D.C. Code § 42-3404.02b — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3404.02b
§ 42-3404.02b. "Sale" defined; excluded properties.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter and subchapter V of this chapter , the terms "sell" or "sale" shall include:
  (1) The execution of any agreement pursuant to which the owner of the housing accommodation agrees to some, but not all, of the following:
    (A) Relinquishes possession of the property;
    (B) Extends an option to purchase the property for a sum certain at the end of the assignment, lease, or encumbrance and provides that a portion of the payments received pursuant to the agreement is to be applied to the purchase price;
    (C) Assigns all rights and interests in all contracts that relate to the property;
    (D) Requires that the costs of all taxes and other government charges assessed and levied against the property during the term of the agreement are to be paid by the lessee either directly or through a surcharge paid to the owner;
    (E) Extends an option to purchase an ownership interest in the property, which may be exercised at any time after execution of the agreement but shall be exercised before the expiration of the agreement; and
    (F) Requires the assignee or lessee to maintain personal injury and property damage liability insurance on the property that names the owner as the additional insured;
  (2) A master lease which meets some, but not all, of the factors described in paragraph (1) of this subsection or which is similar in effect; and
  (3) The transfer of an ownership interest in a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust entity formed under Chapter 12 of Title 29 , or a similar statutory provision of another jurisdiction, or other entity which owns an accommodation as its sole or principal asset, which, in effect, results in the transfer of the majority of the ownership interests in the accommodation pursuant to paragraph (1) of this section. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term:
    (A) "Principal asset" means the value of the accommodation relative to the entity's other holdings; and
    (B) "Majority of the ownership interests" means the ownership interests associated with the majority of the value of the capital, profits, and losses of the entity in which the interests are being transferred.
(b) For the purposes of this subchapter and subchapter V of this chapter , and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the term "sell" or "sale" shall not include
  (1) (A) A transfer, even though for consideration, by a decedent's estate to members of the decedent's family, heir, or a legatee.
    (B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term "members of the decedent's family" means:
      (i) The decedent's surviving spouse or domestic partner as defined in § 32-701(3) , lineal descendants of the decedent, or spouses of lineal descendants of the decedent;
      (ii) A trust for the primary benefit of the persons referred to in sub-subparagraph (i) of this subparagraph;
      (iii) A partnership, corporation, or other entity controlled by the individuals referred to in sub-subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph; and
      (iv) Heir as defined in § 20-101(c) ;
  (2) An inter-vivos transfer, even though for consideration, between spouses, parent and child, siblings, grandparent and grandchild, or domestic partners as defined in § 32-701(3) ;
  (3) A transfer of legal title or an interest in an entity holding legal title to a housing accommodation pursuant to a bona fide deed of trust or mortgage, and thereafter any transfer by foreclosure sale or deed in lieu of foreclosure pursuant to a bona fide deed of trust or mortgage;
  (4) A transfer of ownership interests or series of transfers of ownership interests between or among existing owners of a housing accommodation, or within an entity that directly or indirectly owns the housing accommodation, that reallocates ownership interests but does not result in the admission of a new, unrelated third-party owner; provided, that a Notice of Transfer is sent to tenants for this exemption pursuant to § 42-3404.03a ;
  (5) A tax sale or transfer pursuant to a tax foreclosure;
  (6) A bankruptcy sale;
  (7) Any transaction involving accommodations otherwise subject hereto expressly contemplated by a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to February 22, 1994;
  (8) Any transfer of a property directly caused by a change in the form of the entity owning the property; provided, that the transfer is without consideration, including a transfer of interests in an entity to an entity under § 29-204.06 ; provided, that a Notice of Transfer is sent to tenants for this exemption pursuant to § 42-3404.03a ;
  (9) The transfer of ownership interests in a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, statutory trust entity formed under Chapter 12 of Title 29 , or a similar provision of another jurisdiction, or other entity that owns a housing accommodation; provided, that the sole purpose of the transfer is to admit one or more limited partners or investor members who individually or combined, if more than one, will have a minority interest in the entity and who, at the time of settlement, each make a capital contribution that has a value equivalent to the percentage interest of the fair market value of the entity or the housing accommodation that the investor is acquiring, or allow for the exit of one or more partners and members, and the new investor shall be prohibited from acquiring any additional interest in the entity within 12 months after the new investor's initial admission; provided further, that a Notice of Transfer is sent to tenants for this exemption pursuant to § 42-3404.03a , and:
    (A) Any new limited partners or investors will receive, and any exiting limited partner or investor members received, tax benefits pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 42, or a comparable District program; or
    (B) Before and after the transfer, the entity is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the same person or entity;
  (10) A transfer of title to the housing accommodation to an entity under § 29-204.06 ;
  (11) A transfer of bare legal title into a revocable trust, without actual consideration for the transfer, where the transferor is the current beneficiary of the trust pursuant to § 42-1102(17) ;
  (12) A transfer of the housing accommodation to a named beneficiary of a revocable trust by reason of the death of the grantor of the revocable trust, pursuant to § 42-1102 ;
  (13) A transfer of the housing accommodation by the trustee of a revocable trust if the transfer would otherwise be excluded under this chapter if made by the grantor of the revocable trust, pursuant to § 42-1102(19) ;
  (14) A transfer pursuant to a court order or court-approved settlement;
  (15) A transfer by eminent domain or under threat of eminent domain;
  (16) A transfer of interest in an entity that owns a housing accommodation or a transfer of title to a housing accommodation, if:
    (A) The credit period, as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 42, for the housing accommodation has ended;
    (B) Immediately prior to the transfer, the housing accommodation is subject to:
      (i) An extended low-income housing commitment, as that term is defined in 26 U.S.C. § 42(h)(6)(B); or
      (ii) A comparable restrictive covenant as a result of a federal or District program with occupancy, rent, and income requirements at least as restrictive as under 26 U.S.C. § 42;
    (C) Before and after the transfer, the owner of the housing accommodation is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the same person or entity;
    (D) Immediately following the transfer, the housing accommodation is for a term of not less than 10 years subject to an existing or new extended low-income housing commitment or a comparable restrictive covenant as a result of a federal or District program with occupancy, rent and income requirements at least as restrictive as under 26 U.S.C. § 42; and
    (E) A Notice of Transfer is sent to tenants for this exemption pursuant to § 42-3404.03a ;
  (17) A transfer of interest in an entity that owns a housing accommodation or a transfer of title to a housing accommodation, the sole purpose of which is to qualify for and enter into a new credit period, as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 42, for purposes of the rehabilitation of the housing accommodation; provided, that, before and after the transfer, the owner of the housing accommodation is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the same person or entity; provided further, that a Notice of Transfer is sent to tenants for this exemption pursuant to § 42-3404.03a ;
  (18) A sale or other transfer of interest in a property owned by the District of Columbia Housing Authority;
  (19) A sale or other transfer of interest in a property owned by and licensed as a hospital, convent, monastery, skilled nursing home, memory care home, assisted living home, senior personal care independent living home, extended care facility, or convalescent or rehabilitation home, or in a dormitory owned or leased by an educational institution; or
  (20) A sale or other transfer of interest in a new building that has completed construction, as evidenced by a permanent certificate of occupancy for a new multifamily building, within the 15 years before the date of sale; provided, that a Notice of Transfer is sent to tenants for this exemption pursuant to § 42-3404.03a .
(c) The burden of proof to establish that a property or transfer is exempt from the requirements of this subchapter and subchapter V of this chapter shall be on the owner.
(d) (1) Before an individual enters into a lease for a rental unit located in a housing accommodation that is not subject to the tenant opportunity to purchase based on subsection (b)(20) of this section, the owner of the housing accommodation shall provide written notice to the individual regarding such exemption.
  (2) The owner of each housing accommodation that becomes subject to subsection (b)(20) of this section on [December 31, 2025], shall provide written notice within 90 days after such date to all tenants of the housing accommodation regarding the change in applicability of law.
  (3) Failure of the owner of a housing accommodation to provide proper notice under this subsection shall not affect the validity of the exemption from the tenant opportunity to purchase applicable to the housing accommodation.
D.C. Code § 42-2851.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 28A / § 42-2851.01
§ 42-2851.01. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be referred to as the “Low-Income Housing Preservation and Protections Act of 2002”.
D.C. Code § 42-3507.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3507.03
§ 42-3507.03. Payments.
Status: in_force

(a) Until the Mayor establishes the amount of relocation assistance pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the amount of relocation assistance payable to a displaced tenant shall be calculated as follows:
  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, relocation assistance in the amount of $300 for each room in the rental unit shall be payable to the tenants or subtenants bearing the cost of removing the majority of the furnishings. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term “room” in a rental unit means any space 60 square feet or larger which has a fixed ceiling and a floor and is subdivided with fixed partitions on all sides, but does not mean bathrooms, balconies, closets, pantries, kitchens, foyers, hallways, storage areas, utility rooms, or the like.
  (2) Relocation assistance in the amount of $150 for each pantry, kitchen, storage area, and utility room that exceeds 60 square feet in area shall be payable to the tenants or subtenants bearing the cost of removing the majority of the furnishings.
(b) The Mayor shall establish the amount to be paid tenants for relocation assistance within 30 days of June 22, 2006. Thereafter, the Mayor shall, by rule, adjust the amount to be paid tenants for relocation assistance not more than once every 12 months and not less than once every 3 years. The amount of relocation assistance shall reflect the cost of moving, including transporting personal property, packing and unpacking, insurance of property while in transit, storage of personal property, the disconnection and re-connection of utilities, and any other reasonable factor, within the Washington-Baltimore Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area.
(c) Relocation assistance shall be paid to eligible tenants not later than 24 hours before the date the rental unit is to be vacated by the tenants or subtenants, if the housing provider has received at least 10 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, advance written notice of the date upon which the unit is to be vacated. Where the tenant does not provide the housing provider with at least a 10-day notice, the relocation assistance shall be paid within 30 days after the unit is vacated.
(d) Payment of relocation assistance shall not be required with respect to any rental unit which is the subject of an outstanding judgment for possession obtained by the housing provider or housing provider’s predecessor in interest against the tenants or subtenants for a cause of action whether the cause of action arises before or after the service of the notice of intention to rehabilitate, demolish, or discontinue housing use. If the judgment for possession is based upon nonpayment of rent and arises after the notice of intent to rehabilitate, demolish, or discontinue housing use has been given, then relocation assistance shall be required in an amount reduced by the amount determined to be due and owing to the housing provider by the court rendering the judgment for possession.
D.C. Code § 42-846.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-846.02
§ 42-846.02. Applicability.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-833.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-833.05
§ 42-833.05. Trustee or assignee for foreclosure discretionary and ministerial acts.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-815.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8 / § 42-815.04
§ 42-815.04. Construction.
Status: in_force

Other than a judicial review as permitted in § 42-815.02(e)(3) and the rights asserted in § 42-815.02(h-2) and (h-4), nothing in §§ 42-801 through 42-804 and §§ 42-811 through 42-819 shall be construed to create any new administrative, judicial, or other review not otherwise available under existing law and §§ 42-801 through 42-804 and §§ 42-811 through 42-819 shall not apply to actions for judicial foreclosure under § 42-816 , or any other action for judicial foreclosure permitted under existing laws.
D.C. Code § 42-402 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 4 / § 42-402
§ 42-402. Defective grants recorded before April 27, 1994.
Status: in_force

(a) Any instrument recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds before April 27, 1994, shall be effective notwithstanding the existence of 1 or more of the failures in the formal requisites listed in § 42-404 , unless the failure was challenged in a judicial proceeding commenced within 6 months from April 27, 1994.
(b) Nothing in this section shall affect the validity of instruments recorded before April 27, 1994, which have been validated by prior law.
D.C. Code § 42-832.09 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-832.09
§ 42-832.09. Assignment or transfer of real property encumbered by lien instrument and liability of transferor and transferee to noteowner and each other.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3502.15 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3502.15
§ 42-3502.15. Voluntary agreement.
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to rules and procedures enacted under § 42-3502.02(a)(1) , 70%, or more of the tenants of a housing accommodation may enter into a voluntary agreement with the housing provider:
  (1) To establish the reasonable rent charged;
  (2) To alter levels of related services and facilities; and
  (3) To provide for capital improvements and the elimination of deferred maintenance (ordinary repair).
(a-1) A tenant in a unit exempt from the Rent Stabilization Program under § 42-3502.05(a) shall be permitted to comment on the provisions of a voluntary agreement and shall have their comments included in any filing of a voluntary agreement to the Rent Administrator.
(b) A housing provider, tenant, or tenant association shall file a voluntary agreement with the Rent Administrator. If approved by the Rent Administrator, the agreement shall be binding on the housing provider and on all tenants, except as specified in § 42-3502.24(i)(2) . The voluntary agreement shall include:
  (1) The signature of each tenant, including that of a tenant who opted out of the voluntary agreement pursuant to subsection (a-1) of this section;
  (2) The number of each tenant's rental unit;
  (3) The specific amount of increased rent each tenant will pay, if applicable;
  (4) A statement that the agreement was entered into voluntarily without any form of coercion, as defined by subsection (e) of this section, on the part of the housing provider;
  (5) An explanation of why the housing provider did not pursue a rent adjustment pursuant to §§ 42-3502.10 , 42-3502.11 , 42-3502.12 , and 42-3502.14 ; and
  (6) Any other information the Rent Administrator requires.
(c) Repealed.
(d) The Rent Administrator shall determine whether a voluntary agreement complies with filing requirements, was agreed to without coercion, and whether any proposed rent adjustments within a voluntary agreement are reasonable.
(e) For the purposes of this section, the term "coercion" includes the knowing circulation of inaccurate information, frequent visits or calls over the objection of that household, threat of retaliatory action, an act or threat not otherwise permitted by law which seeks to recover possession of a rental unit, increase rent, decrease services, increase the obligation of a tenant or cause undue or unavoidable inconvenience, harass or violate the privacy of the household, refusal to honor a lease provision, refusal to renew a lease or rental agreement, or other form of threat.
D.C. Code § 42-1902.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1902.02
§ 42-1902.02. Release of liens prior to conveyance of first unit; exemption; liens for labor or material applied to individual units or common areas; partial release.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time of the conveyance to the first purchaser of each condominium unit following the recordation of the declaration, every mortgage, deed of trust, any other perfected lien, or any mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens, affecting all of the condominium or a greater portion thereof than the condominium unit conveyed, shall be paid and satisfied of record, or the declarant shall forthwith have the said condominium unit released of record from all such liens not so paid and satisfied. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply, however, to any withdrawable land in a contractable condominium, nor shall any provision of this subsection be construed to prohibit the unit owners’ association from mortgaging or causing a deed of trust to be placed on any portion of the condominium within which no units are located, so long as any time limit specified pursuant to § 42-1903.02(a) has expired, and so long as the bylaws authorize the same.
(b) No labor performed or materials furnished with the consent of or at the request of a unit owner or such unit owner’s agent or contractor or subcontractor shall be the basis for the filing of a lien pursuant to the provisions of § 40-301.01 against the property of any unit owner not expressly consenting to the same, except that such consent shall be deemed to be given by any unit owner in the case of emergency repairs to his unit. Labor performed or materials furnished for the common elements, if duly authorized by the unit owners’ association or its executive board subsequent to any period of developer control pursuant to § 42-1903.02(a) , shall be deemed to be performed or furnished with the express consent of every unit owner and shall be the basis for the filing of a lien pursuant to the provisions of § 40-301.01 against all of the condominium units. Notice of such lien shall be served on the principal officer of the unit owners’ association or any member of the executive board.
(c) In the event that any lien, other than a deed of trust or mortgage, becomes effective against 2 or more condominium units subsequent to the creation of the condominium, any unit owner may remove such unit owner’s condominium unit from that lien by payment of the amount attributable to that condominium unit, or, in the case of any mechanic’s or materialman’s lien, by filing a written undertaking for such amount with surety approved by the court as provided in § 40-303.16 . Such amount shall be computed by reference to the liability for common expenses appertaining to that condominium unit pursuant to § 42-1903.12(c) . Subsequent to such payment, discharge or other satisfaction, or filing of bond, the unit owner of that condominium unit shall be entitled to have that lien released as to such unit owner’s condominium unit, and the unit owners’ association shall not assess, or have a valid lien against that condominium unit for any portion of the common expenses incurred in connection with that lien, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in §§ 42-1903.12 and 42-1903.13 .
D.C. Code § 42-510 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 5 / § 42-510
§ 42-510. Future estates — Commencement.
Status: in_force

A future estate is one limited to commence at a future day, either without the intervention of a precedent estate or after the expiration or determination of a precedent estate created at the same time and by the same conveyance or devise.
D.C. Code § 42-3141.10 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31A-i / § 42-3141.10
§ 42-3141.10. Graffiti abatement materials.
Status: in_force

(a) If the Mayor provides a paint voucher to an owner to abate graffiti at a particular property, the Mayor is not required to provide another paint voucher to abate graffiti at that property for the 12-month period following the date on which the paint voucher was provided.
(b) If the Mayor provides a graffiti clean-up kit to an owner to abate graffiti at a particular property, the Mayor is not required to provide another clean-up kit to abate graffiti at that property for the 12-month period following the date on which the kit was provided.
(c) The Mayor may provide other types of graffiti removal materials and, by regulation, limit the extent to which they are provided to a property owner.
(d) Nothing in this section precludes the Mayor from providing additional paint vouchers, clean-up kits, or other graffiti abatement materials for use in community anti-graffiti efforts.
D.C. Code § 42-3508.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3508.04
§ 42-3508.04. Distressed properties improvement program.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor may establish and administer a distressed property improvement program to assist those housing accommodations which meet the requirements of § 42-3501.03(9) .
(b) The distressed property improvement program may include any or all of the following:
  (1) A 5-year deferral or moratorium on real property taxes;
  (2) Deferral or forgiveness of water and sewer charges in arrears;
  (3) Deferral or forgiveness of tax liens;
  (4) Deferral or forgiveness of any indebtedness owed to the District;
  (5) Low-interest or no-interest loans; and
  (6) Financial grants.
(c) Nothing in subsection (b) of this section or this subchapter shall be construed as creating a right or entitlement for any housing provider or other person.
(d) Distressed properties and new or rehabilitated vacant rental housing under §§ 42-3508.02 and 42-3508.03 shall have priority over other properties for participation in the Tenant Assistance Program so long as the tenants who reside in distressed property and who receive assistance from the Tenant Assistance Program are doing so consistent with the provisions of § 42-3503.03(c) .
D.C. Code § 42-3151.11 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31B / § 42-3151.11
§ 42-3151.11. Designation of development or redevelopment plan for property acquired.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2003 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / § 42-2003
§ 42-2003. Establishment by subdivision.
Status: in_force

Whenever the owners or the co-owners of any square or lot shall subdivide the same into a condominium project in conformity with § 42-2009 with a plat of condominium subdivision there shall be established a horizontal property regime.
D.C. Code § 42-2401 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 24 / § 42-2401
§ 42-2401. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Disbursement of loan funds” means the delivery of loan funds by a lender to a settlement agent in the form of:
  (A) Cash;
  (B) Wired funds;
  (C) Certified checks;
  (D) Checks issued by the District of Columbia;
  (E) Cashier’s check or teller’s check; or
  (F) Checks drawn on a financial institution the accounts of which are insured by an agency of the federal, a state, or the District of Columbia government, and are located within the Fifth Federal Reserve District.
(2) “Disbursement of settlement proceeds” means the payment of all proceeds of a transaction by a settlement agent to the persons entitled to receive the proceeds.
(3) “Lender” means any person regularly engaged in making loans secured by mortgages or by deeds of trust on real estate.
(4) “Loan closing” means that time agreed upon by a borrower and a lender when the execution of the loan documents by the borrower occurs.
(5) “Loan documents” means a note evidencing a debt due a lender, a deed of trust or a mortgage securing a debt due a lender, and any other documents required by a lender to be executed by a borrower as part of a transaction.
(6) “Loan funds” means the gross or net proceeds of the loan to be disbursed by a lender at loan closing.
(7) “Parties” means a seller, a purchaser, a borrower, a lender, and a settlement agent.
(8) “Settlement” means the time when the settlement agent has received a duly executed deed, loan funds, loan documents, and other documents and certified funds required to carry out the terms of a contract between the parties, and the settlement agent can reasonably determine that prerecordation conditions of the contract have been satisfied.
(9) “Settlement agent” means a person responsible for conducting a settlement and disbursement of the settlement proceeds.
D.C. Code § 42-3502.18 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3502.18
§ 42-3502.18. Remedy.
Status: in_force

The Rental Housing Commission, Rent Administrator, or any affected housing provider or tenant may commence a civil action in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to enforce any rule or decision issued under this chapter.
D.C. Code § 42-3404.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3404.05
§ 42-3404.05. Contract negotiation.
Status: in_force

(a) Bargaining in good faith. — The tenant and owner shall bargain in good faith. The following constitute prima facie evidence of bargaining without good faith:
  (1) The failure of an owner to offer the tenant a price or term at least as favorable as that offered to a third party, within the periods specified in §§ 42-3404.10(a)(4) and 42-3404.11(4) , respectively, or within 90 days of delivering an offer of sale to an elderly tenant or a tenant with a disability pursuant to § 42-3404.09(c) , without a reasonable justification for so doing;
  (2) The failure of an owner to make a contract with the tenant which substantially conforms with the price and terms of a third party contract within the time periods specified in §§ 42-3404.10(a)(4) and 42-3404.11(4) , respectively, or within 90 days of delivering an offer of sale to an elderly tenant or a tenant with a disability pursuant to § 42-3404.09(c) , without a reasonable justification for so doing; or
  (3) The intentional failure of a tenant or an owner to comply with the provisions of this subchapter.
(a-1) Reduced price. — If the owner sells or contracts to sell the accommodation to a third party for a price more than 10% less than the price offered to the tenant or for other terms which would constitute bargaining without good faith, the owner shall comply anew with all requirements of §§ 42-3404.09(c) , 42-3404.10(a) , and 42-3404.11 , as applicable.
(a-2) Financial assurances. — The owner may not require the tenant to prove financial ability to perform as a prerequisite to entering into a contract. The owner may not require the tenant to pay the purchase price in installments unless the owner provides deferred purchase money financing on terms reasonably acceptable to the tenant. The owner may require the tenant to prove that the tenant, either alone or in conjunction with a third party, has comparable financial ability to the third-party contractor before the owner will be required to grant deferred purchase money financing to the tenant on the same terms and conditions agreed between the owner and the third-party contractor. If the tenant can prove comparable financial ability alone, the owner may not require the tenant to secure a third-party guarantor. This proof cannot be required as a prerequisite to contracting. It may be required only as a prerequisite to the owner granting deferred purchase money financing at settlement.
(a-3) Transfers of interest in a partnership or corporation and master leases. — In the event of a transfer of interest in a partnership or corporation or in the event of a master lease or agreement that is considered a sale within the meaning of § 42-3404.02 , but which does not involve a transfer of record title to the real property, the owner shall be bargaining in good faith if the owner offers the tenant the opportunity to acquire record title to the real property or offers the tenant the opportunity to match the type of transfer or agreement entered into with the third party. With respect to either type of offer, all provisions of this subchapter apply.
(b) Deposit. — The owner shall not require the tenant to pay a deposit of more than 5% of the contract sales price in order to make a contract. The deposit is refundable in the event of a good faith failure of the tenant to perform under the contract.
D.C. Code § 42-840.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-840.02
§ 42-840.02. Content of foreclosure sale advertisement.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1682 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16C / § 42-1682
§ 42-1682. Tangled title disclosure.
Status: in_force

(a) No later than [March 30, 2026], the Department shall, in consultation with the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and legal service providers, create and make publicly available a tangled title information sheet detailing the steps necessary, after the death of a real property owner, to legally transfer the real property to a decedent's heirs or legatees. The information sheet also shall include information on legal service providers who offer low-cost or no-cost representation in estate administration cases.
(b) (1) No later than 5 days after the final disposition of the deceased, or at the time of providing to survivors of the deceased any death certificate or death certificates ordered by the funeral services establishment from the Department of Health, whichever occurs first, a funeral service establishment shall provide the tangled title information sheet made available by the Department to survivors of the deceased.
  (2) A funeral service establishment that fails to provide a tangled title information sheet pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection may be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100 for each offense.
D.C. Code § 42-1648 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16B / § 42-1648
§ 42-1648. Status of receiver as lien creditor.
Status: in_force

(a) On appointment of a receiver, the receiver has the status of a lien creditor under:
  (1) Article 9 of Subtitle I of Title 28 as to receivership property that is personal property or fixtures; and
  (2) § 42-401 , as to receivership property that is real property.
D.C. Code § 42-2704.11 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2704.11
§ 42-2704.11. Deposits; payments out of accounts; contracts involving monies held in trust or otherwise for payment of notes or bonds.
Status: in_force

(a) All monies of the Agency, except as otherwise authorized in this chapter, shall be deposited as soon as practicable in 1 or more separate accounts in financial institutions regulated or insured by a federal or District agency. Monies in these accounts shall be paid out on checks signed by the Executive Director or other authorized officers or employees of the Agency.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Agency shall have power to contract with the holders of its notes or bonds as to the custody, collection, securing, investment, and payment of any monies of the Agency and of any monies held in trust or otherwise for the payment of notes or bonds. Monies held in trust pursuant to a contract with holders of notes or bonds may be secured in the same manner as monies of the Agency.
D.C. Code § 42-808 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8 / § 42-808
§ 42-808. Conveyance or assurance by infant following court order.
Status: in_force

It shall and may be lawful to and for any person or persons, under the age of 18, by the direction of the court of chancery, signified by an order made upon hearing all parties concerned, on the petition of the person or persons for whom such infant or infants shall be seized or possessed in trust, or of the mortgagor or mortgagors, guardian or guardians of such infant or infants, or person or persons entitled to the monies secured by or upon any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, whereof any infant or infants are or shall be seized or possessed by way of mortgage, or of the person or persons entitled to the redemption thereof, to convey and assure any such lands, tenements, or hereditaments, in such manner as the said court of chancery shall, by such order so to be obtained, direct to any other person or persons; and such conveyance or assurance so to be had and made, as aforesaid, shall be as good and effectual in law, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, as if the said infant or infants were, at the time of making such conveyance, or assurance, of the full age of 18.
D.C. Code § 42-2704.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2704.04
§ 42-2704.04. Trust indenture to secure bonds or notes; provisions protecting holders; expenses treated as operating expenses.
Status: in_force

(a) Authority. — The Agency may secure bonds, notes, or other obligations by a trust indenture between the Agency and a corporate trustee which has the authority to exercise corporate trust powers within the District.
(b) Provisions. — A trust indenture of the Agency may contain provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of holders of bonds or notes in accordance with the provisions of the resolution authorizing the sale of bonds or notes.
(c) Expenses. — The Agency may treat expenses incurred in carrying out a trust indenture as operating expenses.
D.C. Code § 42-2161.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 21A / § 42-2161.05
§ 42-2161.05. Applicability.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2133 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 21A / § 42-2133
§ 42-2133. Agency submission of affordable housing data to the Mayor.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall require the following agencies to provide the information required by § 42-2135 to the Mayor, or the Mayor’s designee:
  (1) The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development;
  (2) The Office of Planning;
  (3) The Department of Human Services;
  (4) The Department of Mental Health;
  (5) The Office of Aging;
  (6) The Office of Victims Services;
  (7) The Department of Housing and Community Development;
  (8) The District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency;
  (9) The District of Columbia Housing Authority; and
  (10) Any other District agency involved in the development, planning, provision of financing, subsidy, funding, or any form of financial assistance, facilitation, administration, compliance, monitoring, or oversight of housing requirements and programs that create or subsidize the operation of affordable housing units in the District of Columbia.
(b) With respect to affordable housing developments for which applications for financing, subsidy, funding, or any other form of financial assistance from the District of Columbia were processed and that are under construction on August 15, 2008, an agency subject to this subchapter shall submit the report required by this section within 3 months of August 15, 2008.
(c) (1) With respect to affordable housing developments for which applications for financing, subsidy, funding, or any other form of financial assistance from the District of Columbia were processed and that are either completed and occupied or ready for occupancy on August 15, 2008, an agency subject to this subchapter shall submit the report required by this section within 6 months of August 15, 2008.
  (2) The agency shall review the information for accuracy and update it as appropriate not less than once every 12 months.
(d) An agency subject to this subchapter shall submit the information required by this section to the Mayor on a quarterly basis after the initial submission required by this section.
D.C. Code § 42-1233 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12A / § 42-1233
§ 42-1233. Recording of documents.
Status: in_force

(a) The Recorder of Deeds may receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents or digitized images.
(b) The Recorder of Deeds may provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means.
(c) The Recorder of Deeds, in addition to accepting electronic documents or digitized images for recording shall continue to accept paper documents and shall place entries for both types of documents in the same index.
(d) The Recorder of Deeds may convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form. The Recorder of Deeds may convert into electronic form information recorded before the Recorder of Deeds began to record electronic documents.
(e) Any fee, surcharge, or tax that the Recorder of Deeds is authorized to collect may be collected electronically.
(f) The Recorder of Deeds and other officials of a state or a political subdivision thereof, or of the United States, may agree on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees and taxes.
(g) Any electronic documents or digitized images accepted by the Recorder of Deeds prior to October 18, 2005, are deemed to be recorded properly and to impart constructive notice.
(h) Any electronic document or digitized image recorded at the Recorder of Deeds shall be deemed recorded as of the date and time of its delivery to the Recorder of Deeds; provided, that the document or digitized image is accepted by the Recorder of Deeds for recordation. The Recorder of Deeds shall maintain a record of time and date of delivery in its index.
D.C. Code § 42-839.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-839.02
§ 42-839.02. Determinations by the court.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1740 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1740
§ 42-1740. Powers and duties of Mayor; evidentiary use of copies of Commission documents; record of Commission proceedings.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2705.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2705.03
§ 42-2705.03. Annual report by Agency; contents.
Status: in_force

The Agency shall, within 90 days of the end of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the Mayor, the Council, and the Advisory Board. The report shall set forth a complete operating financial statement of the Agency during the fiscal year it covers, its housing program operations and accomplishments, the names of all new employees and their pay schedules, titles, and place of residence, its plans for the succeeding fiscal year, and its recommendations for needed action on the part of the Mayor or Council, with respect to the purposes of the Agency.
D.C. Code § 42-832.08 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-832.08
§ 42-832.08. Assignment, transfer, enforcement and performance of deed of trust or mortgage.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2805 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 28 / § 42-2805
§ 42-2805. Net zero energy requirements for subsidized projects.
Status: in_force

*NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation that will expire on September 25, 2026.*
(a) Any request, excluding substantial rehabilitation as that term is defined in § 42-3501.03(34) , for housing proposals involving the Fund shall include a requirement that proposals for new construction receiving Fund support must be designed with the intent to obtain Enterprise Green Communities Certification Plus, as defined in the EGCC or an equivalent standard as determined by the Department in consultation with the Department of Buildings.
(b) Any request, excluding substantial rehabilitation as that term is defined in § 42-3501.03(34) , for housing proposals involving the Fund shall include a requirement that proposals for new construction receiving Fund support be all-electric.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the applicability of any other environmental standards, including Chapter 14A of Title 6 .
(d) This section shall expire upon the effective date of final regulations promulgated pursuant to § 6-1453.01(b)(1) .
(e) For purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) "All-electric" means that no combustion equipment is included in the building project, except for emergency backup power.
  (2) "EGCC" means the current Enterprise Green Communities Criteria issued by Enterprise Community Partners.
D.C. Code § 42-4042 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4042
§ 42-4042. Establishment of Tenant Assistance Program; designation of monies.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-3404.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3404.01
§ 42-3404.01. Short title.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may be cited as the "Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act of 1980".
D.C. Code § 42-3502.14 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3502.14
§ 42-3502.14. Substantial rehabilitation.
Status: in_force

(a) If the Rent Administrator determines that (1) a rental unit is to be substantially rehabilitated, and (2) the rehabilitation is in the interest of the tenants of the unit and the housing accommodation in which the unit is located, the Rent Administrator may approve, contingent upon completion of the substantial rehabilitation, an increase in the rent charged for the rental unit, if the rent increase is no greater than the equivalent of 125% of the rent charged applicable to the rental unit prior to substantial rehabilitation.
(b) In determining whether a housing unit is to be substantially rehabilitated, the Rent Administrator shall examine the plans, specifications, and projected costs for the rehabilitation, which shall be made available to the Rent Administrator by the housing provider of the rental unit or housing accommodation to be rehabilitated.
(c) In determining whether substantial rehabilitation of a housing accommodation is in keeping with the interest of the tenants, the Rent Administrator shall consider, among other relevant factors:
  (1) The impact of the rehabilitation on the tenants of the unit or housing accommodation; and
  (2) The existing condition of the rental unit or housing accommodation and the degree to which any violations of the housing regulations in the rental unit or housing accommodation constitute an impairment of the health, welfare, and safety of the tenants.
(d) This section shall apply to the following:
  (1) Any rental unit with respect to which a housing provider has notified the tenant, after July 17, 1985, of an intent to substantially rehabilitate; and
  (2) Any rental unit with respect to which, before July 17, 1985:
    (A) The housing provider has notified the tenant of the intended substantial rehabilitation; and
    (B) All the tenants have left.
D.C. Code § 42-1902.23 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1902.23
§ 42-1902.23. Representations or commitments relating to additional or withdrawable land; declarant’s obligation to complete or begin improvements designated for such; liability for damages arising out of use of certain easements.
Status: in_force

(a) No covenants, restrictions, limitations, or other representations or commitments in the condominium instruments with regard to anything that is or is not to be done on the additional land, the withdrawable land, or any portion of either, shall be binding as to any portion of either lawfully withdrawn from the condominium or never added thereto except to the extent that the condominium instruments so provide. In the case of any covenant, restriction, limitation, or other representation or commitment in the condominium instruments, or in any other agreement that requires the declarant to add any portion of the additional land or to withdraw any portion of the withdrawable land, or imposing any obligations with regard to anything that is or is not to be done with regard to the condominium or any portion of the condominium, this subsection shall not be construed to nullify, limit, or otherwise affect that obligation.
(b) The declarant shall complete all improvements labeled “not yet completed” on plats recorded pursuant to the requirements of this chapter unless the condominium instruments expressly exempt the declarant from such obligation, and shall, in the case of every improvement labeled “not yet begun” on such plats, state in the declaration either the extent of the obligation to complete the same or that there is no such obligation.
(c) To the extent that damage is inflicted on any part of the condominium by any person or persons utilizing the easements reserved by the condominium instruments or created by §§ 42-1902.21 and 42-1902.22 , the declarant together with the person or persons causing the same shall be jointly and severally liable for the prompt repair thereof and for the restoration of the same to a condition compatible with the remainder of the condominium.
D.C. Code § 42-2704.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2704.02
§ 42-2704.02. Issuance of bonds and notes; renewals and refunds; deemed obligations of Agency; negotiable instruments; director, employer, or agent not personally liable.
Status: in_force

(a) Borrowing authority. — The Agency may, by resolution, authorize the issuance of bonds and notes or other obligations (“bonds or notes”) for undertakings authorized by this chapter. In addition, the Agency may issue notes to renew notes and bonds to pay notes, including, the interest thereon. Whenever expedient, the Agency may refund bonds, including bonds previously issued by other than the Agency, by the issuance of new bonds, regardless of whether the bonds to be refunded have matured. The Agency is the successor to any and all District of Columbia Section 11(b) bond issuing authority. The Agency may also issue bonds for a combination of refund, renewal, and financing programs authorized by this chapter.
(b) Obligations of the Agency. — Except as expressly provided otherwise by the Agency, bonds and notes of the Agency are obligations payable solely from revenues derived from the respective housing projects which such obligations are issued to finance, provided that bonds and notes of the Agency issued, in whole or in part, for the purpose of enabling the Agency to make State and Local Government Loans are obligations payable solely, to the extent issued for such purpose, from revenues derived from repayment of State and Local Government Loans made from proceeds of such bonds and notes. The Agency may expressly provide additional security by pledge or contribution from any source in accordance with § 1-204.71 .
(c) Negotiable instruments. — Regardless of their form or character, bonds and notes of the Agency are negotiable instruments for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code of the District of Columbia ( § 28:1-101 et seq.), subject only to the provisions of the bonds and notes for registration.
(d) No personal liability. — No director, employee or agent of the Agency is personally liable solely because a bond, note or other obligation is issued. The Agency shall indemnify any person who shall have served as a commissioner, officer, or employee of the Agency against financial loss or litigation expense arising out of or in connection with any claim or suit involving allegations that pecuniary harm has been sustained as a result of any transaction authorized by this chapter, unless such person is found by a final judicial determination not to have acted in good faith and for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be lawful and in the best interest of the Agency.
(e) Compliance required. — The issuance and performance of bonds, notes, and other obligations by the Agency as contemplated in this chapter and the adoption of resolutions authorizing such bonds, notes, and other obligations shall be done in compliance with the requirements of this chapter, but shall not be subject to Chapter 5 of Title 2 and, except as otherwise provided in the chapter, shall not be required to comply with the requirements of any legislation passed by the Council. No notice (except as provided in this section), proceeding, consent, or approval shall be required for the issuance or performance of any bond, note, or other obligation of the Agency or the execution of any instrument relating thereto or to the security therefor, except as provided in this chapter or in rules and regulations promulgated by the Agency. Notice of the adoption of a bond resolution shall be given to the Mayor and the Council before the adoption of such resolution.
D.C. Code § 42-2702.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2702.04
§ 42-2702.04. Conflict of interest; disclosure; waiver of bar against participation by interested party.
Status: in_force

Any member, officer, or employee of the Agency who is interested either directly or indirectly, or who is an officer or employee of, or has an ownership interest in any firm or agency interested directly or indirectly in any transaction with the Agency including, but not limited to, any loan to any sponsor, builder or developer, shall disclose this interest to the Agency. This interest shall be set forth in the minutes of the Agency, and the member, officer, or employee having the interest shall not participate on behalf of the Agency in the authorization or implementation of any such transaction. The Board by two-thirds majority vote may allow a waiver of a member’s, officer’s or employee’s inability to participate in circumstances where the interest falls within guidelines adopted as rules promulgated by the Board.
D.C. Code § 42-2202 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 22 / § 42-2202
§ 42-2202. Establishment of Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established in the District a revolving Senior Citizens’ Home Repair and Improvement Program Fund to be administered by the Mayor for the purpose of providing loans up to $5,000 to lower income senior citizen homeowners to enable them to make repairs and improvements to ensure health and safety in their principal places of residence.
(b) There may be appropriated out of the revenue of the District an amount necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 42-1210 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12 / § 42-1210
§ 42-1210. Fees of Recorder of Deeds.
Status: in_force

(a) The legal fees for the services of the Recorder shall be as follows:
  (1) For filing, recording, and indexing, or for making certified copy of any instrument containing 200 words or less, $1, and $.20 for each additional 100 words, to be collected at the time of filing, or when the copy is made;
  (2) For each certificate and seal, $.50;
  (3) For searching records extending back 2 years or less next preceding current date, $.50 and $.15 for each additional year, to be paid by the party for whom the search may be made;
  (4) For recording a plat or survey, $.20 for each course such survey may contain;
  (5) For recording a town plat, $.25 for each lot such plat may contain;
  (6) For taking any acknowledgment, $.50;
  (7) For filing and indexing a bill of sale of chattels, or a mortgage or deed of trust thereof, or a conditional bill of sale of chattels, including a release of any such instrument, $2; provided, that for the filing of a release of any such instrument filed prior to September 3, 1952, the Recorder of Deeds shall collect a fee of $.50;
  (8) For filing an affidavit pursuant to § 41-202 , $2;
  (9) For filing and indexing any other paper required by law to be filed in his office, $.50;
  (10) For filing and recording a certified copy of a judgment, decree, or entry or order of forfeiture of a recognizance, filed and recorded under § 15-102(a) , $1;
  (11) For recording the release of a lien established by the recordation of a judgment, decree, or an entry or order of forfeiture of a recognizance under § 15-102(a) , $.50.
(b) In addition to the fees herein required, all corporations hereafter incorporated in the District of Columbia shall pay to the Recorder of Deeds at the time of the filing of the certificate of incorporation $.50 on each $1,000 of the amount of capital stock of the corporation as set forth in its said certificate; provided, however, that the fee so paid shall not be less than $50; provided further, that the Recorder of Deeds shall not file or record any certificate of organization of any incorporation until it has been proved to his satisfaction that all the capital stock of said company has been subscribed for in good faith, and not less than 10% of the par value of the stock has been actually paid in cash, and the money derived therefrom is then in the possession of the persons named as the first board of trustees.
(c) In addition to fees otherwise provided for, the Recorder of Deeds shall charge and collect the following fees:
  (1) For filing and recording each notice of mechanic’s lien, $1;
  (2) For entering release of mechanic’s lien, $.50 for each order of lienor; and
  (3) For each undertaking of lienee, $.75.
D.C. Code § 42-841.10 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-841.10
§ 42-841.10. Effect of completed foreclosure sale; no statutory redemption.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1217 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12 / § 42-1217
§ 42-1217. Extension of time for recordation; Saturday, Sunday, and legal holidays.
Status: in_force

Any writing, the time for recording of which expires on a Saturday, or on a Sunday, shall be deemed to have been recorded within the time prescribed if such writing be recorded on the first day thereafter other than Sunday or a legal holiday.
D.C. Code § 42-3131.09 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31A / § 42-3131.09
§ 42-3131.09. Fees.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner of a vacant building shall register the building and pay registration fees within 90 days after it becomes a vacant building.
(b) Fees for registration and renewal shall be as follows:
  (1) The initial registration fee shall be $350; and
  (2) The renewal registration fee shall be $500.
(c) The Mayor may increase the fees set forth in subsection (b) of this section through rules issued pursuant to § 42-3131.21 .
D.C. Code § 42-1115 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 11 / § 42-1115
§ 42-1115. Overpayments and refunds thereof.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3502.01a — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3502.01a
§ 42-3502.01a. Powers and duties of the Chairperson of the Rental Housing Commission.
Status: in_force

The Rental Housing Commission shall be headed by a Chairperson who shall be accountable and responsible for the fairness, impartiality, effectiveness, and efficiency of the Rental Housing Commission.
(a) (1) The Chairperson shall:
    (A) Be the administrative head and personnel authority for the Rental Housing Commission;
    (B) Develop and implement a code of professional responsibility for members of the Rental Housing Commission;
    (C) Monitor the quality of administrative adjudication;
    (D) Issue and implement procedures, practices, and guidelines relating to the operations or responsibilities of the Rental Housing Commission;
    (E) Issue and transmit to the Mayor and the Council an annual report, not later than 90 days after the close of the first complete fiscal year of the Commission's operation as an independent agency, and each fiscal year thereafter, on the operations of the Rental Housing Commission; and
    (F) Establish necessary or desirable standards and specialized training programs for members of the Rental Housing Commission;
  (2) The Chairperson may:
    (A) Provide for, or require completion of, continuing education programs for members of the Rental Housing Commission and other employees of the Rental Housing Commission considered to be necessary or desirable;
    (B) Appoint, in accordance with applicable law and available funding, promote, discipline, and remove staff employed by the Rental Housing Commission, other than members of the Rental Housing Commission;
    (C) Develop and maintain a program for student interns and law clerks to gain experience at the Rental Housing Commission; and
    (D) Exercise any other lawful authority to effectuate the purposes of this chapter .
D.C. Code § 42-3131.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31A / § 42-3131.01
§ 42-3131.01. Mayor may correct conditions violative of law; assessment of cost; lien on property; fund to pay costs; summary corrective action of life-or-health threatening condition.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, whenever the owner of any real property in the District of Columbia shall fail or refuse, after the service of reasonable notice in the manner provided in § 42-3131.03 , to correct any condition which exists on or has arisen from such property in violation of law or of any regulation made by authority of law, with the correction of which condition said owner is by law or by said regulation chargeable, or to show cause, sufficient in the judgment of the Mayor of said District, why he should not be required to correct such condition, then, and in that instance, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to: Cause such condition to be corrected; assess the fair market value of the correction of the condition or the actual cost of the correction, whichever is higher, and all expenses incident thereto (including the cost of publication, if any, herein provided for) as a tax against the property on which such condition existed or from which such condition arose, as the case may be; and carry such tax on the regular tax rolls of the District, and collect such tax in the same manner as general taxes in said District are collected; provided, that the correction of any condition aforesaid by the Mayor of said District under authority of this section shall not relieve the owner of the property on which such condition existed, or from which such condition arose, from criminal prosecution and punishment for having caused or allowed such unlawful condition to arise or for having failed or refused to correct the same.
  (1A) The Mayor may request the Office of Administrative Hearings to issue, and the Office of Administrative Hearings may issue, a final order converting a special assessment lien to an administrative judgment. The Mayor may then cause the final order to be entered as a judgment against the owner in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The Mayor may enforce the judgment in the same manner as any other civil judgment may be enforced under District law.
  (2) Whenever the owner of any vacant building, as defined in § 42-3131.05(5) , shall fail to enclose the doors, windows, areaways, or other openings of the property, the Mayor may immediately enclose the property to meet the standard described in § 42-3131.12 . Subsequent to the enclosure, the Mayor shall give the owner notice as prescribed in § 42-3131.03 .
  (3) Summary correction of certain violations without prior notice to the owner is authorized pursuant to subsection (c)(1) of this section.
(b) (1) (A) There is established in the District of Columbia, and accounted for within the General Fund, a separate revenue source allocable to provide authorization for the purpose of paying the costs of correction of any condition, and all expenses incident thereto, that the Mayor may order or cause pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and for the purposes of demolishing or enclosing a structure under subchapter II of Chapter 31C of this title . Any unexpended balance at the end of the year shall be reserved as a restricted fund balance and used to provide authorization to expend for subsequent years subject to the direction of the Mayor.
    (B) There is established within the fund established by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph an account in which fees and penalties collected under § 6-916(b) , shall be deposited, to be expended for the purposes set forth in § 6-916(b) .
  (2) There shall be deposited to the credit of the fund such amounts as may be appropriated for the fund or for the purposes of the fund; grants, donations, or restitution from any source to the fund or to the District of Columbia for the purposes of the fund; interest earned from the deposit or investment of monies of the fund; if an accounting is made in accordance with, and subject to, § 47-1340(f) , amounts assessed and collected as a tax against real property under subsection (a) of this section including any interest and any penalties thereon, or otherwise received to recoup any amounts, incidental expenses or costs incurred, obligated or expended for the purposes of the fund and funds collected pursuant to subchapter II of Chapter 31C of this title ; all fees and penalties collected under § 6-916(b) (to be deposited in the account established under paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection) recoveries from enforcement action brought by the Office of the Attorney General on behalf of the District of Columbia or District of Columbia agencies for the abatement of violations of Chapters 1 through 16 of Title 14 of the District of Columbia Code of Municipal Regulations, excluding funds obtained through administrative proceedings; and all other receipts of whatever nature derived from the operation of the fund.
  (2A) Not Funded.
  (3) The Mayor shall include in the budget estimates of the District of Columbia for each fiscal year, and there are authorized to be appropriated annually, such amounts out of the revenues of the District of Columbia as may be necessary for the capitalization of the fund.
  (4) Not later than 6 months after the end of each fiscal year, the Mayor shall submit to the Council a report of the financial condition of the fund, and any other special purpose revenue funds or capital project funds used for nuisance abatement activities, and the results of the operations and collections for the fiscal year. The report shall include an itemized accounting of all unrecovered taxes and penalties, the names of delinquent property owners, the nature of corrected building violations, and a detailed accounting of each expenditure. All funding sources shall be separately listed.
(c) (1) (A) The Mayor may order the summary correction of housing regulation violations or violations of the Construction Codes where there is imminent danger, as determined by the Mayor.
    (B) Except in the case of a vacant building, the Mayor shall promptly notify the owner or authorized agent that the correction is ordered within a specified time period; provided, that the Mayor is authorized to take emergency action, including putting in temporary safeguards, without prior notification when the Mayor determines there is imminent danger due to an unsafe condition and immediate emergency action is necessary to alleviate the danger.
    (C) Any person ordered to take emergency measures or actions shall immediately comply with any notice or order.  Where notice is provided under this section, if at the time of the notice, the owner is engaged in a good-faith effort to make the necessary correction, the Mayor shall not commence corrective action unless and until the owner interrupts or ceases the corrective effort or the Mayor determines that emergency repairs or temporary safeguards are required.
    (D) (i) The owner or authorized agent shall be notified by personal service or by registered mail to the last known address and by conspicuous posting on the property. If the owner or address is unknown, or cannot be located, notice shall be provided by conspicuous posting on the property.
      (ii) The Mayor may assess all reasonable costs of correcting the condition and all expenses incident to the corrective action as a tax against the property.
      (iii) A tax placed against a property pursuant to this subsection shall be carried on the regular tax rolls and collected in the same manner as real estate taxes are collected.
      (iv) The Mayor shall provide an opportunity for review of the summary corrective action without prejudice to the Mayor's authority to take and complete that action.
    (E) Monies in the fund established by subsection (b)(1) of this section shall be available to cover the costs of the summary corrections authorized by this subsection.
    (F) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term:
      (i) "Good faith effort" means one that is likely to cause the correction of the condition at least as soon as it could be corrected by the Mayor.
      (ii) (I) "Imminent danger"  means:
          (aa) There is an immediate danger of the failure or collapse of a building or other structure that endangers life;
          (bb) When any structure or part of a structure has fallen and life is endangered by the occupation of the structure;
          (cc) When there is actual or potential danger to the building occupants or those in the proximity of any structure because of explosives, explosive fumes or vapors, the presence of toxic fumes, gases, or materials; or
          (dd) When the health or safety of occupants of the premises or those in the proximity of the premises is immediately endangered by an insanitary condition or the operation of defective or dangerous equipment.
        (II) The term "imminent danger" may also include:
          (aa) A vacant building, as defined in § 42-3131.05(5) ;
          (bb) The interruption of electrical, heat, gas, water, or other essential services, when the interruption results from other than natural causes; or
          (cc) The presence of graffiti.
  (1A) The Mayor may request the Office of Administrative Hearings to issue, and the Office of Administrative Hearings may issue, a final order converting a special assessment lien to an administrative judgment. The Mayor may then cause the final order to be entered as a judgment against the owner in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The Mayor may enforce the judgment in the same manner as any other civil judgment may be enforced under District law.
  (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the presence of graffiti shall be deemed to be a housing regulation violation.
  (3) In the case of graffiti which does not constitute a life-or-health threatening condition, but which constitutes a nuisance, the Mayor may order the removal of the graffiti within a specified time period and, subject to 7 days’ notice to the owner or an authorized agent in the manner provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection and an opportunity for review of the order, the Mayor may remove the graffiti if the owner does not comply.
(d) The Mayor may charge any property owner whose property is the subject of corrective action, as provided in subsection (c) of this section, or any property owner who receives a notice to correct wrongful conditions pursuant to § 6-804(c) a fee to cover the administrative costs incurred by the District of Columbia in its efforts to provide that the violation be corrected. The Mayor may assess this fee as a tax against the property, may carry this tax on the regular tax rolls, and may collect this tax in the same manner as real estate taxes are collected.
(e) The Mayor may defer or forgive, in whole or in part, any cost or fee assessed pursuant to §§ 42-3131.01 to 42-3131.03 with respect to any qualified real property approved pursuant to § 6-1503 .
D.C. Code § 42-142 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 1 / § 42-142
§ 42-142. Notarial acts.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1729 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1729
§ 42-1729. Hearing before suspension.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1111 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 11 / § 42-1111
§ 42-1111. Mayor may compromise penalties and adjust interest.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2703.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2703.04
§ 42-2703.04. Loans to mortgage lenders; requirements for reinvestment of proceeds by lender.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2105 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 21 / § 42-2105
§ 42-2105. Program inventory.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall identify and publish in the D.C. Register on an annual basis a list of properties, the titles to which are available for transfer under the Program. The properties shall be properties for which the statutory redemption period has lapsed. In addition to publication in the D.C. Register, the list shall be published in at least 2 major newspapers circulated in the District and through other reasonable methods determined by the Mayor and shall be transmitted to the Council, Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, Community Development Corporation, and any other organizations the Mayor deems appropriate.
(b) Along with the list of properties required to be published under subsection (a) of this section, the Mayor shall publish a RFP inviting the submission of proposals for purchase of any of the properties listed. Proposals submitted to the Mayor shall be evaluated in accordance with this chapter and rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter. Each proposal shall outline financial and structural plans for the development, repair, occupancy, maintenance, and ownership of the property and shall contain any other information required by this chapter or any rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
(c) The Mayor may accept unsolicited proposals for any property that has been offered for sale but that was not purchased through the RFP process. A proposal that the Mayor approves shall be submitted to the Council for approval, in whole or in part, by resolution. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed resolution within 60 calendar days, excluding days of Council recess, the proposed resolution shall be deemed disapproved.
(d) The Director of the District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development is authorized, at his or her discretion, as deemed necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter, and when it serves the District’s interest in producing affordable housing, to transfer real property in the Program inventory to other programs administered by the District government.
D.C. Code § 42-3210 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 32 / § 42-3210
§ 42-3210. Action in ejectment — When proper.
Status: in_force

Whenever a lease for any definite term shall expire, or any tenancy shall be terminated by notice as aforesaid, and the tenant shall fail or refuse to surrender possession of the leased premises, the landlord may bring an action of ejectment to recover possession in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 42-3505.07 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3505.07
§ 42-3505.07. Notice of lease termination by tenant who is a victim of an intrafamily offense.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the term “qualified third party” means any of the following persons acting in their official capacity:
  (1) A law enforcement officer, as defined in § 4-1301.02(15) ;
  (2) A sworn officer of the D.C. Housing Authority Office of Public Safety;
  (3) A health professional, as defined in § 3-1201.01(8) ; or
  (4) A domestic violence counselor as defined § 14-310(a)(2) .
(b) If a tenant, who is a victim, or who is the parent or guardian of a minor victim, of an intrafamily offense or actions relating to an intrafamily offense, as defined in § 16-1001(8) , provides a housing provider with a copy of an order under § 16-1005 in response to a petition filed by or on behalf of the tenant, the tenant shall be released from obligations under the rental agreement.
(c) If a tenant who is a victim, or who is the parent or guardian of a minor victim, of an intrafamily offense or actions relating to an intrafamily offense, as defined in § 16-1001(8) , provides a housing provider with documentation signed by a qualified third party showing that the tenant has reported the intrafamily offense to the third party acting in his or her official capacity, the tenant shall be released from obligations under the rental agreement.
(d) The release from a rental agreement shall be effective upon the earlier of:
  (1) Fourteen days after the housing provider receives:
    (A) Written notice of the lease termination under this section; and
    (B) Documentation pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of this section; or
  (2) Upon the commencement of a new tenancy for the unit.
(e) Any request by the tenant for termination of the rental agreement under this section shall be made within 90 days of the reported act, event, or circumstance that was cited in the petition or reported to a qualified third party.
(f) Notwithstanding any penalty provided under a rental agreement, a tenant who is released from the rental agreement under this section shall be liable only for his or her rental payment obligation, pro-rated to the earlier of:
  (1) The date the housing provider rents the unit to a new tenant or party who succeeds to the tenant’s rights under the original agreement; or
  (2) Fourteen days after the request for the release.
(g) This section shall not affect section 2908 of the Housing Regulations of the District of Columbia, effective August 11, 1955 (C.O. 55-1503; 14 DCMR § 308 through § 311), or the tenant’s liability for delinquent, unpaid rent, or other sums owed to the housing provider before the lease was terminated by the tenant under this section.
D.C. Code § 42-844.10 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-844.10
§ 42-844.10. Acceptance of mortgage or deed of trust by the Recorder of Deeds.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-4062 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4062
§ 42-4062. Retaliatory action.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-523 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 5 / § 42-523
§ 42-523. Provisions applicable to personal property.
Status: in_force

All the provisions of this chapter and of §§ 42-302 to 42-304 [repealed], 42-703 , and 42-704 shall apply to personal property generally except where from the nature of the property they are inapplicable.
D.C. Code § 42-3402.05a — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3402.05a
§ 42-3402.05a. Application fees.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor may impose and collect fees for the processing of an application for conversion and other services provided by the Mayor or the Department of Housing and Community Development to implement this chapter. The Mayor shall establish the fees by rulemaking pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [ § 2-501 et seq.].
(b) Each application for approval of a conversion shall be accompanied by payment to cover the fees, if any, prescribed pursuant to this section.
(c) Fees collected by the Mayor pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Department of Housing and Community Development Unified Fund, established pursuant to § 42-2857.01 .
D.C. Code § 42-2105.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 21 / § 42-2105.01
§ 42-2105.01. Privatization of title services.
Status: in_force

The Mayor may contract with, and pay all reasonable costs of, any person to research and quiet title to properties to be included in the Program. If services are provided by a person under this section and the property is subsequently redeemed by the owner or another party having an interest in the property, as allowed under § 47-847 , the costs of the services shall be paid by the District and shall be included in the costs due to the District by the redeeming party under § 47-847 .
D.C. Code § 42-1117 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 11 / § 42-1117
§ 42-1117. Promulgation of rules and regulations by Mayor.
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 42-3509.10 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3509.10
§ 42-3509.10. Fee for reduction of units.
Status: in_force

(a) A housing provider who reduces the number of units in a housing accommodation containing more than 3 and fewer than 11 units, each with a separate certificate of occupancy, including vacant buildings, shall pay the Mayor a fee of 5% of the appraised value of the most valuable unit in the building multiplied by the multiplier calculated pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(b) (1) To calculate the multiplier, the Mayor shall subtract the number of remaining units from the number of existing units, and then, if the housing provider so elects, subtract the number of remaining units that are exempted units.
  (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "exempted unit" means a unit that:
    (A) Is rented to a low-income household;
    (B) Is rented to a tenant who, as determined by the Mayor:
      (i) Has maintained a rental unit in the building complex as the principal place of residence for at least one year prior to the housing provider's reduction of the number of units;
      (ii) Is a domiciliary of the District; and
      (iii) Is entitled to the possession, occupancy, or benefits of the rental unit;
    (C) Is rented to a person who is an elderly tenant or a tenant with a disability, as determined by the Mayor under § 42-3502.24(d) , that does not have a total annual household income, as determined by the Mayor, greater than 100% of the area median income, as that term is defined in § 42-2801(1) ; or
    (D) Gains at least one additional bedroom in the process of the reduction of units.
  (3) To qualify for an exemption under paragraph (1) of this subsection, a housing provider shall, for each exempted unit:
    (A) Set the rent at no higher than:
      (i) If seeking an exemption pursuant to paragraph (2)(A), (B), or (C) of this subsection, the rent level before the reduction in units or 30% of the tenant's income, whichever is lower; or
      (ii) If seeking an exemption pursuant to paragraph (2)(D) of this subsection, an amount, determined by the Mayor through rulemaking, that is affordable to a household whose income does not exceed 100% of the area median income, as that term is defined in § 42-2801(1) ;
    (B) Increase the rent by no more, and no more often, than the increases allowed under § 42-3502.08 for the duration of the tenant's tenancy or 5 years, whichever is longer; and
    (C) Otherwise maintain the same lease terms as before the reduction in the number of units.
  (4) The number calculated under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall not be less than zero.
(c) This section shall not apply to a building that the Mayor has determined to be a blighted vacant building, as that term is defined in § 42-3131.05(1) .
(d) The Mayor shall deposit into the Housing Production Trust Fund, created pursuant to § 42-2802 , all fees paid pursuant to this section as of April 16, 2020.
(e) For the purposes of this section, "low-income" means annual household income, as determined by the Mayor, no greater than 80% of the area median income, as defined in § 42-2801(1) .
(f) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , may issue rules to implement the provisions of this section.
D.C. Code § 42-844.09 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-844.09
§ 42-844.09. Standards for approval of subprime loan programs.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1207 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12 / § 42-1207
§ 42-1207. Notice of pendency of action (lis pendens).
Status: in_force

(a) The pendency of an action or proceeding in either state or federal court in the District of Columbia, or in any other state, federal, or territorial court, affecting the title to or tenancy interest in, or asserting a mortgage, lien, security interest, or other ownership interest in real property situated in the District of Columbia, does not constitute notice to, and shall not affect a party not a party thereto, unless a notice of the pendency of the action or proceeding is filed for recordation, as required by subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The notice referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be effective only if the underlying action or proceeding directly affects the title to or tenancy interest in, or asserts a mortgage, lien, security interest, right of first offer, right of first refusal, or other ownership interest in real property situated in the District of Columbia, and the notice is in writing, signed by the plaintiff, defendant, other party to the action or proceeding, or by a counsel of record for such party, desiring to have the notice filed for recordation, and notarized, stating the:
  (1) Name of the court in which the action or proceeding has been filed;
  (2) Title of the action or proceeding;
  (3) Docket number;
  (4) Date of filing;
  (5) Object of the filing;
  (6) Amount of the claim asserted or the nature of any other relief sought;
  (7) Name of the person whose estate is intended to be affected thereby; and
  (8) Description of the real property sought to be affected.
(c) The Recorder of Deeds shall admit for filing and recordation all notices that meet the requirements of subsection (b) of this section. Such notices shall have effect from the time of the filing for recordation.
(d) (1) If judgment is rendered in the action or proceeding against the party who filed the notice of the pendency, the judgment shall order the cancellation and release of the notice at the expense of the filing party as part of the costs of the action or proceeding. When appropriate, the court may also impose sanctions for the filing. In a case in which an appeal from such judgment would lie, neither party shall record the judgment until after the expiration of the latest of the following:
    (A) The time in which an appeal may be filed;
    (B) The time in which an appeal, which has been applied for, has been refused; or
    (C) Final judgment has been entered by the appellate court from an appeal which was granted.
  (2) The party who filed the notice of pendency shall file the judgment ordering the cancellation and release of the notice with the Recorder of Deeds within 30 days of the occurrence of the applicable circumstances set forth in paragraph (1)(A), (B), or (C) of this subsection.
(e) If a notice of the pendency of an action or proceeding is filed for recordation and the debt or other relief for which the action or proceeding was brought is satisfied, it shall be the duty of the party who filed the notice of pendency to file for recordation a release of the notice of pendency of the action or proceeding within 30 days after the satisfaction.
(e-1) The party who filed the notice of pendency shall have the duty to cancel the notice by filing a release with the Recorder of Deeds if the underlying action or proceeding has been dismissed or terminated without entry of a judgment, and the filing of the release is not required under subsection (e) of this section. The release shall be filed within 30 days of the date the underlying action or proceeding was dismissed or terminated or of the applicable time period set forth in subsection (d)(1)(A),(B), or (C) of this section.
(e-2) The Mayor shall have the authority to file with the Recorder of Deeds a release of a notice of pendency if a cancellation or release of that notice has not been filed as required by subsection (d), (e), or (e-1) of this section and one year has elapsed since the date the cancellation or release should have been filed under subsection (d), (e), or (e-1) of this section.
(e-3) (1) Failure to cancel the notice in accordance with subsection (d), (e), or (e-1) of this section shall result in a civil fine of up to $500.
  (2) To implement this subsection, the Mayor shall establish a schedule of fines pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2 [ § 2-1801.01 et seq.]. Adjudication of any infraction shall be pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2 [ § 2-1801.01 et seq.].
(f) The Mayor shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this section. The Mayor may, by regulation, establish reasonable fees for recordation of notices of lis pendens and may, by regulation, establish reasonable fees for releases of notices of lis pendens.
(g) A person with an ownership interest in real property upon which a notice of pendency of action has been filed under this section may:
  (1) If the action or proceeding underlying the notice is pending in either state or federal court in the District of Columbia, file a motion to cancel the notice with the court in which the underlying action or proceeding is pending or, if the action is on appeal, in the court in which the action was originally brought; or
  (2) If the action or proceeding underlying the notice is not pending in a court of the District of Columbia, bring an action in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to cancel the notice.
(h) A court in which a motion is filed or an action is brought under subsection (g) of this section may issue an order canceling the notice of pendency of action prior to the entry of judgment in the underlying action or proceeding if the court finds any one of the following:
  (1) The notice does not conform to the requirements of subsection (b) of this section;
  (2) (A) The moving party will suffer an irreparable injury if the notice is not cancelled;
    (B) The moving party has demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success on the merits in the underlying action or proceeding;
    (C) A balancing of the potential harms favors the moving party; and
    (D) The public interest favors cancelling the notice; or
  (3) The underlying action or proceeding has not been prosecuted in good faith, with all reasonable diligence, and without unnecessary delay.
(i) The provisions of the Lis Pendens Amendment Act of 2010 [ D.C. Law 18-180 ], shall apply to any notice of pendency recorded before May 27, 2010.
(j) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not be construed to apply where the title to or interest in the real property affected by the notice is not directly at issue in the underlying action or proceeding.
(k) For the purposes of this section, the term “tenancy interest” means the rights of a tenant or tenants as set forth under Chapter 34 of this title [ § 42-3401.01 et seq.], regarding the:
  (1) Legitimacy of a conversion of rental housing to condominium or cooperative housing; or
  (2) Purchase of rental housing.
D.C. Code § 42-1649 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16B / § 42-1649
§ 42-1649. Security agreement covering after-acquired property.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law of the District other than this act , property that a receiver or owner acquires after appointment of the receiver is subject to a security agreement entered into before the appointment to the same extent as if the Superior Court had not appointed the receiver.
D.C. Code § 42-3304 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 33 / § 42-3304
§ 42-3304. Penalties.
Status: in_force

Any wilful or malicious violation of this chapter by any owner, agent, lessor, manager or any electric company, electricity supplier, gas company, or natural gas supplier shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both.
D.C. Code § 42-3920 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 39 / § 42-3920
§ 42-3920. License suspension upon criminal conviction.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1756 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1756
§ 42-1756. Procedural requirements.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3509.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3509.02
§ 42-3509.02. Attorney’s fees.
Status: in_force

The Rent Administrator, Rental Housing Commission, or a court of competent jurisdiction may award reasonable attorney’s fees to the prevailing party in any action under this chapter, except actions for eviction authorized under § 42-3505.01 .
D.C. Code § 42-1603 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16 / § 42-1603
§ 42-1603. Reversioner may maintain writ of waste although tenant’s interest assigned to another; applicability of provisions.
Status: in_force

Because that diverse people in times past have let their lands and tenements to divers persons, that is to say, some for term of life or of another man’s life, and some for term of years, the said tenants have oftentimes let and granted their estate which they had in the same lands and tenements, to many persons, to the intent that they in the reversion, that is to say, their lessors, their heirs, or their assigns, might not have knowledge of their names, and after the said first tenants continually occupy the said lands and tenements, and thereof take the profits to their proper use, and in the said lands and tenements commit waste and destruction, to the disheritance of them in the reversion: It is ordained and established, that they in the reversion in such case may have and maintain a writ of waste against the said tenants for term of life, of another’s life, or for years, and so recover against them the place wasted, and their treble damages, for the waste by them done, as they ought to have done for the waste committed by them before the said grant and lease of their estate. Provided always, that this ordinance hold not place, but where the first tenants before the lease and grant of their said estates, in the manner and form above-said, were unpunishable of waste; and also where after the said grant and lease the said first tenants of the said lands and tenements take the profits at the time of the waste done, to their own proper use.
D.C. Code § 42-1204 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12 / § 42-1204
§ 42-1204. Second Deputy Recorder; effect of performance of duties.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3531.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35A / § 42-3531.05
§ 42-3531.05. Establishment of Office of the Tenant Advocate.
Status: in_force

The Office of the Tenant Advocate is established as an independent agency within the District government.
D.C. Code § 42-3501.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3501.02
§ 42-3501.02. Purposes.
Status: in_force

In enacting this chapter, the Council of the District of Columbia supports the following statutory purposes:
(1) To protect low- and moderate-income tenants from the erosion of their income from increased housing costs;
(2) To provide incentives for the construction of new rental units and the rehabilitation of vacant rental units in the District;
(3) To continue to improve the administrative machinery for the resolution of disputes and controversies between housing providers and tenants;
(4) To protect the existing supply of rental housing from conversion to other uses; and
(5) To prevent the erosion of moderately priced rental housing while providing housing providers and developers with a reasonable rate of return on their investments.
D.C. Code § 42-1902.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1902.03
§ 42-1902.03. Description of condominium units; undivided interest in common elements automatically included.
Status: in_force

After the creation of the condominium, no description of a condominium unit shall be deemed vague, uncertain, or otherwise insufficient or infirm which sets forth the identifying number of that unit, the name of the condominium and the instrument number and date of recordation of the declaration and the condominium book and page number where the plats and plans are recorded. Any such description shall be deemed to include the undivided interest in the common elements appertaining to such unit even if such interest is not defined or referred to therein.
D.C. Code § 42-3502.21 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3502.21
§ 42-3502.21. Certificate of assurance.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1902.30 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1902.30
§ 42-1902.30. Transfer of special declarant rights.
Status: in_force

(a) A special declarant right created or reserved under this chapter may not be transferred except by an instrument that evidences the transfer recorded in the same manner as the condominium instruments. The instrument shall not be effective unless executed by the transferee.
(b) Upon transfer of any special declarant right, the liability of a transferor declarant shall be as follows:
  (1) A transferor shall not be relieved of any obligation or liability that arises before the transfer and shall remain liable for any warranty obligation imposed upon him or her by this chapter. Lack of privity shall not deprive any unit owner of standing to maintain an action to enforce any obligation of the transferor.
  (2) If a successor to a special declarant right is an affiliate of a declarant, the transferor shall be jointly and severally liable with the successor for any obligation or liability of the successor that relates to the condominium.
  (3) If a transferor retains a special declarant right, and transfers other special declarant rights to a successor who is not an affiliate of the declarant, the transferor shall be liable for any obligation or liability imposed on a declarant by this chapter or by the condominium instruments that relates to the retained special declarant rights and that arises after the transfer.
  (4) A transferor shall have no liability for any act or omission or any breach of a contractual or warranty obligation that arises from the exercise of a special declarant right by a successor declarant who is not an affiliate of the transferor.
(c) Unless otherwise provided in a mortgage instrument or deed of trust, in case of foreclosure, mortgage, tax sale, judicial sale, sale by a trustee under a deed of trust, or sale under bankruptcy or receivership proceedings of any unit owned by a declarant or real estate in a condominium subject to development rights, a person who acquires title to all the real estate being foreclosed or sold, upon his or her request, shall succeed to all special declarant rights related to the real estate held by the declarant, or to any rights reserved in the condominium instruments pursuant to § 42-1902.22 and held by the declarant to maintain models, sales offices, and signs. The judgment or instrument that conveys title shall provide for transfer of only the special declarant rights requested. For purposes of this subsection, the term “development rights” means any right or combination of rights to expand an expandable condominium, contract a contractable condominium, convert convertible land, or convert convertible space.
(d) Upon foreclosure, tax sale, judicial sale, sale by a trustee under a deed of trust, or sale under bankruptcy or receivership proceedings of all units and other real estate in a condominium owned by a declarant:
  (1) The declarant shall cease to have any special declarant rights; and
  (2) The period of declarant control shall terminate unless the judgment or instrument that conveys title provides for transfer of all special declarant rights held by the declarant to a successor declarant.
(e) The liability or obligation of a person who succeeds to special declarant rights shall be as follows:
  (1) A successor to any special declarant right who is an affiliate of a declarant shall be subject to any obligation or liability imposed on the transferor by this chapter or the condominium instruments.
  (2) A successor to any special declarant right, other than a successor described in paragraph (3) or (4) of this subsection, who is not an affiliate of a declarant, shall be subject to any obligation or liability imposed by this chapter or the condominium instruments:
    (A) On a declarant that relates to his or her exercise or nonexercise of special declarant rights; or
    (B) On his or her transferor, other than:
      (i) A misrepresentation by a previous declarant;
      (ii) A warranty obligation on improvements made by a previous declarant or made before the condominium was created;
      (iii) A breach of a fiduciary obligation by a previous declarant or his or her appointee to the executive board; or
      (iv) Any liability or obligation imposed on the transferor’s acts or omissions after the transfer.
  (3) A successor who is not an affiliate of a declarant and whose sole right is a reservation in the condominium instruments to maintain models, sales offices, and signs may not exercise any other special declarant right and shall not be subject to any liability or obligation as a declarant, except a liability or obligation that arises under subchapter IV of this chapter that relates to disposition by the successor.
  (4) If the transferor is not an affiliate of the successor to special declarant rights and the successor succeeded to all the special declarant rights pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or a judgment or instrument that conveys title to units under subsection (c) of this section, the successor may declare his or her intention in a recorded instrument to hold the rights solely for transfer to another person. Until the successor transfers all special declarant rights to any person who acquires title to any unit owned by the successor, or until the successor records an instrument that permits exercise of all special declarant rights, the successor may not exercise the special declarant rights other than a right held by his or her transferor to control the executive board in accordance with the provisions of § 42-1903.02 for the duration of any period of declarant control. Any attempted exercise of special declarant rights other than a right held by the successor’s transferor to control the executive board shall be void. For the period that a successor declarant may not exercise special declarant rights under this subsection, he or she shall not be subject to any liability or obligation as a declarant other than liability or obligation as a declarant for his or her acts or omissions under § 42-1903.02 .
(f) Nothing in this section shall subject any successor to a special declarant right to any claim against or other obligation of a transferor declarant, other than a claim or obligation that arises under this chapter or the condominium instruments.
D.C. Code § 42-4030 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4030
§ 42-4030. Security deposit.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-1234 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12A / § 42-1234
§ 42-1234. Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
D.C. Code § 42-3605 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 36 / § 42-3605
§ 42-3605. Default judgment.
Status: in_force

The Court shall not enter a default judgment to evict a tenant or occupant who has failed to plead or otherwise defend unless, based upon evidence presented by the plaintiff, the Court determines that the rental unit is a drug haven or nuisance.
D.C. Code § 42-605 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 6 / § 42-605
§ 42-605. Special warranty.
Status: in_force

A covenant by a grantor in a deed conveying real estate, “that he will warrant specially the property hereby conveyed,” or a grant of real estate in which the granting words are followed by the words “with special warranty,” shall have the same effect as if the grantor had covenanted that he, his heirs, devisees, and personal representatives will forever warrant and defend the said property unto the grantee, his heirs, devisees, personal representatives, and assigns against the claims and demands of the grantor and all persons claiming or to claim by, through, or under him.
D.C. Code § 42-1102.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 11 / § 42-1102.02
§ 42-1102.02. Transfer of economic interest defined.
Status: in_force

(a) A transfer of an economic interest in real property occurs upon the conveyance, vesting, granting, bargaining, sale, or assignment, directly or indirectly, of a controlling interest by 1 or more persons or by 1 or more transactions, within any 12-month period, in any corporation, partnership, association, trust, or other entity that, during the 12-month period immediately preceding the transfer of an economic interest in real property:
  (1) Derives more than 50% of its gross receipts from the ownership or disposition of real property in the District; or
  (2) Holds real property in the District that has a value comprising 80% or more of the value of its entire tangible asset holdings.
(b) For the purposes of subsection (a) of this section, a transfer of a controlling interest includes the aggregate of the transfer of any legal, equitable, beneficial, or other ownership interest in:
  (1) Any entity described in subsection (a) of this section;
  (2) Any entity that is a partner in, shareholder in, or beneficiary of, an entity described in subsection (a) of this section; and
  (3) Any other entity:
    (A) That derives, directly or indirectly, any portion of its receipts from the ownership of any entity described in subsection (a) of this section; or
    (B) Has asset value that includes, directly or indirectly, any legal, equitable, beneficial, or other ownership interest in any entity described in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, as of October 1, 2009, every transfer of an interest in a cooperative housing association in connection with the grant, transfer, or assignment of a proprietary leasehold or other proprietary interest, in whole or in part, shall be a transfer of an economic interest.
D.C. Code § 42-804 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8 / § 42-804
§ 42-804. Survival of mortgagee’s or trustee’s title.
Status: in_force

Whenever a mortgage or deed of trust to secure a debt is executed to 2 or more mortgagees or trustees in fee simple, upon the death of any 1 or more of them the legal title and the trust attached to it shall be held to survive to the survivor or survivors and the heirs of the last survivor, subject to the provisions aforesaid.
D.C. Code § 42-3151.12 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31B / § 42-3151.12
§ 42-3151.12. Limitation on actions against the District of Columbia.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3404.34 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3404.34
§ 42-3404.34. Procedure for District to effectuate purchase.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall have not less than 150 days from the date of the owner’s receipt of the Mayor’s written statement of interest, issued pursuant to § 42-3404.32(b) , to negotiate a contract for sale.
(b) For every day of delay in providing information by the owner as required by this chapter, the negotiation period shall be extended by one day.
(c) If a tenant organization is formed and delivers an application for registration to the Mayor pursuant to § 42-3404.11 , the Mayor shall have 15 days, in addition to the time provided for in subsection (a) of this section, to negotiate a contract of sale.
(d) The Mayor shall have up to 60 days after the date of execution of a contract of sale to complete settlement.
(e) If the owner provides any extension of time to a tenant under this chapter, the Mayor shall automatically receive the same extension of time. The owner shall provide written notification to the Mayor of any extensions of time provided to the tenant.
D.C. Code § 42-3131.19 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31A / § 42-3131.19
§ 42-3131.19. Vacant and blighted vacant buildings belonging to foreign governments.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3930 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 39 / § 42-3930
§ 42-3930. Filing false document or evidence; false statements.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-604 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 6 / § 42-604
§ 42-604. General warranty.
Status: in_force

A covenant by the grantor, in a deed conveying real estate, “that he will warrant generally the property hereby conveyed,” or a grant of real estate in which the granting words are followed by the words “with general warranty,” shall have the same effect as if the grantor had covenanted that he, his heirs, devisees, and personal representatives will warrant and defend the said property unto the grantee, his heirs, devisees, personal representatives, and assigns against the claims and demands of all persons whomsoever.
D.C. Code § 42-835.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-835.04
§ 42-835.04. Noteowner cannot produce original note; form of lost note affidavit and indemnification to borrower, owner and mayor.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-835.11 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-835.11
§ 42-835.11. Effect of foreclosure on beneficiary’s, trustee’s, mortgagee’s, or assignee’s for foreclosure right to insurance and eminent domain proceeds.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3551.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35C / § 42-3551.04
§ 42-3551.04. Responsibilities of the Department.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3541.10 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35B / § 42-3541.10
§ 42-3541.10. Applicability.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-901 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 9 / § 42-901
§ 42-901. Ownership of real estate by aliens.
Status: in_force

The Act entitled “An Act to better define and regulate the rights of aliens to hold and own real estate in the territories,” approved March 2, 1897 (48 U.S.C. §§ 1501  -1507  ), be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to extend to aliens the same rights and privileges concerning the acquisition, holding, owning, and disposition of real estate in the District of Columbia as by that Act are conferred upon them in respect of real estate in the territories of the United States. All laws and parts of laws so far as they conflict with the provisions of this section are hereby repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3214 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 32 / § 42-3214
§ 42-3214. Landlord’s lien for rent — How enforced.
Status: in_force

The said lien may be enforced:
(1) By attachment, to be issued upon affidavit that the rent is due and unpaid; or, if it be not due, that the defendant is about to remove or sell some part of said chattels;
(2) By judgment against the tenant and execution, to be levied on said chattels, or any of them, in whosesoever hands they may be found;
(3) By action against any purchaser of said chattels, with notice of the lien, in which action the plaintiff may have judgment for the value of the chattels purchased by the defendant not exceeding the rent in arrear.
D.C. Code § 42-3151.06 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31B / § 42-3151.06
§ 42-3151.06. Assistance to certain displaced persons.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-832.28 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-832.28
§ 42-832.28. Priority: subordination.
Status: repealed

Repealed.