D.C. Code § 42-3505.09 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3505.09
§ 42-3505.09. Sealing of eviction court records.
Status: in_force

(a) The Superior Court of the District of Columbia ("Superior Court") shall seal all court records relating to an eviction proceeding:
  (1) If the eviction proceeding does not result in a judgment for possession in favor of the housing provider, 30 days after the final resolution of the eviction proceeding; or
  (2) If the eviction proceeding results in a judgement for possession in favor of the housing provider, 3 years after the final resolution of the eviction proceeding.
(b) For court records relating to an eviction proceeding filed before March 11, 2020, the requirements of subsection (a) of this section shall apply as of January 1, 2022.
(c) (1) The Superior Court shall seal court records relating to an eviction proceeding at any time, upon a motion by a tenant, if:
    (A) The tenant demonstrates by a preponderance of the evidence that:
      (i) The housing provider brought the eviction proceeding because the tenant failed to pay an amount of $600 or less;
      (ii) The tenant was evicted from a unit under any federal or District site-based housing subsidy program, or any federal or District tenant-based housing subsidy program;
      (iii) The housing provider's initiation of eviction proceedings against the tenant was in violation of:
        (I) Section 42-3505.02 ; or
        (II) Section 2-1402.61 ;
      (iv) The housing provider failed to timely abate a violation of 14 DCMR § 100 et seq. or 12G DCMR 100 et seq. in relation to the defendant tenant's rental unit;
      (v) The housing provider initiated the eviction proceedings because of an incident that would constitute a defense to an action for possession under § 42-3505.01(c-1) or a federal law pertaining to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; or
      (vi) The parties entered into a settlement agreement that did not result in the housing provider recovering possession of the unit; or
    (B) The Superior Court determines that there are other grounds justifying sealing the court records.
  (2) An order dismissing, granting, or denying a motion filed under this subsection shall be a final order for purposes of appeal.
  (3) (A) A copy of an order issued under this subsection shall be provided to the tenant or his or her counsel.
    (B) A tenant may obtain a copy of an order issued under this subsection at any time from the Clerk of the Superior Court, upon presenting proper identification, without a showing of need.
(d) Records sealed under this section shall be opened:
  (1) Upon written request of the tenant; or
  (2) On order of the Superior Court upon a showing of compelling need.".
(e) (1) The court may release records sealed under this section for scholarly, educational, journalistic, or governmental purposes upon a balancing of the interests of the tenant for nondisclosure against the interests of the requesting party; provided, that personally identifiable information about the tenant, such as the name and address shall only be disclosed after:
    (A) Submission of a written request to the court by a researcher;
    (B) Approval by the court through the execution of a written data use agreement that describes the research project;
    (C) Documented applicable Institutional Review Board approval;
    (D) Provision of documented procedures to protect the confidentiality and security of the information; and
    (E) Provision of documented procedures for data storage and the data destruction method to be used for the information is provided.
  (2) (A) Upon receipt of a request and proof of identity, copies of any record sealed under this section shall be provided to the following persons, without the public unsealing of the records and without a showing of need:
      (i) The tenant named in the record;
      (ii) The tenant's counsel; or
      (iii) An attorney authorized to practice law in the District of Columbia who is considering commencing representation of the tenant; provided, that the person shall:
        (I) Certify to the Court's satisfaction that the tenant has requested consideration for representation and has authorized the attorney's access to the sealed records; and
        (II) Provide the Court with the person's D.C. bar number or proof of authorization to practice under Rule 49(c) of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
    (B) A person may request records sealed under this section in person at the Civil Division or by an electronic means designated by the Civil Division.
    (C) For purposes of this section, the term "records" shall include any information contained in the docket, including the court docket, pleadings, and orders.
(f) Any agreement pursuant to which personally identifiable information contained in a court record or report is disclosed shall:
  (1) Prohibit the re-release of any personally identifiable information without explicit permission from the court;
  (2) Require that the information be used solely for research or administrative purposes;
  (3) Require that the information be used only for the project described in the application;
  (4) Prohibit the use of the information as a basis for legal, administrative, or any other action that directly affects any individual or institution identifiable from the data;
  (5) Set forth the payment, if any, to be provided by the researcher to the court for the specified research project; and
  (6) Require that ownership of data provided under the agreement shall remain with the court, not the researcher or the research project.
(g) The Superior Court shall not order the redaction of the tenant's name from any published opinion of the trial or appellate courts that refer to a record sealed under this section.
(h) (1) Where a housing provider intentionally bases an adverse action taken against a prospective tenant on an eviction court record that the housing provider knows to be sealed pursuant to this section, the prospective tenant may bring a civil action in the Superior Court within one year after the alleged violation and, upon prevailing, shall be entitled to the following relief:
    (A) Reasonable attorneys' fees and costs;
    (B) Incidental damages; and
    (C) Equitable relief as may be appropriate.
  (2) For the purposes of this section, the term "adverse action" means:
    (A) Denial of a prospective tenant's rental application; or
    (B) Approval of a prospective tenant's rental application, subject to terms or conditions different and less-favorable to the prospective tenant than those included in any written notice, statement, or advertisement for the rental unit, including written communication sent directly from the housing provider to a prospective tenant.
D.C. Code § 42-3601 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 36 / § 42-3601
§ 42-3601. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Civic association” means:
  (A) A nonprofit association, corporation, or other organization that is:
    (i) Comprised of residents of a community within which a nuisance is located;
    (ii) Operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare and general neighborhood improvement and enhancement; and
    (iii) Exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code; or
  (B) A nonprofit association, corporation, or other organization that is:
    (i) Comprised of residents of a contiguous community that is defined by specific geographic boundaries, within which a nuisance is located; and
    (ii) Operated for the promotion of the welfare, improvement, and enhancement of that community.
(2) “Closure” means the closing of a rental unit or housing accommodation.
(3) “Community association” means:
  (A) A nonprofit association, corporation, or other organization that is:
    (i) Comprised of residents of a community within which a nuisance is located;
    (ii) Operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare and general neighborhood improvement and enhancement; and
    (iii) Exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code; or
  (B) A nonprofit association, corporation, or other organization that is:
    (i) Comprised of residents of a contiguous community that is defined by specific geographic boundaries, within which a nuisance is located; and
    (ii) Operated for the promotion of the welfare, improvement, and enhancement of that community.
(4) “Controlled dangerous substance” means any of the controlled dangerous substances as defined in § 48-901.02(4) .
(5) “Controlled Substances Act” means the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, approved October 27, 1970 (84 Stat. 1243; 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.).
(6) “Court” means the Landlord and Tenant Branch of the Civil Division of the Superior Court.
(7) “District” means the District of Columbia.
(8) “Drug haven” means a housing accommodation, or land appurtenant to or common areas of a housing accommodation where drugs are illegally stored, manufactured, used, or distributed.
(9) “Drug-related eviction” means an eviction pursuant to this subchapter.
(10) “Drug” means a controlled substance as defined in § 33-504(4) [repealed] or the Controlled Substances Act.
(11) “Housing accommodation” means a building that is or contains at least one rental unit and the land appurtenant to the building.
(12) “Housing provider” means:
  (A) A landlord, owner, lessor, sublessor, or assignee;
  (B) The agent of a landlord, owner, lessor, sublessor, or assignee; or
  (C) A person entitled to receive compensation for the use or occupancy of a rental unit within a housing accommodation.
(13) “Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, approved October 22, 1986 (100 Stat. 2085; 26 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
(14) “Manufacture” shall have the same meaning as that term has in § 48-901.02(13) or the Controlled Substances Act.
(15) “Nuisance” means a property that is used:
  (A) By persons who assemble for the specific purpose of illegally using a controlled dangerous substance;
  (B) For the illegal manufacture or distribution of:
    (i) A controlled dangerous substance; or
    (ii) Drug paraphernalia, as defined in § 48-1101(3) ; or
  (C) For the illegal storage or concealment of a controlled dangerous substance in sufficient quantity to reasonably indicate under all the circumstances an intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense:
    (i) A controlled dangerous substance; or
    (ii) Drug paraphernalia, as defined in § 48-1101(3) .
(16) “Occupant” means a person authorized by the tenant or housing provider to be on the premises of the rental unit.
(17) “Rental unit” means an apartment, room, or part of a publicly or privately owned housing accommodation that is rented or offered for rent for residential occupancy, and the land appurtenant to the apartment, room, or part of the housing accommodation.
(18) “Resident association” means an organization of residents of a multifamily building or a single complex of jointly managed multifamily buildings.
(19) “Tenant” means a lessee, sublessee, or other person entitled to the possession or occupancy of a rental unit.
(20) “Uniform Controlled Substances Act” means Chapter 9 of Title 48 .
D.C. Code § 42-3502.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3502.02
§ 42-3502.02. Powers and duties of Rental Housing Commission.
Status: in_force

(a) The Rental Housing Commission shall:
  (1) Possess sole authority to issue, amend, and rescind rules and procedures for the administration of this chapter except rules and procedures subject to § 2-1831.05(a)(7) ;
  (2) Decide appeals brought to it from decisions of the Rent Administrator or the Office of Administrative Hearings, including appeals under the Rental Accommodations Act of 1975, the Rental Housing Act of 1977, and the Rental Housing Act of 1980; and
  (3) Certify and publish before February 1 of each year:
    (A) The annual adjustment of general applicability of the rent charged for a rental unit under § 42-3502.06 ;
    (B) The most recent annual cost-of-living adjustment of benefits for social security recipients established pursuant to section 415(i) of the Social Security Act, approved August 28, 1950 (64 Stat. 506; 42 U.S.C. § 415(i));
    (C) The maximum annual rent adjustment that may be imposed on a unit occupied by an elderly tenant or tenant with a disability pursuant to § 42-3502.24(a) ; and
    (D) The qualifying income for an elderly tenant or tenant with a disability to be exempt from an adjustment in the rent charged pursuant to §§ 42-3502.10 , 42-3502.11 , 42-3502.12 , and 42-3502.14 and whose rent charged may not be increased under § 42-3502.15
(b) (1) The Rental Housing Commission may hold hearings, sit and act at times and places within the District, administer oaths, and require by subpoena or otherwise the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents as the Rental Housing Commission may consider advisable in carrying out its functions under this chapter.
  (2) A majority of the Rental Housing Commissioners shall constitute a quorum to do business, and any vacancy shall not impair the right of the remaining Rental Housing Commissioners to exercise all the powers of the Rental Housing Commission.
  (3) In the case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued under paragraph (1) of this subsection by any person who resides in, is found in, or transacts business within the District, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, at the written request of the Rental Housing Commission, shall issue an order requiring the contumacious person to appear before the Rental Housing Commission, to produce evidence if so ordered, or to give testimony touching upon the matter under inquiry. Any failure of the person to obey any order of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia may be punished by that Court for contempt.
(c) Upon the written request of the chairperson of the Rental Housing Commission, each department or entity of the District government may furnish directly to the Rental Housing Commission any assistance and information necessary for the Rental Housing Commission to carry out effectively this chapter.
(d) The Rental Housing Commission shall employ the staff necessary to carry out its functions. Of the staff employed, 3 shall be law clerks who shall assist each member of the Rental Housing Commission in the preparation of decisions and orders.
(e) All documents filed in any case before the Rental Housing Commission shall be available to the public for review, consistent with subchapter II of Chapter 5 of Title 2 .
D.C. Code § 42-3509.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3509.04
§ 42-3509.04. Service.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise provided by Rental Housing Commission regulations, any information or document required to be served upon any person shall be served upon that person, or the representative designated by that person or by the law to receive service of the documents. When a party has appeared through a representative of record, service shall be made upon that representative. Service upon a person may be completed by any of the following ways:
  (1) By handing the document to the person, by leaving it at the person’s place of business with some responsible person in charge, or by leaving it at the person’s usual place of residence with a person of suitable age and discretion;
  (2) By telegram, when the content of the information or document is given to a telegraph company properly addressed and prepaid;
  (3) By mail or deposit with the United States Postal Service properly stamped and addressed; or
  (4) By any other means that is in conformity with an order of the Rental Housing Commission or the Rent Administrator in any proceeding.
(b) No rent increases, whether under this chapter, the Rental Accommodations Act of 1975, the Rental Housing Act of 1977, the Rental Housing Act of 1980, or any administrative decisions issued under these acts, shall be effective until the first day on which rent is normally paid occurring more than 60 calendar days after the notice of the increase is given to the tenant; provided, that the requirements of § 42-3505.54(b) are met.
D.C. Code § 42-3131.12 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31A / § 42-3131.12
§ 42-3131.12. Vacant building maintenance standard.
Status: in_force

A building shall be adequately maintained if:
(1) Doors, windows, areaways, and other openings are weather-tight and secured against entry by birds, vermin, and trespassers, and missing or broken doors, windows, and other openings are covered with 1/2 inch CDX plywood that is weather protected, tightly fitted to the opening, and secured by screws or bolts;
(2) The roof and flashing are sound and tight, will not admit moisture, and are drained to prevent dampness or deterioration in the walls or interior;
(3) The building storm drainage system is adequately sized and installed in an approved manner and functional;
(4) The interior and exterior is maintained in good repair, structurally sound, free from debris, rubbish, and garbage, and sanitary so as not to threaten public health or safety;
(5) The structural members are free of deterioration and capable of safely bearing imposed dead and live loads;
(6) The foundation walls are plumb, free from open cracks and breaks, and vermin-proof;
(7) The exterior walls are free of holes, graffiti, breaks, and loose or rotting materials, and exposed metal and wood surfaces are protected from the elements and against decay or rust by periodic application of weather-coating materials, such as paint;
(8) The cornices, belt courses, corbels, terra cotta trim, wall facings, and similar decorative features are safe, anchored, and in good repair, and exposed metal and wood surfaces are protected from the elements and against decay or rust by periodic application of weather-coating materials, such as paint;
(9) All balconies, canopies, marquees, signs, metal awnings, stairways, fire escapes, standpipes, exhaust ducts, and similar features are in good repair, anchored, safe and sound, and exposed metal and wood surfaces are protected from the elements and against decay or rust by periodic application of weather-coating materials, such as paint;
(10) Chimneys, cooling towers, smokestacks, and similar appurtenances are structurally safe, sound, and in good repair, and exposed metal and wood surfaces are protected from the elements and against decay or rust by periodic application of weather-coating materials, such as paint;
(11) Openings in sidewalks are safe for pedestrian travel;
(12) Accessory and appurtenant structures such as garages, sheds, and fences are free from safety, health, and fire hazards; and
(13) The property on which a structure is located is clean, safe, and sanitary and does not threaten the public health or safety.
D.C. Code § 42-2703.06 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2703.06
§ 42-2703.06. Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The Agency shall establish rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 42-1746 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1746
§ 42-1746. Registration and certification required for resident managers.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2851.07 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 28A / § 42-2851.07
§ 42-2851.07. Penalties for noncompliance.
Status: in_force

(a) An owner who fails to comply with a requirement of this chapter shall pay a civil fine of no greater than 5 times the costs and damages caused by the noncompliance.
(b) All fines collected pursuant to this section shall be paid into the Housing Production Trust Fund established by Chapter 28 of this title .
(c) The Mayor may commence enforcement proceedings for any fine not paid within the time period set forth in regulations.
D.C. Code § 42-1903.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1903.02
§ 42-1903.02. Control by declarant; limitations; contracts entered on behalf of unit owners; declarant to act where owners’ association or officers thereof not existent; graduated representation of unit owners in executive board; strict construction.
Status: in_force

(a) The condominium instruments may authorize the declarant, or a managing agent or some other person or persons selected or to be selected by the declarant, to appoint and remove some or all of the officers of the unit owners’ association or members of its executive board, or both, or to exercise powers and responsibilities otherwise assigned by the condominium instruments and by this chapter to the unit owners’ association, the officers, or the executive board. But no amendment to the condominium instruments shall increase the scope of such authorization if there is any unit owner other than the declarant and no such authorization shall be valid after the time set by the condominium instruments or after units to which three-fourths of the undivided interests in the common elements appertain have been conveyed, whichever occurs first. For the purposes of the preceding sentence only, the calculation of the fraction of undivided interest shall be based upon the total undivided interests assigned or to be assigned to all units registered with the Mayor according to § 42-1904.06 . The time limit initially set by the condominium instruments shall not exceed 3 years in the case of an expandable condominium or a condominium containing convertible land, or 2 years in the case of any other condominium containing any convertible land, or 2 years in the case of any other condominium. Such period shall commence upon settlement of the first unit to be sold in any portion of the condominium.
(b) (1) If entered into at any time prior to the expiration of the period of declarant control contemplated by subsection (a) of this section, no contract or lease entered into with the declarant or an affiliate of a declarant, other than a lease subject to § 42-1902.10(e) , management contract, employment contract, or lease of a recreational or parking area or facility, which is directly or indirectly made by or on behalf of the unit owners’ association or the unit owners as a group, shall be entered into for a period in excess of 2 years. Any contract or agreement entered into after March 8, 1991, may be terminated without penalty by the unit owners’ association or the executive board of the unit owners’ association upon not less than 90 days written notice to the other party.
  (2) If entered into at any time prior to the expiration of the period of declarant control contemplated by subsection (a) of this section, any contract, lease or agreement, other than those subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection, may be entered into by or on behalf of the unit owners’ association, its executive board, or the unit owners as a group, if such contract, lease or agreement is bona fide and is commercially reasonable to the unit owners’ association at the time entered into under the circumstances.
(c) If the unit owners’ association is not in existence or does not have officers at the time of the creation of the condominium, the declarant shall, until there is such an association with such officers, have the power and the responsibility to act in all instances where this subchapter or the condominium instruments require or permit action by the unit owners’ association, its executive board, or any officer or officers.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the bylaws shall provide that:
  (1) Not later than the time that units to which 25% of the undivided interests in the common elements appertain have been conveyed, the unit owners’ association shall cause a special meeting to be held at which not less than 25% of the members of the executive board shall be selected by unit owners other than declarant; and
  (2) Not later than the time units to which 50% of the undivided interests in the common elements appertain have been conveyed, the unit owners’ association shall cause a special meeting to be held at which not less than 33 1/3% of the members of the executive board shall be selected by unit owners other than declarant.
(e) Repealed.
(f) This section shall be strictly construed to protect the rights of the unit owners.
D.C. Code § 42-3171.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31C / § 42-3171.04
§ 42-3171.04. Assistance to displaced persons.
Status: in_force

If an occupant or tenant is displaced by the acquisition, development, redevelopment, or disposition of an abandoned or deteriorated property under this subchapter, the Mayor shall offer to the owner or tenant assistance under § 6-331.01 ; § 6-333.01 ; or § 6-333.02 .
D.C. Code § 42-1013 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 10 / § 42-1013
§ 42-1013. Trust powers imperative — Duty upon grantee.
Status: in_force

Every trust power, unless its execution or non-execution is made expressly to depend on the will of the grantee, is imperative and imposes a duty on the grantee the performance of which may be compelled in equity for the benefit of the parties interested.
D.C. Code § 42-1666 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16B / § 42-1666
§ 42-1666. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Status: in_force

This act modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, approved June 30, 2000 (114 Stat. 464; 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq. ), but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7001(c)), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7003(b)).
D.C. Code § 42-3541.09 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35B / § 42-3541.09
§ 42-3541.09. Rules.
Status: in_force

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , may issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter .
D.C. Code § 42-840.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-840.03
§ 42-840.03. Required publication of foreclosure sale advertisement.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-844.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-844.04
§ 42-844.04. Standard of conduct.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-126 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 1 / § 42-126
§ 42-126. Acknowledgments by married women — prior to April 10, 1869.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3131.10 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31A / § 42-3131.10
§ 42-3131.10. Penalties for noncompliance.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The failure of the owner of a vacant building to pay all required fees under § 42-3131.09 after notice of the designation of the owner's building as vacant, the determination of delinquency of registration or fee payment, the denial or revocation of registration, the filing by an owner of any false or misleading registration-related information, or the refusal of the owner of a vacant building to permit the Mayor to inspect the building shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for the first violation, $2,500 for the second violation, and $5,000 for the third and subsequent violations.
  (2) The Director of the Department of Buildings shall provide the Office of the Attorney General with a list of all owners who fail to pay the required fee after notice.
(b) If the owner of a vacant building fails to maintain the building in compliance with the requirements of § 42-3131.12 or, having obtained a vacant property registration, subsequently fails to comply with the other registration requirements under § 42-3131.06 , the Mayor, in addition to issuing civil penalties pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may:
  (1) Charge the owner with failure to comply and enforce all applicable penalties under this chapter ; and
  (2) Take other action as required by the Construction Codes or Construction Codes Supplement of the District of Columbia to bring the building into compliance with those codes.
(c) Civil fines, penalties, and fees may be imposed as additional sanctions for any infraction of the provisions of §§ 42-3131.06 , 42-3131.08 , 42-3131.09 , or 42-3131.12 , pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2 .
(d) Criminal prosecutions under §§ 42-3131.05 through 42-3131.21 shall be brought in the name of the District of Columbia by the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 42-2851.08 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 28A / § 42-2851.08
§ 42-2851.08. Determination of qualified areas.
Status: in_force

Within 30 days after April 19, 2002, the Mayor shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking setting forth those census tracts which are preliminarily determined to be qualified areas. The Mayor shall issue a notice of final rulemaking setting forth those census tracts which are determined to be qualified areas within 75 days after April 19, 2002. The Mayor shall make a map of the qualified areas, a list of the census tracts determined to be qualified areas, and the boundaries of those tracts available on the Internet. The Mayor shall review and, if necessary, update the map, list, and boundaries at least once every 2 years.
D.C. Code § 42-4019 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4019
§ 42-4019. Increases above base rent.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-2625 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 26 / § 42-2625
§ 42-2625. Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The Mayor is authorized to promulgate rules to govern the operation of the Fund, including but not limited to, rules establishing eligibility requirements for applicants and homes and for establishing operating procedures for the program. The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed rules, in whole or in part, by resolution within the 45-day review period, the proposed rules shall be deemed approved. Nothing in this section shall affect any requirements imposed upon the Mayor by subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 .
D.C. Code § 42-1118 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 11 / § 42-1118
§ 42-1118. Abatement of taxes due where cost does not warrant collection.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3651.06 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 36A / § 42-3651.06
§ 42-3651.06. Powers and duties of a receiver.
Status: in_force

(a) A receiver shall:
  (1) Take charge of the operation and management of the rental housing accommodation and assume all rights to possess and use the building, fixtures, furnishings, records, and other related property and goods that the owner or property manager would have if the receiver had not been appointed; and
  (2) Give notice of the receivership, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, to the rental housing accommodation’s tenants and employees, all public utility providers whom the owner was responsible for paying before the appointment of the receiver, any mortgage company holding a lien against the property, and any other person whom the Court orders should receive notice;
  (3) Have the power to collect all rents and payments for use and occupancy;
  (4) (A) Provide the Court, within 30 days following the issuance of the order of appointment, with a plan for the rehabilitation of the rental housing accommodation, including the projected dates when all causes giving rise to the appointment will be abated and a financial forecast indicating how the rehabilitation will be paid for;
    (B) Serve a copy of the plan upon the owner of record, the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, and the tenants of the rental housing accommodation, or their representative;
  (5) (A) Report to the Court every 6 months after the filing of the report required under paragraph (4) of this subsection, describing the progress made in abating the conditions giving rise to the appointment, updating the financial forecast for the rehabilitation, and describing any changes in the condition of the rental housing accommodation that may change the proposed completion dates submitted under paragraph (4) of this subsection;
    (B) Serve a copy of the report upon the owner of record, the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, and the tenants of the rental housing accommodation, or their representative;
  (6) Preserve all property and records with which the receiver has been entrusted;
  (7) Assume all rights of the owner to enforce or avoid terms of a lease, mortgage, secured transactions, and other contracts related to the rental housing accommodation and its operation; and
  (8) Carry out any other duties established by the Court.
(b) The notice required by subsection (a)(2) of this section shall include, at a minimum, the following information in not less than 12-point type in both English and Spanish:
  (1) The reasons for the receivership;
  (2) The identity of the receiver, his or her address and telephone number;
  (3) The receiver’s responsibilities and duties;
  (4) The anticipated duration of the receivership; and
  (5) That no tenant is required to move as a result of the receivership.
(c) The receiver shall, under the plan described in subsection (a)(4) of this section, make payments in accordance with the following priorities:
  (1) As a first priority, using monthly rental income, to abate housing code violations if abatement is required within 7 days of service of notice, and, after abatement of the conditions, to abate housing code violations if abatement is required within 30 days of service of notice; and
  (2) As a second priority, for other purposes reasonably necessary in the ordinary course of business of the property, including maintenance and upkeep of the rental housing accommodation, payment of utility bills, mortgages and other debts, and payment of the receiver’s fee.
(d) The receiver shall not make capital improvements to the property except those necessary to abate housing code violations.
(e) The receiver shall not enter into contracts which affect the ownership of the property.
(f) The receiver shall be personally liable only for his or her acts of gross negligence or intentional wrongdoing in carrying out the receivership.
(g) A receiver shall be entitled to a reasonable fee established by the Court and payable from the revenues of the rental housing accommodation.
(h) The receiver may apply for grants and subsidies for the relief of distressed properties to the same extent as the owner of the rental housing accommodation.
(i) The owner, agent, manager, or lessor shall be enjoined from collecting rents and payments for use and occupancy for the duration of the receivership.
(j) (1) In a case in which the court has appointed a receiver in response to a petition made pursuant to § 42-3651.03 , if the court finds, after notice and hearing, that the owner of the rental property currently lacks sufficient funds to pay for rehabilitation of the rental housing accommodation and that such funds cannot be feasibly and timely obtained through grants or subsidies:
    (A) The court may issue an order authorizing the Attorney General to supply funding to the receiver, for initial and emergency repairs, from any funds available in the Tenant Receivership Abatement Fund, established by § 1-301.86e ; or
    (B) The Court may extend the receivership in place under this chapter based on a showing of demonstrated need and authorize the receiver to do either of the following:
      (i) Sell the property for a fair-market price to an owner capable of maintaining the property; or
      (ii) If the owner is a District of Columbia corporation or other entity, file a petition in the appropriate federal bankruptcy court to place the corporate owner into bankruptcy proceedings pursuant to, and in a manner consistent with, the federal Bankruptcy Code.
  (2) (A) If a court issues an order pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, the owner shall be required to repay the funding supplied by the Attorney General no later than 30 days after the receiver receives those funds. Any funds unpaid as of that 30-day deadline shall incur interest at the rate of 6% per annum until repaid. The Attorney General may petition the court to convert the order into a final judgment, and once the order is so converted, the Attorney General may take actions to collect any unpaid balance, using all available collection methods authorized under District or other applicable law.
    (B) An owner's obligation to repay funding pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall automatically become a lien on the owner's real property as of the date the Attorney General supplies funds to the receiver pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) of this section.
    (C) A lien established pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph shall be a prior and preferred lien over all other liens or encumbrances on the real property.
D.C. Code § 42-832.31 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-832.31
§ 42-832.31. Future advances: expenditures for the protection of the real property encumbered by a lien instrument.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3141.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31A-i / § 42-3141.03
§ 42-3141.03. Notice of graffiti nuisance and reply.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Whenever the Mayor identifies graffiti, the Mayor shall notify the owner that there is graffiti on the property that must be abated.
  (2) The notification shall be provided by delivering a written notice to the property on which, or at which, the graffiti is located. The notification shall be served on the owner or the building superintendent if present, or placed on the door or similar place used for ingress.
  (3) In addition, notice shall be delivered by first-class mail to the owner of the premises. If the owner cannot be identified with reasonable certainty for purposes of mail notice, the Mayor shall conspicuously post the notice on the premises or deliver a copy of the notice to the Deputy Chief Financial Officer, who shall post a copy of the notice in a conspicuous place on the property.
(b) The notice shall include reply space for the owner to notify the Mayor whether the owner:
  (1) Will abate the graffiti by the date stated on the notice and, if this option is selected, whether the owner requests graffiti abatement materials;
  (2) Authorizes the Mayor to abate the graffiti; or
  (3) Consents to the presence of the graffiti and does not want the Mayor to abate it.
(c) The notice shall also include a deadline by when the owner must reply and shall inform the owner how to reply. The owner shall reply by either conspicuously posting the notice to the premises where it was originally left, transmitting the notice by facsimile to the number indicated on the notice, mailing it to the address indicated on the notice, returning it in person, or using any other method authorized by regulation and specified on the notice. The deadline shall be not less than 7 calendar days.
(d) (1) If the owner indicates on the reply that the owner will abate the graffiti by the date stated on the notice, and that the owner wants to receive graffiti abatement materials, the Mayor shall leave them at the property subject to the limitations set forth in § 42-3141.10 .
  (2) If the owner indicates on the reply that the owner will abate the graffiti, the Mayor shall return to the property no sooner than the abatement deadline stated in the notice to see whether or not the graffiti has been abated. If the graffiti has not been abated, the Mayor shall issue a notice of violation as provided for in § 42-3141.05 .
D.C. Code § 42-3404.13 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3404.13
§ 42-3404.13. Notice to convert; offer to sell.
Status: in_force

(a) Every tenant of a housing accommodation which the declarant seeks to convert from a rental basis to a cooperative shall be notified in writing of the declarant’s intent to convert the housing accommodation to a cooperative not less than 120 days before the conversion thereof. The declarant shall also make to each tenant of the housing accommodation a bona fide offer to sell such tenant such shares or membership interest in the cooperative as will enable the tenant to continue to reside in his or her unit after conversion. The offer shall include, but not be limited to, the asking price for the shares or membership interest and a statement of the tenant’s rights to provide such shares or membership interest under the provisions of this section. The tenant shall be afforded not less than 60 days in which to contract with the landlord for the purchase of the shares or membership interest at a mutually agreeable price and under mutually agreeable terms, which shall be at least as favorable as those offered to the general public.
(b) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-502 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 5 / § 42-502
§ 42-502. Fee simple estates — Estates tail abolished.
Status: in_force

All estates of inheritance, including such as were formerly estates tail, shall be adjudged estates in fee simple.
D.C. Code § 42-3503.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3503.05
§ 42-3503.05. Approval and maintenance of rental units; obligations of families.
Status: in_force

(a) Rental units which the Department determines are decent, safe, and sanitary as required by the housing regulations, any other statute or regulation governing the condition of residential premises, and the requirements of this subchapter are eligible for tenant assistance.
(b) The following units are not eligible for tenant assistance as provided by this subchapter:
  (1) Housing units receiving rent assistance under any federal housing program, or public housing that is managed by the District government;
  (2) Nursing homes, units within the grounds of penal, reformatory, medical and similar public or private institutions, and facilities providing continual psychiatric, medical, or nursing service; or
  (3) Units occupied by the housing provider.
(c) As required by the Department, units shall be inspected to determine whether they are decent, safe, and sanitary as set forth in § 42-3503.01(3) . Regardless of the number of bedrooms stated on the certificate of eligibility, the Department shall not prohibit a family from renting an otherwise acceptable unit on the ground that it is too large for the family. If the Department determines that the assisted unit occupied by a participating family does not meet the space requirement because of an increase in family size or a change in family composition, the Department shall issue the participating family a new certificate of eligibility. If an acceptable unit is found that is available for occupancy by the family, the Department shall terminate the tenant assistance contract for the original unit in accordance with its terms.
(d) The following maintenance, operation, and inspection requirements shall apply:
  (1) The housing provider shall provide all the services, maintenance, and utilities which the housing provider agrees to provide under the contract, subject to abatement of housing assistance payments or other applicable remedies if the housing provider fails to meet these obligations.
  (2) A housing provider may collect a security deposit from a family not to exceed 1 month’s rent. If the family determines it is unable to pay the security deposit, it may apply to the Department for a repayable advance to cover the difference between the amount the family can afford, as determined by the Department, and the security deposit requested by the housing provider. When the Department decides to provide an advance to the family, the family shall enter into an agreement with the Department for repayment on terms prescribed by the Department. The Department shall establish a reasonable schedule for the repayment to minimize the hardship for the family.
  (3) Subject to District law, after the family moves from the unit the housing provider may use the security deposit as reimbursement for any unpaid rent payable by the family or other amounts which the family owes under the lease. The housing provider shall give the family a written list of all items charged against the security deposit and the amount of each item. After deducting the amount used to reimburse the housing provider, the housing provider shall refund promptly to the family the full amount of the unused balance.
  (4) The Department shall conduct reexaminations of family income and composition at least annually. The Department shall adjust the amount of each family’s tenant assistance payment at the time of the annual reexamination to reflect any changes in family monthly income using the applicable payment or adjustment standard.
(e) (1) A family shall:
    (A) Supply any certification, release, information, or documentation the Department determines to be necessary in the administration of the program;
    (B) Allow the Department to inspect the rental unit at reasonable times and after reasonable notice;
    (C) Notify the Department before vacating the rental unit; and
    (D) Use the rental unit solely for residence by the family, and as the family’s principal place of residence, and shall not sublease or assign the lease or transfer the unit.
  (2) A family shall not:
    (A) Own or have any interest in the dwelling unit;
    (B) Commit any fraud in connection with the Tenant Assistance Program; and
    (C) Receive duplicative assistance under the Tenant Assistance Program and any other federal or District housing assistance program.
D.C. Code § 42-1748 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1748
§ 42-1748. Waiver of examination and education requirements for property managers.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-603 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 6 / § 42-603
§ 42-603. “Covenant” binds covenantor, covenantee, and their privies.
Status: in_force

When, in any deed, the word “covenant” is used, such word shall have the same effect as if the covenant was expressed to be by the covenantor, for himself, his heirs, devisees, and personal representatives, and shall be deemed to be with the grantee or lessee, his heirs, devisees, personal representatives, and assigns.
D.C. Code § 42-1902.26 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1902.26
§ 42-1902.26. Subdivision of units; when permitted; written application; amendment of declaration and bylaws; reallocation of common elements; altered maps and plans; recordation and effect thereof; scope of provisions.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless expressly prohibited by the condominium instruments, a unit may be subdivided in accordance with:
  (1) The provisions of this section and other applicable law; and
  (2) Any lawful restrictions and limitations specified in the condominium instruments.
(b) If the unit owner of any unit which may be subdivided desires to subdivide such unit, then the principal officer of the unit owners’ association, or such other officer or officers as the condominium instruments may specify, shall, upon written application of the subdivider, as such unit owner shall henceforth be referred to in this section, forthwith prepare and execute appropriate instruments pursuant to subsections (c), (d) and (e) of this section.
(c) An amendment to the declaration shall assign new identifying numbers to the new units created by the subdivision of a unit and shall allocate to those units, on a reasonable basis acceptable to the subdivider, all of the undivided interest in the common elements appertaining to the subdivided unit. The new units shall jointly share all rights, and shall be equally liable jointly and severally for all obligations, with regard to any limited common elements assigned to the subdivided unit except to the extent that the subdivider may have specified in his written application that all or any portions of any limited common elements assigned to the subdivided unit exclusively should be assigned to 1 or more, but less than all of the new units, in which case the amendment to the declaration shall reflect the desires of the subdivider as expressed in such written application.
(d) An amendment to the bylaws shall allocate to the new units, on a reasonable basis acceptable to the subdivider, the votes in the unit owners’ association allocated to the subdivided unit, and shall reflect a proportionate allocation to the new units of the liability for common expenses and rights to common profits formerly appertaining to the subdivided unit.
(e) Such plats and plans as may be necessary to show the boundaries separating the new units together with their other boundaries shall be prepared, and the new units depicted thereon shall bear their new identifying numbers. Such plats and plans shall indicate the dimensions of the new units, and the horizontal boundaries thereof, if any, shall be identified thereon with reference to established datum. Such plats and plans shall be certified as to their accuracy and compliance with the provisions of this subsection:
  (1) By a registered land surveyor in the case of any plat; and
  (2) By a registered architect or registered engineer in the case of any plan.
(f) If appropriate instruments in accordance with the preceding subsections of this section have been prepared, executed, and acknowledged, the instruments shall be executed by the subdivider and, upon payment by the subdivider of reasonable costs for the preparation and acknowledgment of the instrument, shall be recorded by the unit owners’ association. The instruments shall become effective upon recordation and the recordation shall be conclusive evidence that the subdivision effectuated is not a violation of any restriction or limitation specified by the condominium instruments and that any reallocations made pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of this section are reasonable.
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 42-1901.03 and 42-1902.18(d) , this section shall have no application to convertible spaces, and no such space shall be deemed a unit for the purposes of this section. However, this section shall apply to any units formed by the conversion of all or any portion of any such space, and any such unit shall be deemed a unit for the purposes of this section.
D.C. Code § 42-519 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 5 / § 42-519
§ 42-519. Estates from year to year.
Status: in_force

An estate expressed to be from year to year shall be good for 1 year only.
D.C. Code § 42-406 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 4 / § 42-406
§ 42-406. First recorded deed preferred.
Status: in_force

When 2 or more deeds of the same property are made to bona fide purchasers for value without notice, the deed or deeds which are first recorded according to law shall be preferred.
D.C. Code § 42-1201 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12 / § 42-1201
§ 42-1201. Appointment; duties; residency requirement; mayoral supervision.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2431 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 24A / § 42-2431
§ 42-2431. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Foreclosure rescue service” means any good or service related to or promising assistance in connection with:
  (A) Avoiding or delaying actual or anticipated foreclosure proceedings concerning residential property; or
  (B) Curing or otherwise addressing a default or failure to timely pay with respect to a residential mortgage loan obligation.
(2) “Foreclosure rescue transaction” means a transaction involving the transfer of title to real property, or an interest in the property, by a homeowner during or incident to a mortgage default, foreclosure, or tax sale proceeding, either by transfer of any interest from the homeowner to another party or by creation of a mortgage, trust, or other lien or encumbrance during the foreclosure process; provided, that the transaction includes the subsequent conveyance, the promise of a subsequent conveyance, or a right to a subsequent conveyance of an interest back to the homeowner from the acquirer or a person acting in participation with the acquirer, including an interest in a contract for deed, purchase agreement, land installment sale, contract for sale, option to purchase, sale/leaseback, trust, or other contractual arrangement.
D.C. Code § 42-1902.14 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1902.14
§ 42-1902.14. Recordation of plat and plans; contents; certification; when new plat, survey, and recordation necessary; provisions applicable to limited common elements; filing with Office of Surveyor.
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be recorded promptly upon recordation of the declaration, 1 or more plats of survey showing the location and dimensions of the submitted land, the location and dimensions of any convertible lands within the submitted land, the location and dimensions of any existing improvements, the intended location and dimensions of any contemplated improvements which are to be located on any portion of the submitted land other than within the boundaries of any convertible lands, and, to the extent feasible, the location and dimensions of all easements appurtenant to the submitted land or otherwise submitted to this chapter as a part of the common elements. If the submitted land is not contiguous, then the plats shall indicate the distances between the parcels constituting the submitted land. The plats shall label every convertible land as a convertible land, and if there be more than 1 such land the plats shall label each such land with 1 or more letters or numbers, or both, different from those designating any other convertible land and different also from the identifying number of any unit. The plats shall show the location and dimensions of any withdrawable lands, and shall label each such land with 1 or more letters or numbers, or both, different from those designating any other convertible land and different also from the identifying number of any unit. The plats shall show the location and dimensions of any withdrawable lands, and shall label each such land as a withdrawable land. If, with respect to any portion or portions, but less than all, of the submitted land, the unit owners are to own only an estate for years, the plats shall show the location and dimensions of any such portions, and shall label each such portion as a leased land. If there is more than 1 withdrawable land, or more than 1 leased land, the plats shall label each such land with 1 or more letters or numbers, or both, different from those designating any convertible land or other withdrawable or leased land, and different also from the identifying number of any unit. The plats shall show all easements to which the submitted land or any portion thereof is subject, and shall show the location and dimensions of all such easements to the extent feasible. The plats shall also show all encroachments by or on any portion of the condominium. In the case of any improvements located or to be located on any portion of the submitted land other than within the boundaries of any convertible lands, the plats shall indicate which, if any, have not been begun by the use of the phrase “not yet begun,” and which, if any, have been begun but have not been substantially completed by the use of the phrase “not yet completed.” In the case of any units the vertical boundaries of which lie wholly or partially outside of structures for which plans pursuant to subsection (b) of this section are simultaneously recorded, the plats shall show the location and dimensions of such vertical boundaries to the extent that they are not shown on such plans, and the units or portions thereof thus depicted shall bear their identifying numbers. Each plat shall be certified as to its accuracy and compliance with the provisions of this subsection by a registered land surveyor, and the said surveyor shall certify that all units or portions thereof depicted thereon pursuant to the preceding sentence of this subsection have been substantially completed. The specification within this subsection of items that shall be shown on the plats shall not be construed to mean that the plats shall not also show all other items customarily shown or hereafter required for land title surveys.
(b) There shall also be recorded, promptly upon recordation of the declaration, plans of every structure which contains or constitutes all or part of any unit or units, and which is located on any portion of the submitted land other than within the boundaries of any convertible lands. The plans shall show the location and dimensions of the vertical boundaries of each unit to the extent that such boundaries lie within or coincide with the boundaries of such structures, and the units or portions thereof thus depicted shall bear their identifying numbers. In addition, each convertible space thus depicted shall be labeled a convertible space. The horizontal boundaries of each unit having horizontal boundaries shall be identified on the plans with reference to established datum. Unless the condominium instruments expressly provide otherwise, it shall be presumed that in the case of any unit not wholly contained within or constituting 1 or more such structures, the horizontal boundaries thus identified extend, in the case of each such unit, at the same elevation with regard to any part of such unit lying outside of such structures, subject to the following exception: in the case of any such unit which does not lie over any other unit other than basement units, it shall be presumed that the lower horizontal boundary, if any, of that unit lies at the level of the ground with regard to any part of that unit lying outside of such structures. The plans shall be certified as to their accuracy and compliance with the provisions of this subsection by a registered architect or registered engineer, and the said architect or engineer shall certify that all units or portions thereof depicted thereon have been substantially completed.
(c) When converting all or any portion of any convertible land, or adding additional land to an expandable condominium, the declarant shall record new plats of survey conforming to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section. In any case where less than all of a convertible land is being converted, such plats shall show the location and dimensions of the remaining portion or portions of such land in addition to otherwise conforming with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section. At the same time, the declarant shall record, with regard to any structures on the land being converted, or added, either plans conforming to the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, or certifications, conforming to the certification requirements of said subsection, of plans previously recorded pursuant to § 42-1902.15 .
(d) When converting all or any portion of any convertible space into 1 or more units or limited common elements, the declarant shall record, with regard to the structure or portion thereof constituting that convertible space, plans showing the location and dimensions of the vertical boundaries of each unit or limited common elements formed out of such space. Such plans shall be certified as to their accuracy and compliance with the provisions of this subsection by a registered architect or registered engineer.
(e) For the purposes of subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, all provisions and requirements relating to units shall be deemed equally applicable to limited common elements. The limited common elements shall be labeled as such, and each limited common element depicted on the plats and plans shall bear the identifying number or numbers of the unit or units to which it is assigned, if it has been assigned, unless the provisions of § 42-1902.06(5) make such designations unnecessary.
(f) The Office of the Surveyor shall receive plats and plans filed pursuant to this chapter. Unless such plats and plans are filed pursuant to § 42-1902.15 , the Office of the Surveyor shall ascertain whether such plats and plans contain the certification required by subsections (a) and (b) of this section. If plats and plans are filed pursuant to § 42-1902.15 or if plats and plans are filed with the required certification, the Office of the Surveyor shall record such plats and plans without further certification or review. If plats and plans filed pursuant to § 42-1902.15 are thereafter certified as required by this section, the Office of the Surveyor shall record such certification with such plats and plans without further certification or review.
D.C. Code § 42-2812.12 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 28 / § 42-2812.12
§ 42-2812.12. Information reporting.
Status: in_force

Within 3 days after the Mayor’s receipt of the transcript of proceedings relating to the issuance of the bonds, the Mayor shall transmit a copy of the transcript to the Secretary to the Council.
D.C. Code § 42-1724 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1724
§ 42-1724. Qualifications for license.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3638 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 36 / § 42-3638
§ 42-3638. Court costs and attorney’s fees.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-2705.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2705.02
§ 42-2705.02. Advisory Committees.
Status: in_force

The Agency, from time to time, may establish advisory committees or groups to advise the Agency with respect to matters the Agency shall designate and may appoint persons to serve on such advisory committees or groups as the Agency may deem necessary consistent with the provisions of this chapter. The function of such committees or groups shall be solely advisory in nature, and no such committee or group shall have authority to act for, or on behalf, of the Agency.
D.C. Code § 42-1904.06 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1904.06
§ 42-1904.06. Application for registration — Notice of filing; registration or rejection; notice of need for rejection; hearing.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receipt of the application for registration in proper form, the Mayor shall, within 5 business days, issue a notice of filing to the applicant. Within 60 days from the date of the notice of filing, the Mayor shall enter an order registering the condominium or rejecting the registration. If no order of rejection is entered within 60 days from the date of notice of filing, the condominium shall be deemed registered unless the applicant has consented in writing to a delay.
(b) If the Mayor affirmatively determines, upon inquiry and examination, that the requirements of § 42-1904.05 have been met, he shall enter an order registering the condominium and may require any additions, deletions, or modifications in and to the public offering statement in order to assure full and fair disclosure.
(c) If the Mayor determines upon inquiry and examination, that any of the requirements of § 42-1904.05 have not been met, he shall notify the applicant that the application for registration must be corrected in the particulars specified within 15 days or such longer period as he may prescribe. If the requirements are not met within the time allowed the Mayor shall enter an order rejecting the registration which shall include the findings of fact upon which the order is based. The order rejecting the registration shall not become effective for 20 days after the lapse of the aforesaid period during which 20-day period the applicant may petition for reconsideration and shall be entitled to a hearing to contest the particulars specified in the Mayor’s notice. Such order of rejection shall not take effect during the pendency of a hearing, if requested.
D.C. Code § 42-815.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8 / § 42-815.05
§ 42-815.05. Requirement for deed before action against current occupant of foreclosed property.
Status: in_force

(a) No purchaser from a foreclosure auction or other auction shall issue a notice to quit or otherwise initiate an action for possession, ejectment, or their equivalents, or charge rent, fair use and occupancy, or their equivalents, against a current occupant unless a deed transfers the property to the purchaser and the deed is recorded at the Recorder of Deeds.
(b) This section does not alter the rights of tenants whose tenancies survive foreclosure.
D.C. Code § 42-1001 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 10 / § 42-1001
§ 42-1001. “Power” defined.
Status: in_force

A power is an authority to do some act in relation to lands or the creation of estates therein or of charges thereon which the owner granting or reserving such power might himself lawfully perform.
D.C. Code § 42-2109 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 21 / § 42-2109
§ 42-2109. Proposals to develop a Technical Training Program.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall issue a RFP inviting organizations to submit proposals for the development and implementation of a Technical Training Program consistent with this chapter and rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
(b) The Technical Training Program shall contain, at minimum, the following training elements:
  (1) Teaching individuals the legal rights and responsibilities of homeownership;
  (2) Training individuals in financial management to assist them in meeting the financial responsibilities of homeownership;
  (3) Providing individuals with technical skills that will permit them to identify and correct conditions that are unsafe or that may otherwise lead to deterioration of the property; and
  (4) Providing individuals with such other skills and information as may be required by rule.
D.C. Code § 42-3226 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 32 / § 42-3226
§ 42-3226. Lease held by an infant or person with a mental disability — Costs of renewal chargeable to estate of infant or person with a disability or deemed charge upon leasehold.
Status: in_force

All and every sum and sums of money and other consideration, paid or advanced by any such guardian, trustee, committee or other person, for or on account of the renewal of any such lease or leases, and all reasonable charges incident thereto, shall be paid out of the estate or effects of the infant or person with a mental illness for whose benefit the said lease or leases shall be renewed, or shall be a charge and incumbrance upon the leasehold premises, together with interest for the same, as the said court shall direct and determine.
D.C. Code § 42-146 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 1 / § 42-146
§ 42-146. Foreign notarial acts.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1017 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 10 / § 42-1017
§ 42-1017. Writing needed to execute power.
Status: in_force

No power can be executed except by some instrument in writing, which would be sufficient in law to pass the estate or interest intended to pass under the power if the person executing the power were the actual owner.
D.C. Code § 42-1902.10 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1902.10
§ 42-1902.10. Contents of declaration; where condominium contains convertible land; expandable, contractable and leasehold condominiums; easements; additionally required descriptions.
Status: in_force

(a) The declaration for every condominium shall contain:
  (1) The name of the condominium, which name shall include the word “condominium” or be followed by the words “a condominium”;
  (2) A legally sufficient description of the land submitted to this chapter;
  (3) A description or delineation of the boundaries of the units, including the horizontal (upper and lower) boundaries, if any, as well as the vertical (lateral or perimetric) boundaries;
  (4) A description or delineation of any limited common elements not covered by § 42-1902.06(5) , showing or designating the unit or units to which each is assigned;
  (5) A description or delineation of all common elements not within the boundaries of any convertible lands which may subsequently be assigned as limited common elements, together with a statement that they may be so assigned and a description of the method whereby any such assignments shall be made in accordance with the provisions of § 42-1902.13 . The description of the method whereby an assignment shall be made shall include the following information:
    (A) The name of any person who may assign the limited common elements;
    (B) The name of any person who must execute the assignment;
    (C) Whether or not the deed to a condominium unit will reflect the assignment, if previously made; and
    (D) If there is any limited common expense payable by the unit owners of a condominium unit to which the limited common elements pertain;
  (6) The allocation to each unit of an undivided interest in the common elements in accordance with the provisions of § 42-1902.11 ; and
  (7) Such other matters as the declarant deems appropriate.
(b) If the condominium contains any convertible land the declaration shall also contain:
  (1) A legally sufficient description of each convertible land within the condominium;
  (2) A statement of the maximum number of units that may be created within each such convertible land;
  (3) A statement, with respect to each such convertible land, of the maximum percentage of the aggregate land and floor area of all units that may be created therein that may be occupied by units not restricted exclusively to residential use;
  (4) A statement of the extent to which any structure erected on any convertible land will be compatible with structures on other portions of the submitted land in terms of quality of construction, the principal materials to be used and architectural style;
  (5) A description of all other improvements that may be made in each convertible land within the condominium;
  (6) A statement that any units created within each convertible land will be substantially identical to the units on other portions of the submitted land, or a statement describing in detail what other types of units may be created therein; and
  (7) A description of the declarant’s reserved right, if any, to create limited common elements within any convertible land, or to designate common elements therein which may subsequently be assigned as limited common elements, in terms of the types, sizes, and maximum number of such elements within each such convertible land; provided, that the plats and plans recorded pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of § 42-1902.14 may be used to supplement information furnished pursuant to paragraphs (1), (4), (5), (6), and (7) of this subsection, and that paragraph (3) of this subsection need not be complied with if none of the units on other portions of the submitted land are restricted exclusively to residential use.
(c) If the condominium is an expandable condominium the declaration shall also contain:
  (1) The explicit reservation of an option to expand the condominium;
  (2) A statement of any limitations on that option, including, without limitation, a statement as to whether the consent of any unit owners shall be required, and if so, a statement as to the method whereby such consent shall be ascertained; or a statement that there are no such limitations;
  (3) A time limit, not exceeding 5 years from the recording of the declaration, upon which the option to expand the condominium shall expire, together with a statement of the circumstances, if any, which will terminate that option prior to the expiration of the time limit so specified;
  (4) A legally sufficient description of all land that may be added to the condominium, henceforth referred to as “additional land”;
  (5) A statement as to whether, if any of the additional land is added to the condominium, all of it or any particular portion of it must be added, and if not, a statement of any limitations as to what portions may be added or a statement that there are no such limitations;
  (6) A statement as to whether portions of the additional land may be added to the condominium at different times, together with any limitations fixing the boundaries of those portions by legally sufficient descriptions regulating the order in which they may be added to the condominium;
  (7) A statement of any limitations as to the locations of any improvements that may be made on any portions of the additional land added to the condominium, or a statement that no assurances are made in that regard;
  (8) A statement of the maximum number of units that may be created on the additional land. If portions of the additional land may be added to the condominium and the boundaries of those portions are fixed in accordance with paragraph (6) of this subsection, the declaration shall also state the maximum number of units that may be created on each portion added to the condominium. If portions of the additional land may be added to the condominium and the boundaries of those portions are not fixed in accordance with paragraph (6) of this subsection, then the declaration shall also state the maximum number of units per acre that may be created on any such portion added to the condominium;
  (9) A statement, with respect to the additional land and to any portion or portions thereof that may be added to the condominium, of the maximum percentage of the aggregate land and floor area of all units that may be created thereon that may be occupied by units not restricted exclusively to residential use;
  (10) A statement of the extent to which any structures erected on any portion of the additional land added to the condominium will be compatible with structures on the submitted land in terms of quality of construction, the principal materials to be used, and architectural style, or a statement that no assurances are made in those regards;
  (11) A description of all other improvements that will be made on any portion of the additional land added to the condominium, or a statement of any limitations as to what other improvements may be made thereon, or a statement that no assurances are made in that regard;
  (12) A statement that any units created on any portion of the additional land added to the condominium will be substantially identical to the units on the submitted land, or a statement of any limitations as to what types of units may be created thereon, or a statement that no assurances are made in that regard; and
  (13) A description of the declarant’s reserved right, if any, to create limited common elements within any portion of the additional land added to the condominium, or to designate common elements therein which may subsequently be assigned as limited common elements, in terms of the types, sizes, and maximum number of such elements within each such portion, or a statement that no assurances are made in those regards; provided, that the plats and plans recorded pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of § 42-1902.14 may be used to supplement information furnished pursuant to paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), (10), (11), (12) and (13) of this subsection, and that paragraph (9) of this subsection need not be complied with if none of the units on the submitted land is restricted exclusively to residential use.
(d) If the condominium is a contractable condominium the declaration shall also contain:
  (1) The explicit reservation of an option to contract the condominium;
  (2) A statement of any limitations on that option, including, without limitation, a statement as to whether the consent of any unit owners shall be required, and if so, a statement as to the method whereby such consent shall be ascertained; or a statement that there are no such limitations;
  (3) A time limit, not exceeding 5 years from the recording of the declaration, upon which the option to contract the condominium shall expire, together with a statement of the circumstances, if any, which will terminate that option prior to the expiration of the time limit so specified;
  (4) A legally sufficient description of all land that may be withdrawn from the condominium, henceforth referred to as “withdrawable land”;
  (5) A statement as to whether portions of the withdrawable land may be withdrawn from the condominium at different times, together with any limitations fixing the boundaries of those portions by legally sufficient descriptions clearly delineating such portions and regulating the order in which such portions may be withdrawn from the condominium; and
  (6) A legally sufficient description of all of the submitted land to which the option to contract the condominium does not extend; provided, that the plats recorded pursuant to § 42-1902.14(a) may be used to supplement information furnished pursuant to paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) of this subsection, and that paragraph (6) of this subsection shall not be construed in derogation of any right the declarant may have to terminate the condominium in accordance with the provisions of § 42-1902.27 .
(e) If the condominium is a leasehold condominium, then with respect to any ground lease or other leases the expiration or termination of which will or may terminate or contract the condominium, the declaration shall set forth:
  (1) The instrument number and date of recordation of each such lease;
  (2) The date upon which each such lease is due to expire and the rights, if any, to renew such lease and the conditions pertaining to any such renewal;
  (3) A statement as to whether any land or improvements, or both, will be owned by the unit owners in fee simple, and if so, either:
    (A) A description of the same, including without limitation a legally sufficient description of any such land; or
    (B) A statement of any rights the unit owners shall have to remove such improvements within a reasonable time after the expiration or termination of the lease or leases involved, or a statement that they shall have no such rights; and
  (4) A statement of the rights the unit owners shall have to redeem the reversion or any of the reversions, or a statement that they shall have no such rights; provided, that after the recording of the declaration, no lessor who executed the same, and no successor in interest to such lessor, shall have any right or power to terminate any part of the leasehold interest of any unit owner who makes timely payment of his share of the rent to the person or persons designated in the declaration for the receipt of such rent and who otherwise complies with all covenants which, if violated, would entitle the lessor to terminate the lease. Acquisition or reacquisition of such a leasehold interest by the owner of the reversion or remainder shall not cause a merger of the leasehold and fee simple interests unless all leasehold interests in the condominium are thus acquired or reacquired.
(f) Wherever this section requires a legally sufficient description of land that is submitted to this chapter or that may be added to or withdrawn from the condominium, such requirement shall be deemed to require a legally sufficient description of any easements that are submitted to this chapter or that may be added to or withdrawn from the condominium, as the case may be. In the case of each such easement, the declaration shall contain:
  (1) A description of the permitted use or uses;
  (2) If less than all of those entitled to the use of all the units may utilize such easement, a statement of the relevant restrictions and limitations on utilization; and
  (3) If any persons other than those entitled to the use of the units may utilize such easement, a statement of the rights of others to utilization of the same.
(g) Wherever this section requires a legally sufficient description of land that is submitted to this chapter or that may be added to or withdrawn from the condominium, an added requirement shall be a separate legally sufficient description of all lands in which the unit owners shall or may be tenants in common or joint tenants with any other persons, and a separate legally sufficient description of all lands in which the unit owners shall or may be life tenants. No units shall be situated on any such lands, however, and the declaration shall describe the nature of the unit owners’ estates therein. No such lands shall be shown on the same plat or plats showing other portions of the condominium, but shall be shown instead on separate plats.
D.C. Code § 42-2010 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / § 42-2010
§ 42-2010. Plat of condominium subdivision — Reference thereto for description; conveyance of unit includes share in common elements.
Status: in_force

When a plat of a condominium project and subdivision shall be so certified, examined, and recorded, the purchaser of any condominium unit thereof or any person interested therein may refer to the plat and record for description in the same manner as to squares and lots divided between the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the original proprietors and in the same manner as has been heretofore the practice for land subdivisions; provided, that said purchaser or other person interested therein shall also make reference to the plat of land subdivision appearing prior to the establishment of the condominium subdivision thereupon. Any such conveyance of an individual condominium unit shall be deemed to also convey the undivided interest of the owner in the common elements, both general and limited, and of any accessory units, if any, appertaining to said condominium unit without specifically or particularly referring to the same.
D.C. Code § 42-2071 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20B / § 42-2071
§ 42-2071. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter , the term:
(a) (1) "Board" means the executive and administrative entity, by whatever name denominated, designated in the organizing instruments of a common interest community to act for the unit owners' association in governing and maintaining the common interest community.
  (2) "Common elements" means all portions of the common interest community other than the units and as defined in the organizing instruments of the common interest community.
  (3) "Common interest community" means a residential condominium, residential cooperative, or other residential real property with respect to which a person, by virtue of the person's ownership of a parcel of real property, is obligated to pay property taxes or insurance premiums, or for maintenance, or improvement of other real property described in a recorded covenant that creates the common interest community.
  (4) "DHCD" means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
  (5) "Green Communities standard" means criteria for the sustainable design, construction, and operation of healthy, energy-efficient, and environmentally responsible affordable housing established and published by Enterprise Community Partners.
  (6) "MFI" means the median family income for a household in the Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area as set forth in the periodic calculation provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"), adjusted for family size, without regard to any adjustments made by HUD for the purposes of the programs it administers.
D.C. Code § 42-3502.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3502.04
§ 42-3502.04. Duties of the Rent Administrator.
Status: in_force

(a) The Rent Administrator shall draft rules and procedures for the administration of this chapter to be transmitted to the Rental Housing Commission for its action under § 42-3502.02(a)(1) .
(b) The Rent Administrator shall carry out, according to rules and procedures established by the Rental Housing Commission under § 42-3502.02(a)(1) , the rent stabilization program established under this subchapter, and shall perform other duties necessary and appropriate to, and consistent with this chapter.
(c) The Rent Administrator shall have jurisdiction over those complaints and petitions arising under subchapters II, IV, V, VI, and IX of this chapter and title V of the Rental Housing Act of 1980 which may be disposed of through administrative proceedings.
(d) (1) The Rent Administrator may employ, with funds available to the Rent Administrator, personnel and consultants, including hearing examiners, accountants, and legal counsel, reasonably necessary to carry out this chapter.
  (2) In accordance with the regulations issued by the Rental Housing Commission, the Rent Administrator may delegate authority to those employees appointed in conformity with paragraph (1) of this subsection. This authority may include, but is not limited to:
    (A) Hearing administrative petitions filed or initiated under this chapter;
    (B) Issuing decisions on the petitions; and
    (C) Rendering final orders on any petition heard by those employees.
(e) The Rent Administrator or a designee may attend all policy meetings of the Rental Housing Commission.
(f) The Rent Administrator shall establish and maintain a formal relationship with the Landlord/Tenant Branch of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the Metropolitan Police Department.
(g) The Rent Administrator may issue at the request of any person an advisory opinion on issues of first impression under this chapter.
(h) (1) The Rent Administrator may hold hearings, sit and act at those times and places within the District, administer oaths, and require by subpoena or otherwise the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents the Rent Administrator may consider necessary in carrying out his or her functions under this chapter.
  (2) In the case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued under paragraph (1) of this subsection by any person who resides in, is found in, or transacts business within the District, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, at the written request of the Rent Administrator, shall issue to the contumacious person an order requiring that person to appear before the Rent Administrator, to produce evidence if so ordered, or to give testimony touching upon the matter under inquiry. Any failure of that person to obey any order of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia may be punished by that Court as contempt.
(i) Upon the written request of the Rent Administrator, each department or entity of the District government may furnish directly to the Rent Administrator assistance and information necessary to discharge effectively the functions required under this chapter.
(j) The Rent Administrator shall publish in English and Spanish within 60 days after July 17, 1985, a booklet or other written material describing the rights and obligations of tenants and housing providers and procedures under this chapter. This material shall be distributed through the District libraries and other District offices with which the public has frequent contact and at the office of any community organization which requests to distribute the material.
(k) The Rent Administrator shall publish within 30 days after July 17, 1985, and prior to March 1 of each subsequent year in the D.C. Register the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for all items, in the Washington, D.C., Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA), during the preceding calendar year.
(l) In preparation for the transfer of jurisdiction of the Rent Administrator’s adjudicatory function to the Office of Administrative Hearings pursuant to § 2-1831.03(b-1) , the Rent Administrator shall submit a plan to the Mayor and Council by December 31, 2004 describing how the Rent Administrator’s office will function after its adjudicatory responsibilities are transferred to the Office of Administrative Hearings, the legislative changes needed to prepare the Rent Administrator for its new role, and the resources needed to maintain its non-adjudicatory functions. The plan shall be developed in consultation with the Office of Administrative Hearings.
D.C. Code § 42-4083 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4083
§ 42-4083. Payments.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-1503 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 15 / § 42-1503
§ 42-1503. Effect of purchase for value without notice of trust; where express trust not declared in conveyance.
Status: in_force

No implied or resulting trust shall be alleged or established to defeat or prejudice the title of a purchaser for a valuable consideration and without notice of such trust; and where an express trust is created, but is not contained or declared in the conveyance to the trustee, such conveyance shall be deemed absolute in favor of purchasers from the trustee for value and without notice of the trust.
D.C. Code § 42-2812.06 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 28 / § 42-2812.06
§ 42-2812.06. Payment and security.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 42-2812.03(b) , the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the bonds shall be payable solely from proceeds received from the sale of the bonds, income realized from the temporary investment of those proceeds, receipts and revenues realized by the District from the Allocated Fund, income realized from the temporary investment of those receipts and revenues prior to payment to the bond owners, other moneys that, as provided in the Financing Documents, may be made available to the District for the payment of the bonds, and other sources of payment (other than the District), all as provided for in the Financing Documents.
(b) Payment of the bonds shall be secured as provided in the Financing Documents and by an assignment by the District for the benefit of the bond owners of certain of its rights under the Financing Documents and Closing Documents, including a security interest in certain collateral, if any, to the trustee for the bonds pursuant to the Financing Documents.
(c) The trustee is authorized to deposit, invest, and disburse the proceeds received from the sale of the bonds pursuant to the Financing Documents.
D.C. Code § 42-518 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 5 / § 42-518
§ 42-518. Estates for years.
Status: in_force

An estate for a determined period of time is an estate for years.
D.C. Code § 42-3141.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31A-i / § 42-3141.01
§ 42-3141.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Abate” means to effectively remove or cover.
(2) “Abatement costs” means the reasonably estimated costs incurred by the District to abate graffiti.
(3) “Deputy Chief Financial Officer” means the Deputy Chief Financial Officer for the Office of Tax and Revenue or his designee.
(4) “Graffiti” means any inscription, writing, drawing, marking, or design that is painted, sprayed, etched, scratched, or otherwise placed on structures, buildings, dwellings, statues, monuments, fences, vehicles, or other similar objects that are on personal property located outdoors, or placed on trees, rocks, or other natural features, without the consent or authorization of the property owner, without regard to when that consent or authorization was given, and the graffiti is visible from a public right-of way.
(5) “Owner” means a property owner or the property owner’s designated agent unless otherwise specified.
(6) “Reply” means the response provided by the owner under § 42-3141.03(c) .
D.C. Code § 42-1904.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1904.01
§ 42-1904.01. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

Unless the method of offer or disposition is adopted for the purpose of evasion of this chapter, the provisions of §§ 42-1904.02 , 42-1904.03 , 42-1904.04 , 42-1904.05 , 42-1904.06 , 42-1904.07 , 42-1904.08 , 42-1904.09 , and 42-1904.12 do not apply to:
(1) Dispositions in a condominium in which all units are restricted to commercial, industrial, or other nonresidential use;
(2) Dispositions pursuant to court order;
(3) Dispositions by any government or government agency;
(4) Solicitation and acquisition by the declarant of nonbinding reservation agreements;
(5) Gratuitous dispositions; or
(6) Dispositions by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure.
D.C. Code § 42-1215 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12 / § 42-1215
§ 42-1215. Recordation of service and discharge certificates; certified copies thereof; recordation of notice or other document relating to federal tax liens; fees.
Status: in_force

(a) The Recorder shall also receive for record and record all certificates of service and certificates of discharge of persons released from active duty in or discharge from the armed forces of the United States, for which no fee shall be charged or collected, but the record of any certificate authorized by this section to be recorded shall not constitute constructive notice of the existence or contents of such certificate. For making certified copies of any of the foregoing certificates from the records in the Office of the Recorder the usual fees shall be charged.
(b) The Recorder of Deeds shall accept for filing any notice of federal tax lien or any other document affecting such a lien if such notice or document is in the form prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate and could be filed with the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The fee for each such filing with the Recorder of Deeds shall be the same as the fee charged by the Recorder of Deeds for filing a similar document for a private person. The Recorder of Deeds shall bill the District Director of Internal Revenue on a monthly basis for fees for documents filed by such District Director. Any document releasing or affecting any notice of federal tax lien which has been filed with the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia prior to the effective date of this subsection shall be filed with such Clerk.
D.C. Code § 42-1205 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12 / § 42-1205
§ 42-1205. Vacancy in Office of Recorder; Deputy to fill vacancy.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3403.09 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3403.09
§ 42-3403.09. Expiration provisions.
Status: in_force

This subchapter shall remain in effect until the Mayor declares that a housing crisis no longer exists pursuant to § 42-3405.12 .
D.C. Code § 42-1704 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1704
§ 42-1704. Escrow accounts.
Status: in_force

(a) In any real estate transaction in which any person is entrusted, receives, and accepts, or otherwise holds or deposits monies or other trust instruments, of whatever kind or nature, pending consummation or termination of the transaction involved, whether or not the person is required to be licensed under this subchapter, the monies, in the absence of written instructions to the contrary signed by all parties to the transaction, shall be:
  (1) Deposited within 7 days in an account in a financial institution located within the District whose deposits are insured either by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, or their successors;
  (2) Maintained by the escrow holder or trustee as a separate account for monies belonging to others; and
  (3) (A) Retained in an account until the transaction involved is consummated or terminated, or until proper written instructions have been received by the escrow holder or trustee directing the withdrawal and disposition of the monies, at which time, all the monies shall be promptly and fully accounted for by the escrow holder or trustee. In no event shall any escrow holder or trustee commingle any of the monies with his or her own funds or use any of the monies for any purpose other than the purpose for which the monies were entrusted to him or her.
    (B) The escrow holder or trustee may keep a nominal amount of his or her personal funds in an escrow or trustee account for the purpose of keeping active the escrow or trustee account.
(b) (1) Each escrow holder or trustee shall notify the Commission within 14 calendar days of the name and post office address of the financial institution in which an escrow or trust account has been established and also the name and number of the account.
  (2) All escrow holders or trustees shall notify the Commission of all escrow in trust accounts existing on March 10, 1983, and within 30 calendar days after March 10, 1983.
(c) Each escrow holder or trustee shall give written authorization to the Commission to examine escrow or trust accounts maintained by him or her and shall permit the Commission to examine all books, records, and contracts relating to the escrow accounts. The examinations shall be made at any time the Commission may direct.
(d) An escrow holder or trustee shall not be entitled to any part of the earnest money or other money paid to, or held by, the escrow holder or trustee in connection with any real estate or business transaction as a part or all of his or her commission or fee or for any other purpose until the transaction has been consummated or terminated.
(e) If an escrow or trust is held for 90 days or more, it shall earn interest from the 91st day to the date the transaction is consummated or terminated, at the highest of the following interest rates:
  (1) The legal maximum rate under federal law for interest on ordinary savings deposits in commercial banks;
  (2) The rate on the account in which the escrow is deposited; or
  (3) The rate on the certificate of deposit or other security given as the escrow or trust.
(f) A service fee of not more than $15 may be subtracted from the interest by the financial institution into which the escrow or trust funds are deposited.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to supercede the Security Deposit Act ( D.C. Law 1-48 ; 22 DCR 2825).
D.C. Code § 42-2073 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20B / § 42-2073
§ 42-2073. Common Interest Community Repairs Program; eligibility.
Status: in_force

To be eligible for the Program, a common interest community shall meet the following requirements:
(a) (1) A common interest community shall have at least 5 units;
  (2) At least 2/3rds of a common interest community's owner-occupied or shareholder-occupied units shall be occupied by households with a household income, as defined by § 47-1806.09(4) , of no greater than 60% of the MFI;
  (3) The board shall be registered with the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection; and
  (4) A common interest community may not have received services under the Program in the past year.
D.C. Code § 42-3223 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 32 / § 42-3223
§ 42-3223. Leases under control of a person with a mental disability — Lease pursuant to provisions of § 42-3222 valid.
Status: in_force

All and every such lease or leases so to be made or executed shall be deemed as good and valid, and effectual in the law, to all intents and purposes, as if the person with a mental disability was at the time of making or executing thereof of without a mental disability.
D.C. Code § 42-1650 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16B / § 42-1650
§ 42-1650. Collection and turnover of receivership property.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the Superior Court orders otherwise, on demand by a receiver:
  (1) A person that owes a debt that is receivership property and is matured or payable on demand or on order shall pay the debt to or on the order of the receiver, except to the extent the debt is subject to setoff or recoupment; and
  (2) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a person that has possession, custody, or control of receivership property shall turn the property over to the receiver.
(b) A person that has notice of the appointment of a receiver and owes a debt that is receivership property may not satisfy the debt by payment to the owner.
(c) If a creditor has possession, custody, or control of receivership property and the validity, perfection, or priority of the creditor's lien on the property depends on the creditor's possession, custody, or control, the creditor may retain possession, custody, or control until the Superior Court orders adequate protection of the creditor's lien.
(d) Unless a bona fide dispute exists about a receiver's right to possession, custody, or control of receivership property, the Superior Court may sanction as civil contempt a person's failure to turn the property over when required by this section.
D.C. Code § 42-803 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8 / § 42-803
§ 42-803. Estate of mortgagee or trustee; conveyance thereof.
Status: in_force

The legal estate conveyed to a mortgagee, his heirs and assigns, or to a trustee to secure a debt, his heirs and assigns, shall be construed and held to be a qualified fee simple, determinable upon the release of the mortgage or deed of trust, as hereinafter provided, or the appointment of a new trustee by agreement of the parties pursuant to § 42-814(b) or by judicial decree for the causes hereinafter mentioned; provided, that nothing in this section contained shall prevent the passing of an absolute and unqualified estate in fee simple under a deed made by the mortgagee, trustee, or new trustee in pursuance of the powers conferred by the mortgage or deed of trust.
D.C. Code § 42-2134 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 21A / § 42-2134
§ 42-2134. Submission of affordable housing data by affordable housing developments.
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall include in the Affordable Housing Inventory an affordable housing development that does not receive financing, subsidy, funding, or some form of financial assistance from the District of Columbia or federal government to provide a unit of affordable housing, if the affordable housing development requests inclusion in the Affordable Housing Inventory and submits the information required by § 42-2135 to the Mayor, or the Mayor’s designee, on a quarterly basis.
D.C. Code § 42-1739 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1739
§ 42-1739. Real Estate Commission of the District of Columbia.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1621 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16A / § 42-1621
§ 42-1621. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) In this chapter :
  (1) "Amendment" means a document that removes an unlawful restriction.
  (2) "Document" means a record recorded or eligible to be recorded in land records.
  (3) "Governing instrument" means a document recorded in land records that:
    (A) Establishes a governing body responsible for management of common areas or facilities used by more than one owner of a property interest affected by the document; and
    (B) Requires contribution, enforceable by a lien on a separate property interest, of a share of taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance, or improvement of, or services or other expenses for the common benefit of, the real property described in the document.
  (4) "Index" means a system that enables a search for a document in land records.
  (5) "Land records" means documents and indexes maintained by a recorder.
  (6) "Owner" means a person that has a fee interest in real property.
  (7) "Person" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity.
  (8) "Record" when used as a noun means information:
    (A) Inscribed on a tangible medium; or
    (B) Stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in perceivable form.
  (9) "Recorder" means the District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds.
  (10) "Remove" means to eliminate any apparent or purportedly continuing effect on title to real property.
  (11) "Unlawful restriction" means a prohibition, restriction, covenant, or condition in a document that purports to interfere with or restrict the transfer, use, or occupancy of real property:
    (A) On the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, disability, or other personal characteristics; and
    (B) In violation of other law of the District or federal law.
D.C. Code § 42-1707 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1707
§ 42-1707. Applications for payments from Fund; maximum payment; management of Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who: (1) obtains a final judgment, including a settlement reduced to a final judgment, in any court of competent jurisdiction in the District against any other person on the grounds of fraud, misrepresentation, deceit, embezzlement, false pretenses, forgery, failure to account for or conversion of trust funds, or violation of the provisions of this subchapter, arising directly out of any transaction which occurred when the other person was licensed under this subchapter, during the course of which the licensee performed acts for which a license is required under this subchapter, and which transaction occurred on or after March 10, 1983; and (2) meets the requirements of subsection (b) of this section; may, upon termination of all proceedings, including reviews and appeals in connection with the judgment, file a written application, under oath, with the Mayor for an order directing payment from the Fund of the amount of actual and direct loss in the transaction (excluding the amount of any interest, attorney’s fees, court costs, or punitive or exemplary damages) which remains unpaid upon the judgment. The application shall be filed no later than 12 months after the date on which the judgment became final.
(b) A person filing an application meets the requirements of this subsection if:
  (1) The person is not a licensee or the personal representative of a licensee and is not the spouse or child of the licensee against whom the final judgment was awarded, or the personal representative of the spouse or child;
  (2) The person has made the investigation as is reasonably necessary to determine whether the judgment debtor possesses real or personal property or other assets which are liable to be sold or applied in satisfaction of the final judgment and has filed with the Board an affidavit which states that the investigation has been made; and
  (3) The investigation required by paragraph (2) of this subsection has not disclosed the existence of any real or personal property or other assets, or, if the investigation has disclosed the existence of real or personal property or other assets (which shall be described in the affidavit) the person has taken all action necessary for the sale or application, and the amount so realized is insufficient to satisfy the judgment (which amount shall have been stated in the affidavit together with the balance remaining due on the judgment after the sale or application).
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the maximum amount that may be paid from the Fund to satisfy in whole or in part a final judgment against a licensee as provided for herein shall be as follows:
Amount
$10,000 ...... Judgment is final during the first year following March 10, 1983;
$20,000 ...... Judgment is final during the second year following March 10, 1983;
$30,000 ...... Judgment is final during the third year following March 10, 1983;
$40,000 ...... Judgment is final during the fourth year following March 10, 1983; and
$50,000 ...... Judgment is final during the fifth year following March 10, 1983, and thereafter.
(d) The aggregate of claims by judgment creditors against the Fund based upon an unpaid final judgment arising out of the acts of the licensee in connection with a single transaction shall be $50,000 regardless of the number of claimants. If the aggregate of claims exceeds $50,000, the Board shall pay $50,000 to the claimants in proportion to the amounts of their final judgments against the Fund which remain unpaid. If the Mayor has reason to believe that there may be additional claims against the Fund arising out of the same transaction, the Mayor may withhold payment from the Fund involving the licensee for a period of not more than 1 year.
(e) Any person who commences an action for a judgment which could be the basis for an order of the Mayor directing payment from the Fund shall notify the Mayor in writing within 30 days after the date of the commencement of the action. Any failure to notify the Mayor as required under this subsection shall be grounds for the Mayor to deny an application of the person for payment from the Fund. The Mayor may waive this requirement if good cause is shown for failure to notify. The Mayor may, in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, commence an investigation of the complaint and hold a hearing to determine whether any license issued pursuant to this subchapter should be suspended or revoked.
(f) Whenever an aggrieved person who has become a judgment creditor as provided in this section files an application for an order directing payment from the Fund, the Mayor shall cause a copy of the application to be served on the licensee alleged to be the judgment debtor, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address of record of the licensee, and the matter shall be set for hearing before the Board. Whenever the Mayor determines that the applicant is entitled to payment from the Fund, the Mayor shall issue an order directing payment from the Fund in an amount consistent with this subchapter.
(g) If the Mayor issues an order directing payment from the Fund of any amount towards satisfaction of a judgment against a licensed real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or property manager, the license of the person shall be automatically suspended upon the issuance of the order. No real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or property manager shall be eligible to have his or her license restored until he or she has repaid in full the amount ordered paid from the Fund, plus interest at an annual rate established by the Mayor from the date of payment of the amount from the Fund, and has satisfied all rules governing licensure as set forth in this subchapter.
(h) Whenever amounts deposited in the Fund are insufficient to satisfy any duly authorized claim or portion thereof, the Mayor shall, when sufficient money has been deposited or portions thereof, satisfy the unpaid claims in the order that the applications relating thereto were originally filed with the Mayor, including accumulated interest at an annual rate established by the Mayor for a period not to exceed 1 year in duration.
(i) In addition to the requirements of this subchapter, if the Mayor determines that it is necessary to require the bonding requirements of licensees, the Mayor shall by rule establish bonding requirements as are deemed necessary to protect the public.
(j) All sums paid pursuant to § 42-1706 and subsection (c) of this section shall be deposited with the D.C. Treasurer and shall be credited to the Fund. Any interest earned from any deposits and investments of the Fund also shall be credited to the Fund. The interest to be credited to the Fund may be determined, consistent with the financial management procedures of the District and may be revised from time to time, as a pro-rata share of the interest earned on pooled cash, deposits, and investments.
(k) The Mayor shall, by rule, establish minimum and maximum balances for the Fund.
(l) Should the Office of the Chief Financial Officer project that the year-end Fund balance for any fiscal year will be less than the minimum balance established pursuant to subsection (k) of this section, the Mayor shall assess each licensee an amount, not to exceed $50 during any license year, within 30 calendar days, which is sufficient, when combined with similar assessments of other licensees, to bring the balance of the Fund up to the minimum established. Whenever the amount deposited in the Fund is more than the maximum balance established, the Mayor shall waive contributions to the Fund required by this subchapter.
(m) Notice of an assessment required pursuant to subsection (l) of this section shall be sent, by certified mail, to each licensee at his or her address of record. The Board may waive the certified mail requirement to licensees only when the Board is doing a mass mailing, the cost of which makes the application of such fee an undue financial burden on the Board and may, in such circumstances, send notice of the assessment by regular mail to each licensee at his or her address of record. The Board shall also post notice of the assessment in at least two trade publications distributed within the metropolitan area and in a local newspaper in the real estate section. Payment of the assessment shall be made within 30 calendar days after the receipt by the licensee of the notice.
(n) A failure by any licensee to pay an assessment required pursuant to subsection (l) of this section within 30 days after the licensee has received notice of the assessment shall result in the automatic suspension of the license of the licensee. The Board shall send a notice of the suspension, by certified mail, to the address of record of the licensee within 5 days after the suspension. The license shall be restored only upon the actual receipt by the Mayor of the delinquent assessment, plus any interest and penalties as the Mayor may prescribe by rule.
(o) The Board may expend a sum not to exceed 20% of the amounts deposited in the Fund, on October 1 of each year, for the establishment and maintenance of educational programs for improving the competency of licensees and applicants for licensure so as to further protect the public interest, and for conferences, workshops, and educational programs for real estate license officials. The cost of administering the Fund shall be paid out of the Fund.
(p) When the Mayor has ordered a sum from the Fund to be paid to a judgment creditor, the Mayor shall be subrogated to all of the rights of the judgment creditor up to the amount paid and the judgment creditor shall assign to the Mayor all rights, title, and interest in the judgment up to the amount paid from the Fund. Any amount and interest so recovered by the Mayor or the judgment creditor on the judgment up to the amount paid shall be deposited in the Fund.
D.C. Code § 42-2706.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2706.02
§ 42-2706.02. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or provision of this chapter shall be unconstitutional or ineffective, in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective it shall be valid and effective, and no other section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or provision shall on account thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.
D.C. Code § 42-1006 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 10 / § 42-1006
§ 42-1006. Giving of absolute power — To owner of unlimited estate.
Status: in_force

Where a like power of disposition shall be given to any person to whom no particular estate is limited, such person shall also take a fee, subject to any future estates that may be limited thereon but absolute in respect to creditors and purchasers.
D.C. Code § 42-2621 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 26 / § 42-2621
§ 42-2621. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Closing Costs” means expenses in addition to the purchase price of the property which must be paid by the purchaser or deducted from the proceeds of the sale to the seller at time of closing.
(2) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
(3) “Downpayment” means the unamortized amount paid by the purchaser at closing, which when added to the mortgage amount equals the total sale price.
(4) “Earnest money contract” means a contract created between the buyer and seller when the buyer makes a deposit to indicate both the ability and good faith intention to complete the purchase of a property. If the contract is fulfilled, then the earnest money deposit is applied toward the purchase price.
(5) “Fund” means the Home Purchase Assistance Step Up Fund.
(6) “Household” means an individual or 2 or more persons who reside together in a housing unit in the District.
(7) “Single family home” means a housing unit designed and maintained for occupancy by only one family.
D.C. Code § 42-3507.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3507.01
§ 42-3507.01. Notice of right to assistance.
Status: in_force

No housing provider shall substantially rehabilitate, demolish, or discontinue any housing accommodation unless there has first been served upon each tenant residing in the housing accommodation a written notice of intent to rehabilitate, demolish, or discontinue the housing accommodation in accordance with § 42-3505.01(f) , (g), (h), or (i), as appropriate. The notice shall advise the tenants of their right to relocation assistance under this chapter or any other District law, and the procedures for applying for the assistance. The Rental Housing Commission shall prescribe the content of the notice. No tenant may be evicted from a housing accommodation which the housing provider intends to substantially rehabilitate, demolish, or discontinue housing use, or which the housing provider intends to sell to another person who, to the housing provider’s knowledge, intends to substantially rehabilitate, demolish, or discontinue housing use, unless the requirements of this section have been met. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit a housing provider’s right to evict a tenant for nonpayment of rent or violation of an obligation of the tenancy, if the action to evict is in compliance with § 42-3505.01 .
D.C. Code § 42-2303 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 23 / § 42-2303
§ 42-2303. Priority of credit line deed of trust.
Status: in_force

(a) From the date of the recording of a credit line deed of trust, the credit line deed of trust shall have priority:
  (1) Over all other deeds, conveyances, or other instruments, or contracts in writing, that are unrecorded as of that date and of which the noteholder has no knowledge or notice; and
  (2) Over judgment liens subsequently recorded, except that a judgment creditor who gives notice of the judgment to the noteholder of record at the address listed in the credit line deed of trust shall have priority over the credit line deed of trust in the case of advances that are made after the date of the noteholder’s receipt of the notice and that were not irrevocably committed prior to this date.
(b) Mechanic’s liens established pursuant to § 40-301.01 , shall have priority over all advances made under a credit line deed of trust subsequent to the filing of a notice of mechanic’s lien, but shall not have priority over advances made prior to the filing of a notice of mechanic’s lien.
(c) Except as provided in subsections (a)(2) and (b) of this section, the priority of a credit line deed of trust shall extend to all advances made following the recordation of the credit line deed of trust. Amounts outstanding, together with interest, shall continue to have priority until paid or otherwise settled.
(d) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to the priority of purchase money security interests in goods and fixtures.
D.C. Code § 42-303 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 3 / § 42-303
§ 42-303. Perpetuities—Chattels real.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3404.09 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3404.09
§ 42-3404.09. Single-family accommodations.
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to single-family accommodations except as provided in this section.
(b) Notice to all tenants of the potential sale of a single-family accommodation. –
  (1) Within 3 calendar days of receiving or soliciting, in writing, an offer to purchase a single-family accommodation, an owner of a single-family accommodation who has an intent to sell the single-family accommodation shall deliver written notice to a tenant of the single-family accommodation or a unit in the single-family accommodation that the owner received or solicited an offer to purchase the single-family accommodation.
  (2) For one year after delivering notice to a tenant pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, an owner is not required to provide the same tenant with subsequent notice that the owner has received or solicited offers to purchase the single-family accommodation.
  (3) (A) Liability for failure to provide the notice required by this subsection shall lie with the owner and may not attach to the real property that is the subject of the required notice.
    (B) A tenant who brings an action in any court of law against an owner for failing to provide the notice required by this subsection may not file a notice of pendency of action pursuant to § 42-1207 with the Recorder of Deeds.
  (4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as creating rights enforceable under subchapter V of this chapter .
(c) Elderly tenants and tenants with disabilities. –
  (1) If a tenant is an elderly tenant or is a tenant with a disability as of the date of the offer of sale, and the tenant signed a rental agreement to occupy a single-family accommodation or a unit in a single-family accommodation by March 31, 2018, and took occupancy by April 15, 2018, the provisions of this subchapter shall apply, as modified by this section.
  (2) Written offer of sale. –
    (A) A written offer of sale shall comply with the requirements of § 42-3404.03 , and in addition, shall include a description of the tenant's rights and obligations under this section, and a list of organizations from which the tenant may seek help to exercise the right to purchase.
    (B) The owner shall deliver a copy of a written offer of sale and of any notice of intent delivered pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of this section to the Office of the Tenant Advocate ("OTA"), and shall initiate delivery of the copy on the same date as initiating delivery of the original document.
    (C) Within 4 business days of receiving a copy of an offer of sale or notice of intent pursuant to this subparagraph, the OTA shall exercise its best efforts to contact all affected tenants and provide them with the contact information of organizations that provide tenants advice concerning their rights under this subchapter .
  (3) Written statement of interest. –
    (A) Upon delivery of a written offer of sale from the owner, the tenant shall have 20 days to deliver a written statement of interest to the owner.
    (B) The tenant's statement of interest shall be a clear expression of interest on the part of the tenant to exercise the right to purchase the housing accommodation as specified in this subchapter .
    (C) A tenant's failure to deliver a written statement of interest to the owner in a timely manner shall be deemed a waiver of the tenant's rights under this section.
  (4) Negotiation period. – If a tenant has delivered a written statement of interest in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection, the owner shall afford the tenant at least 25 days after delivery of the statement of interest to the owner to negotiate a contract of sale, not including the 20 days provided by paragraph (3) of this subsection. For every day of delay in providing information by the owner as required by this subchapter , the negotiation period is extended by one day.
  (5) Time before settlement. –
    (A) The owner shall afford the tenant at least 45 days after the date of contracting to go to settlement to secure financing and financial assistance.
    (B) If, within 45 days after the date of contracting, the tenant presents the owner with the written decision of a lending institution or agency that states that the institution or agency estimates that a decision with respect to financing or financial assistance will be made within 75 days after the date of contracting, the owner shall afford an extension of time consistent with the written estimate.
  (6) Assignment of rights. –
    (A) The only consideration an elderly tenant or a tenant with a disability may receive for the sale or assignment of the tenant's rights under this subchapter is the right to immediately use and occupy the tenant's unit for a period of 12 months following the sale of the single-family accommodation at the rate of rent charged to the tenant as of the date of the offer of sale.
    (B) (i) If a tenant assigns or sells the tenant's rights under this subchapter , the recipient may only further reassign the rights to a private or nonprofit corporation or a partnership of which the assignee or buyer is an owner, managing member, or officer who can legally bind the entity.
      (ii) No consideration shall be allowed in exchange for a secondary assignment.
    (C) A bargain in which the tenant receives consideration to vacate the tenant's unit before the 12-month period ends so that the owner may use or occupy the unit shall constitute a willful violation of this paragraph.
(d) Determining whether a tenant claims elderly or disability status. –
  (1) (A) An owner of a single-family accommodation may determine whether a tenant claims status as an elderly tenant or a tenant with a disability under this section by delivering to the tenant a written notice of intent to sell, demolish, or discontinue the housing use of the single-family accommodation before issuing an offer of sale.
    (B) The notice shall include a description of the rights and obligations of elderly tenants and tenants with disabilities under this section, and a list of organizations from which the tenant may seek help to exercise those rights.
  (2) The tenant shall have 20 days from the date of delivery of the notice to deliver to the owner, in writing, a response that states the tenant's status as an elderly tenant or a tenant with a disability.
  (3) An owner may not serve a tenant with notice of intent to sell, demolish, or discontinue the housing use of the single-family accommodation pursuant to this subsection more than 60 days before issuing the offer of sale.
  (4) Failure of the tenant to deliver to the owner a response to notice provided pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection in a timely manner shall be deemed a waiver of rights under this subchapter .
(e) Documentation of status as an elderly tenant or tenant with disability. – (1) A tenant who asserts rights under subsection (c) of this section shall deliver documentation of status as an elderly tenant or a tenant with a disability to the Mayor by the same date the tenant's written statement of interest is due to the owner.
  (2) The Mayor shall require the minimum documentation necessary to establish status as an elderly tenant or a tenant with a disability. Such documentation may include:
    (A) For elderly status, a passport, birth certificate, District-issued driver's license or identification card, or other such documentation the Rental Conversion and Sale Administrator deems sufficient to establish proof of age; or
    (B) For disability status, an award letter for disability benefits from the U.S. Social Security Administration, a letter from a physician stating that the tenant is a tenant with a disability, or other such documentation the Rental Conversion and Sale Administrator deems sufficient to establish proof of disability.
  (3) In determining whether a tenant qualifies as a tenant with a disability, the Mayor:
    (A) Shall limit the inquiry to the minimum information and documentation necessary to establish that the tenant meets the definition of a tenant with a disability under this chapter and shall not inquire further into the nature or severity of the disability; and
    (B) Shall not require the tenant to provide a description of the disability; provided, that the Mayor may require that a physician or other licensed healthcare professional verify that the tenant meets the definition of a tenant with a disability under this chapter .
  (4) (A) The Mayor shall maintain records of the information compiled under this subsection and shall not disclose information about the disability of a tenant unless the disclosure is required by law.
    (B) (i) Within 30 days of receiving from a tenant documentation of status as an elderly tenant or tenant with a disability, the Mayor shall determine whether a tenant qualifies as an elderly tenant or a tenant with a disability.
      (ii) Upon the request of one of the following parties, the Mayor shall issue the determination as to whether the tenant qualifies as an elderly tenant or a tenant with a disability to the requesting party, who shall not share the determination with third parties except as necessary to facilitate the transfer of ownership of the single-family accommodation or to pursue rights under this chapter , unless otherwise authorized by the tenant:
        (I) Owner;
        (II) Tenant;
        (III) A title or settlement company that is conducting a closing on the transfer of ownership of the single-family accommodation; or
        (IV) A real estate agent representing the owner in the sale of the single-family accommodation.
  (5) The Mayor's timeframe for determining a tenant's status pursuant to this subsection shall run concurrently with other timeframes in this section.
(f) Documentation. –
  (1) A document delivered pursuant to this section shall be delivered by:
    (A) First-class mail;
    (B) A delivery service providing delivery tracking confirmation;
    (C) Certified mail; or
    (D) Hand.
  (2) Within 10 days of the initiation of delivery, copies of all documents delivered to a tenant, owner, or OTA pursuant to subsections (c) or (d) of this section shall be delivered to the Mayor with written evidence of the date of delivery of the original document.
  (3) (A) The Mayor shall date stamp copies of all documents received pursuant to this subsection.
    (B) Upon the request of one of the following parties, the Mayor shall provide written confirmation of receipt or non-receipt of any document required to be delivered to the Mayor pursuant to this subsection to the requesting party:
      (i) Owner;
      (ii) Tenant;
      (iii) A title or settlement company that is conducting a closing on the transfer of ownership of the single-family accommodation; or
      (iv) A real estate agent representing the owner in the sale of the single-family accommodation.
(g) No tenant who occupies a rental unit pursuant to subsection (c)(6) of this section may be evicted pursuant to § 42-3505.01(d) , (e) , (g) , (h) , (i) , or (j) , during the 12-month period of occupancy following the sale of the single-family accommodation.
D.C. Code § 42-705 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 7 / § 42-705
§ 42-705. Construction of words importing want or failure of issue.
Status: in_force

In any deed or will of real or personal estate in the District of Columbia, executed after March 3, 1901, the words “die without issue,” or the words “die without leaving issue,” or the words “have no issue,” or other words which may import either a want or failure of issue of any person in his lifetime or at the time of his death, or an indefinite failure of his issue, shall be construed to mean a want or failure of issue in the lifetime or at the time of the death of such person, and not an indefinite failure of his issue, unless a contrary intention shall appear in the instrument.
D.C. Code § 42-4072 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4072
§ 42-4072. Demolition.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-2008 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / § 42-2008
§ 42-2008. Use of elements held in common; right to enter units for certain repairs.
Status: in_force

(a) Each co-owner may use the elements held in common in accordance with the purposes for which they are intended, without hindering or encroaching upon the lawful rights of the other co-owners.
(b) The manager, board of directors or of administration, as the case may be, shall have an irrevocable right and an easement to enter units to make repairs to common elements or when repairs reasonably appear to be necessary for public safety or to prevent damage to property other than the unit.
D.C. Code § 42-3141.11 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31A-i / § 42-3141.11
§ 42-3141.11. Rules.
Status: in_force

(a) The Office of Administrative Hearings, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter  5 of Title 2 [ § 2-501 et seq.], may issue rules to implement the provisions of § 42-3141.06 .
(b) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter  5 of Title 2 [ § 2-501 et seq.], may issue rules to implement the provisions of §§ 42-3141.02 , 42-3141.03 , 42-3141.04 , 42-3141.05 , 42-3141.07 , 42-3141.08 , 42-3141.09 , and 42-3141.10 .
D.C. Code § 42-3173.07 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31C / § 42-3173.07
§ 42-3173.07. Final determination of deteriorated structure.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) If sufficient action has not been taken within the 30-day period of § 42-3173.06 , the Mayor shall prepare a notice of final determination.
  (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Mayor may revoke the notice of initial determination or hold in abeyance further action under this subchapter if, prior to the end of the 30-day period, an interested party:
    (A) (i) Submits to the Mayor a written plan for the prompt completion of the sufficient action; and
      (ii) The Mayor approves the plan with or without conditions; or
    (B) Submits to the Mayor written reasons why the Mayor should not take the action specified in § 42-3173.05(a)(5) ; provided, that, in such case, the Mayor may also amend the notice of initial determination.
  (3) The Mayor may extend the 30-day period for 30 days or less upon the written request of an interested party and for good cause shown.
(b) The notice of final determination shall be prepared within 30 days after the end of the 30-day period or within 30 days after the end of any extension of the 30-day period.
(c) The notice of final determination required by subsection (a) and (b) of this section shall include:
  (1) The address of the deteriorated structure or, if the address is not available or does not adequately identify the location of the structure, a description of the location of the deteriorated structure that is sufficient for its identification;
  (2) A statement that the Mayor has determined that the structure is a deteriorated structure and the basis for the Mayor’s determination that the structure is a deteriorated structure;
  (3) The date or dates on which the notice of initial determination under § 42-3173.04 was posted, mailed, published, and filed;
  (4) A statement that sufficient action was not taken within the specified time period;
  (5) A statement that the Mayor intends to demolish or enclose the deteriorated structure; and
  (6) A statement that interested parties have 30 days from the date of the mailing of the notice of final determination to file a petition for review in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia seeking judicial review of the Mayor’s final determination and that the filing of the petition shall stay final action by the Mayor to demolish or enclose the deteriorated structure until a judicial order is entered.
(d) After the notice of final determination is prepared, the Mayor shall:
  (1) Post the notice on the deteriorated structure;
  (2) Mail the notice to all interested parties by certified mail, return receipt requested; and
  (3) File the notice with the Recorder of Deeds.
D.C. Code § 42-3206 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 32 / § 42-3206
§ 42-3206. Service of notice to quit.
Status: in_force

Every notice to the tenant to quit shall be served in English and Spanish upon him personally, if he can be found, and if he can not be found it shall be sufficient service of said notice to deliver the same to some person of proper age upon the premises, and in the absence of such tenant or person to post the same in some conspicuous place upon the leased premises. If the notice is posted on the premises, a copy of the notice shall be mailed first class U.S. mail, postage prepaid, to the premises sought to be recovered, in the name of the person known to be in possession of the premises, or if unknown, in the name of the person occupying the premises, within 3 calendar days of the date of posting.
D.C. Code § 42-2064 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20A / § 42-2064
§ 42-2064. Duties of the Task Force.
Status: in_force

Within 180 days after the appointment of all members, the Task Force shall submit to the Council a comprehensive report on:
(a) (1) Policy and legislative recommendations related to how the District can help stabilize, strengthen, and preserve existing LECs, as well as how the District can best support the formation of new LECs;
  (2) Funding options and sources to assist in the formation of new LECs and to provide technical support and assistance to LEC members and LEC boards in the District;
  (3) How to establish appropriate government oversight to ensure that LEC boards have the necessary financial and structural management resources to help them succeed and prosper; and
  (4) Any other identified needs or requirements for the successful formation and preservation of LECs in the District.
D.C. Code § 42-1759 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1759
§ 42-1759. License suspended upon criminal conviction.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3218 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 32 / § 42-3218
§ 42-3218. Fraudulent removal, conveyance, or concealment of property to defeat lien subjects guilty party to forfeiture of double value of such property.
Status: in_force

If any tenant or lessee shall fraudulently remove and convey away his or her goods or chattels, or if any person or persons shall wilfully and knowingly aid or assist any such tenant or lessee in such fraudulent conveying away or carrying off of any part of his or her goods or chattels, or in concealing the same; all and every person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay to the landlord or landlords, lessor or lessors, from whose estate such goods and chattels were fraudulently carried off as aforesaid, double the value of the goods by him, her or them respectively carried off or concealed as aforesaid; to be recovered by action of debt in any court of record.
D.C. Code § 42-3907 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 39 / § 42-3907
§ 42-3907. Qualifications for licensure and certification; education; training; and experience.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-4041 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4041
§ 42-4041. Definitions.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-203 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 2 / § 42-203
§ 42-203. Persons who may bring actions.
Status: in_force

(a) An action affecting a conservation easement may be brought by 1 of the following:
  (1) An owner of an interest in the real property burdened by the easement;
  (2) A holder of the easement;
  (3) A person having a third-party right of enforcement; or
  (4) A person authorized by other law.
(b) This chapter does not affect the power of a court to modify or terminate a conservation easement in accordance with the principles of law and equity.
D.C. Code § 42-1208 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12 / § 42-1208
§ 42-1208. Purchase of typewriting machines; preference for typewritten records.
Status: in_force

(a) The Recorder of Deeds is authorized and empowered to purchase and use in his office, for the recording of deeds and other instruments of writing required by law to be recorded in said office, typewriting machines, to be paid for as appropriations may be made from time to time; and all deeds and other instruments of writing entitled by law to be recorded in said office which shall be recorded by typewriting machines are hereby declared to be legally recorded.
(b) The recording of all instruments filed for record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds shall be done with book typewriter, except in those cases where, on account of the character of the work, the use of a pen shall be found by the Recorder to be necessary.
D.C. Code § 42-806 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8 / § 42-806
§ 42-806. Decree or order without hearing where defendant files request and plaintiff files admission.
Status: in_force

Where any bill or bills, suit or suits, shall be filed, commenced, or brought in the court of equity, by any person or persons having or claiming any estate, right, or interest, in any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, under or by virtue of any mortgage or mortgages thereof, to compel the defendant or defendants in such suit or suits (having or claiming a right to redeem the same) to pay the plaintiff or plaintiffs in such suit or suits, the principal money and interest due on any such mortgage, or the principal money and interest due on such mortgages, together with any sum or sums of money due on any encumbrance or specialty, charged or chargeable on the equity of redemption thereof, and in default of payment thereof, to foreclose such defendant or defendants of his, her, or their right or equity of redeeming such mortgaged lands, tenements, or hereditaments; such equity court, where such suit or suits shall be depending, upon application made to such court by the defendant or defendants in such suit, having a right to redeem such mortgaged lands, tenements, or hereditaments, and upon his or their admitting the right and title of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in such suit, may and shall at any time or times, before such suit or cause shall be brought to hearing, make such order or decree therein, as such court or courts might or could have made therein, in case such suit or cause had then been regularly brought to hearing before such court or courts; and all parties to such suit or suits shall be bound by such order or decree so made, to all intents and purposes, as if such order or decree had been made, by such court, at or subsequent to the hearing of such cause or suit.
D.C. Code § 42-3503.08 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3503.08
§ 42-3503.08. Tax exemption.
Status: in_force

All monies received by any tenant through the Tenant Assistance Program under this subchapter are exempt from District income taxes payable under Chapter 18 of Title 47 .
D.C. Code § 42-2706.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2706.03
§ 42-2706.03. Allocation of bond issuing authority.
Status: in_force

All of the authority of the District government to issue qualified mortgage bonds in each calendar year under the Mortgage Subsidy Bond Tax Act of 1980 (26 U.S.C. § 1100   et seq.) as it may be amended from time to time with respect to the District is allocated to the Agency.
D.C. Code § 42-1904.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1904.05
§ 42-1904.05. Application for registration — Investigation by Mayor upon receipt.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of an application for registration in proper form, the Mayor may forthwith initiate an investigation to determine:
(1) That there is reasonable assurance that the declarant can convey or cause to be conveyed the units offered for disposition if the purchaser complies with the terms of the offer;
(2) That there is reasonable assurance that all proposed improvements will be completed as represented;
(3) That the advertising material and the general promotional plan are not false or misleading and comply with the standards prescribed by the Mayor in its rules and afford full and fair disclosures;
(4) Whether the declarant has, or if a corporation its officers and principals have, been convicted of a crime involving condominium unit dispositions or any aspect of the land sales business in the United States or any foreign country within the past 10 years, or has been subject to any injunction or administrative order restraining a false or misleading promotional plan involving land dispositions; and
(5) The public offering statement requirements of this chapter have been satisfied.
D.C. Code § 42-3531.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35A / § 42-3531.02
§ 42-3531.02. Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to establish the Office of the Tenant Advocate as an independent agency to advocate on behalf of the education of, and outreach to, tenants and the people of the District.
D.C. Code § 42-201 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 2 / § 42-201
§ 42-201. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Conservation easement” means a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property imposing limitations or affirmative obligations the purposes of which include retaining or protecting natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property, ensuring its availability for agricultural, forestal, recreational, or open-space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural aspects of real property.
(2) “Holder” means 1 of the following:
  (A) A governmental body empowered to hold an interest in real property under the laws of the District of Columbia or the United States; or
  (B) A charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust, the purposes or powers of which include retaining or protecting the natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property, ensuring the availability of real property for agricultural, forestal, recreational, or open-space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural aspects of real property.
(3) “Third-party right of enforcement” means a right provided in a conservation easement to enforce any of its terms granted to a governmental body, charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust, which, although eligible to be a holder, is not a holder.
D.C. Code § 42-1902.12 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1902.12
§ 42-1902.12. Allocation where condominium expandable or contains convertible land; reallocation following addition of land; where all convertible space converted to common elements; effect of reduction in number of units.
Status: in_force

(a) If a condominium contains any convertible land or is an expandable condominium, then the declaration shall not allocate undivided interests in the common elements on the basis of par value unless the declaration:
  (1) Prohibits the creation of any units not substantially identical to the units depicted on the plats and plans recorded pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of § 42-1902.14 ; or
  (2) Prohibits the creation of any units not described pursuant to § 42-1902.10(b)(6) (in the case of convertible lands) or § 42-1902.10(c)(12) (in the case of additional land), and contains from the outset a statement of the par value that shall be assigned to every such unit that may be created.
(b) No allocation of interests in the common elements to any units created within any convertible land or within any additional land shall be effective until plats and plans depicting such units are recorded pursuant to § 42-1902.14(c) . The declarant shall reallocate the undivided interests in the common elements so that the units within the convertible land or additional land shall be allocated undivided interests in the common elements on the same basis as the units depicted on the plats and plans recorded pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of § 42-1902.14 . Promptly upon recording the amendment to the declaration, the declarant shall record an amendment to the plats and plans depicting the units created within the convertible land or additional land.
(c) If all of a convertible space is converted into common elements, then the undivided interest in the common elements appertaining to such space shall thenceforth appertain to the remaining units, being allocated among them in proportion to their undivided interests in the common elements. The principal officer of the unit owners’ association, or such other officer or officers as the condominium instruments may specify, shall forthwith prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration reflecting the reallocation of undivided interests produced thereby.
(d) In the case of a leasehold condominium, if the expiration or termination of any lease causes a contraction of the condominium which reduces the number of units, then the undivided interest in the common elements appertaining to any units thereby withdrawn from the condominium shall thenceforth appertain to the remaining units, being allocated among them in proportion to their undivided interests in the common elements. The principal officer of the unit owners’ association, or such other officer or officers as the condominium instruments may specify, shall forthwith prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration reflecting the reallocation of undivided interests produced thereby.
D.C. Code § 42-835.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-835.01
§ 42-835.01. Accrual of right to foreclose.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1203 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12 / § 42-1203
§ 42-1203. Deputy Recorder; effect of performance of duties.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3531.16 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35A / § 42-3531.16
§ 42-3531.16. Emergency Housing and Relocation Assistance Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the Emergency Housing and Relocation Assistance Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Office of the Tenant Advocate in accordance with subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
(b) Revenue from interest, costs, expenses, fees, fines, penalties, and other charges collected pursuant to §§ 42-3531.11 through 42-3531.15 shall be deposited in the Fund.
(c) Money in the Fund shall be used to offset some of the costs of providing emergency housing and relocation assistance.
(d) The money deposited into the Fund, and interest earned, shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time.
D.C. Code § 42-1903.11 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1903.11
§ 42-1903.11. Rights to surplus funds.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided in the condominium instruments, any surplus funds of the unit owners’ association that remain after payment of or provision for common expenses and any prepayment of reserves shall be paid to the unit owners in proportion to the unit owners’ liabilities for common expenses or credited to the unit owners to reduce the unit owners’ future common expense assessments.
D.C. Code § 42-1643 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16B / § 42-1643
§ 42-1643. Scope; exclusions.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) or (c) of this section, this act applies to a receivership for an interest in real property and any personal property related to or used in operating the real property.
(b) This act does not apply to a receivership for an interest in real property improved by one to 4 dwelling units unless:
  (1) The interest is used for agricultural, commercial, industrial, or mineral-extraction purposes, other than incidental uses by an owner occupying the property as the owner's primary residence;
  (2) The interest secures an obligation incurred at a time when the property was used or planned for use for agricultural, commercial, industrial, or mineral-extraction purposes;
  (3) The owner planned or is planning to develop the property into one or more dwelling units to be sold or leased in the ordinary course of the owner's business; or
  (4) The owner is collecting or has the right to collect rents or other income from the property from a person other than an affiliate of the owner.
(c) This act does not apply to a receivership authorized by law of the District other than this act in which the receiver is a governmental unit or an individual acting in an official capacity on behalf of the governmental unit except to the extent provided by the other law.
(d) This act does not limit the authority of the Superior Court to appoint a receiver under law of the District other than this act.
(e) Unless displaced by a particular provision of this act , the principles of law and equity supplement this act.
D.C. Code § 42-3502.04c — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3502.04c
§ 42-3502.04c. Housing Regulation Administration; Housing Regulation Administrator.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established within the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Housing Regulation Administration, which shall have as its head a Housing Regulation Administrator. The Housing Regulation Administrator shall be appointed by, and report directly to, the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development.
(b) (1) The Housing Regulation Administration shall provide such administrative support to the Rent Administrator and the Rental Conversion and Sale Administrator as may be necessary to fulfill their statutory and regulatory responsibilities.
  (2) The Housing Regulation Administrator shall work cooperatively with the Rent Administrator and the Rental Conversion and Sale Administrator to promote administrative efficiency, complete and accurate record-keeping, and the prompt review and disposition of matters pending before them.
  (3) The Housing Regulation Administrator shall not have a supervisory role over the Rent Administrator and the Rental Conversion and Sale Administrator.
D.C. Code § 42-1664 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16B / § 42-1664
§ 42-1664. Effect of enforcement by mortgagee.
Status: in_force

(a) A request by a mortgagee for appointment of a receiver, the appointment of a receiver, or application by a mortgagee of receivership property or proceeds to the secured obligation does not:
  (1) Make the mortgagee a mortgagee in possession of the real property;
  (2) Make the mortgagee an agent of the owner;
  (3) Constitute an election of remedies that precludes a later action to enforce the secured obligation;
  (4) Make the secured obligation unenforceable;
  (5) Limit any right available to the mortgagee with respect to the secured obligation; or
  (6) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, bar a deficiency judgment pursuant to law of the District other than this act governing or relating to a deficiency judgment.
(b) If a receiver sells receivership property that pursuant to § 42-1655(c) is free and clear of a lien, the ability of a creditor to enforce an obligation that had been secured by the lien is subject to law of the District other than this act relating to a deficiency judgment.
D.C. Code § 42-1108 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 11 / § 42-1108
§ 42-1108. Deficiencies in tax; notice of determination; protests; hearings; time for payment.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-504 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 5 / § 42-504
§ 42-504. Freeholds; chattels real; chattel interests; conditions precedent or subsequent.
Status: in_force

Estates of inheritance and estates for life shall continue to be denominated freeholds, and estates for years shall be chattels real; estates at will or by sufferance shall be chattel interests, but shall not be liable, as such, to sale under execution; and all estates may be subject to conditions precedent or subsequent.
D.C. Code § 42-2206 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 22 / § 42-2206
§ 42-2206. Issuance of rules.
Status: in_force

Within 120 days of March 24, 1988, the Mayor shall, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , issue proposed rules to implement the provisions of this chapter. The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed rules, in whole or in part, by resolution within this 45-day review period, the proposed rules shall be deemed approved.
D.C. Code § 42-1309 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 13 / § 42-1309
§ 42-1309. Method of delivery.
Status: in_force

Delivery of a disclosure statement required by this chapter shall be by personal delivery, facsimile delivery, or by registered mail to the prospective transferee. Execution by the transferor of a facsimile counterpart of the disclosure statement shall be considered to be execution of the original.
D.C. Code § 42-2111 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 21 / § 42-2111
§ 42-2111. Notice.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to rules issued in accordance with § 42-2104 , the Mayor shall give:
(1) Reasonable advance notice to the record owners and affected parties of properties brought to tax sale in accordance with § 47-1205(b) and (c); and
(2) Reasonable advance notice of properties scheduled to be sold and the date of sale by advertising the list of properties in a newspaper of general circulation published in the District of Columbia at least once every 2 weeks.
D.C. Code § 42-1112 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 11 / § 42-1112
§ 42-1112. Limitations; assessment or proceeding within 3 years of recordation of deed; exceptions; agreement to extend period; tolling thereof.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3405.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3405.03
§ 42-3405.03. Civil cause of action.
Status: in_force

(a) An aggrieved owner, tenant, or tenant organization may seek enforcement of any right or provision under this chapter through a civil action in law or equity, and, upon prevailing, may seek an award of costs and reasonable attorney fees. In an equitable action, the public policy of this chapter favors the waiver of bond requirements to the extent permissible under law or court rule.
(b) Any person suffering a loss due to violations of § 42-3404.16 shall be entitled to recover, in addition to the amount of actual damages, double the amount of any interest collected in violation of this chapter , plus any reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in the collection of that amount.
D.C. Code § 42-3507.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3507.05
§ 42-3507.05. Tenant hot line.
Status: in_force

The Department of Buildings shall provide for the continuation of a tenant hot line. The primary purpose of the tenant hot line is to provide assistance to low- and moderate-income tenants. To carry out this purpose, the functions and responsibilities shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) Answering rent control procedural questions, and directing tenants toward possible courses of action in resolving problems;
(2) Providing advice on housing regulation violations;
(3) Explaining rent increases;
(4) Providing guidance on emergency shelter;
(5) Providing guidance on the Tenant Assistance Program;
(6) Providing guidance in resolving problems involving water, heating, repairs, and other matters;
(7) Providing advice on possible action in response to allegations of discrimination, harassment, or neglect by housing providers;
(8) Answering preliminary questions about remedies through the courts;
(9) Providing guidance when tenants are faced with eviction; and
(10) Providing guidance on other tenant problems.
D.C. Code § 42-202 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 2 / § 42-202
§ 42-202. Exemption from recordation and transfer tax.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a conservation easement may be created, conveyed, recorded, assigned, released, modified, terminated, or otherwise altered or affected in the same manner as other easements, provided that the recordation of any conservation easement as defined in § 42-201 , or of any assignment, release, modification, termination, or other alteration of a conservation easement shall be exempt from the recordation tax imposed by § 42-1103 , and from the transfer tax imposed by § 47-903 .
  (2) The exemption provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply if the consideration for the conservation easement exceeds $100 in value.
(b) No right or duty in favor of or against a person having a third-party right of enforcement arises under a conservation easement before its acceptance by the holder and a recordation of the acceptance.
(c) Except as provided in § 42-203(b) , a conservation easement is unlimited in duration unless the instrument creating it otherwise provides.
(d) An interest in real property in existence at the time a conservation easement is created is not impaired by it unless the owner of the interest is a party to the conservation easement or consents to it.
(e) A conservation easement is valid even under the following circumstances:
  (1) It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;
  (2) It can be or has been assigned to another holder;
  (3) It is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law;
  (4) It imposes a negative burden;
  (5) It imposes affirmative obligations upon the owner of an interest in the burdened property or upon the holder;
  (6) The benefit does not touch or concern real property; or
  (7) There is no privity of estate or of contract.
D.C. Code § 42-4018 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4018
§ 42-4018. Adjustments in rent ceiling.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-2706.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2706.05
§ 42-2706.05. Laws or acts referred to in this chapter.
Status: in_force

Each law or act of the District identified in this chapter shall include any and all amendments thereto made from time to time, and shall include any and all superseding laws and acts, unless the superseding law or act expressly provides otherwise.
D.C. Code § 42-516 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 5 / § 42-516
§ 42-516. Tenancies in common, tenancies by the entireties, and joint tenancies.
Status: in_force

(a) Every estate granted or devised to 2 or more persons in their own right, including estates granted or devised to spouses or domestic partners, as defined in § 32-701(3) , shall be a tenancy in common, unless expressly declared to be a joint tenancy; but every estate vested in executors or trustees, as such, shall be a joint tenancy, unless otherwise expressed.
(b) An interest in property, whether held in tenancy in common, joint tenancy, or tenancy by the entirety, may be granted by 1 or more persons, as grantor or grantors:
  (1) To 1 of them alone as grantee; or
  (2) To the following, as grantees in tenancy in common, joint tenancy, or tenancy by the entirety:
    (A) The grantors alone;
    (B) Two or more of the grantors;
    (C) The grantor or grantors and another person or persons; or
    (D) One or more of the grantors and another person or persons.
(c) A tenancy by the entirety may be created in any conveyance of real property to spouses or to domestic partners as that term is defined in § 32-701(3) .
(d) (1) Notwithstanding § 19-1305.05 , except as explicitly provided for in a trust instrument, property held by spouses or domestic partners, as that term is defined in § 32-701(3) , in a tenancy by the entirety that is subsequently conveyed to a trustee of a joint or separate revocable or irrevocable trust shall be presumed to have the same immunity from the claims of the separate creditors of the spouses or domestic partners as would exist if the property were still held by the spouses or domestic partners as tenants by the entirety; provided, that:
    (A) The spouses or domestic partners continue to be married or in a domestic partnership with one another;
    (B) The property continues to be held in trust by the trustee or the successors in trust of the trustee; and
    (C) Both spouses or domestic partners are beneficiaries of the trust.
  (2) The immunity from the claims of separate creditors under this subsection may be waived as to any specific creditor, including any separate creditor of either spouse or domestic partner, or any specifically described property, including any former tenancy by the entirety property conveyed into a trust, by the trustee acting under the express provision of a trust instrument or with the written consent of both spouses or domestic partners.
  (3) Upon the death of the first spouse or domestic partner, property held in a trust  that was immune from the claims of their separate creditors under paragraph (1) of this subsection immediately before the individual's death shall continue to have the same immunity from the claims of the separate creditors of the decedent spouse or domestic partner as would exist if the property were still held by the spouses or domestic partners as tenants by the entirety.
  (4) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "property" includes the proceeds of any real or personal property.
D.C. Code § 42-3505.51 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3505.51
§ 42-3505.51. Access by housing provider to dwelling unit.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) "Reasonable notice" means written notice provided to the tenant at least 48 hours before the time the housing provider wishes to enter the unit or a shorter period of time as agreed to by the tenant in writing. Written notice may include electronic communication, including email and mobile text messaging; provided, that if the tenant fails to furnish a written acknowledgement, the housing provider will provide a paper notice.
  (2) "Reasonable purpose" means a purpose that is directly related to the housing provider's:
    (A) Duty to keep the entire property safe from damage;
    (B) Duty to inspect the premises;
    (C) Duty to make necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations, renovations, or improvements;
    (D) Duty to supply necessary or agreed services and maintenance;
    (E) Need to exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workmen, or contractors; or
    (F) Need to gain entry for work ordered by a governmental entity.
  (3) "Reasonable time" means a time between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., and not on a Sunday or federal holiday, or at another time agreed upon by the tenant.
(b) (1) Except in the event of an emergency for the protection or preservation of the premises, or for the protection and safety of the tenants or other persons, a housing provider may enter a rental unit during a tenancy only for a reasonable purpose, at a reasonable time, and after having provided the tenant with reasonable notice.
  (2) Upon a showing by the tenant that the housing provider has entered a unit in violation of this section, or has repeatedly made unreasonable demands for entry, any court of competent jurisdiction may enjoin the housing provider from that behavior and may assess appropriate damages against the housing provider for breach of the tenant's right to quiet enjoyment of the premises.
  (3) Upon the allegation of a housing code violation by a tenant, a tenant may not unreasonably prevent the housing provider from accessing the unit for assessment and abatement of the alleged violation and must provide access to the unit within 48 hours of the written request by the housing provider for access.
D.C. Code § 42-2855.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 28C / § 42-2855.01
§ 42-2855.01. Mayor’s Comprehensive Housing Task Force Fund established.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-511 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 5 / § 42-511
§ 42-511. Future estates — Remainder and conditional limitation.
Status: in_force

If it is to commence upon the full expiration of such precedent estate, it is a remainder and may be transferred by that name. If it is to commence on a contingency which, if it happen, will abridge or determine such precedent estate before its expiration, it shall be known as a conditional limitation.
D.C. Code § 42-3502.08 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3502.08
§ 42-3502.08. Increases above base rent.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the rent for any rental unit shall not be increased above the base rent unless:
    (A) The rental unit and the common elements are in substantial compliance with the housing regulations, if noncompliance is not the result of tenant neglect or misconduct. Evidence of substantial noncompliance shall be limited to housing regulations violation notices issued by the District of Columbia Department of Buildings and other offers of proof the Rental Housing Commission shall consider acceptable through its rulemaking procedures;
    (B) The housing accommodation is registered in accordance with § 42-3502.05 ;
    (C) The housing provider of the housing accommodation is properly licensed under a statute or regulations if the statute or regulations require licensing;
    (D) The manager of the accommodation, when other than the housing provider, is properly registered under the housing regulations if the regulations require registration;
    (E) Notice of the increase complies with § 42-3509.04 ;
    (F) The housing provider has provided a tenant with written notice of the maximum standard rent increase that applies to an elderly tenant or a tenant with a disability and the means by which a tenant may establish elderly or disability status as set forth in § 42-3502.24(d) , as provided by the Rent Administrator pursuant to § 42-3502.24(f) , and has not required a tenant to provide more proof of age or disability than the minimum information necessary to establish that status; and
    (G) The housing provider, if a nonresident of the District, has appointed and maintained a registered agent pursuant to section 203 of Title 14 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations.
  (2) Where the Rent Administrator finds there have been excessive and prolonged violations of the housing regulations affecting the health, safety, and security of the tenants or the habitability of the housing accommodation in which the tenants reside and that the housing provider has failed to correct the violations, the Rent Administrator may roll back the rents for the affected rental units to an amount which shall not be less than the September 1, 1983, base rent for the rental units until the violations have been abated.
(b) A housing accommodation and each of the rental units in the housing accommodation shall be considered to be in substantial compliance with the housing regulations if:
  (1) For purposes of the adjustments made in the rent charged in §§ 42-3502.06 and 42-3502.07 [repealed], all substantial violations cited at the time of the last inspection of the housing accommodation by the Department of Buildings before the effective date of the increase were abated within a 45-day period following the issuance of the citations or that time granted by the Department of Buildings, and the Department of Buildings has certified the abatement, or the housing provider or the tenant has certified the abatement and has presented evidence to substantiate the certification. No certification of abatement shall establish compliance with the housing regulations unless the tenants have been given a 10-day notice and an opportunity to contest the certification; and
  (2) For purposes of the filing of petitions for adjustments in the rent charged as prescribed in § 42-3502.16 , the housing accommodation and each of the rental units in the housing accommodation shall have been inspected at the request of each housing provider by the Department of Buildings within the 30 days immediately preceding the filing of a petition for adjustment.
(c) A tenant of a housing accommodation who, after receipt of not less than 5 days written notice that the housing provider desires an inspection of the tenant’s rental unit for the purpose of determining whether the housing accommodation is in substantial compliance with the housing regulations, refuses without good cause to admit an employee of the Department of Buildings for the purpose of inspecting the tenant’s rental unit, or who refuses without good cause to admit the housing provider or the housing provider’s employee or contractor for the purpose of abating any violation of the housing regulations cited by the Department of Buildings, will be considered to have waived the right to challenge the validity of the proposed adjustment for reasons that the rental unit occupied by the tenant is not in substantial compliance with the housing regulations.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or abrogate a tenant’s right to initiate any lawful action to correct any violation in the tenant’s rental unit or in the housing accommodation in which that rental unit is located.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no rent shall be adjusted under this chapter for any rental unit with respect to which there is a valid written lease or rental agreement establishing the rent for the rental unit for the term of the written lease or rental agreement.
(f) (1) Any notice of an adjustment under § 42-3502.06 shall contain a statement of the current rent charged, the increased rent charged, and the utilities covered by the rent charged that justify the adjustment or other justification for the rent charged increase.
  (2) The notice shall also include a summary of tenant rights under this chapter and a list of sources of technical assistance as published in the District of Columbia Register by the Mayor.
(g) The amount of rent charged for any rental unit subject to this subchapter shall not be increased until a full 12 months have elapsed since any prior increase; provided, that:
  (1) An increase in the amount of rent charged shall not exceed the amount of any single adjustment pursuant to any one section of this subchapter;
  (2) If the rental unit becomes vacant within 12 months of an increase in the amount of rent charged, other than a vacancy increase pursuant to § 42-3502.13 , the housing provider may increase the amount of rent charged pursuant to § 42-3502.13 ; and
  (3) If the amount of rent charged is increased pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the amount of rent charged shall not be increased until a full 12 months have elapsed after the increase in the amount of rent charged, even if another vacancy occurs.
(h) Unless the adjustment in the amount of rent charged is implemented pursuant to § 42-3502.10 , § 42-3502.11 , § 42-3502.12 , or § 42-3502.14 , an adjustment in the amount of rent charged:
  (1) If the unit is vacant, shall not exceed the amount permitted under § 42-3502.13(a) ; or
  (2) If the unit is occupied:
    (A) Shall not exceed the current allowable amount of rent charged for the unit, plus the adjustment of general applicability plus 2%, taken as a percentage of the current allowable amount of rent charged; provided, that the total adjustment shall not exceed 10%;
    (B) Shall be pursuant to § 42-3502.24 , if occupied by an elderly tenant or tenant with a disability; and
    (C) Shall not exceed the lesser of 5% or the adjustment of general applicability if the unit is leased or co-leased by a home and community-based services waiver provider.
D.C. Code § 42-3503.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3503.04
§ 42-3503.04. Tenant assistance payments.
Status: in_force

(a) Basic formula. — (1) The amount of the tenant assistance payment shall be the amount by which the actual rent or fair market rent applicable to the family, whichever is lower, exceeds 30% of the family’s monthly income. Where the head of household is an elderly tenant or tenant with a disability, the amount of the tenant assistance payment shall be the amount by which the actual rent or fair market rent, whichever is lower, exceeds 25% of the family’s monthly income. Monthly income is 1/12 of annual adjusted income. Annual income is the anticipated total income from all sources received by the family head and spouse, even if temporarily absent, and by each additional member of the family, including all net income derived from assets, for the 12-month period following the effective date of the Department’s initial determination or reexamination of income, exclusive of income that is temporary, nonrecurring, or sporadic such as irregular gifts, scholarships, inheritances, insurance payments, and capital gains. Annual income is also exclusive of income from employment of children, including foster children, under the age of 18 years; payments received for the care of foster children; the value of the allotment provided to an eligible household for coupons under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. §§ 2011-2030 ); and payments or allowances made under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), and the District of Columbia Low Income Energy Assistance Program.
  (2) Annual income includes, but is not limited to:
    (A) The full amount, before any payroll deductions, of wages and salaries, overtime pay, commissions, fees, tips and bonuses, and other compensation for personal services;
    (B) The net income from operation of a business or profession (for this purpose, expenditures for business expansion or amortization of capital indebtedness and an allowance for depreciation of capital assets shall not be deducted to determine the net income from a business);
    (C) Interest, dividends, and other net income of any kind from real or personal property (for this purpose, expenditures for amortization of capital indebtedness and an allowance for depreciation of capital assets shall not be deducted to determine the net income from real or personal property). Where the family has net family assets in excess of $5,000, annual income shall include the greater of the actual income derived from all net family assets or a percentage of the value of the assets based on the current passbook savings rate as determined by the Department;
    (D) The full amount of periodic payments received from Social Security annuities, insurance policies, retirement funds, pensions, disability or death benefits or other similar types of periodic receipts, including a lump-sum payment for the delayed start of a periodic payment;
    (E) Welfare assistance;
    (F) Payments in lieu of earnings, such as unemployment and disability compensation, worker’s compensation, and severance pay;
    (G) Periodic and determinable allowances, such as alimony and child support payments, and regular contributions or gifts received from persons not residing in the rental unit;
    (H) All regular pay, special pay, and allowances of a member of the armed forces, whether or not living in the rental unit, who is head of the family, spouse, or other person whose dependents are residing in the unit; and
    (I) Any earned income tax credit to the extent it exceeds income tax liability.
(b) Applicable fair market rent. — The Department shall compute the tenant assistance payment for a family entering the Tenant Assistance Program on the most recent published fair market rents on the date of lease approval for the family.
(b-1) Payment cap. — (1) Except in the case of elderly tenants or tenants with a disability, no tenant assistance payment shall exceed 60% of the amount of rent for the recipient’s rental unit. In the case of persons receiving tenant assistance payments on and before March 17, 1993, and continuously thereafter, this subsection shall apply 2 years from October 21, 1993.
  (2) In the case of persons who are granted Tenant Assistance Program certification after March 17, 1993, if those persons have previously received Tenant Assistance Program subsidies, the subsidies provided those persons shall not exceed 60% of the amount of rent for the recipient’s rental unit.
(c) Rent not capped by payment standard. — Under the tenant assistance payment computation described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the amount of tenant assistance payment does not increase if the unit rents for more than the applicable fair market rent, but a tenant is not prohibited from renting such a unit.
(d) No reimbursement of amounts family owes housing provider. — The Department shall not reimburse the housing provider for the portion of the rent not covered by the tenant assistance payment, damages, or other amounts due under the lease.
(e) No payments for vacancies. — If a family moves out, the housing provider shall promptly notify the Department and the Department shall make no additional tenant assistance payments to the housing provider for any month after that in which the family moves. The housing provider may retain the tenant assistance payment for the month in which the family moves.
(f) Repealed.
(g) Finders-keepers policy. — (1) A family with a certificate of eligibility is responsible for finding a rental unit suitable to the family’s needs and desires. A family may select the rental unit which it already occupies if the unit qualifies. Upon request, the Department shall assist families in finding units where, because of age, disability, large family size, or other reasons, the family is unable to locate an approvable unit. The Department shall also provide this assistance where the family alleges that illegal discrimination on grounds of race, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability is preventing it from finding a suitable unit.
  (2) Neither in assisting a family in finding a unit nor by any other action shall the Department directly or indirectly reduce the family’s opportunity to choose among the available units in the housing market, except in accordance with § 42-3503.02(d) .
D.C. Code § 42-3403.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3403.05
§ 42-3403.05. Payments not subject to District tax.
Status: in_force

Relocation and housing assistance payments are not income to the recipient for purposes of the District of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947 ( § 47-1801.01 et seq.).
D.C. Code § 42-4051 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4051
§ 42-4051. Annual rental unit fee.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-1904.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1904.03
§ 42-1904.03. Application for registration; contents; later registration of additional units; availability for public inspection; fee to be determined by Mayor.
Status: in_force

(a) The application for registration of the condominium shall be filed as prescribed by the Mayor’s rules and shall contain the following documents and information:
  (1) An irrevocable appointment of an agent in the District of Columbia, and in the absence of such an agent, the agency to receive service of any lawful process in any noncriminal proceeding arising under this chapter against the applicant or applicant’s personal representative;
  (2) The states or jurisdictions in which an application for registration or similar document pertaining to the condominium has been filed, and any adverse order, judgment, or decree by any regulatory authority or by any court entered against declarant or any other person referred to in paragraph (3) of this subsection in connection with:
    (A) Any registration, offer of sale of any condominium or condominium units;
    (B) Any violation of any condominium statute or any lack of compliance with a condominium instrument; and
    (C) Any breach of contract, fraud or misrepresentation perpetrated against any unit owner, unit owner association or unit purchaser;
  (3) The name, address, and principal occupation for the past 5 years of every officer of the applicant or person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions; the extent and nature of such person’s interest in the applicant or the condominium as of a specified date within 30 days of the filing of the application;
  (4) A statement, in a form acceptable to the Mayor, of the condition of the title to the condominium project including encumbrances as of a specified date within 30 days of the date of application by a title opinion of a licensed attorney, not a salaried employee, officer or director of the applicant or owner, or by other evidence of title acceptable to the Mayor;
  (5) Copies of any management agreements, employment contracts or other contracts or agreements affecting the use or maintenance of, or access to, all or a part of the condominium;
  (6) Plats and plans of the condominium that comply with the provisions of § 42-1902.14 other than the certification requirements thereof, and which show all units and buildings containing units to be built anywhere within the submitted land other than within the boundaries of any convertible lands; except that the Mayor may by regulation or order waive or modify this requirement or the requirements of § 42-1902.14 for plats and plans of a condominium located outside the District of Columbia;
  (7) The proposed public offering statement; and
  (8) Any other information, including any current financial statement, which the Mayor by his regulations requires for the protection of purchasers.
(b) If the declarant registers additional units to be offered for disposition in the same condominium he may consolidate the subsequent registration with any earlier registration offering units in the condominium for disposition under the same promotional plan.
(c) The declarant shall maintain a copy of the application for registration at the declarant’s principal office at the condominium. The application for registration shall be made available for public inspection upon request at reasonable times; provided, however, that the Mayor may grant confidential status to any information required pursuant to § 42-1904.04(a)(11) . The declarant shall promptly report any material changes in the information contained in an application for registration and amend the application accordingly.
(d) Each application shall be accompanied by a fee in an amount determined by the Mayor. The amount of such fee shall be established at a rate adequate to cover the costs related to processing such application and to provide additional funds to be available to defray the costs of administering this chapter, except that the fee shall not be less than $ 100. Monies collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the Department of Housing and Community Development Unified Fund, established pursuant to § 42-2857.01 .
D.C. Code § 42-1306 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 13 / § 42-1306
§ 42-1306. Good faith disclosure.
Status: in_force

Each disclosure required by this chapter shall be made in good faith. For the purposes of this chapter, “good faith” means honesty in fact in the making of the disclosure.
D.C. Code § 42-844.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-844.03
§ 42-844.03. No waivers by borrowers or owners.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2031 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / § 42-2031
§ 42-2031. Authority vested in Board of Commissioners unaffected; delegation of functions.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this subchapter or in any amendments made by this subchapter shall be construed so as to affect the authority vested in the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia by Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1952 (66 Stat. 824). The performance of any function vested by this subchapter in the Board of Commissioners or in any office or agency under the jurisdiction and control of said Board of Commissioners may be delegated by said Board of Commissioners in accordance with § 3 of such plan.
D.C. Code § 42-1903.07 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1903.07
§ 42-1903.07. Maintenance, repair, etc., of condominiums; right of access for repair; liability for damages arising from exercise thereof; warranty against structural defects; limitations upon actions; bond or other security.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Except to the extent otherwise provided by the condominium instruments, all powers and responsibilities with regard to maintenance, repair, renovation, restoration, and replacement of a condominium shall belong to:
    (A) The unit owners’ association in the case of the common elements; and
    (B) The individual unit owner in the case of any unit or any part of a unit.
  (2) Each unit owner shall afford to the other unit owners and to the unit owners’ association and to any agents or employees of either access to the owner’s unit as may be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise and discharge their respective powers and responsibilities. To the extent that damage is inflicted on the common elements or any unit that is accessed, the unit owner causing the same, or the unit owners’ association if it caused the same, shall be liable for the prompt repair of the damage. Notwithstanding any provision of this section or any provisions of the condominium instruments, the unit owners’ association may elect to maintain, repair, or replace specified unit components, or limited common element components for which individual unit owners are responsible, using common expense funds, if failure to perform the maintenance, repair, or replacement could have a material adverse effect on the common elements, the health, safety, or welfare of the unit owners, or the income and the common expenses of the unit owners’ association. The maintenance, repair, or replacement may be at the expense of the unit owners’ association or, in the reasonable judgment of the executive board, if a limited number of units is affected, at the expense of the unit owners affected. The expense will be considered for all purposes an assessment against any unit to which the limited common element appertains.
(b) Repealed.
(c) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2702.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2702.03
§ 42-2702.03. Executive Director; powers and duties; service as Secretary of Board; other necessary employees; rights and privileges thereof.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Directors shall appoint an Executive Director who shall be an employee of the Agency, but who shall not be a member of the Board, and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the Board. The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Board with the advice and consent of the Council. The Executive Director shall administer, manage and direct the affairs and activities of the Agency in accordance with the policies, control and direction of the Board. The Executive Director shall approve all accounts for salaries, allowable expenses of the Agency or of any employee or consultant thereof, and expenses incidental to the operation of the Agency. He shall perform such other duties as may be directed by the Board in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
(a-1) The Executive Director shall be a District resident throughout his or her term and failure to maintain District residency shall result in a forfeiture of the position.
(b) The Executive Director shall be Secretary to the Board. He shall attend the meetings of the Board, shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Board, and shall maintain and be custodian of all books, documents and papers filed with the Board, of the minutes book or journal of the Board and of its official seal.
(c) (1) The Executive Director may employ on a permanent or temporary basis such employees, including, but not limited to, technical advisors, financial advisors, accountants, legal counsel, appraisers, underwriters, and such other officers, agents and employees deemed necessary to operate the Agency efficiently, and shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation.
  (2) (A) (i) Notwithstanding the provisions of Unit A of Chapter 14 of Title 2 , the Agency shall use a ranking system based on a scale of 100 points for all employment decisions for positions within the Agency.
      (ii) An individual who is a District resident at the time of application shall be awarded a 10-point hiring preference over a nonresident applicant; provided, that the individual claims the preference. This 10-point preference shall be in addition to any points awarded on the 100-point scale.
      (iii) At the time of appointment, an individual who claimed the 10-point residency preference shall agree, in writing, to maintain District residency for a period of 7 consecutive years from the effective date of appointment into the position for which the individual claimed the residency preference and shall provide proof of residency annually to the Director of Personnel for the first 7 years of employment.
      (iv) An individual who claimed the residency preference and who fails to maintain District residency for 7 consecutive years from the individual's effective date of appointment shall forfeit the individual's District government employment.
      (v) Each applicant for a position covered by this subparagraph shall be informed in writing of the provisions of this subparagraph at the time of application.
    (B) All persons hired after February 6, 2008 shall submit 8 proofs of residency upon employment in a manner determined by the Board of Directors.
    (C) By November 1 of each year and pursuant to § 1-515.06 , the Agency shall submit to the Mayor an annual report detailing, for the previous fiscal year, compliance with residency requirements.
D.C. Code § 42-3923 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 39 / § 42-3923
§ 42-3923. Retention of records.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1656 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16B / § 42-1656
§ 42-1656. Executory contract.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term "timeshare interest" means an interest having a duration of more than 3 years which grants its holder the right to use and occupy an accommodation, facility, or recreational site, whether improved or not, for a specific period less than a full year during any given year.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (h) of this section, with the Superior Court's approval, a receiver may adopt or reject an executory contract of the owner relating to receivership property. The Superior Court may condition the receiver's adoption and continued performance of the contract on terms appropriate under the circumstances. If the receiver does not request Superior Court approval to adopt or reject the contract within a reasonable time after the receiver's appointment, the receiver is deemed to have rejected the contract.
(c) A receiver's performance of an executory contract before the Superior Court's approval under subsection (b) of this section of its adoption or rejection is not an adoption of the contract and does not preclude the receiver from seeking approval to reject the contract.
(d) A provision in an executory contract which requires or permits a forfeiture, modification, or termination of the contract because of the appointment of a receiver or the financial condition of the owner does not affect a receiver's power under subsection (b) of this section to adopt the contract.
(e) A receiver's right to possess or use receivership property pursuant to an executory contract terminates on rejection of the contract under subsection (b) of this section. Rejection is a breach of the contract effective immediately before appointment of the receiver. A claim for damages for rejection of the contract must be submitted by the later of:
  (1) The time set for submitting a claim in the receivership; or
  (2) 30 days after the Superior Court approves the rejection.
(f) If at the time a receiver is appointed, the owner has the right to assign an executory contract relating to receivership property under law of the District other than this act , the receiver may assign the contract with the Superior Court's approval.
(g) If a receiver rejects under subsection (b) of this section an executory contract for the sale of receivership property that is real property in possession of the purchaser or a real-property timeshare interest, the purchaser may:
  (1) Treat the rejection as a termination of the contract, and in that case the purchaser has a lien on the property for the recovery of any part of the purchase price the purchaser paid; or
  (2) Retain the purchaser's right to possession under the contract, and in that case the purchaser shall continue to perform all obligations arising under the contract and may offset any damages caused by nonperformance of an obligation of the owner after the date of the rejection, but the purchaser has no right or claim against other receivership property or the receiver on account of the damages.
(h) A receiver may not reject an unexpired lease of real property under which the owner is the landlord if:
  (1) The tenant occupies the leased premises as the tenant's primary residence;
  (2) The receiver was appointed at the request of a person other than a mortgagee; or
  (3) The receiver was appointed at the request of a mortgagee and:
    (A) The lease is superior to the lien of the mortgage;
    (B) The tenant has an enforceable agreement with the mortgagee or the holder of a senior lien under which the tenant's occupancy will not be disturbed as long as the tenant performs its obligations under the lease;
    (C) The mortgagee has consented to the lease, either in a signed record or by its failure timely to object that the lease violated the mortgage; or
    (D) The terms of the lease were commercially reasonable at the time the lease was agreed to and the tenant did not know or have reason to know that the lease violated the mortgage.
D.C. Code § 42-501 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 5 / § 42-501
§ 42-501. Recognized estates.
Status: in_force

Estates in land in the District shall be estates of inheritance, estates for life, estates for years, estates at will, and estates by sufferance.