family income for the Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area as set forth by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, adjusted for household size, without regard to any adjustments made by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the purposes of the programs it administers. Adjustments of median family income for household size shall be made as prescribed for the area median income in § 42-2801(1) .
  (3) "Most recent monthly rent" means the rent, including utilities, that was the most recent prior to the date the offer of sale was provided to the Mayor.
  (4) "Rent-and-income-restricted unit" means a unit that is restricted to tenants with a designated household annual income limit and with rents restricted to the maximum rent.
D.C. Code § 42-2901 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 29 / § 42-2901
§ 42-2901. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Department” means the District of Columbia Department of Public and Assisted Housing Development.
(2) “First-time homebuyer” means a purchaser who has no ownership interest in a principal residence at any time during the 3-year period ending on the date of the application for assistance, but includes an applicant who has divorced or separated during the 3-year period where a formal settlement did not convey an ownership interest in a principal residence which had been jointly owned.
(3) “Housing unit” means any room or group of rooms forming a single-family residential unit, including a semi-detached condominium, cooperative, or semi-detached or detached home that is intended to be used or used for living, sleeping, and the preparation and eating of meals by human occupants.
(4) “Police officer” means officers of all ranks employed by the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department.
D.C. Code § 42-3110 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31 / § 42-3110
§ 42-3110. Relief.
Status: in_force

(a) If the existence of a drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance is found, the court shall enter an order permanently enjoining, abating, and preventing the continuance or recurrence of the nuisance. In order to effectuate fully the equitable remedy of abatement, such order may include damages as provided in § 42-3111 . The court may grant declaratory relief or any other relief deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of the judgment. The court may retain jurisdiction of the case for the purpose of enforcing its orders. A drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance is a nuisance per se requiring abatement as provided under subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Any order issued under this section may include the following relief:
  (1) Assessment of reasonable attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party;
  (2) Ordering the owner to make repairs upon the property;
  (3) Ordering the owner to make reasonable expenditures upon the property, including the installation of secure locks, hiring private security personnel, increasing lighting in common areas, and using videotaped surveillance of the property and adjacent alleys, sidewalks, or parking lots;
  (4) Ordering all rental income from the property to be placed in an escrow account with the court for up to 90 days or until the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance is abated;
  (5) Ordering all rental income for the property transferred to a trustee, to be appointed by the court, who shall be empowered to use the rental income to make reasonable expenditures related to the property in order to abate the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance;
  (6) Ordering the property vacated, sealed, or demolished; or
  (7) Any other remedy which the court, in its discretion, deems appropriate.
(c) In fashioning an order under this section, the court shall consider, without limitation, the following factors:
  (1) The extent and duration of the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance and the severity of the adverse impact on the community;
  (2) The number of people residing at the property;
  (3) The proximity of the property to other residential structures;
  (4) The number of times the property has been cited for housing code or health code violations;
  (5) The number of times the owner or tenant has been notified of drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related problems at the property;
  (6) Prior efforts or lack of efforts by the defendant to abate the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance;
  (7) The involvement of the owner or tenant in the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance;
  (8) The costs incurred by the jurisdiction or by the community-based organization in investigating, correcting, or attempting to correct the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance;
  (9) Whether the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance was continuous or recurring;
  (10) The economic or financial benefit accruing or likely to accrue to the defendant as a result of the conditions constituting the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance; or
  (11) Any other factor the court deems relevant.
(d) In fashioning an order under this section, the court shall not consider the lack of action by other property owners, tenants, or third parties to abate the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance.
D.C. Code § 42-3501.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3501.03
§ 42-3501.03. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(a) (1) “Annual fair market rental amount” means the annualized sum of the rents collected for all rental units in the housing accommodation during the base calculation year, plus an amount equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for all items, in the Washington, D.C. Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, during each calendar year; provided, however, that if no rents were collected in the base calculation year because the housing accommodation was then under construction, the annual fair market rental amount shall be a sum equal to the rents which would have been collected during the base calculation year had the housing accommodation been 100% occupied during the entire base calculation year, the sum to be determined by appraisal, as increased by the Consumer Price Index increase under this paragraph.
  (2) “Apartment improvement program” means the program which is administered with grant funds from title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. § 5301 et seq.), by the District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development, developed by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation under the national Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. § 8101 et seq.), and operated under the supervision of the public-private Partnership Committee, which program has been established for the purpose of finding solutions to the economic and physical distress of moderate income rental apartment buildings by joining the tenants, housing provider, noteholder, and the District government in a collective effort.
  (2A) "Application fee" means the total of all costs or fees that a prospective tenant is required to pay to a housing provider at the time of application or at any time prior to signing a lease as a prerequisite to evaluating or approving a prospective tenant's application for rental housing, including processing, reviewing, or screening the prospective tenant's application, but not including holding deposits.
  (3) “Base calculation year” means the calendar year immediately preceding the first calendar year in which a given housing accommodation is made subject to §§ 42-3502.05(f) through 42-3502.19 , or any future District law limiting the amount of rent which can lawfully be demanded or received from a tenant.
  (4) “Base rent” means that rent legally charged or chargeable on April 30, 1985, for the rental unit which shall be the sum of rent charged on September 1, 1983, and all rent increases authorized for that rental unit by prior rent control laws or any administrative decision issued under those laws, and any rent increases authorized by a court of competent jurisdiction.
  (5) “Building improvement plan” means the agreement executed between the parties of interest, including the tenants, housing provider, and the District government, at a property being treated under the apartment improvement program, which agreement sets forth the remedies to the property’s distress, including, but not limited to:
    (A) A schedule of repairs and capital improvements which, at a minimum, will bring the property into substantial compliance with the housing regulations;
    (B) A schedule of services and facilities; and
    (C) A schedule of rents charged and rent increases; and which agreement is monitored by the District government until it expires upon completion of all physical improvements and other scheduled activities included therein.
  (6) “Capital improvement” means an improvement or renovation other than ordinary repair, replacement, or maintenance if the improvement or renovation is deemed depreciable under the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C.).
  (6A) Not Funded.
  (7) “Cooperative housing association” means an association incorporated for the purpose of owning and operating residential real property in the District, the shareholders or members of which, by reason of their ownership of stock or membership certificate, a proprietary lease, or evidence of membership, are entitled to occupy a dwelling unit under the terms of a proprietary lease or occupancy agreement.
  (8) “Council” means the Council of the District of Columbia.
  (8A) “Division” means the Rental Accommodations Division established by § 42-3502.03 or the Rental Conversion and Sale Division established by § 42-3502.04a .
  (9) “Distressed property” means a housing accommodation that:
    (A) Is experiencing, and has experienced for at least 2 years, a negative cash flow;
    (B) Has been cited by the Department of Buildings as being in substantial noncompliance with the housing regulations;
    (C) Has been subject to deferred maintenance as a result of negative cash flow; and
    (D) Has been in arrears on either permanent mortgage loan-payments, property tax payments, fuel and utility payments, or water or sewer fee payments.
  (10) Repealed.
  (11) “Dormitory” means any structure or building owned by an institution of higher education or private boarding school, in which at least 95% of the units are occupied by presently matriculated students of the institution of higher education or private boarding school.
  (12) "Elderly tenant" means a tenant who is 62 years of age or older.
  (12A) "ERAP provider" means a vendor that processes applications for Emergency Rental Assistance Funds.
  (13) “Equity” means the portion of the assessed value of a housing accommodation that exceeds the total value of all encumbrances on the housing accommodation.
  (13A) "Holding deposit" means the amount a housing provider requires a prospective tenant to pay after a housing provider approves a tenant's application, which temporarily makes a unit unavailable to other prospective tenants and which if a tenant accepts a unit becomes part of the prospective tenant's first month's rent or security deposit.
  (13B) "Home and community-based services waiver provider" means an entity that provides residential habilitation or supported living services under the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities program authorized by section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act, approved August 13, 1981 (95 Stat. 809; 42 U.S.C. § 1396n).
  (14) “Housing accommodation” means any structure or building in the District containing 1 or more rental units and the land appurtenant thereto. The term “housing accommodation” does not include any hotel or inn with a valid certificate of occupancy or any structure, including any room in the structure, used primarily for transient occupancy and in which at least 60% of the rooms devoted to living quarters for tenants or guests were used for transient occupancy as of May 20, 1980. For the purposes of this chapter, a rental unit shall be deemed to be used for transient occupancy only if the landlord of the rental unit is subject to and pays the sales tax imposed by § 47-2001(n)(1)(C) .
  (15) “Housing provider” means a landlord, an owner, lessor, sublessor, assignee, or their agent, or any other person receiving or entitled to receive rents or benefits for the use or occupancy of any rental unit within a housing accommodation within the District.
  (16) “Housing regulations” means the most recent edition of the Housing Regulations of the District of Columbia as established by Commissioner’s Order No. 55-1503, effective August 11, 1955.
  (16A) "Independent agency" means any board or commission of the District of Columbia government not subject to the administrative control of the Mayor.
  (17) “Initial leasing period” means that period for which the first tenant of a rental unit rents the rental unit. For units described in § 42-3502.19 , the first tenant is the tenant who rents the rental unit immediately after the date it is first offered for rent as a rental unit which is not otherwise exempt from this chapter.
  (18) “Interest payments” means the amount of interest paid during a reporting period on a mortgage or deed of trust on a housing accommodation.
  (19) “Management fee” means the amount paid to a managing agent and any pro rata salaries of off-site administrative personnel paid by the housing provider, if the duties of the personnel are connected with the operation of the housing accommodation.
  (20) “Maximum possible rental income” means the sum of the rents for all rental units in the housing accommodation, whether occupied or not, computed over a base period of the 12 consecutive months within the 15 months preceding the date of any filing required or permitted under this chapter.
  (21) “Mayor” means the Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
  (22) “Operating expenses” means the expenses required for the operation of a housing accommodation for the 12 consecutive months within the 15 months preceding the date of its use in any computation required by any provision of this chapter, including, but not limited to, expenses for salaries of on-site personnel, supplies, painting, maintenance and repairs, utilities, professional fees, on-site offices, and insurance.
  (23) “Other income which is derived from the housing accommodation” means any income, other than rents, which a housing provider earns because of his or her interest in a housing accommodation, including, but not limited to, fees, commissions, income from vending machines, income from laundry facilities, and income from parking and recreational facilities.
  (23A) "Payment information" means documents or information that identify the owner or manager of a rental unit, identify the balance of rent owed by a tenant, or facilitate the payment of the owner or manager of a rental unit, and that are necessary to perfect an application for Emergency Rental Assistance Funds, which may include personal identification, a W-9 form, a basic business license, proof of a Social Security Number, a property management agreement, or a rent ledger, but which shall not include the content of, or information associated with, a payment plan.
  (24) “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint venture, business entity, or an organized group of individuals, and their respective successors and assignees.
  (25) “Property taxes” means the amount levied by the District government for real property tax on a housing accommodation during a tax year.
  (25A) "Qualifying income" means household income, as defined by § 47-1806.06(b)(2) , that is no greater than 60% of the area median income, as defined by § 42-2801(1) .
  (26) “Related facility” means any facility, furnishing, or equipment made available to a tenant by a housing provider, the use of which is authorized by the payment of the rent charged for a rental unit, including any use of a kitchen, bath, laundry facility, parking facility, or the common use of any common room, yard, or other common area.
  (27) “Related services” means services provided by a housing provider, required by law or by the terms of a rental agreement, to a tenant in connection with the use and occupancy of a rental unit, including repairs, decorating and maintenance, the provision of light, heat, hot and cold water, air conditioning, telephone answering or elevator services, janitorial services, or the removal of trash and refuse.
  (28) “Rent” means the entire amount of money, money’s worth, benefit, bonus, or gratuity demanded, received, or charged by a housing provider as a condition of occupancy or use of a rental unit, its related services, and its related facilities.
  (29) “Rent ceiling” means that amount defined in or computed under § 42-3502.06 .
  (29A) "Rent charged" means the entire amount of money, money's worth, benefit, bonus, or gratuity a tenant must actually pay to a housing provider as a condition of occupancy or use of a rental unit, its related services, and its related facilities, pursuant to the Rent Stabilization Program.
  (29B) "Rent Stabilization Program" means the program and related requirements established by subchapter II of this chapter .
  (29C) "Rent surcharge" means a charge added to the rent charged for a rental unit pursuant to a capital improvement petition, hardship petition, or a substantial rehabilitation, and not included as part of the rent charged.
  (30) “Rental Accommodations Act of 1975” means the Rental Accommodations Act of 1975, effective November 1, 1975 ( D.C. Law 1-33 ).
  (31) “Rental Housing Act of 1977” means the Rental Housing Act of 1977, effective March 16, 1978 ( D.C. Law 2-54 ).
  (32) “Rental Housing Act of 1980” means the Rental Housing Act of 1980, effective March 4, 1981 ( D.C. Law 3-131 ; Chapter 40 of this title ).
  (33) “Rental unit” means any part of a housing accommodation as defined in paragraph (14) of this section which is rented or offered for rent for residential occupancy and includes any apartment, efficiency apartment, room, single-family house and the land appurtenant thereto, suite of rooms, or duplex.
  (33A) “Single-room-occupancy housing” means a rental housing accommodation comprised of rental units, each of which is intended for occupancy and is occupied by a single adult either living alone or living with not more than 1 child of age 6 years or younger, and that may, but is not required to, contain sanitary and food-preparation facilities.
  (34) “Substantial rehabilitation” means any improvement to or renovation of a housing accommodation for which:
    (A) The building permit was granted after January 31, 1973; and
    (B) The total expenditure for the improvement or renovation equals or exceeds 50% of the assessed value of the housing accommodation before the rehabilitation.
  (35) “Substantial violation” means the presence of any housing condition, the existence of which violates the housing regulations, or any other statute or regulation relative to the condition of residential premises and may endanger or materially impair the health and safety of any tenant or person occupying the property.
  (36) “Tenant” includes a tenant, subtenant, lessee, sublessee, or other person entitled to the possession, occupancy, or the benefits of any rental unit owned by another person.
  (36A) "Tenant with a disability" means a tenant who has a disability as defined in section 3(1)(A) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, approved July 26, 1990 (104 Stat. 329; 42 U.S.C. § 12102(1)(A)).
  (37) “Uncollected rent” means the amount of rent and other charges due for at least 30 days but not received from tenants at the time any statement, form, or petition is filed under this chapter.
  (38) “Vacancy loss” means the amount of rent not collectable due to vacant units in a housing accommodation. No amount shall be included in vacancy loss for units occupied by a housing provider or his or her employees or otherwise not offered for rent.
D.C. Code § 42-1744 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1744
§ 42-1744. Status of person previously licensed.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-704 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 7 / § 42-704
§ 42-704. Posthumous children.
Status: in_force

Where a future estate shall be limited to heirs, or issue, or children, posthumous children shall be entitled to take in the same manner as if living at the death of their parent; and a future estate depending on the contingency of the death of any person without heirs, or issue, or children shall be defeated by the birth of a posthumous child of such person.
D.C. Code § 42-3131.16 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31A / § 42-3131.16
§ 42-3131.16. Transmission of list by Mayor.
Status: in_force

(a) No less than once a week, the Mayor shall transmit to the Office of Tax and Revenue a list of buildings:
  (1) Registered or designated as vacant;
  (2) Designated as blighted vacant; and
  (3) For which the time period to issue a notice of final determination under § 42-3131.15 has expired or a notice of final determination has been issued under § 42-3131.15 and administrative appeals have been exhausted or expired.
(b) The list shall be in the form and medium prescribed by the Office of Tax and Revenue.
(c) Buildings shall remain on the list required by this section until a change in classification is approved.
(d) The Mayor and the Office of Tax and Revenue shall develop a procedure to reconcile any material differences between information retained by the Department of Buildings regarding buildings registered or designated as vacant or designated as blighted vacant, and buildings taxed as Class 3 or 4, on at least a monthly basis.
D.C. Code § 42-2016 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / § 42-2016
§ 42-2016. Common profits and expenses; taxation; proportional contributions for administration and maintenance mandatory; determination of amount due and assessment of lien.
Status: in_force

(a) The common profits of the property shall be distributed among and the common expenses shall be charged to the unit owners according to the percentages established by § 42-2006 ; provided, that for purposes of the application of subchapter II of Chapter 18 of Title 47 , the council of co-owners shall, in accordance, with the provisions of said subchapter, be regarded as constituting an unincorporated business and shall file returns and pay taxes upon the taxable income derived from the common areas without regard to the “common profits” as defined in this subchapter.
(b) All co-owners are bound to contribute in accordance with the said percentages toward the expenses of administration and of maintenance and repairs of the general common elements, and, in proper case, of the limited common elements of the project and toward any other expenses lawfully agreed upon by the council of co-owners.
(c) No owner shall be exempt from contributing toward such common expenses by waiver of the use or enjoyment of the common elements both general and limited, or by the abandonment of the condominium unit belonging to him.
(d) Said contribution may be determined, levied, and assessed as a lien on the first day of each calendar or fiscal year, and may become and be due and payable in such installments as the bylaws may provide, and said bylaws may further provide that upon default in the payment of any 1 or more of such installments, the balance of said lien may be accelerated at the option of the manager, board of directors, or of management and be declared due and payable in full.
D.C. Code § 42-1302 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 13 / § 42-1302
§ 42-1302. Written statement; written indication of compliance.
Status: in_force

(a) The transferor of any real property described in § 42-1301(a) shall deliver to the prospective transferee a real property disclosure statement on a form to be approved by the Mayor. The written statement shall be signed by the transferor and shall be delivered to the prospective transferee within the following time limits:
  (1) In the case of a sale, before or at the time the prospective transferee executes a purchase agreement with the transferor; or
  (2) In the case of a sale by an installment sales contract where a binding purchase agreement has not been executed, or in the case of a lease together with an option to purchase, before or at the time the prospective transferee executes the installment sales contract, or lease, as the case may be, with the transferor.
(b) With respect to any transfer subject to subsection (a) of this section, the transferor shall indicate compliance with this chapter either on the purchase agreement, the installment sales contract, the lease with an option to purchase, or any addendum attached to the purchase agreement, contract, or lease with an option to purchase, or on a separate document.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, if any disclosure required to be made by this chapter is delivered after the prospective transferee executes a purchase agreement, installment sales contract, or lease with an option to purchase, the prospective transferee may terminate any of the foregoing by delivering written notice of termination to the transferor not later than 5 calendar days after receipt of the disclosure statement by the prospective transferee, and any deposits made by the transferee to the transferor shall be promptly returned to the transferee.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, the right of a transferee to terminate is waived if not exercised before the earliest of:
  (1) The making of a written application to a lender for a mortgage loan or financing, provided that the lender discloses in writing at or before the time application is made that the right to rescind terminates on submission of the application;
  (2) Settlement or the date of occupancy by the purchaser in the event of a sale; or
  (3) Occupancy in the event of a lease with option to purchase.
D.C. Code § 42-1658 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16B / § 42-1658
§ 42-1658. Interim report of receiver.
Status: in_force

(a) A receiver may file or, if ordered by the Superior Court, shall file an interim report that includes:
  (1) The activities of the receiver since appointment or a previous report;
  (2) Receipts and disbursements, including a payment made or proposed to be made to a professional engaged by the receiver;
  (3) Receipts and dispositions of receivership property;
  (4) Fees and expenses of the receiver and, if not filed separately, a request for approval of payment of the fees and expenses; and
  (5) Any other information required by the Superior Court.
D.C. Code § 42-111 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 1 / § 42-111
§ 42-111. Acknowledgments in Guam, Samoa, and Canal Zone.
Status: in_force

Deeds and other instruments affecting land situate in the District of Columbia may be acknowledged in the islands of Guam and Samoa or in the Canal Zone before any notary public or judge, appointed therein by proper authority, or by any officer therein who has ex officio the powers of a notary public; provided, that the certificate by such notary in Guam, Samoa, or the Canal Zone, as the case may be, shall be accompanied by the certificate of the governor or acting governor of such place to the effect that the notary taking said acknowledgment was in fact the officer he purported to be; and any deeds or other instruments affecting lands so situate, so acknowledged since the 1st day of January, 1905, and accompanied by such certificate shall have the same effect as such deeds or other instruments hereafter so acknowledged and certified.
D.C. Code § 42-3405.09 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3405.09
§ 42-3405.09. Judicial review.
Status: in_force

(a) After the issuance of a final decision and order pursuant to this chapter, and within 15 days after the Mayor has notified the parties of the final decision and order, any party to such proceeding may seek judicial review of such decision and order by filing a petition for review in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
(b) Proceedings for judicial review of Mayoral actions shall be subject to and be in accordance with § 2-510 .
D.C. Code § 42-4043 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4043
§ 42-4043. Authorization to enter into contracts for tenant assistance payments; determination of eligibility; procedure upon determination of eligibility.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-3131.06a — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31A / § 42-3131.06a
§ 42-3131.06a. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(a) A vacant building shall not be subject to the registration requirements of § 42-3131.06 , the registration fee pursuant to § 42-3131.09 , or the increased real property tax rates for vacant buildings set forth in § 47-812(b-10) , if it is:
  (1) Owned by the government of the United States or its instrumentalities; or
  (2) Authorized as exempt from real-estate taxes by the United States Department of State's Office of Foreign Missions on the basis of its use for diplomatic or consular purposes or for the official business of an international organization.
(b) A vacant building shall not be subject to the registration fee pursuant to § 42-3131.09 or the increased real property tax rates for vacant buildings set forth in § 47-812(b-10) if it is:
  (1) Exempted by the Mayor in extraordinary circumstances and upon a showing of substantial economic or personal hardship as determined pursuant to subsection (c) of this section;
  (2) In compliance with the requirements of § 42-3131.12 and applicable property maintenance code standards for the District of Columbia, and, if a rental, properly licensed in accordance with applicable District regulations, and the owner or his or her agent has been actively seeking in good faith to rent or sell the building; provided, that an exemption under this paragraph shall only be available for a period not to exceed:
    (A) Half a tax year from the initial listing, offer, or advertisement of rent or sale in the case of a single-family residential building;
    (B) Two tax years from the initial listing, offer, or advertisement of rent or sale for a multifamily residential building; or
    (C) Two tax years from the initial listing, offer, or advertisement of rent or sale for a commercial or mixed-use building;
  (3) For a period not to exceed 3 tax years, the subject of a probate proceeding or the title is the subject of litigation (not including a foreclosure of the right of redemption action brought under Chapter 13A of Title 47 . The tax year in which the exemption under this paragraph commences is determined by the filing date of the applicable probate proceeding or litigation;
  (4) For a period not to exceed 2 tax years, the subject of a pending application for a necessary approval for development before the Board of Zoning Adjustment, the Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia, the Commission on Fine Arts, the Historic Preservation Review Board, the Mayor's Agent for Historic Preservation, the Department of Public Works, or the National Capital Planning Commission;
  (5) For a period not to exceed half a tax year, a building for which the owner of the property or his or her agent has an active building permit application that is being reviewed and processed by the District, and the owner is actively seeking in good faith to obtain a building permit for the purposes of making the building fit for occupancy; or
  (6) For a period not to exceed 3 tax years, under active construction or undergoing active rehabilitation, renovation, or repair, and there is a valid active building permit to make the building fit for occupancy. During the period for which the exemption is requested, the building must be under active construction or undergoing active rehabilitation, renovation, or repair under a valid active building permit.
(c) (1) An owner may qualify for an exemption for substantial economic or personal hardship by presenting evidence of such hardship to the Mayor. In making a determination of hardship, the Mayor may consider, but is not limited to, the following criteria:
    (A) The owner was a debtor in an individual bankruptcy action within the last 12 months;
    (B) The owner experienced a significant medical event that prevented him or her from engaging in normal work or business activities for at least a period of 30 days;
    (C) The owner was involuntarily terminated from employment and was unemployed for at least 60 days within the last 12 months;
    (D) The owner is:
      (i) 60 years of age or older and is receiving social security disability insurance;
      (ii) 65 years of age or older and has a household income that does not exceed 120% of the median family income and has experienced medical, personal, or financial hardship in the past 180 days;
    (E) The owner was impacted by a fire at the property that was not the result of criminal activity or negligence as identified by a Fire and Emergency Medical Services investigation; or
    (F) The owner was impacted by a natural disaster at the property.
  (2) A hardship exemption pursuant to this subsection may be granted for a period not to exceed 2 tax years from the required registration date, subject to annual renewal on the basis of continuing extraordinary circumstances and substantial undue economic hardship. The Mayor may withdraw the exemption at any time.
  (3) After granting a hardship exemption pursuant to this subsection, the Mayor shall publish notice of the hardship exemption in the District of Columbia Register. The notice shall contain the name of the owner, the address of the property, and the tax year in which the exemption applies.
(d) The total cumulative time for exemptions granted under subsection (b) of this section to any property shall not exceed 5 tax years in any 12-year period.
(e) If a vacant building is owned by the District of Columbia or its instrumentalities, it shall be subject to the registration requirements of § 42-3131.06 and the maintenance requirements of § 42-3131.12 , but not subject to the fee requirements of § 42-3131.09 , the fines and penalties collected under § 42-3131.10 , or the increased real property tax rates for vacant buildings set forth in § 47-812(b-10) .
D.C. Code § 42-1904.12 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1904.12
§ 42-1904.12. Mayor to administer chapter; rules and regulations; advertising materials; abbreviated public offering statement; court actions; intervention in suits involving condominiums; notice relating to conversion condominiums.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter shall be administered by the Mayor or his designee. The Mayor shall prescribe reasonable rules which shall be adopted, amended or repealed in accordance with the provisions of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act ( § 2-501 et seq.). The rules shall include but not be limited to provisions for advertising standards to assure full and fair disclosure; provisions for operating procedures; and such other rules as are necessary and proper to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. The initial such regulations shall be promulgated by the Mayor within 120 days after March 29, 1977.
(b) The Mayor by regulation, rule or order, after reasonable notice and hearing may require the filing of advertising material relating to condominiums prior to the distribution of such material.
(c) The Mayor may by regulation, rule or order approve the filing and use of an abbreviated public offering statement if the agency determines that the public interest and the interests of purchasers would best be served thereby. The Mayor shall determine whether or not such abbreviated disclosure will be permitted based upon consideration of the following factors among others:
  (1) The total number of units being offered is small, which shall mean generally less than 10;
  (2) Adequate disclosure of relevant information will otherwise be readily available to prospective purchasers;
  (3) The class of purchasers will be comprised substantially of persons having the ability to protect their own interests (such as the present tenants); and
  (4) In the case of a conversion condominium, no substantial renovation or remodeling of the units will be done.
(d) If it appears that a person has engaged or is about to engage in an act or practice constituting a violation of a provision of this chapter, or a rule, regulation or order hereunder, the Mayor, with or without prior administrative proceedings may bring an action in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to enjoin the acts or practices and to enforce compliance with this chapter or any rule, regulation or order hereunder. Upon proper showing, injunctive relief or temporary restraining orders shall be granted. The Mayor is not required to post a bond in any court proceedings or prove that any other adequate remedy at law exists.
(e) The Mayor may intervene in any suit involving the rights and liabilities of declarant with respect to the condominium being registered and any transactions related thereto. The Mayor may require the declarant to notify the Mayor of any suit by or against the declarant involving a condominium established or sold by the declarant.
(f) The Mayor may:
  (1) Accept registrations filed in other jurisdictions or with the federal government;
  (2) Contract with similar agencies in this or other jurisdictions to perform investigative functions; and
  (3) Accept grants-in-aid from any governmental source.
(g) The Mayor shall notify the Rental Accommodations Commission whenever an application is made to register a conversion condominium and at such time as any application to register a conversion condominium is approved.
(h) With respect to any lawful process served upon the agency pursuant to the appointment made in accordance with § 42-1904.03 , the agency shall send the lawful process by registered or certified mail to any of the principals, officers, directors, partners, or trustees of the declarant listed in the application for registration at the last address listed in the application or any annual report.
D.C. Code § 42-3503.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3503.01
§ 42-3503.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Annual adjusted income” means income that remains after excluding:
  (A) Four hundred eighty dollars ($480) for each member of the family residing in the household, other than the head of the household or spouse, who is under 18 years of age or who is 18 years of age or older and has a disability or is a full-time student; and
  (B) Child care expenses to the extent necessary to enable another member of the family to be employed or to further the member’s education.
(2) “Certificate of eligibility” means a document issued by the Department declaring a family to be eligible for participation in the Tenant Assistance Program and stating the terms and conditions for the family’s participation.
(3) “Decent, safe, and sanitary housing” means housing which is in substantial compliance with the housing regulations, any other statute or regulation governing the condition of residential premises, and the requirements set forth in this subchapter.
(4) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development, which is authorized to assist in the administration of the Tenant Assistance Program.
(5) “Eligible family” means an individual or a family residing and domiciled in the District which qualifies as a lower income family at the time it initially receives assistance under the Tenant Assistance Program.
(6) “Fair market rent” means the rent, and all maintenance, management, and other services which would be required to be paid in order to obtain privately owned, decent, safe, and sanitary rental housing of modest nonluxury nature with suitable amenities in the District. Fair market rents as established by the Department shall be published in the D.C. Register and shall vary for dwelling units of varying sizes and types, with differentials for new, rehabilitated, and existing units. For SRO housing the fair market rent shall be in a range from 75% to 100% of the 0-bedroom fair market rent.
(7) Repealed.
(8) “Lower-income family” means a household with a combined annual income in a manner to be determined by the Mayor, whose income does not exceed 80% of the median income for a family in the district, with adjustments for smaller and larger families. The Mayor may refer to income or consumer expenditure data of the United States Census Bureau or the United States Department of Labor to determine median income for the District or Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA).
(8A) “Person with a disability” means a person who has a medically determinable mental or physical impairment, including blindness, which prohibits and incapacitates 75% of that person’s ability to move about, to assist himself or herself, or to engage in an occupation.
(9) “Request for lease approval” means a standard form on which the eligible family and the housing provider jointly request the Department to approve a dwelling unit for purposes of tenant assistance. The form shall require the housing provider to state the number of bedrooms in the unit and to certify the most recent rent charged.
(10) “Residing and domiciled” describes a person who resides in the District, pays income tax in the District, whose automobile is registered in the District, and, if a registered voter, votes in the District.
(11) Repealed.
(12) “Tenant assistance contract” means a written contract between the Department and a housing provider, in the form prescribed by the Mayor, in which the Department agrees to make tenant assistance payments to the housing provider (A) on behalf of a specific eligible family; or (B) for specific units to be held for and leased to families eligible for tenant assistance for the duration of the contract.
D.C. Code § 42-835.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-835.02
§ 42-835.02. Notice of commencement of foreclosure.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3403.08 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3403.08
§ 42-3403.08. Information and technical assistance.
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall establish an office to coordinate programs of technical assistance and serve as a central clearinghouse for information needed by tenants regarding the conversion and sale of rental housing. Program areas for this office include, but are not limited to, counseling, subsidy programs, relocation services, housing purchase and rehabilitation finance, tax relief programs, and technical assistance for the formation of tenant organizations, purchase of housing accommodations, rehabilitation, and conversion to cooperative or condominium.
D.C. Code § 42-1735 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1735
§ 42-1735. License revoked on conviction of crime.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-833.08 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-833.08
§ 42-833.08. Trustee or assignee for foreclosure determines foreclosure process consistent with noteowner’s, beneficiary’s, mortgagee’s, or secured party’s written instructions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2204 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 22 / § 42-2204
§ 42-2204. Eligibility for loans.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant is eligible for a loan if he or she is a senior citizen homeowner, is a resident of the District, and has resided in his or her principal place of residence for at least 3 years preceding the date of the application for assistance under this chapter. Lower income applicants shall be given priority consideration by the Mayor with respect to the issuance of loans.
(b) To determine the eligibility of an applicant, the Mayor shall develop an application form.
(c) In order to apply for a loan under this chapter, an applicant shall complete the application form and return it to the Mayor at the time and in the manner in which the Mayor shall prescribe.
(d) The Mayor shall verify the contents of the application form and determine whether the applicant meets the requirements for age, residency, and principal place of residence.
D.C. Code § 42-841.09 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-841.09
§ 42-841.09. Right to cancel foreclosure sale before issuance of auditor’s approval of foreclosure sale procedure.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2623 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 26 / § 42-2623
§ 42-2623. Eligibility.
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant shall be eligible for the Home Purchase Assistance Step Up Program if the applicant:
  (1) Is a District of Columbia resident;
  (2) Is the head of the household and will occupy the property to be purchased with assistance from the program as his or her primary residence;
  (3) Has a satisfactory credit rating as shall be defined by rules deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter;
  (4) Has adequate income to qualify for a mortgage from a private lender;
  (5) Has sold or otherwise disposed of all interests in any other real property before the closing of any loan under this subchapter;
  (6) Has insufficient assets to pay the down payment or reasonable closing costs, or both, without assistance from this program;
  (7) Would have liquid assets not exceeding the limit established by the Mayor by rulemaking, after purchasing property under this subchapter or through this program; and
  (8) Meets qualifying income levels as provided by regulation.
(b) Property shall be eligible for the Home Purchase Assistance Step Up Program if the property:
  (1) Is an existing single family residence in the District of Columbia;
  (2) Meets the requirements of the Construction Codes promulgated pursuant to the Construction Codes Approval and Amendments Act of 1980, effective February 2, 1987 ( D.C. Law 6-216 ; 12 DCMR) and the Housing Regulations of the District of Columbia, effective August 11, 1955 (C.O. 55-1503; 14 DCMR Chapters 1-14); and
  (3) Has a purchase price that neither exceeds the maximum price requirement established by rulemaking nor the appraised value of the property.
D.C. Code § 42-2704.09 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2704.09
§ 42-2704.09. Bonds and notes as legal investments and securities.
Status: in_force

The bonds and notes of the Agency are legal investments in which public officers and public bodies of the District, insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, banks, bankers, banking institutions including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries and other persons authorized to invest in bonds or in other obligations of the District, may legally invest funds, including capital, in their control. The bonds and notes are also securities which legally may be deposited with and received by public officers and public bodies of the District or any agency of the District for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the District is authorized by law.
D.C. Code § 42-1902.27 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1902.27
§ 42-1902.27. Amendment of instruments.
Status: in_force

(a) If there is no unit owner other than the declarant, the declarant may unilaterally amend the condominium instruments, and the amendment shall become effective upon recordation if the amendment has been executed by the declarant. This section shall not be construed to nullify, limit, or otherwise affect the validity or enforceability of any agreement renouncing or to renounce, in whole or in part, the right conferred by this section.
(b) If any of the units in the condominium are restricted exclusively to residential use and there is any unit owner other than the declarant, the condominium instruments shall be amended only by agreement of unit owners of units to which 2/3 of the votes in the unit owners’ association pertain, or any larger majority that the condominium instruments may specify, except in cases for which this chapter provides different methods of amendment. If none of the units in the condominium is restricted exclusively to residential use, the condominium instruments may specify a majority smaller than the minimum specified in the preceding sentence.
(c) An action to challenge the validity of an amendment adopted by the unit owners’ association pursuant to this section may not be brought more than 1 year after the amendment is recorded.
(d) Any amendment to the condominium instruments required by this chapter to be recorded by the unit owners’ association shall be prepared, executed, recorded, and certified on behalf of the unit owners’ association by any officer designated for that purpose or, in the absence of designation, by the presiding officer of the executive board.
(e) Except to the extent expressly permitted or required by other provisions of this chapter, an amendment to the condominium instruments may not:
  (1) Create or increase special declarant rights;
  (2) Increase the number of units;
  (3) Change the boundaries of any unit;
  (4) Change the undivided interest in the common elements, the liability for common expenses, the right to surplus funds, or the number of votes in the unit owners’ association that pertains to any unit; or
  (5) Change the uses to which any unit is restricted, in the absence of the unanimous consent of the unit owners.
(f) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, within 5 years after the recordation of a condominium instrument that contains or creates a mistake, inconsistency, error, or ambiguity, the declarant may unilaterally execute and record a corrective amendment or supplement to the condominium instruments to:
    (A) Correct a mathematical mistake, an inconsistency, or a scrivener’s error; or
    (B) Clarify an ambiguity in the condominium instruments with respect to an objectively verifiable fact, including without limitation recalculating the undivided interest in the common elements, the liability for common expenses or right to surplus funds, or the number of votes in the unit owners’ association that pertain to a unit.
  (2) An amendment or supplement may not materially reduce what the obligations of the declarant would have been if the mistake, inconsistency, error, or ambiguity had not occurred. The principal officer of the unit owners’ association may unilaterally execute and record a corrective amendment or supplement upon a vote of 2/3 of the members of the executive board. Any corrective amendment or supplement shall be validated to the extent that the corrective amendment or supplement would have been permitted by this subsection.
(g) (1) Unless otherwise specified in the condominium instruments, if the condominium instruments contain a provision requiring action on the part of the holder of a mortgage or deed of trust on a unit to amend the condominium instruments, that provision shall be deemed satisfied if the procedures under this subsection are satisfied.
  (2) If the condominium instruments contain a provision requiring action on the part of the holder of a mortgage or deed of trust on a residential unit to amend the condominium instruments, the unit owners’ association shall cause a copy of a proposed amendment to the condominium instruments to be delivered to the last known address of each holder of a mortgage or deed of trust entitled to notice. Absent notice of written instructions to the contrary, the association may reasonably rely upon the address of each holder as contained in the recorded mortgage or deed of trust.
  (3) If the holder of a mortgage or deed of trust of a residential unit that receives the proposed amendment fails to object, in writing, to the proposed amendment within 60 days from the date the proposed amendment is mailed or delivered to the holder, the holder shall be deemed to have consented to the adoption of the amendment.
  (4) The inadvertent failure to deliver a copy of any proposed amendment to the condominium instruments to each holder of a mortgage or deed of trust entitled to notice, despite good faith efforts by the unit owners’ association, shall not invalidate any action taken pursuant to this section.
D.C. Code § 42-1903.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1903.03
§ 42-1903.03. Meetings; electronic notice.
Status: in_force

(a) Meetings of the unit owners’ association shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the condominium instruments at least once each year after the formation of the unit owners’ association and shall be open to all unit owners of record in good standing. The bylaws shall specify an officer who shall, at least 21 days in advance of any annual or regularly scheduled meeting, and at least 7 days in advance of any other meeting, send to each unit owner notice of time, place, and purposes of the meeting. Notice shall be sent by United States mail to all unit owners of record at the address of their respective units and to one other address as any of them may have designated in writing to the officer, or notice may be hand delivered by the officer; provided, that the officer certifies in writing that notice was hand delivered to the unit owner. Alternatively, notice may be sent by electronic means to any unit owner who requests delivery of notice in an electronic manner and who waives notice by mail or hand delivery, pursuant to subsection (e) of this section.
(b) (1) Except as otherwise provided in the condominium instruments, all meetings of the unit owners’ association, committees of the unit owners’ association, and the executive board shall be open for observation to all unit owners in good standing. Minutes shall be recorded and shall be available for examination and copying by unit owners in good standing. This right of examination may be exercised:
    (A) Only during reasonable business hours or at a mutually convenient time and location; and
    (B) Upon 5 days’ written notice identifying the specific minutes requested.
  (2) Notice, including the time, date, and place of each executive board meeting, shall be furnished to a unit owner who requests this information and published in a location reasonably calculated to be seen by unit owners. Requests by a unit owner to be notified on a continual basis must be made at least once a year in writing and include the unit owner’s name, address, and zip code. Notice, reasonable under the circumstances, of special or emergency meetings shall be given contemporaneously with the notice provided to members of the executive board conducting the meeting.
  (3) Unless otherwise exempt as relating to an executive session pursuant to paragraph (5) of this subsection, at least one copy of the agenda furnished to members of the executive board for a meeting shall be made available for inspection by unit owners.
  (4) Repealed.
  (5) (A) The executive board, upon a motion and an affirmative vote in an open meeting to assemble in executive session, may convene in executive session to consider:
      (i) Personnel matters relating to specific, identified persons who work for the unit owners’ association, including a person’s medical records;
      (ii) Contracts, leases, and other commercial transactions to purchase or provide goods or services, currently in or under negotiation;
      (iii) Pending or anticipated litigation;
      (iv) Matters involving state or local administrative or other formal proceedings before a government tribunal for enforcement of the condominium instruments or rules and regulations promulgated by the executive board;
      (v) Consultation with legal counsel;
      (vi) Matters involving individual unit owners or members, including violations of the condominium instruments or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the condominium instruments and the personal liability of a unit owner to the unit owners’ association; or
      (vii) On an individually recorded affirmative vote of two-thirds of the board members present, for some other exceptional reason so compelling as to override the general public policy in favor of open meetings
    (B) For the purpose of subparagraph (A)(iii) of this paragraph, the term “anticipated litigation” means those instances where there has been a specific threat of litigation from a party or the legal counsel of a party.
  (6) The motion to assemble in executive session shall state specifically the purpose for the executive session. Reference to the motion and the stated purpose for the executive session shall be included in the minutes. The executive board shall restrict the consideration of matters during an executive session to those purposes specifically set forth in the motion. A motion passed, or other formal action taken, in an executive session shall be recorded in the minutes of the open meeting, but this shall not require disclosure of any details that are properly the subject of confidential consideration in an executive session. The action or actions authorized by a motion passed in an executive session shall be reflected in minutes available to unit owners in good standing. The requirements of this section shall not require the disclosure of information in violation of law.
(c) Subject to reasonable rules adopted by the executive board, the executive board shall provide a designated period of time during each regularly scheduled meeting to allow unit owners an opportunity to comment on any matter relating to the unit owners’ association. During a meeting at which the agenda is limited to specific topics, or at a special meeting, the executive board may limit the comments of unit owners to the topics listed on the meeting agenda.
(d) The executive board may take action without a meeting by resolution issued with the unanimous written consent of the members of the executive board in support of the action being taken. A copy of the resolution shall be attached to the minutes of the next executive board meeting that occurs following its adoption.
(e) (1) Notwithstanding any language contained in the condominium instruments, the unit owners’ association may provide notice of a meeting or deliver information to a unit owner by electronic transmission if:
    (A) The executive board authorizes the unit owners’ association to provide notice of a meeting or deliver information by electronic transmission;
    (B) The unit owner provides the unit owners’ association with prior written authorization to provide notice of a meeting or deliver material or information by electronic transmission; and
    (C) An officer or agent of the unit owners’ association certifies in writing that the unit owners’ association has provided notice of a meeting or delivery of material or information by electronic transmission as authorized by the unit owner pursuant to this subsection.
  (2) Notice or delivery by electronic transmission shall be considered ineffective if:
    (A) The unit owners’ association is unable to deliver 2 consecutive notices; and
    (B) The inability to deliver the electronic transmission becomes known to the person responsible for the sending of the electronic transmission.
  (3) The inadvertent failure to deliver notice by electronic transmission shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.
(f) Notwithstanding any language contained in this chapter or in the condominium instruments:
  (1) Meetings of the unit owners' association, executive board, or committees may be conducted or attended by telephone conference, video conference, or similar electronic means. If a meeting is conducted by telephone conference, video conference, or similar electronic means, the equipment or system used must permit any unit owner in attendance to hear and be heard by, and to comprehend what is said by, all other unit owners participating in the meeting. Any unit owner, board member, or committee member attending such meeting shall be deemed present for quorum purposes.
  (2) A link or instructions on how to access an electronic meeting shall be included in the notice required under subsection (a) of this section.
  (3) Any matters requiring a vote of the unit owners' association at an annual or regular meeting may be set by the executive board for a vote, and a ballot may be delivered with the notice required under subsection (a) of this section. The executive board may set a reasonable deadline for a ballot to be returned to the association.
  (4) The executive board may authorize unit owners to submit votes by electronic transmission up to 7 days before the scheduled date of any meeting of the unit owners, and unit owners who submit votes during such period shall be deemed to be present and voting in person at such meeting.
D.C. Code § 42-3531.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35A / § 42-3531.03
§ 42-3531.03. Findings.
Status: in_force

The Council finds that, despite the fact that the District has some of the most comprehensive pro-tenant laws in the United States:
(a) (1) Tenants in the District are under-informed of their rights.
  (2) It is difficult for tenants to obtain information.
  (3) Tenants cannot usually afford legal representation.
  (4) Tenants are under-informed about dispute mediation and adjudication options available to tenants in the District through the courts and through the Office of the Attorney General.
  (5) Few tenants have time for self-advocacy because of their full-time employment.
  (6) Tenants in the District need an independent Chief Tenant Advocate to act on their behalf as repository of information and resources to help guide tenants through the landlord-tenant system in the District.
  (7) The establishment of an independent Office of the Tenant Advocate will provide a valuable resource for the government and residents of the District.
D.C. Code § 42-1646 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16B / § 42-1646
§ 42-1646. Disqualification from appointment as receiver; disclosure of interest.
Status: in_force

(a) The Superior Court may not appoint a person as receiver unless the person submits to the Superior Court a statement under penalty of perjury that the person is not disqualified.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person is disqualified from appointment as receiver if the person:
  (1) Is an affiliate of a party;
  (2) Has an interest materially adverse to an interest of a party;
  (3) Has a material financial interest in the outcome of the action, other than compensation the Superior Court may allow the receiver;
  (4) Has a debtor-creditor relationship with a party; or
  (5) Holds an equity interest in a party, other than a noncontrolling interest in a publicly-traded company.
(c) A person is not disqualified from appointment as receiver solely because the person:
  (1) Was appointed receiver or is owed compensation in an unrelated matter involving a party or was engaged by a party in a matter unrelated to the receivership;
  (2) Is an individual obligated to a party on a debt that is not in default and was incurred primarily for personal, family, or household purposes; or
  (3) Maintains with a party a deposit account, as that term is defined in § 28:9-102(a)(29) .
(d) A person seeking appointment of a receiver may nominate a person to serve as receiver, but the Superior Court is not bound by the nomination.
D.C. Code § 42-2067.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20A / § 42-2067.02
§ 42-2067.02. Establishment of the Limited-Equity Cooperative Advisory Council.
Status: in_force

There is established a Limited-equity Cooperative Advisory Council to provide the Council with comprehensive policy recommendations on how the District can assist in the formation of new LECs and help existing LECs succeed.
D.C. Code § 42-832.17 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-832.17
§ 42-832.17. Release of lien instrument after time period when no enforcement.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2601.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 26 / § 42-2601.01
§ 42-2601.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter , the term:
  (1) "Dashboard" means a public-facing webpage that provides consistent and regular updates on the amount of funding left in the Program.
  (2) "DHCD" means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
  (3) "Loan-to-value ratio" means the amount of Program money offered to a participant compared to the cost of the housing unit the qualifying applicant would like to purchase.
  (4) "Program" means the Home Purchase Assistance Program.
  (5) "Qualifying applicant" means an applicant who has been approved to receive financial assistance through the Program for purposes of a down payment or a mortgage rate buydown.
D.C. Code § 42-3402.10 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3402.10
§ 42-3402.10. Exceptions to coverage of subchapter; expiration provisions.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter shall remain in effect until the Mayor declares that a housing crisis no longer exists pursuant to § 42-3405.12 .
(b) The rights granted under § 42-3402.08 to eligible elderly and disabled tenants shall not be abrogated or reduced notwithstanding such a declaration by the Mayor.
(c) (1) A housing provider shall not unreasonably interfere with the tenant’s comfort, safety, or enjoyment of a rental unit, or engage in retaliatory action under § 42-3505.02 , for the purpose of causing a housing accommodation to become vacant.
  (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the terms “unreasonable interference” or “retaliatory action” may include:
    (A) The knowing circulation of inaccurate information;
    (B) Frequent visits or calls over the objection of the household;
    (C) The threat of retaliatory action;
    (D) An act or threat not otherwise permitted by law to recover possession of a rental unit, increase rent, decrease services, increase the obligation of a tenant or cause undue or avoidable inconvenience, harass or violate the privacy of the household, reduce the quality or quantity of service, refuse to honor a lease, rental agreement, or any provision of a lease or rental agreement, refuse to renew a lease or rental agreement, or terminate a tenancy without legal cause; or
    (E) Any other form of threat or coercion.
(d) (1) The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to the conversion of housing accommodations into condominium or cooperative status that are fully vacant as of the date of application to the Mayor for a vacancy exemption; provided, that this exemption shall not apply to:
    (A) § 42-3402.04 ; or
    (B) Any violation of subsection (c) of this section.
  (2) The Mayor shall make such inquiries as the Mayor considers appropriate to determine whether the vacating of each unit was voluntary.
  (3) If the Mayor determines that the vacating of any unit was not voluntary, the Mayor shall disapprove or rescind the approval of the application for exemption.
  (4) All vacancy exemptions shall expire after 180 days; provided, that vacancy exemptions in effect on March 25, 2009, shall expire 180 days after March 25, 2009.
(e) The Mayor may impose civil fines, penalties, and fees for any infraction of the provisions of this section, or any rules issued under the authority of this section pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2 [ § 2-1801 et seq.]. Adjudication of any infraction of this chapter shall be pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2 [ § 2-1801 et seq.].
D.C. Code § 42-1762 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1762
§ 42-1762. Suspension or revocation of property manager license; code of ethics applicable to all licensees.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3914 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 39 / § 42-3914
§ 42-3914. Temporary practice.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3404.03b — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3404.03b
§ 42-3404.03b. Cooling-off period; interference prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) Within the first 5 business days following receipt of the offer of sale by the Mayor pursuant to § 42-3404.03 , the Mayor shall provide all tenant support providers established under § 42-3404.02c and qualified purchasers with a copy of the offer of sale.
(b) A tenant organization of a housing accommodation with 5 or more units may not assign its purchase rights to a third party pursuant to § 42-3404.06 prior to receiving a valid offer of sale or during the first 45 days following receipt of a valid offer of sale unless the tenant organization has submitted the following materials to the Department before receiving the offer of sale:
  (1) The tenant organization's registration application materials, including:
    (A) The name, address, and phone number of tenant officers and legal counsel (if any);
    (B) A copy of the articles of incorporation;
    (C) A copy of the bylaws; and
    (D) Documentation that the organization represents at least a majority of the occupied rental units at the time of registration; and
  (2) Proof of certification that the tenant organization has received training on its rights under this subchapter from an organization or agency approved by the Department or by the Office of the Tenant Advocate, which shall be transmitted to the Department by the training organization or agency directly and include:
    (A) The date and time of the training;
    (B) The number of units represented at the training session; and
    (C) A statement affirming that a quorum was met under the tenant organization's bylaws.
(c) For housing accommodations with 2 through 4 units, other than 2-unit single family accommodations, covered by § 42-3404.10 , a tenant, either jointly or individually, may not assign their purchase rights to a third party pursuant to § 42-3404.06 prior to receiving a valid offer for sale or during the first 22 days following the receipt of a valid offer of sale, unless the tenant has received training from an organization or agency approved by the Department or by the Office of the Tenant Advocate on their rights under this subchapter .
(d) Any person that contacts a tenant organization or individual tenant related to an offer or negotiation subject to this subchapter shall disclose:
  (1) The names, residence, and business addresses of each person with direct, indirect, legal, or beneficial ownership of a governance or total distributional interest of the entity as provided for in § 29-102.01(a)(6) and (7) ; and
  (2) Any financial connection to the property.
(e) Neither the owner nor the third-party purchaser or any other agent or party with a financial or other interest in the accommodation shall interfere with a tenant's exercise of their rights under this subchapter . Interference includes:
  (1) Attempting to organize the tenants in an effort to persuade the tenants to waive or exercise rights in any particular manner without fully disclosing the interested party's financial or other interest in the outcome; and
  (2) Failing to disclose that tenants have a right to no-cost training on their rights under this subchapter , as well as the right to a consultation with a tenant support provider.
D.C. Code § 42-3230 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 32 / § 42-3230
§ 42-3230. Grant or assignment of reversion of premises or by lessee not to affect rights or duties under lease.
Status: in_force

The grantee or assignee of the reversion of any leased premises shall have the same right of action against the lessee, his personal representatives, heirs, or assigns, for rent or for any forfeiture or breach of any covenant or condition in the lease which the grantor or assignor might have had; and the assignee of the lessee shall have the same rights of action against the lessor, his grantee, or assignee, upon any covenants in the lease which the lessee might have had against the lessor.
D.C. Code § 42-3651.08 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 36A / § 42-3651.08
§ 42-3651.08. Final Accounting.
Status: in_force

Within 30 calendar days after termination of a receivership, the receiver shall give the Court a complete accounting of all property with which he or she has been entrusted, all funds collected, and all expenses incurred.
D.C. Code § 42-839.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-839.03
§ 42-839.03. No home loan or no violation of 42-836.01.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3109 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31 / § 42-3109
§ 42-3109. Evidence of reputation.
Status: in_force

In an action brought under this chapter, evidence of general reputation of the property or tenants is admissible for the purpose of proving a drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance, and for the purpose of proving the knowledge of the defendant of the nuisance.
D.C. Code § 42-2704.06 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2704.06
§ 42-2704.06. Special or reserve funds; management and investment of funds.
Status: in_force

The Agency may establish special or reserve funds in furtherance of its authority under this chapter. Notwithstanding other provisions of District law and subject to agreements with holders of bonds and notes, the Agency shall manage its own funds, and may invest funds not required for disbursement in a manner the Agency determines prudent and in accordance with § 42-2704.13 .
D.C. Code § 42-409 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 4 / § 42-409
§ 42-409. Bonds and contracts relating to land recordable.
Status: in_force

Any title bond or other written contract in relation to land may be acknowledged, certified, and recorded in the same manner and with like effect as to notice as deeds for the conveyance of land.
D.C. Code § 42-3114 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31 / § 42-3114
§ 42-3114. Availability of other remedies.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not limit the availability of other remedies under the law or other equitable relief whether or not an adequate remedy exists at law.
D.C. Code § 42-3171.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31C / § 42-3171.03
§ 42-3171.03. Disposal of abandoned or deteriorated property.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor may dispose of abandoned or deteriorated property acquired under § 42-3171.02 , or acquired by any other means, including property the Mayor has altered or improved, through a competitive process or through a negotiated sale; provided, that:
  (1) Before disposition of the property, there shall be a public hearing on the proposed terms and conditions of the disposition after at least 30 days public notice; or
  (2) The Mayor shall transmit to the Council for a 60-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess, a proposed resolution providing for the disposition of the property. The proposed resolution shall contain a description of the property to be disposed of and the proposed method and terms and conditions of the disposition. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed resolution within the 60-day period, the proposed resolution shall be deemed approved.
(b) (1) The Mayor may dispose of property acquired under § 42-3171.02 through a request for offers from adjacent property owners. Before accepting an offer under this subsection, the Mayor shall notify adjacent property owners:
    (A) That they may make an offer to the Mayor to purchase the property within a time period established by the Mayor;
    (B) Of the minimum acceptable purchase price and any mandatory terms or conditions of an acceptable offer; and
    (C) That the offer shall be in writing and contain such information as the Mayor may by regulation prescribe.
  (2) If only one adjoining property owner offers to purchase the property at or above the minimum acceptable purchase price and the offer meets all mandatory terms and conditions of an acceptable offer, the Mayor shall accept the offer.
  (3) If more than one adjoining property owner offers to purchase the real property at or above the minimum acceptable purchase price and the offers meet all mandatory terms and conditions of an acceptable offer, the Mayor shall accept the offer with the highest purchase price.
(c) In transferring a property, the Mayor may forgive up to 50% of the amount of any outstanding taxes owed on the property, and may forgive in full any penalties or interest accrued on the taxes owed, if the property is transferred to a low-income household or to a nonprofit housing entity providing housing opportunities to low-income households; provided, that:
  (1) The transferee, if a low-income household, shall maintain the property as his or her principal place of residence for at least 5 years;
  (2) The transferee, if a nonprofit housing entity, shall:
    (A) If the property is developed for homeownership opportunities, require that each homeowner maintain the property as his or her principal place of residence for at least 5 years;
    (B) If the property is developed for rental opportunities, maintain the rental units as units affordable to, and occupied by, low-income, very low-income, or extremely low-income households for not less than 20 years; and
  (3) The transferee shall complete rehabilitation of the property within 18 months after the property is transferred.
(d) If a property is disposed of pursuant to this section by means other than a proposed resolution pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section, the Mayor shall transmit to the Council within 10 business days of settlement a description of the property and a summary of the terms and conditions of the disposition.
D.C. Code § 42-3502.11a — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3502.11a
§ 42-3502.11a. Mandatory fees prohibited.
Status: in_force

(a) A housing provider shall not impose on a tenant a mandatory fee for any service or facility that has not been approved pursuant to § 42-3502.11 or § 42-3502.15 .
(b) A housing provider who violates this section shall be liable to the tenant for treble damages pursuant to section 901(a).
D.C. Code § 42-2006 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / § 42-2006
§ 42-2006. Units held in fee; common elements held in undivided shares; recordation of declaration of ownership percentages; market values of units and shares not fixed; voting on basis; unit deeds.
Status: in_force

(a) A condominium unit owner shall have the exclusive fee simple ownership of his unit and shall have a common right to a share, with the other co-owners, of an undivided fee simple interest in the common elements of the property, equivalent to the percentage representing the value of the unit to the value of the whole property.
(b) Said percentage interest shall not be separated from the unit to which it appertains.
(c) The individual percentages shall be established at the time the horizontal property regime is constituted by the recording among the land records of the District of Columbia, of a declaration setting forth said percentages, shall have a permanent character, and shall not be changed without the acquiescence of the co-owners representing all the condominium units in the project, which said change shall be evidenced by an appropriate amendatory declaration to such effect recorded among the land records of the District of Columbia. Said share interest shall be set forth of record, in the initial individual condominium unit deeds. Said share interests in the common elements shall, nevertheless, be subject to mutual rights of ingress, egress, and regress of use and enjoyment of the other co-owners and a right of entry to officers, agents, and employees of the government of the United States and the government of the District of Columbia acting in the performance of their official duties.
(d) The said basic value of said undivided common interest shall be fixed for the purposes of this subchapter and shall not fix the market value of the individual condominium units and undivided share interests and shall not prevent each co-owner from fixing a different circumstantial value to his condominium unit and undivided share interest in the common elements, in all types of acts and contracts.
(e) In addition to the foregoing provisions, the declaration may contain other provisions and attachments relating to the condominium and to the units which are not inconsistent with this subchapter.
(f) Voting at all meetings of the co-owners shall be on a percentage basis, and the percentage of the vote to which each co-owner is entitled shall be the individual percentage assigned to his unit in the declaration.
(g) Individual condominium unit deeds may make reference to this subchapter, the condominium subdivision and land subdivision plats referred to in § 42-2010 hereof, the declaration provided for in this section, the bylaws of the council of co-owners, and the deeds may include any further details which the grantor and grantee may deem desirable to set forth consistent with the declaration and this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 42-2622 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 26 / § 42-2622
§ 42-2622. Establishment; funding; annual audit.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established in the Department of Housing and Community Development, a Home Purchase Assistance Step Up Program to provide one-time housing assistance to residents of the District of Columbia in low- to moderate-income households, who own condominiums, cooperatives, or starter homes and seek to purchase single family housing in the District of Columbia that is larger, or otherwise more appropriate for their households.
(b) There is authorized to be appropriated from the general revenues of the District of Columbia, and accounted for in the General Fund as a separate revenue source, such amounts as may be needed to establish a permanent revolving fund to be known as the Home Purchase Assistance Step Up Fund. From this Fund the District shall provide financial assistance to residents of the District of Columbia in low- to moderate-income households, who own condominiums, cooperatives, or starter homes and seek to purchase single family housing in the District of Columbia.
(c) There shall be deposited to the credit of the Fund any amounts as may be appropriated pursuant to this subchapter; any grants and gifts from public and private sources to the Fund or to the District of Columbia government for the purposes of the Fund; repayments of principal and any interest on loans provided from the Fund; any proceeds realized from the liquidation of any security interests held by the District under the terms of any assistance provided from the Fund; any interest earned from the deposit or investment of monies of the Fund; and all other revenues, receipts, penalties, and fees of whatever nature derived from the operation of the Fund.
(d) The Fund shall be available, without fiscal limitation, to provide financial assistance for down payments or closing costs to recipients for the purpose of purchasing a single family residence that is larger or otherwise more appropriate than the home previously owned by the recipient. Such financial assistance may be used in conjunction with other available home purchase assistance programs.
(e) An annual audit of the operations of the Fund shall be conducted by the Office of the Inspector General of the District of Columbia. Not later than 6 months after the end of the fiscal year, the Mayor shall submit to the Congress and to the Council of the District of Columbia a report on the financial condition of the Fund and the results of the operations for such fiscal year.
D.C. Code § 42-1653 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16B / § 42-1653
§ 42-1653. Stay; injunction.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section or ordered by the Superior Court, an order appointing a receiver operates as a stay, applicable to all persons, of an act, action, or proceeding:
  (1) To obtain possession of, exercise control over, or enforce a judgment against receivership property; and
  (2) To enforce a lien against receivership property to the extent the lien secures a claim against the owner which arose before entry of the order.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, the Superior Court may enjoin an act, action, or proceeding against or relating to receivership property if the injunction is necessary to protect the property or facilitate administration of the receivership.
(c) A person whose act, action, or proceeding is stayed or enjoined under this section may apply to the Superior Court for relief from the stay or injunction for cause.
(d) An order under subsection (a) or (b) of this section does not operate as a stay or injunction of:
  (1) An act, action, or proceeding to foreclose or otherwise enforce a mortgage by the person seeking appointment of the receiver;
  (2) An act, action, or proceeding to perfect, or maintain or continue the perfection of, an interest in receivership property;
  (3) Commencement or continuation of a criminal proceeding;
  (4) Commencement or continuation of an action or proceeding, or enforcement of a judgment other than a money judgment in an action or proceeding, by a governmental unit to enforce its police or regulatory power; or
  (5) Establishment by a governmental unit of a tax liability against the owner or receivership property or an appeal of the liability.
(e) The Superior Court may void an act that violates a stay or injunction under this section.
(f) If a person knowingly violates a stay or injunction under this section, the Superior Court may:
  (1) Award actual damages caused by the violation, reasonable attorney's fees, and costs; and
  (2) Sanction the violation as civil contempt.
D.C. Code § 42-1903.06 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1903.06
§ 42-1903.06. Officers; disqualification.
Status: in_force

(a) If the condominium instruments provide that any officer or officers must be unit owners, then any such officer who disposes of all of his units in fee or for a term or terms of 6 months or more shall be deemed to have disqualified himself from continuing in office unless the condominium instruments otherwise provide, or unless he acquires or contracts to acquire another unit in the condominium under terms giving him a right of occupancy thereto effective on or before the termination of his right of occupancy under such disposition or dispositions.
(b) If the condominium instruments provide that any officer or officers must be unit owners, then notwithstanding the provisions of § 42-1902.06(1) , the term “unit owner” in such context shall, unless the condominium instruments otherwise provide, be deemed to include, without limitation, any director, officer, partner in, or trustee of any person, which is, either alone or in conjunction with another person or persons, a unit owner. Any officer who would not be eligible to serve as such were he not a director, officer, partner in, or trustee of such a person, shall be deemed to have disqualified himself from continuing in office if he ceases to have any such affiliation with that person, or if that person would itself have been deemed to have disqualified itself from continuing in such office under subsection (a) of this section were it a natural person holding such office.
D.C. Code § 42-3505.31 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3505.31
§ 42-3505.31. Authorized fees for the payment of rent beyond 5 days after the rent payment is due.
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, a housing provider may charge a late fee of no more than 5% of the full amount of rent due by a tenant.
(b) A housing provider may only charge a late fee:
  (1) If the written lease agreement between the housing provider and the tenant informs the tenant of the maximum amount of the late fee that may be charged pursuant to this section; and
  (2) If the tenant has not paid the full amount of rent within 5 days, or any longer grace period that may be provided in the lease, after the day the rent payment is due.
(c) A housing provider shall not:
  (1) Charge interest on a late fee;
  (2) Deduct any amount of a late fee from a subsequent rent payment;
  (3) Impose a late fee more than one time on each late payment;
  (4) Evict a tenant on the basis of the nonpayment of a late fee; or
  (5) Impose a late fee on a tenant for the late payment or nonpayment of any portion of the rent for which a rent subsidy provider, rather that the tenant, is responsible for paying.
(d) After the grace period established pursuant to subsection (b)(2) of this section, a housing provider may issue a tenant an invoice to be paid within 30 days after the date of issuance for any lawfully imposed late fees.  If the tenant does not pay the late fee within the 30-day period, the housing provider may deduct from a tenant's security deposit, at the end of the tenancy, any unpaid, lawfully imposed late fees, along with any other amounts lawfully due the housing provider.
D.C. Code § 42-1904.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1904.04
§ 42-1904.04. Public offering statement; form prescribed by Mayor; contents; use in promotions; material change in information and amendment of statement.
Status: in_force

(a) A public offering statement shall disclose fully and accurately the characteristics of the condominium and the units therein offered and shall make known to prospective purchasers all unusual and material circumstances or features affecting the condominium. The proposed public offering statement submitted to the Mayor shall be in a form prescribed by his rules and shall include:
  (1) The name and principal address of the declarant and the condominium;
  (2) The applicant’s name, address, and the form, date, and jurisdiction of organization, the address of each of its offices in the District of Columbia, the names and addresses of all general partners if applicant is a partnership, and all directors and owners of 10% or more of the beneficial interest in the stock of applicant if applicant is a corporation;
  (3) To the extent that such information is reasonably available to applicant, the names and addresses of the attorney primarily responsible for the preparation of the condominium documents, the general contractor, if any, all contractors who are primarily responsible for the construction, reconstruction or renovation of the electrical, plumbing or mechanical systems or the roof of the condominium, and the architect and engineer primarily responsible for the design, construction or renovation of the condominium;
  (4) A general narrative description of the condominium stating the total number of units in the offering; the total number of units planned to be sold and the number of units to be rented; the total number of units that may be included in the condominium by reason of future expansion or merger of the project by the declarant;
  (5) A copy of the condominium instruments, with a brief narrative statement describing each and including:
    (A) Information on declarant control;
    (B) A projected budget for at least the first year of the condominium’s operation (including projected common expense assessments for each unit);
    (C) Provisions for enforcement of liens for assessments;
    (D) A statement of the amount, or a statement that there is no amount, included in the projected budget as a reserve for repairs and replacement;
    (E) The estimated amount of any initial or special condominium fee due from the purchaser on or before settlement of the purchase contract and the basis of such fees;
    (F) A description of any restraints on alienation, including restrictions on the rental of units; and
    (G) A description of any service not reflected in the proposed budget that the declarant shall provide or expenses that he or she shall pay, and that he or she expects may become, at any subsequent time, a common expense of the unit owners’ association, and the projected common expense assessment attributable to each of those services or expenses for the association and for each type of unit;
  (6) Copies of the deed that shall be delivered to a purchaser to evidence his or her interest in the unit and of the contract of sale that a purchaser shall be required to sign;
  (7) A copy of any management contract, lease of recreational areas, and any other contract or agreement substantially affecting the use or maintenance of, or access to all or any part of the condominium with a brief narrative statement of the effect of each such agreement upon a purchaser, the condominium unit owners and the condominium, and a statement of the relationship, if any, between the declarant and the managing agent or firm;
  (8) A general statement of:
    (A) The status of construction;
    (B) The project’s compliance with zoning, site plan and building permit regulations;
    (C) Source of financing available and the estimated amount necessary to complete all improvements shown on the plats and plans as “not yet completed” or “not yet begun” which declarant is obligated to complete; and
    (D) The projected date of completion of construction or renovation of the major amenities of the condominium;
  (9) The significant terms of any encumbrances, easements, liens and matters of title affecting the condominium;
  (10) The significant terms of any financing offered by or through the declarant to purchasers of units in the condominium;
  (11) The provisions and any significant limitations of any warranties provided by the declarant on the units and the common elements, other than the warranty prescribed by § 42-1903.07(b) [(b) repealed];
  (12) A statement that the contract purchaser of a condominium unit may, prior to conveyance, cancel the purchase transaction within 15 days following the date of execution of the contract by the purchaser or the receipt of a current public offering statement, whichever is later;
  (13) A statement as to whether or not the condominium satisfies, or is expected to satisfy, the special requirements pertaining to condominiums established by federal, federally chartered or District of Columbia institutions which insure, guarantee or maintain a secondary market for condominium unit mortgages;
  (14) Additional information required by the Mayor to assure full and fair disclosure to prospective purchasers; and
  (15) Repealed.
(a-1) If the declaration provides that ownership or occupancy of the units are or may be owned in time-shares, the public offering statement shall disclose in addition to the information required by subsection (a) of this section:
  (1) The total number of units in which time-share estates may be created;
  (2) The total number of time-share estates that may be created in the condominium;
  (3) The projected common expense assessment for each time-share estate and whether the assessment may vary seasonally;
  (4) A statement that shall include:
    (A) Any service that the declarant shall provide or any expense that the declarant shall pay, if the service or expense is not reflected in the budget and the declarant expects that the expense or service may later become a common expense of the unit owners’ association; and
    (B) The projected common expense assessment attributable to any expense or service listed pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph for each time-share estate;
  (5) Repealed;
  (6) The extent to which the time-share owners of a unit are jointly and severally liable for the payment of real estate taxes and all assessments and other charges levied against the unit;
  (7) The extent to which a suit for partition may be maintained against a unit owned in time-share estates; and
  (8) The extent to which a time-share estate may become subject to a tax or other lien that arises out of claims against other time-share owners of the same unit.
(b) The public offering statement shall not be used for any promotional purposes before registration of the condominium project and afterwards only if it is used in its entirety. No person may advertise or represent that the Mayor approves or recommends the condominium or disposition thereof. No portion of the public offering statement may be underscored, italicized, or printed in larger or heavier or different color type than the remainder of the statement if such emphasis is intended to mislead the prospective purchaser or to otherwise conceal material facts, except that there may be a cover sheet for such public offering statement using such design, pictures and words as the Mayor may deem reasonable. The form, content, and layout of the public offering statement shall be subject to approval by the Mayor.
(c) The declarant shall file with the Mayor a statement of any material change in the information contained in the public offering statement. Such statement shall be filed within 15 days after the date on which the declarant knows or should have known about the change. The Mayor may require the declarant to amend the public offering statement if necessary to assure full and fair disclosure to prospective purchasers. A public offering statement is not current unless any necessary amendments are incorporated therein or attached thereto. Such amendments must be mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested. Such receipt shall be kept on file for review.
(d) The provisions of this section shall be deemed to be complied with if the public offering statement filed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (9) of subsection (a) of this section is for offers of units currently registered as securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(e) In the case of a condominium situated wholly outside the District of Columbia, an application for registration or a proposed public offering statement filed with the Mayor, which has been approved by an agency in the state where the condominium is located and substantially complies with the requirements of this chapter, may not be rejected by the Mayor on the grounds of noncompliance with any different or additional requirements imposed by this chapter or by rules and regulations issued by the Mayor pursuant to this chapter. The Mayor may require additional documents or information in a particular case to assure adequate and accurate disclosure to prospective purchasers.
D.C. Code § 42-832.10 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-832.10
§ 42-832.10. Obligation to provide name and address of noteowner, interested persons in note, amounts due and status of lien instrument.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3702 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 37 / § 42-3702
§ 42-3702. Fund established; appropriation.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-1105 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 11 / § 42-1105
§ 42-1105. Investigation by Mayor; summons; production of books, records, etc.; compelling attendance and production; refusal or obstruction of investigation.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2141 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 21A / § 42-2141
§ 42-2141. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Affordable housing unit” means a unit of housing that is offered for rent or for sale for residential occupancy and as a result of a federal or District subsidy is made available and affordable to households whose income levels are less than or equal to 120% of the area median income.
(2) “Area median income” means:
  (A) For a household of 4 persons, the area median income for a household of 4 persons in the Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area as set forth in the periodic calculation provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development;
  (B) For a household of 3 persons, 90% of the area median income for a household of 4 persons;
  (C) For a household of 2 persons, 80% of the area median income for a household of 4 persons;
  (D) For a household of one person, 70% of the area median income for a household of 4 persons; and
  (E) For a household of more than 4 persons, the area median income for a household of 4 persons, increased by 10% for each household member exceeding 4 persons (for example, the area median income for a family of 5 shall be 110% of the area median income for a family of 4; the area median income for a household of 6 shall be 120% of the area median income for a family of 4).
(3) “Extremely low-income” means a household income equal to 30% or less of the area median income.
(4) “Homeless” means a person:
  (A) Who is lacking a fixed, regular residence that provides safe housing and the financial means to acquire such a residence immediately; or
  (B) Whose primary night-time residence is:
    (i) A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter or transitional housing facility designed to provide temporary living accommodations; or
    (ii) A public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
(5) “Low-income” means a household income equal to, or less than, 80% of the area median income and greater than 50% of the area median income.
(6) “Very low-income” means a household income equal to, or less than, 50% of the area median income and greater than 30% of the area median income.
D.C. Code § 42-520 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 5 / § 42-520
§ 42-520. Estates by sufferance.
Status: in_force

All estates which by construction of the courts were estates from year to year at common law, as where a tenant goes into possession and pays rent without an agreement for a term, or where a tenant for years, after the expiration of his term, continues in possession and pays rent and the like, and all verbal hirings by the month or at any specified rate per month, shall be deemed estates by sufferance.
D.C. Code § 42-4091 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4091
§ 42-4091. Penalties.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-836.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-836.01
§ 42-836.01. Prohibited acts and practices.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1902.24 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1902.24
§ 42-1902.24. Improvements or alterations within unit; exterior appearance not to be changed; merger of adjoining units.
Status: in_force

(a) Except to the extent prohibited by the condominium instruments, and subject to any restrictions and limitations specified therein, any unit owner may make any improvements or alterations within his unit that do not impair the structural integrity of any structure or otherwise lessen the support of any portion of the condominium. But no unit owner shall do anything which would change the exterior appearance of his unit or of any other portion of the condominium except to such extent and subject to such conditions as the condominium instruments may specify.
(b) Except to the extent prohibited by the condominium instruments, and subject to any restrictions and limitations specified therein, if a unit owner acquires an adjoining unit, or an adjoining part of an adjoining unit, then such unit owner shall have the right to remove all or part of any intervening partition or to create doorways or other apertures therein, notwithstanding the fact that such partition may in whole or in part be a common element, so long as no portion of any bearing wall or bearing column is weakened or removed and no portion of any common element other than that partition is damaged, destroyed, or endangered. Such creation of doorways or other apertures shall not be deemed an alteration of boundaries within the meaning of § 42-1902.25 .
D.C. Code § 42-841.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-841.02
§ 42-841.02. Noteowner, beneficiary, mortgagee, or secured party right to bid; trustee or assignee for foreclosure may not bid; waiver of deposit.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2151.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 21A / § 42-2151.01
§ 42-2151.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Actual income” means the cash equivalent of any affordable housing level expressed as a percentage of area median income.
(2) “Affordable housing development” means any structure or building in the District that is publically subsidized utilizing federal or local funds for the purpose of providing affordable housing.
(3) “Area median income” means the area median income of the Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area as set forth in the periodic calculation provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(4) “District of Columbia median family income” means the median family income solely for the District of Columbia, as calculated by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 42-802 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8 / § 42-802
§ 42-802. Duty of Recorder.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Recorder of Deeds to record all such mortgages and deeds of trust in the same manner as absolute deeds.
D.C. Code § 42-3305 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 33 / § 42-3305
§ 42-3305. Exclusiveness of remedy.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the tenant of such apartment house from pursuing any other action or remedy at law or equity that it may have against the owner, agent, lessor, manager or company.
D.C. Code § 42-2026 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / § 42-2026
§ 42-2026. Rule against perpetuities and rule against unreasonable restraints on alienation not applicable to horizontal property regimes; exception for individual units.
Status: in_force

The rule of property known as the rule against perpetuities, and the rule of property known as the rule restricting unreasonable restraints on alienation, §§ 42-302 and 42-304 [repealed], shall not be applied to defeat any of the provisions of this subchapter, or of any declaration, bylaws, or other document executed in accordance with this subchapter as to the condominium project. This exemption shall not apply to estates in the individual condominium units.
D.C. Code § 42-2067.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20A / § 42-2067.05
§ 42-2067.05. Applicability.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1304 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 13 / § 42-1304
§ 42-1304. Change in conditions after delivery.
Status: in_force

If information disclosed in accordance with this chapter becomes inaccurate as a result of any action, occurrence, or agreement after the delivery of the required disclosures, the resulting inaccuracy does not constitute a violation of this chapter. If at the time the disclosures are required to be made, an item of information required to be disclosed under this chapter is unknown or unavailable to the transferor, the transferor may comply with this chapter by advising a prospective purchaser of the fact that the information is unknown. The information provided to a prospective purchaser pursuant to this chapter shall be based upon the information available and actually known to the transferor.
D.C. Code § 42-1502 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 15 / § 42-1502
§ 42-1502. Where several are jointly seized of lands to use of any so seized, latter deemed to have possession and seizin alone.
Status: in_force

Where divers and many persons be, or hereafter shall happen to be jointly seized of and in any lands, tenements, rents, reversions, remainders, or other hereditaments, to the use, confidence, or trust of any of them that be so jointly seized, in every such case those person or persons which have or hereafter shall have any such use, confidence, or trust in any such lands, tenements, rents, reversions, remainders, or hereditaments, shall from henceforth have, and be deemed and adjudged to have only to him or them that have, or hereafter shall have such use, confidence, or trust, such estate, possession, and seizin, of and in the same lands, tenements, rents, reversions, remainders, and other hereditaments, in like nature, manner, form, condition, and course, as he or they had before in the use, confidence, or trust of the same lands, tenements, or hereditaments; saving and reserving to all and singular persons, and bodies politic, their heirs, and successors, other than those person or persons which be seized, or hereafter shall be seized of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, to any use, confidence, or trust, all such right, title, entry, interest, possession, rents, and action, as they or any of them had, or might have had before the year 1535.
D.C. Code § 42-1902.08 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1902.08
§ 42-1902.08. Provisions of instrument severable; unlawful provisions void; rule against perpetuities; restraints on alienation; unreasonable restraint.
Status: in_force

(a) All provisions of the condominium instruments shall be deemed severable, and any unlawful provision thereof shall be void.
(b) No provision of the condominium instruments shall be deemed void by reason of the rule against perpetuities.
(c) No restraint on alienation shall discriminate or be used to discriminate on the basis of religious conviction, race, color, sex, or national origin. The condominium instruments may provide, however, for restraints on use of some or all of the units restricting the use of such units to persons meeting requirements based upon age, sex, marital status, physical disability or, in connection with programs of the federal or District of Columbia government, income levels.
(d) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, the rule of property law known as the rule restricting unreasonable restraints on alienation shall not be applied to defeat any provision of the condominium instruments restraining the alienation of condominium units not restricted exclusively to residential use.
(e) Title to a condominium unit and common elements is not rendered unmarketable or otherwise affected by reason of an insubstantial failure of the condominium instruments to comply with this chapter. Whether or not a substantial failure impairs marketability is not affected by this chapter.
D.C. Code § 42-125 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 1 / § 42-125
§ 42-125. Certain defective deeds and acknowledgments prior to January 1, 1969, validated.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1307 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 13 / § 42-1307
§ 42-1307. Scope of disclosure.
Status: in_force

The specification of items for disclosure in this chapter does not limit or abridge any obligation for disclosure created by any other provision of statutory law regarding fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit in transfer transactions. If the transferor provides to the prospective transferee the residential real property disclosure statement required by this chapter (or the other information described § 42-1303(b) or (c)), any licensed agent of the transferor shall be deemed to have complied with the licensee’s obligations under § 42-1703 to disclose to a customer material adverse facts concerning the physical condition of the property.
D.C. Code § 42-1651 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16B / § 42-1651
§ 42-1651. Powers and duties of receiver.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as limited by Superior Court order or law of the District other than this act , a receiver may:
  (1) Collect, control, manage, conserve, and protect receivership property;
  (2) Operate a business constituting receivership property, including preservation, use, sale, lease, license, exchange, collection, or disposition of the property in the ordinary course of business;
  (3) In the ordinary course of business, incur unsecured debt and pay expenses incidental to the receiver's preservation, use, sale, lease, license, exchange, collection, or disposition of receivership property;
  (4) Assert a right, claim, cause of action, or defense of the owner which relates to receivership property;
  (5) Seek and obtain instruction from the Superior Court concerning receivership property, exercise of the receiver's powers, and performance of the receiver's duties;
  (6) On subpoena, compel a person to submit to examination under oath, or to produce and permit inspection and copying of designated records or tangible things, with respect to receivership property or any other matter that may affect administration of the receivership;
  (7) Engage a professional as provided in § 42-1654 ;
  (8) Apply to a court of another state for appointment as ancillary receiver with respect to receivership property located in that state; and
  (9) Exercise any power conferred by Superior Court order, this act , or law of the District other than this act.
(b) With the Superior Court's approval, a receiver may:
  (1) Incur debt for the use or benefit of receivership property other than in the ordinary course of business;
  (2) Make improvements to receivership property;
  (3) Use or transfer receivership property other than in the ordinary course of business as provided in § 42-1655 ;
  (4) Adopt or reject an executory contract of the owner as provided in § 42-1656 ;
  (5) Pay compensation to the receiver as provided in § 42-1660 , and to each professional engaged by the receiver as provided in § 42-1654 ;
  (6) Recommend allowance or disallowance of a claim of a creditor as provided in § 42-1659 ; and
  (7) Make a distribution of receivership property as provided in § 42-1659 .
(c) A receiver shall:
  (1) Prepare and retain appropriate business records, including a record of each receipt, disbursement, and disposition of receivership property;
  (2) Account for receivership property, including the proceeds of a sale, lease, license, exchange, collection, or other disposition of the property;
  (3) File with the Office of the Recorder of Deeds a copy of the order appointing the receiver and, if a legal description of the real property is not included in the order, the legal description;
  (4) Disclose to the Superior Court any fact arising during the receivership which would disqualify the receiver under § 42-1646 ; and
  (5) Perform any duty imposed by Superior Court order, this act , or law of the District other than this act.
(d) The powers and duties of a receiver may be expanded, modified, or limited by the Superior Court's order.
D.C. Code § 42-815.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8 / § 42-815.01
§ 42-815.01. Right to cure residential mortgage foreclosure default.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of §§ 42-801 through 42-804 and §§ 42-811 through 42-819 , the term “residential mortgage” means a loan secured by a deed of trust or mortgage, used to acquire or refinance real property which is improved by 4 or fewer single-family dwellings, including condominium or cooperative units, but shall not include debts incurred, and currently obligating solely, an entity, as defined by § 29-101.02(10) .
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, after a notice of intention to foreclose a residential mortgage has been given pursuant to § 42-815 , at any time up to 5 business days prior to the commencement of bidding at a trustee sale or other judicial sale on a residential mortgage obligation, the residential mortgage debtor or anyone in his behalf, not more than 1 time in any 2 consecutive calendar years, may cure his default and prevent sale or other disposition of the real estate, by tendering the amount or performance specified in subsection (c) of this section.
(c) To cure a default under this section, a residential mortgage debtor shall:
  (1) Pay or tender in the form of cash, cashier’s check, or certified check  all sums, including any reasonable late penalty, required to bring the account current, with the exception of any amounts due by operation of any  acceleration clause that may be included in the security agreement;
  (2) Perform any other obligation which he would have been bound to perform in  the absence of default or in the absence of the exercise of an acceleration  clause, if any; and
  (3) Pay or tender any expenses properly associated with the foreclosure and incurred by the mortgagee to the date of debtor’s payment or tender under this  section. These costs and expenses may include, but not be limited to, advertising fees, trustee fees, and reasonable attorney’s fees.
(d) Cure of a default pursuant to this section restores the residential mortgage debtor to the same position as if the default or the acceleration had not occurred.
D.C. Code § 42-301 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 3 / § 42-301
§ 42-301. Present or future and vested or contingent interests conveyed by deed or will.
Status: in_force

Any interest in or claim to real estate whether entitling to present or future possession and enjoyment, and whether vested or contingent, may be disposed of by deed or will, and any estate which would be good as an executory devise may be created by deed.
D.C. Code § 42-3508.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3508.05
§ 42-3508.05. Distressed property improvement plan.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon petition by the housing provider, the Mayor may initiate the development of a distressed property improvement plan utilizing any or all of the mechanisms in § 42-3508.04(b) . The development of the plan shall involve the participation of the housing provider, the tenants or tenants’ association and may include the mortgagor.
(b) A distressed property improvement plan may include, but not be limited to:
  (1) A schedule of repairs and capital improvements;
  (2) A schedule of services and facilities;
  (3) A schedule of rents and rent increases;
  (4) A schedule of mortgage payments which may reflect additional long-term loans to the housing provider for the housing accommodation;
  (5) A schedule of additional capital investment in the housing accommodation by the housing provider; and
  (6) A schedule of property tax payments, which may also reflect moratoria or deferrals on property tax payments and the abatement or deferral of up to 100% of any tax outstanding on the housing accommodation.
(c) In the development of the distressed property improvement plan, the Mayor may consider:
  (1) The interests of tenants in achieving decent, safe, and sanitary housing at affordable rents;
  (2) The long-term interest of the housing provider in achieving a sound investment and a reasonable return on the housing provider’s investment;
  (3) The long-term interest of the mortgagor in achieving a financially secure mortgage; and
  (4) The long-term interest of the District in achieving a decent, safe, and sanitary housing accommodation which is fiscally sound and which generates and pays its fair property tax assessment.
D.C. Code § 42-129 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 1 / § 42-129
§ 42-129. Acts of Congress and Acts of Maryland cumulative as to deeds prior to January 1, 1902.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2502 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 25 / § 42-2502
§ 42-2502. Establishment.
Status: in_force

There is established within the District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development a District of Columbia Government Employer-Assisted Housing Program to assist District of Columbia government employees and educators to become homeowners in the District. The Program shall include:
(1) A District contribution toward a down payment pursuant to § 42-2504 ;
(2) A deferred payment loan of up to $20,000 pursuant to § 42-2505
(3) Agency single-family mortgage financing for qualified applicants pursuant to this chapter ; and
(4) A grant of up to $10,000, for first-responders or educators pursuant to § 42-2505.01 .
D.C. Code § 42-3141.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31A-i / § 42-3141.04
§ 42-3141.04. Deemed authorization to abate.
Status: in_force

If the owner does not reply as provided for in § 42-3141.03(b)(1) , (b)(2), or (b)(3), the owner shall be deemed to have authorized the Mayor to abate the graffiti. The Mayor may then abate the graffiti as if the owner had provided authorization under § 42-3141.03(b)(2) .
D.C. Code § 42-2605 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 26 / § 42-2605
§ 42-2605. Annual audit; report to Congress and Council; appropriations.
Status: in_force

(a) An annual audit of the operations of the Fund shall be conducted by the Office of the Inspector General of the District of Columbia.
(b) Not later than 6 months after the end of each fiscal year, the Mayor shall submit to the Congress of the United States and to the Council of the District of Columbia a report of the financial condition of the Fund and the results of the operations for such fiscal year.
(c) The Mayor shall include in the budget estimates of the District of Columbia for each fiscal year, and there is authorized to be appropriated annually, such amounts out of the revenues of the District of Columbia as may be required for the Fund.
D.C. Code § 42-1901.07 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1901.07
§ 42-1901.07. Variation by agreement.
Status: in_force

Except as expressly provided by this chapter, a provision of this chapter may not be varied by agreement and any right conferred by this chapter may not be waived. A declarant may not act under a power of attorney or use any other device to evade a limitation or prohibition of this chapter or the condominium instruments.
D.C. Code § 42-3541.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35B / § 42-3541.04
§ 42-3541.04. Filing a complaint with the Office of Human Rights; exclusive remedy.
Status: in_force

(a) A person claiming to be aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may file an administrative complaint with the Office of Human Rights within one year after the unlawful discriminatory act, or discovery thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in subchapter III of Unit A of Chapter 14 of Title 2 .
(b) A person claiming to be aggrieved by a violation of this chapter shall have no private cause of action in any court based on a violation of this chapter .
D.C. Code § 42-3671.14 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 36B / § 42-3671.14
§ 42-3671.14. Effect of unintentional violation and timely adjustment of error.
Status: in_force

(a) A lessor shall not be liable under § 42-3671.12 for a violation of this chapter if the lessor shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the violation was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error, such as a clerical miscalculation, computer malfunctions, programming error, or printing error; provided, that the lessor maintained procedures reasonably designed to avoid the error. An error of legal judgment shall not be considered a bona fide error.
(b) A lessor shall not be liable under § 42-3671.12 for any action performed or omitted in good faith in conformity with any administrative regulation or interpretation promulgated by the Office of the Corporation Counsel, by the Department, or by an official duly authorized by the Office of Corporation Counsel or the Department. This rule shall apply even if, after the act or omission has occurred, the regulation or interpretation is amended, rescinded, or determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason.
(c) A lessor shall not be liable under § 42-3671.12 for any error if, before the 31st day after the date the lessor discovers the error and before an action against the lessor has been filed or written notice of the error received by the lessor, the lessor gives the consumer written notice of the error and makes adjustments in the consumer’s account as necessary to assure that the consumer will not be required to pay an amount in excess of the amount disclosed and that the lease-purchase agreement otherwise complies with this chapter.
D.C. Code § 42-836.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-836.02
§ 42-836.02. Violations and remedies.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3401.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3401.03
§ 42-3401.03. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the term:
(1) "Accessory dwelling unit" means a rental unit that is secondary to the principal single-family dwelling in terms of gross floor area, intensity of use, and physical character, but which has kitchen and bath facilities separate from the principal dwelling, and may have a separate entrance.
(1A) “Appraised value” means the value of a housing accommodation as of the date of the appraisal, based on an objective, independent property valuation, performed according to professional appraisal industry standards.
(2) “Bona fide offer of sale” means an offer of sale for a housing accommodation or the interest in the housing accommodation that is either:
  (A) For a price and other material terms that are at least as favorable as those accepted by a purchaser in an arm’s length third-party contract; or
  (B) In the absence of an arm’s length third-party contract, an offer of sale with a price and other material terms comparable to that at which a willing seller and a willing buyer would sell and purchase the housing accommodation, or the appraised value.
(2A) “Condominium” has the same meaning as in § 42-1901.02(4) .
(2B) “Condominium Act” means the Condominium Act of 1976 ( § 42-1901.01 et seq.).
(3) “Condominium conversion” is the issuance of notice of filing pursuant to § 42-1904.06(a) .
(4) “Conversion” shall include cooperative conversions and condominium conversions as defined in this chapter.
(5) “Cooperative” means a cooperative legally incorporated pursuant to the District of Columbia Cooperative Association Act ( § 29-901 et seq.) or a cooperative corporation incorporated in another jurisdiction for the primary purpose of owning and operating real property in which its members reside.
(6) “Cooperative Act” means the District of Columbia Cooperative Association Act ( § 29-901 et seq.).
(7) “Cooperative conversion” is the filing of articles of incorporation pursuant to the Cooperative Act, or the comparable act of another jurisdiction and compliance with the requirements of this chapter, in either order.
(8) “District” means the District of Columbia government.
(9) “Division” means the Rental Accommodations Division established by § 42-3502.03 or the Rental Conversion and Sale Division established by § 42-3502.04a .
(9A) "Elderly tenant" means a tenant who is 62 years of age or older.
(10) “Head of household” means a tenant who maintains the affected rental unit as the tenant’s principal place of residence, is a resident and domiciliary of the District of Columbia, and contributes more than one-half of the cost of maintaining the rental unit. If no member of a household contributes more than one-half of the cost of maintaining the rental unit, the members of the household who maintain the affected rental unit as their principal place of residence are residents and domiciliaries of the District of Columbia, and contribute to the cost of maintaining the rental unit, may designate one of themselves as the head of household. An individual may be considered a head of household for the purposes of this chapter without regard to whether the individual would qualify as a head of household for the purpose of any other law.
(10A) “Highest and best use” means the reasonably probable legal use of a property that is physically possible, appropriately supported, and financially feasible and that results in the highest value of the property.
(11) “Housing accommodation” or “accommodation” means a structure in the District of Columbia containing 1 or more rental units and the appurtenant land. The term does not include a hotel, motel, or other structure used primarily for transient occupancy and in which at least 60 percent of the rooms devoted to living quarters for tenants or guests are used for transient occupancy if the owner or other person or entity entitled to receive rents is subject to the sales tax imposed by § 47-2001(n)(1)(C) and the occupant of the rental unit has been in occupancy for less than 15 days.
(12) “Low-income” means a household with a combined annual income, in a manner to be determined by the Mayor, which may include federal income tax returns where applicable, totaling less than the following percentages of the lower income guidelines established pursuant to § 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. § 1437f) for a family of 4 for the Washington Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA), as the median is determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and adjusted yearly by historic trends of that median, and as may be further adjusted by an interim census of District of Columbia incomes by local or regional government agencies:
one-person household . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50%
two-person household . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60%
three-person household or a 1 or 2 person household containing a person
who is 62 years of age or olderor who has a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90%
four-person household . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  100%
five-person household . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  110%
more than 5 person household . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120%
(12A) “Matter-of-right” means a land use, development density, or structural dimension to which a property owner is entitled by current zoning regulations or law.
(13) “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia or the designated representative of the Mayor.
(14) “Owner” means an individual, corporation, association, joint venture, business entity and its respective agents, who hold title to the housing accommodation unit or cooperative share.
(15) “Rental Housing Act” means the Rental Housing Act of 1985, effective July 17, 1985 ( D.C. Law 6-10 ; § 42-3501.01 et seq.), or any successor rent control act.
(16) “Rental unit” or “unit” means only that part of a housing accommodation which is rented or offered for rent for residential occupancy and includes an apartment, efficiency apartment, room, suite of rooms, and single-family home or duplex, and the appurtenant land to such rental unit.
(16A) "Single-family accommodation" means:
  (A) A housing accommodation, whether freestanding or attached, and the appurtenant land that contains:
    (i) One single-family dwelling; or
    (ii) One single-family dwelling with one accessory dwelling unit; or
  (B) A single rental unit in a condominium, cooperative, or homeowners association, as that term is defined in § 47-871(2) .
(16B) "Single-family dwelling" means a structure, whether freestanding or attached, that contains a room or group of rooms forming a single living space, which includes a kitchen, that is used or intended to be used for living, eating, and sleeping, and the structure's appurtenant land.
(17) “Tenant” means a tenant, subtenant, lessee, sublessee, or other person entitled to the possession, occupancy or benefits of a rental unit within a housing accommodation. If the names of 2 or more persons appear on a rental agreement, those persons shall determine which person may exercise a vote under this chapter. The singular term “tenant” includes the plural.
(18) “Tenant organization” means an organization that represents at least a majority of the heads of household in the housing accommodation excluding those households in which no member has resided in the housing accommodation for at least 90 days and those households in which any member has been an employee of the owner during the preceding 120 days.
(19) "Tenant with a disability" means a tenant who has a disability as defined in section 3(1)(A) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, approved July 26, 1990 (104 Stat. 329; 42 U.S.C. § 12102(1)(A)).
D.C. Code § 42-2704.12 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2704.12
§ 42-2704.12. Investment of funds with financial institution or company doing business with Republic of South Africa.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1902.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1902.04
§ 42-1902.04. Declaration, bylaws and amendments of each to be executed by owners and lessees.
Status: in_force

The declaration and bylaws, and any amendments of either made pursuant to § 42-1902.19 , shall be executed by or on behalf of all of the owners and lessees of the submitted land. But the phrase “owners and lessees” in the preceding sentence and in § 42-1902.19 does not include, in their capacity as such, any mortgagee, any trustee or beneficiary under a deed of trust, any other lien holder, any person having an inchoate dower or curtesy interest, any person having an equitable interest under any contract for the sale or lease of a condominium unit, or any lessee whose leasehold interest does not extend to any portion of the common elements.
D.C. Code § 42-833.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-833.02
§ 42-833.02. Trustee or assignee for foreclosure holds security interest without automatic right of possession; survival of trustee’s or assignee’s for foreclosure security interest.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-838.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-838.01
§ 42-838.01. Request for expedited hearing.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3131.08 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31A / § 42-3131.08
§ 42-3131.08. Notice of denial or revocation of registration.
Status: in_force

The owner shall be notified in writing of the denial or revocation of registration of a vacant building and the right to appeal. Upon notice of the denial or revocation, the owner shall not proceed with any operation to which the registration related. If the registration is denied or revoked, no registration fees or parts thereof shall be returned.
D.C. Code § 42-2812.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 28 / § 42-2812.05
§ 42-2812.05. Sale of the bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) The bonds of any series may be sold at negotiated or competitive sale at, above, or below par, to one or more persons or entities, and upon terms that the Mayor considers to be in the best interests of the District.
(b) The Mayor or an Authorized Delegate may execute, in connection with each sale of the bonds, offering documents on behalf of the District, may deem final any such offering document on behalf of the District for purposes of compliance with federal laws and regulations governing such matters, and may authorize the distribution of the documents in connection with the sale of the bonds.
(c) The Mayor is authorized to deliver the executed and sealed bonds, on behalf of the District, for authentication, and, after the bonds have been authenticated, to deliver the bonds to the original purchasers of the bonds upon payment of the purchase price.
(d) The bonds shall not be issued until the Mayor receives an approving opinion from Bond Counsel as to the validity of the bonds of such series and, if the interest on the bonds is expected to be exempt from federal income taxation, the treatment of the interest on the Bonds for purposes of federal income taxation.
(e) Unit A of Chapter 3 of Title 2 and subchapter III-A of Chapter 3 of Title 47 shall not apply to any contract the Mayor may from time to time enter into for purposes of this subchapter or the Mayor may determine to be necessary or appropriate for purposes of this subchapter to place, in whole or in part:
  (1) An investment or obligation of the District as represented by the bonds;
  (2) An investment or obligation of program of investment; or
  (3) A contract or contracts based on the interest rate, currency, cash flow, or other basis, including, without limitation, interest rate swap agreements; currency swap agreements; insurance agreements; forward payment conversion agreements; futures contracts providing for payments based on levels of, or changes in, interest rates, currency exchange rates, or stock or other indices; contracts to exchange cash flows or a series of payments; and contracts to hedge payment, currency, rate, spread or similar exposure, including, without limitation, interest rate floors, or caps, options, puts, and calls.
The contracts or other arrangements may also be entered into by the District in connection with, or incidental to, entering into or maintaining any agreement that secures the bonds. The contracts or other arrangements shall contain whatever payment security, terms, and conditions as the Mayor may consider appropriate and shall be entered into with whatever party or parties the Mayor may select, after giving due consideration, where applicable, to the creditworthiness of the counterparty or counterparties, including any rating by a nationally recognized rating agency or any other criteria as may be appropriate. In connection with, or incidental to, the issuance or holding of the bonds, or entering into any contract or other arrangement referred to in this section, the District may enter into credit enhancement or liquidity agreements, with payment, interest rate, termination date, currency, security, default, remedy, any other terms and conditions as the Mayor determines. Proceeds of the bonds and any money set aside and pledged to secure payment of the bonds or any contract or other arrangement entered into pursuant to this section may be pledged to and used to service any contract or other arrangement entered into pursuant to this section.
D.C. Code § 42-202.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 2 / § 42-202.01
§ 42-202.01. Rights of the holder of a conservation easement.
Status: in_force

Whenever a recorded conservation easement has been registered with the Mayor, written consent of the holder of the registered and recorded conservation easement shall be required prior to the recordation of a subdivision by the Office of the Surveyor, and to the issuance of a permit for construction, demolition, alteration, or repair, except solely for interior work. With respect to the affected property, a conservation easement shall be deemed registered with the Mayor 10 days after proof of a recorded conservation easement is presented to the Historic Preservation Division of the Building and Land Regulation Administration, Department of Buildings.
D.C. Code § 42-2705.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2705.04
§ 42-2705.04. Agency to arrange annual audit; transmission to Mayor and Council.
Status: in_force

The Agency shall contract at least once each year with an independent certified public accountant to audit the books and accounts of the Agency. The Agency shall transmit the audit to the Mayor and Council within 10 days of receipt.
D.C. Code § 42-3107 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31 / § 42-3107
§ 42-3107. Security.
Status: in_force

No security bond shall be required to issue a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order sought by the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia or by the Corporation Counsel. Otherwise, the court may require a security bond to issue a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order.
D.C. Code § 42-1736 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1736
§ 42-1736. Penalties; prosecutions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1015 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 10 / § 42-1015
§ 42-1015. Beneficiaries to take equally unless otherwise directed; effect of giving trustee discretion.
Status: in_force

Where a disposition under a power is directed to be made to or among or between several persons, without any specifications of the share or sum to be allotted to each, all the persons designated shall be entitled to an equal proportion. But when the terms of the power import that the estate or fund is to be distributed between the persons so designated, in such manner or proportions as the trustee of the power may think proper, the trustee may allot the whole to any 1 or more of such persons in exclusion of the others.
D.C. Code § 42-1641 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16B / § 42-1641
§ 42-1641. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this act , the term:
  (1) "Affiliate" means:
    (A) With respect to an individual:
      (i) A companion of the individual;
      (ii) A lineal ancestor or descendant, whether by blood or adoption, of:
        (I) The individual; or
        (II) A companion of the individual;
      (iii) A companion of an ancestor or descendant described in sub-subparagraph (ii) of this subparagraph;
      (iv) A sibling, aunt, uncle, great aunt, great uncle, first cousin, niece, nephew, grandniece, or grandnephew of the individual, whether related by the whole or the half blood or adoption, or a companion of any of them; or
      (v) Any other individual occupying the residence of the individual; and
    (B) With respect to a person other than an individual:
      (i) Another person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the person;
      (ii) An officer, director, manager, member, partner, employee, or trustee or other fiduciary of the person; or
      (iii) A companion of, or an individual occupying the residence of, an individual described in sub-subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this subparagraph.
  (2) "Companion" means:
    (A) The spouse of an individual;
    (B) The domestic partner of an individual; or
    (C) Another individual in a civil union with an individual.
  (3) "Executory contract" means a contract, including a lease, under which each party has an unperformed obligation and the failure of a party to complete performance would constitute a material breach.
  (4) "Governmental unit" means an office, department, division, bureau, board, commission, or other agency of the District or a subdivision of the District.
  (5) "Lien" means an interest in property which secures payment or performance of an obligation.
  (6) "Mortgage" means a record, however denominated, that creates or provides for a consensual lien on real property or rents, even if it also creates or provides for a lien on personal property.
  (7) "Mortgagee" means a person entitled to enforce an obligation secured by a mortgage.
  (8) "Mortgagor" means a person that grants a mortgage or a successor in ownership of the real property described in the mortgage.
  (9) "Owner" means the person for whose property a receiver is appointed.
  (10) "Person" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity.
  (11) "Proceeds" means the following property:
    (A) Whatever is acquired on the sale, lease, license, exchange, or other disposition of receivership property;
    (B) Whatever is collected on, or distributed on account of, receivership property;
    (C) Rights arising out of receivership property;
    (D) To the extent of the value of receivership property, claims arising out of the loss, nonconformity, or interference with the use of, defects or infringement of rights in, or damage to the property; or
    (E) To the extent of the value of receivership property and to the extent payable to the owner or mortgagee, insurance payable by reason of the loss or nonconformity of, defects or infringement of rights in, or damage to the property.
  (12) "Property" means all of a person's right, title, and interest, both legal and equitable, in real and personal property, tangible and intangible, wherever located and however acquired. The term "property" includes proceeds, products, offspring, rents, or profits of or from the property.
  (13) "Receiver" means a person appointed by the Superior Court as the Superior Court's agent, and subject to the Superior Court's direction, to take possession of, manage, and, if authorized by this act or Superior Court order, transfer, sell, lease, license, exchange, collect, or otherwise dispose of receivership property.
  (14) "Receivership" means a proceeding in which a receiver is appointed.
  (15) "Receivership property" means the property of an owner which is described in the order appointing a receiver or a subsequent order.  The term "receivership property" includes any proceeds, products, offspring, rents, or profits of or from the property.
  (16) "Record," used as a noun, means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored on an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
  (17) "Rents" means:
    (A) Sums payable for the right to possess or occupy, or for the actual possession or occupation of, real property of another person;
    (B) Sums payable to a mortgagor under a policy of rental-interruption insurance covering real property;
    (C) Claims arising out of a default in the payment of sums payable for the right to possess or occupy real property of another person;
    (D) Sums payable to terminate an agreement to possess or occupy real property of another person;
    (E) Sums payable to a mortgagor for payment or reimbursement of expenses incurred in owning, operating, and maintaining real property or constructing or installing improvements on real property; or
    (F) Other sums payable under an agreement relating to the real property of another person which constitute rents under law of the District other than this act .
  (18) "Secured obligation" means an obligation the payment or performance of which is secured by a security agreement.
  (19) "Security agreement" means an agreement that creates or provides for a lien.
  (20) "Sign" means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
    (A) To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or
    (B) To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic sound, symbol, or process.
  (21) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
  (22) "Superior Court" means the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 42-3911 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 39 / § 42-3911
§ 42-3911. Term and renewal of licenses and certifications.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1749 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1749
§ 42-1749. Exemptions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3502.03e — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3502.03e
§ 42-3502.03e. Rental Housing Registration Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the Rental Housing Registration Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered in accordance with subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
(b) Revenue from penalties charged to a housing provider pursuant to § 42-3502.05(f) shall be deposited into the Fund.
(c) Money in the Fund shall be used for developing and maintaining the database created by § 42-3502.03c(a) .
(d) While the Office of Tenant Advocate is developing and administering the database, it shall administer the Fund.  The Office of Tenant Advocate shall transfer Fund administration to the Rent Administrator upon transferring administration and maintenance of the database to the Division pursuant to § 42-3502.03c(e-2) .
(e) (1) The money deposited into the Fund shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time.
  (2) Subject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds appropriated in the Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation.