D.C. Code § 42-818.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8 / § 42-818.02
§ 42-818.02. Procedures for release of deed of trust.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) “Ancillary security instrument” means an assignment of leases with respect to the real property described in a deed of trust, an assignment of rents from or arising out of the real property described in a deed of trust, a financing statement filed in the financing statement records in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia with respect to fixtures on real property described in a deed of trust, and any other document or instrument that assigns, or creates a lien on, an interest in the real property described in a deed of trust as security for a promissory note.
  (2) “Deed of trust” means a mortgage or a deed of trust encumbering real property located in the District of Columbia as the same may be modified, amended, supplemented, or restated.
  (3) “Land records” means the land records in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia.
  (4) “Promissory note” means a promissory note or other written evidence of indebtedness or obligation secured by a deed of trust.
(b) (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if (i) a deed of trust is not released as a lien on the real property described therein within a period of 12 years after the maturity date of the obligation secured by the deed of trust, or (ii) no determinable maturity date is recited in the deed of trust and 35 years have elapsed since the date of recordation of the deed of trust among the land records (or, if the deed of trust has been modified or extended, the last recorded modification or extension), then the promissory note secured by the deed of trust shall be deemed conclusively to have been paid and satisfied.  The deed of trust shall, without any action on the part of the owner or other person having an interest in the real property described in the deed of trust, be deemed to have been automatically released as of the last day of the period referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph, as the case may be, and the deed of trust shall no longer constitute a lien on, or be enforceable against, the real property described therein.
  (2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply if:
    (A) A Notice of Foreclosure with respect to a deed of trust has been recorded among the land records within 60 days before the expiration of the applicable time period referred to in (i) or (ii) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, or (ii) as of the last day of the applicable time period referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, a proceeding to enforce the lien of a deed of trust is pending in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) A deed of trust may be validly released as a lien on real property in the District of Columbia by any one of the following means:
  (1) (A) A deed of trust securing a lost, misplaced or destroyed promissory note which has been fully paid and satisfied may be released as a lien on the real property described therein by recording an affidavit among the Land Records.  The affidavit, which shall be executed by the holder of the lost, misplaced or destroyed promissory note, or by the trustee or trustees named in the original deed of trust or subsequently appointed by a recorded instrument of substitution, shall state that (i) the promissory note has been fully paid and satisfied, (ii) the original promissory note has been lost, misplaced, or destroyed and, if the affiant is the holder of the promissory note, neither the promissory note nor any interest therein has been transferred, assigned, or negotiated to any other person, (iii) the affiant has been unable to locate the promissory note despite a diligent search, and (iv) the affiant release the deed of trust identified by recording reference, as a lien on the real property described in the deed of trust.
    (B) The affidavit shall fully identify the real property encumbered by, the parties to, the date of, and the recording reference for, the deed of trust being released.  The recordation of the affidavit shall be effective to release the deed of trust as a lien on the real property described therein with the same effect as a release recorded pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection.
  (2) (A) A deed of trust may be released as a lien on the real property described therein by recording the original promissory note, marked “paid” or “canceled” on its face by the holder, among the land records with an attached affidavit executed by the holder, or by an officer of the title insurance company or validly licensed title insurance agent which disbursed funds in payment of the promissory note, stating that the promissory note has been fully paid or satisfied and releasing the deed of trust as a lien on the real property described in the deed of trust.
    (B) The affidavit shall fully identify the real property encumbered by, the parties to, the date of, and the recording reference for, the deed of trust being released.  The recordation of the original promissory note with the required affidavit attached shall be effective to release the deed of trust as a lien on the real property with the same effect as a release recorded pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection.
  (3) A deed of trust may be released as a lien on the real property described therein by recording a certificate of satisfaction executed by the beneficiary, mortgagee, assignee, or trustee fully identifying the real property encumbered by, the parties to, the date of, and the recording reference for, the deed of trust being released, and stating that the deed of trust is released as a lien on the real property described therein, or, if the deed of trust is being released as a lien on less than all of the real property described therein, describing the part of the real property then being released.
(d) A certificate of satisfaction shall comply with the requirements of subsection (c)(3) of this section, shall be acknowledged in the manner required for the acknowledgment of a deed, and shall be in the following form:
CERTIFICATION OF SATISFACTION
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS:
That (name, title) , representing (beneficiary) , does hereby certify and acknowledge, under penalties of perjury, that the promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage/deed of trust made by ____________________ to ____________________, mortgage/trustee(s), dated __________ and recorded __________ as Instrument No. ______ among the Land Records of the District of Columbia, which encumbers the real property described in Exhibit A attached hereto, has been fully paid and satisfied and that ____________________ was, at the time of satisfaction, the holder of the promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness and that the lien of the said mortgage/deed of trust is hereby released.
The property encumbered by said mortgage/deed of trust is described as follows:
WITNESS the hand and seal of the party making this certification this ______ day of __________, ______.
____________________
(ACKNOWLEDGMENT)
If a promissory note is paid or satisfied in full, the holder shall, within 30 days after receipt of such payment or within 30 days after such satisfaction, execute, acknowledge, and deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged and delivered, to the person making such payment or causing such promissory note to be satisfied, one or more of the documents, instruments and affidavits, in one of the forms permitted by subsection (c) of this section, sufficient to release the deed of trust securing such promissory note as a lien against the real property described in the deed of trust.
If a promissory note is paid or satisfied in part, and if by the terms of the promissory note, the deed of trust securing the promissory note or a separate agreement between the parties, the person making such partial payment or causing such partial satisfaction to be made is entitled to a release of a part of the real property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust, the holder of the promissory note shall comply with the provisions of subsection (c)(3) of this section in the same manner as if the promissory note were paid or satisfied in full, except that the release shall apply only to the part of the real property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust which the holder is obligated, by the terms of the promissory note, the deed of trust or the separate agreement, to release on account of such partial payment or satisfaction.
If a holder of a promissory note secured by a deed of trust fails to execute, acknowledge, and deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged, and delivered, the documents, instruments, or affidavits required to release the deed of trust, in whole or in part, within the time, and in the manner, required by paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection, and if the holder’s failure continues for more than 30 days after the holder receives a written request therefor from the person entitled to the release or such person’s agent, then holder shall pay to the person entitled to the release a penalty in the amount of $50 per day, shall be liable to such person for all actual and consequential damages caused by the holder’s failure timely to deliver or record the full or partial release, and shall pay or reimburse such person for all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements, relating to or arising out of the enforcement of such person’s rights under this section. The penalty of $50 per day shall be payable for the period beginning on and including the 31st day after the holder receives a written request for the release to, but not including, the day on which the holder delivers the executed and acknowledged documents, instruments or affidavits required to release the deed of trust.
For purposes of this subsection, (i) a payment in the form of an electronic transfer of immediately available funds to an account in a commercial bank, a savings bank, a savings and loan association, a credit union or a similar financial institution shall be deemed to be made when the financial institution confirms receipt of the funds to the owners of the account, (ii) a payment in the form of a check issued or certified by a national or state bank shall be deemed to be made upon receipt of the check, and (iii) payment in the form of a check that is not issued or certified by a national or state bank shall be deemed to be made on the first day on which the holder receives the proceeds of collection of such check in immediately available funds.
If a deed of trust is released, or deemed released, as a lien on all of the real property described therein, the release of the deed of trust shall be deemed automatically to release any ancillary security instrument that secures the same promissory note secured by the deed of trust. This provision shall not apply if the document recorded among the land records expressly states that the release of the deed of trust shall not release the ancillary security instrument.
FORM OF RELEASE AFFIDAVIT FOR LOST, MISPLACED, OR DESTROYED PROMISSORY NOTE PER § 45-721(C)(1) [see now § 42-1101(3)(A) ]: KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
THAT I, the undersigned, hereby certify under penalties of perjury that:
I was the last known holder of a certain promissory note (or the trustees named in the original deed of trust or substitute trustees appointed by an instrument of substitution recorded in the land records);
Despite diligent search, I have been unable to locate the original promissory note which has been lost, misplaced or destroyed, (if the holder add: and neither the promissory note nor any interest therein has been transferred, assigned or negotiated to any other person);
The promissory note has been fully paid and satisfied; and
The deed of trust dated (date) securing said promissory note granted by (grantor) in favor of (trustee(s)) securing (grantee) and recorded in the land records on (date) in Liber ______ , at Folio ______ , as instrument no. ______ and constituting a lien upon that piece or parcel of land located in the District of Columbia and known as:
LOT ______ in SQUARE ______ , (additional legal description, ex. subdivision) as per plat recorded in Liber ______ at Folio ______ among the land records is hereby RELEASED.
WITNESS the hand and seal of the undersigned [noteholder/trustee/substitute trustee] this ______ day of __________, ______ .
STATE/DISTRICT of _______________ )
) ss:
COUNTY of ____________________ )
I, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the aforesaid do hereby certify that __________ party to and who is personally well known to me as the person who executed the foregoing Release Affidavit dated the ______ day of __________ , ______ , personally appeared before me in said jurisdiction and acknowledged the same to be his/her/its act and deed.
Given under my hand and seal, this ____ day of ______ , and:
My commission expires: ____________________
Notary Public
FORM OF RELEASE AFFIDAVIT TO ACCOMPANY PROMISSORY NOTE § 45-721(2) [see now § 42-1101(3)(B) ]:
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
THAT I, the undersigned, hereby certify under penalties of perjury that:
I am [the last known holder of the attached promissory note marked [“Paid” or “canceled”] or [an officer of the undersigned title insurance company] or [a validly licensed title insurance agent] which disbursed funds in payment of the promissory note;
the attached promissory note has been fully paid, canceled or satisfied; and
the deed of trust dated (date) securing said promissory note granted by (grantor) in favor of (trustees) securing (grantee) and recorded in the Land Records on (date) in Liber ______ , at Folio ______ , as instrument no. ______ and constituting a lien upon that piece or parcel of land located in the District of Columbia and known as:
LOT ______ in SQUARE ______ , (additional legal description, ex. subdivision) as per plat recorded in Liber ______ at Folio ______ among the Land Records is hereby RELEASED.
WITNESS the hand and seal of the undersigned [noteholder/trustee/substitute trustee] this ______ day of __________, ______.
STATE/DISTRICT of _______________ )
) ss:
COUNTY of ____________________ )
I, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the aforesaid do hereby certify that ____________________ party to and who is personally well known to me as the person who executed the foregoing Release Affidavit dated the ______ day of __________ , ______ , personally appeared before me in said jurisdiction and acknowledged the same to be his/her/its act and deed.
Given under my hand and seal, this ______ day of __________, and:
My commission expires: ____________________
Notary Public.
D.C. Code § 42-1904.10 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1904.10
§ 42-1904.10. Copies of documents to be furnished to purchaser by declarant; Department of Housing and Community Development website publication.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless previously furnished, an exact copy of the recorded declaration, bylaws, and Condominium Association Bill of Rights and Responsibilities shall be furnished to each purchaser by the declarant within 10 days of recordation thereof as provided for in §§ 42-1902.01 and 42-1902.05 .
(b) The Condominium Association Bill of Rights and Responsibilities shall read as follows:
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(c) A copy of a Condominium Association Bill of Rights and Responsibilities shall be made available on the Department of Housing and Community Development website, in at least 12 point type.
D.C. Code § 42-1903.16 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1903.16
§ 42-1903.16. Warranty against structural defects; limitation for conversion condominiums; exclusion or modification of warranty.
Status: in_force

(a) Repealed.
(a-1) (1) The failure to comply with the applicable building code in effect at the time of construction shall create a rebuttable presumption that an affected component of a unit or common area falls below standards commonly accepted in the real estate market if:
    (A) The failure to comply with building code requirements results in demonstrable harm to the health or safety of a unit owner, lawful unit inhabitant, or guest; or
    (B) The units are conveyed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, or if the developed condominium units do not require a certificate of occupancy to be occupied, prior to the date of substantial completion of condominium construction as certified by the condominium development architect.
  (2) To the extent that a structural defect results in damage to a unit or to a portion of the common elements, repair of the structural defect pursuant to the declarant's common element warranty against structural defects shall also require repair of the damage to a unit or a portion of the common elements resulting from the structural defect.
  (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to make a declarant responsible for any damage resulting from lack of proper maintenance of a unit or the common elements.
(b) A declarant shall warrant against structural defects in each of the units for 2 years from the date each unit is first conveyed to a bona fide purchaser, and all of the common elements for 2 years. The 2 years shall begin as to any portion of the common elements whenever the portion has been completed or, if later:
  (1) If within any additional land or portion thereof that does not contain a unit, at the time the additional land is added to the condominium;
  (2) If within any convertible land or portion thereof that does not contain a unit, at the time the convertible land may no longer be converted;
  (3) If within any additional land or convertible land or portion of either that does contain a unit, at the time the first unit therein is first conveyed to a bona fide purchaser; or
  (4) If within any other portion of the condominium, at the time the first unit is conveyed to a bona fide purchaser.
(c) A declarant of a conversion condominium may offer the units, common elements, or both in “as is” condition. If the conversion condominium is offered in “as is” condition, the declarant’s warranty against structural defects shall apply only to a defect in components installed by the declarant or work done by the declarant unless the declarant gives a more extensive warranty in writing.
(d) Except with respect to a purchaser of a unit that may be used for residential purposes, the warranty against structural defects:
  (1) May be excluded or modified by agreement of the parties; and
  (2) Is excluded by an expression of disclaimer such as “as is”, “with all faults,” or other language that in common understanding calls the purchaser’s attention to the exclusion of warranties.
(e) (1) (A) At the time that the condominium registration order is issued by the Mayor, the declarant shall post with the Mayor a warranty security in the amount of 10% of the estimated hard construction and conversion costs, including labor and materials, to satisfy costs that arise from a declarant's failure to fulfill the requirements of this section.
    (B) If prior to the conveyance of the first residential unit to a purchaser, the declarant has not posted warranty security as required by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the escrow agent for the sale of the residential unit shall collect the warranty security payment prior to closing and submit the warranty security payment to the Mayor on the settlement date.
    (C) The bond, letter of credit, or other security shall be in a form that is automatically renewable and may only expire with permission by the Mayor, unless a release or approval of revocation is granted by the Mayor.
    (D) The amount of the warranty security shall be based on the estimated hard construction and conversion costs, including labor and materials, at the time of filing the application for condominium registration. These costs shall be determined according to industry standards for estimating construction costs. If the actual hard construction and conversion costs, including labor and materials, as of the time of substantial completion of the condominium, as certified by the project architect, exceeds the previously estimated costs by more than 10%, the declarant shall post an additional warranty security in the amount of 10% of the difference between the estimated hard construction and conversion costs, including labor and materials, and the actual hard construction and conversion costs, including labor and materials, as of project substantial completion, as certified by the project architect.
    (E) No condominium unit shall be conveyed to a purchaser until the warranty security has been posted in accordance with requirements set forth in this subsection.
  (2) To support the amount of the warranty security posted by the declarant, a declarant shall provide a sworn statement attesting to cost estimates for the conversion construction work proposed, including the costs of materials and labor at the time of filing the application for condominium registration, and at the time of substantial completion of the condominium, as certified by the project architect, if the costs have exceeded the estimates as set forth in paragraph (1)(D) of this subsection.
  (3) (A) The warranty security may be reduced at the declarant's request in pro rata segments beginning  2 years after the conveyance of each unit, based on the residential unit's percentage interest in the residential portion of the condominium; provided, that in no event shall the warranty security be reduced below 50% of the original amount of the warranty security until one year after the transfer of control of the residential executive board of the unit owners' association to residential unit owners other than the declarant, or an affiliate of the declarant.
    (B) Pro rata segments shall be based on the residential unit's percentage interest in the residential portion of the condominium.
  (4) At the end of 5 years after the conveyance of the first residential unit to a purchaser, the declarant may sell unsold residential units as resale units, in which event no warranty against structural defects in the units under this section shall be required and the bond shall be reduced pro rata as to those unsold units; provided, that one year has passed following transfer of control by the declarant.
  (5) The bonding requirements pursuant to this subsection and the warranties required under this section are applicable only to residential condominiums or the residential condominium portion of mixed-use condominiums or mixed-use projects that contain 2 or more types of uses, including residential, retail, or office. If a residential unit is part of a mixed-use condominium, the cost of the residential portion of the condominium shall include:
    (A) The residential condominium unit's  pro rata share of common elements, based on the residential condominium unit's percentage interest in the common elements; or
    (B) The residential condominium  unit's pro rata share of those portions of the project directly supporting, enclosing, or servicing the residential condominium .
  (6) The Mayor shall maintain an online record of the warranty security amounts and the form of warranty security being held for each condominium project for which such warranty security is required, which shall be available to the public on a searchable website.
  (7) (A) A claimant asserting a claim of structural defect to a residential unit or a portion of the common elements shall notify the declarant in writing via certified mail and return receipt requested of the claimant's intent to file a claim with the Mayor at least 30 calendar days prior to filing such a claim. The declarant shall have an opportunity to respond to the claimant during the 30 calendar days following the date the declarant receives the notice required by this subsection.
    (B) After 30 calendar days from the date the declarant receives the claimant's notice of intent to file a claim, the claimant may file a claim of structural defect to a residential unit or portion of the common elements with the Mayor on a form prescribed by the Mayor. The claimant shall send a copy of the claim to the declarant via certified mail and return receipt requested on the same date the claimant files a claim with the Mayor.
    (C) A declarant shall file with the Mayor a written response to a structural defect claim filed with the Mayor within 30 calendar days after receipt of a copy of the claim. The declarant shall also send a copy to the claimant via certified mail with return receipt requested.
    (D) (i) After receiving the unit owner's or unit owners' association's structural defect claim and the declarant's response, the Mayor shall make a final determination as to whether the claim of structural defect is a perfected claim.
      (ii) The Mayor's determination that the structural defect claim is not perfected in a previous instance will have no bearing on any other current or future claim by a unit owner or the unit owners' association based on additional or different information.
    (E) Upon a final determination by the Mayor that the claim is perfected, the Mayor shall make a determination based on the materials provided in the claim of the cost to repair or replace the structural defects to be paid from the warranty security posted with the Mayor.
    (F) (i) Upon the Mayor's final determination of a perfected claim and determination of the amount of warranty security to be awarded for payment of the costs to repair or replace the structural defects, the declarant and the claimant shall complete all forms required by the Mayor to release the necessary funds.
      (ii) Upon receipt of all necessary completed forms, the Mayor shall release the funds to the claimant within 30 calendar days.
    (G) Any party aggrieved by the Mayor's determination may submit a written request to the Office of Administrative Hearings ("OAH") within 30 calendar days after the date of the Mayor's final determination for a de novo consideration of the claim. Any award from the warranty security posted by the declarant shall be suspended pending the issuance of an order from OAH, in which case the decision of the OAH shall supersede any decision by the Mayor.
    (H) If a unit owners association or unit owner files suit in a court of competent jurisdiction for a breach of the warranties created by this section, the prevailing party shall be entitled to an award of reasonable attorney fees and costs as may be determined by the court. A unit owners' association or unit owner that files suit shall provide written notice to the Mayor, and the warranty security posted by the declarant shall not be reduced or released until a decision is rendered by the court.
  (8) If claims for structural defects under this section are pending at the time the warranty security that is posted would otherwise be allowed to be reduced or no longer be required, then the warranty security shall be required to be maintained until the claims have been finally resolved, and the warranty security has been made available to satisfy the declarant's responsibilities to the unit owners and unit owners' association under this section.
  (9) The bylaws or other condominium documents prepared by the declarant shall not restrict or hinder a unit owner or a unit owners' association's right to assert claims under this section.
  (10) For purposes of this subsection, "transfer of control" shall have occurred when 51% or more of the residential executive board is composed of residential unit owners other than the declarant, successor declarant, or the declarant's selections or nominees.
(e-1) The Mayor shall approve the release of the funds secured under subsection (e) of this section to satisfy any costs that arise from a declarant's failure to satisfy the requirements of this section pursuant to:
  (1) A written agreement between the declarant and claimant regarding the release of the warranty security in satisfaction of the claim and approved by the Mayor;
  (2) An order issued by the Mayor pursuant to subsection (e)(7)(F) of this section;
  (3) An order of the Office of Administrative Hearings issued following an appeal under subsection (e)(7)(G) of this section; or
  (4) An order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(f) Repealed.
(g) (1) The Mayor shall issue proposed rules to implement the provisions of this section within 180 days of October 22, 1999. 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.
  (1A) (A) The Mayor shall issue proposed rules to implement the provisions of the Condominium Warranty Claims Clarification Amendment Act of 2022 [D.C. Law  24-262] within 180 days after February 23, 2023.
    (B) The proposed rules shall be published in the District of Columbia Register with a 60-day public comment period. 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.
  (2) The Mayor shall report to the Council on an annual basis on the use and effect of this section and the number of condominium units traded each year.
(h) (1) At least 7 calendar days prior to the initial conveyance of a residential unit, the declarant shall provide a copy of the bond, letter of credit, or other warranty security required under subsection (e)(1) of this section to the purchaser of the residential unit.
  (2) At any time prior to 30 calendar days after the date that the declarant's control of the condominium expires, the declarant shall provide a copy of the warranty security required under subsection (e)(1) of this section to the executive board of the unit owners' association.
(i) (1) The Mayor shall establish a fund for the purpose of providing financial assistance, such as for inspections, cost estimates, and attorney costs, incurred by unit owners or unit owners' associations in the filing of a claim for a condominium developer's warranty against structural defects ("fund").  The rules for determining eligibility shall provide for the distribution of financial assistance based on financial need and shall be established through rulemaking. The fund shall be made available to unit owners or unit owners associations that undergo a special assessment on monthly condominium fees as a direct consequence of a unit owners association's expenditures resulting from a structural defect discovered within the warranty period.
(j) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) "Adjudication" shall have the same meaning set forth in § 2-502(19) .
  (2) "Claimant" means a unit owners association or a unit owner asserting a claim under the warranty for structural defects required by this section.
  (3) "Conveyance" or "convey" means the transfer of legal title to real estate by written instrument, which for purposes of warranty security reduction and calculating the 2-year warranty against structural defects is deemed to be the date on which the applicable deed of conveyance is recorded with the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia.
  (4) "Order" shall have the same meaning set forth in § 2-502(11) .
  (5) "Perfected claim" means a claim that a structural defect exists, which contains all information and supporting proof required by this section or any other applicable law or regulation.
  (6) "Structural defect" means a defect in a component that constitutes a portion or all of either a unit or the common elements that:
    (A) Reduces the stability or safety of the unit or common elements below standards commonly accepted in the real estate market; or
    (B) Restricts the normally intended use of all or part of the common elements of a unit and which requires repair, renovation, restoration, or replacement to serve the purpose for which it was intended.
  (7) Warranty security" means a payment in the form of a bond, letter of credit, or other form approved by the Mayor that is required to be posted with the Mayor.
D.C. Code § 42-4097 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4097
§ 42-4097. Termination.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-3403.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3403.03
§ 42-3403.03. Relocation services.
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall provide relocation assistance to low-income tenants who move from a housing accommodation which is converted into a condominium or cooperative. The Mayor shall provide service in the manner required by § 6-333.01 .
D.C. Code § 42-1116 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 11 / § 42-1116
§ 42-1116. Stamps and other devices as evidence of collection and payment of taxes.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2232 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 22A / § 42-2232
§ 42-2232. Reentry Housing and Services Program.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Department of Housing and Community Development ("DHCD") shall establish a Reentry Housing and Services Program ("Program"), subject to available funding, to provide project-based assistance to a Community Housing Development for qualifying housing projects.
  (2) The Program shall allocate project-based funds to produce and maintain new affordable housing units and subsidize the cost of monthly rent and on-site services for the target population at a qualifying housing project.
  (3) In Fiscal Year 2022 only, DHCD may use up to $174,000 of funds allocated for this project for administrative costs associated with implementing the Program.
(b) To be eligible, a qualifying housing project shall provide:
  (1) No fewer than 60 units of housing, which may include single room occupancy units;
  (2) On-site services for the target population; and
  (3) A preference for returning citizens as tenants.
(c) The agency shall issue a request for proposals no later than January 31, 2022, and issue awards no later than July 1, 2022.
(d) (1) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter , including rules addressing:
    (A) The distribution of funds under this program; and
    (B) The allocation of project-based funds pursuant to this section, including by combining funds under this program with other sources of funds for housing production and development.
  (2) 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, by resolution, within the 45-day review period, the proposed rules shall be deemed approved.
D.C. Code § 42-1004 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 10 / § 42-1004
§ 42-1004. Beneficial power.
Status: in_force

A general or special power is beneficial where no person other than the grantee has, by the terms of its creation, any interest in its execution.
D.C. Code § 42-2704.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2704.03
§ 42-2704.03. Terms for sale of bonds and notes; effect of resolution authorizing sale; pledge of agency and lien thereon; signature valid after officeholder vacates.
Status: in_force

(a) General. — The Agency may stipulate by resolution the terms for sale of its bonds and notes in accordance with this chapter, including the following:
  (1) The date a bond or note bears;
  (2) The date a bond or note matures; provided, that notes shall not mature later than 10 years from the date of original issuance and bonds shall not mature later than 50 years from the date of original issuance;
  (3) Whether bonds are issued as serial bonds, as term bonds, or as a combination of the 2;
  (4) The denomination;
  (5) The interest rate or rates, or variable rate or rates changing from time to time in accordance with a base or formula;
  (6) The registration privileges;
  (7) The medium and method for payment; and
  (8) The terms of redemption.
(b) Public or private sale. — The Agency may sell its bonds or notes at public or private sale and may determine the price for sale.
(c) Additional provisions part of contract. — If the resolution authorizing the sale of bonds or notes contains any of the provisions listed below, the provisions must also be part of the contract with holders of the bonds or notes. The provisions in the resolution may include the following:
  (1) The custody, security, expenditure or application of proceeds of the sale of bonds or notes of the Agency (hereinafter “proceeds”), a pledge of the proceeds to secure payment, and the rank or priority of the pledge, subject to preexisting agreements with holders of bonds or notes;
  (2) The pledge of revenue securing payment;
  (3) A pledge of assets of the Agency, including mortgages and obligations securing mortgages, to secure payment, and the rank or priority of the pledge, subject to preexisting agreements with holders of bonds or notes;
  (4) Use of gross income from mortgages owned by the Agency and payment on principal of mortgages owned by the Agency;
  (5) Use of reserves or sinking funds;
  (6) Use of proceeds from sale of bonds or notes and a pledge of proceeds to secure payment;
  (7) Limitation of issuance of additional bonds or notes, including terms of issuance and security, and the refunding of outstanding or other bonds or notes;
  (8) Procedure for amendment or abrogation of a contract with holders of bonds or notes, the amount of bonds or notes, the holders of which must consent to the amendment, and the manner in which consent may be given;
  (9) Vesting in a trustee property, power and duties, which may include the power and duties of a trustee appointed by holders of bonds or notes under this chapter;
  (10) Limitation or abrogation of the right of holders of bonds or notes to appoint a trustee under this chapter;
  (11) Defining the nature of default in the obligations of the Agency to the holders of bonds or notes and providing rights and remedies of holders in the event of default, including the right to appointment of a receiver, in accordance with the general laws of the District and this chapter; and
  (12) Any other provisions of like or different character which affect the security of holders of bonds or notes.
(d) Pledge of the Agency. — A pledge of the Agency is binding from the time it is made. Any funds or property pledged are subject to the lien of a pledge without physical delivery. The lien of a pledge is binding as against parties having any tort, contract or other claim against the Agency regardless of notice. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument creating a pledge need be recorded.
(e) Signature. — The signature of any officer of the Agency which appears on a bond or note remains valid if that person ceases to hold that office.
D.C. Code § 42-1904.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1904.02
§ 42-1904.02. No offer or disposition of unit prior to registration; current public offering statement; right of cancellation by purchaser; form therefor prescribed by Mayor.
Status: in_force

(a) Neither declarant nor any person on behalf of declarant may offer or dispose of any interest in a condominium unit located in the District of Columbia, nor dispose in the District of Columbia of any interest in a condominium unit located without the District of Columbia prior to the time the condominium including such unit is registered in accordance with this chapter.
(b) During any period when registration of a condominium is required by this chapter or until the time that all units in the condominium have been initially disposed of to the bona fide purchasers, a declarant may not dispose of any interest in a condominium unit not previously disposed of unless there is delivered to the purchaser a current public offering statement by the time of the disposition. The disposition shall be expressly and without qualification or condition subject to cancellation by the purchaser before conveyance of the unit, within 15 days after the date of execution of the contract for the disposition, or within 15 days after delivery of the current public offering statement, whichever is later. A public offering statement shall not be current unless any necessary amendment is incorporated or attached. If the purchaser elects to cancel, he or she may cancel by notice hand-delivered or sent by United States mail, return receipt requested, to the seller. The cancellation shall be without penalty, and any deposit made by the purchaser shall be promptly refunded in its entirety.
(c) The public offering statement and sales contract shall contain a clause and its Spanish equivalent in a form prescribed by the Mayor which shall clearly state the purchaser’s right to cancel.
(d) A declarant shall be liable under this chapter for any false or misleading statement in a public offering statement or for any omission of a material fact with respect to the portion of the public offering statement that he or she prepared or caused to be prepared. If a declarant did not prepare or cause to be prepared any part of a public offering statement that he or she delivers, the declarant shall not be liable for any false or misleading statement or any omission of a material fact unless he or she had actual knowledge of the statement or omission or, in the exercise of reasonable care, should have known of the statement or omission.
D.C. Code § 42-2101 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 21 / § 42-2101
§ 42-2101. Findings.
Status: in_force

The Council of the District of Columbia (“Council”) finds that:
(1) There exists an immediate crisis regarding the critical shortage of decent and affordable low- and moderate-income housing resulting in significant measure from the lack of maintenance and the deterioration of rental housing, the lack of adequate financial investment in rental housing by owners and private investors, the abandonment of low- and moderate-income rental housing by owners resulting from outstanding government liens, the lack of incentives for tenants to improve the rental property, and the ineffectiveness of traditional means of abating housing code violations on rental property.
(2) Based on 1980 census data, there are approximately 9,800 units that are currently vacant and approximately 60,000 units in need of rehabilitation.
(3) There are numerous properties that, because of their deteriorating condition, adversely affect the health, comfort, safety, and welfare of those persons who reside in and around them.
D.C. Code § 42-2702.07 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2702.07
§ 42-2702.07. Agency reports; Council review and approval of proposals.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Directors of the Agency shall determine, by enactment of an eligibility resolution that a housing project or homeownership program contemplated to be financed through a bond issuance meets the requirements of this chapter. Subsequent to enactment of an eligibility resolution, the Agency shall send to the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia written notification thereof, describing the nature of the housing project, the benefits designed to result therefrom, as related to the public purposes of the Agency, and the criteria under which funds will be made available.
(a-1) Each notification transmitted to the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia shall set forth information pertaining to the following:
  (1) Date of application;
  (2) Name and description of the project;
  (3) Address and ward location of the project;
  (4) Developer of the project;
  (5) Amount and type of financing requested;
  (6) Amount and type of federal or District funds involved; and
  (7) The number of units reserved for very-low, low and moderate income persons, income restrictions, and rent levels.
(b) (1) Repealed.
  (2) The Agency may not adopt an inducement resolution or a resolution authorizing a bond issuance to fund a project nor may the agency implement a proposed housing program submitted in accordance with this section unless the proposal has been submitted to the Council for a 30-day review period, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and days of Council recess. During the Council review period, comments of the Council representative from the affected ward shall be considered.
  (3) If, during the 30-day review period, the Council does not adopt a resolution disapproving the proposal, the Agency may take action to implement the proposal. The Council may adopt a resolution approving the proposal prior to expiration of the 30-day period in which case the Agency may take immediate action to implement the proposal.
(c) In the event a proposal is disapproved, the resolution shall state the reasons for disapproval. The Agency staff may modify the proposal to address the concerns expressed in the resolution of disapproval and may without further action of the Board resubmit the proposal, as modified, for a 30-day review period, excluding days of Council recess. If, during the 30-day review period the Council does not adopt a resolution disapproving the resubmitted proposal, the Agency may take action to implement the proposal. The Council may adopt a resolution approving the resubmitted proposal prior to the expiration of the 30-day review period in which case the Agency may take immediate action to implement the proposal. For purposes of this section the term “proposal” shall include housing projects and programs.
D.C. Code § 42-3505.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3505.03
§ 42-3505.03. Conciliation and arbitration service.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a conciliation and arbitration service (“service”) within the Division.
(b) The service shall provide a voluntary, nonadversarial forum for the resolution of disputes arising between housing providers and tenants in the District.
(c) The staff of the service shall be designated by the Rent Administrator and shall be persons familiar with the problems of the law relating to housing-provider and tenant relations and with knowledge of conciliation and arbitration practices.
(d) Either a housing provider or a tenant may initiate a proceeding before the service.
(e) No person shall be compelled to attend a session of the service or participate in any proceeding before its staff. The results of any proceeding shall not be binding upon any party, except (1) to the extent provided in § 42-3505.04 , or (2) with respect to a conciliation agreement, to the extent that a party to the proceeding agrees to be bound by the conciliation agreement. No evidence pertaining to a conciliation or arbitration proceeding shall be admissible in any judicial proceeding under other provisions of law relating to housing-provider and tenant disputes.
D.C. Code § 42-3210.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 32 / § 42-3210.01
§ 42-3210.01. Disposal of tenant's personal property upon ejectment.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time of an ejectment not subject to Chapter 35 of this title , the landlord shall change the locks on the leased premises in the presence of the United States Marshals Service ("Marshals"), at the landlord's expense, and take legal possession of the leased premises by receipt of a document from the Marshals.
(b) Any right of the ejected tenant to redeem the tenancy shall be extinguished at the time of ejectment.
(c) Any personal property remaining in or about the leased premises at the time of ejectment is deemed abandoned property.
(d) (1) The landlord shall dispose of any abandoned property in any manner not prohibited by subsection (e) of this section or otherwise expressly prohibited by law.
  (2) If the landlord receives any funds from any sale of such abandoned property, the landlord shall pay such funds to the account of the ejected tenant and apply any amounts due the landlord by the ejected tenant, including the actual costs incurred by the landlord in the ejectment process described in this section.
  (3) If any funds are remaining after application, the remaining funds shall be treated as a security deposit under applicable law.
(e) The landlord is prohibited from placing or causing the placement of abandoned property in an outdoor space other than a licensed disposal facility or lawful disposal receptacle; provided, that a landlord may place abandoned property or cause abandoned property to be placed in an outdoor private or public space while in the process of transporting the abandoned property from the leased premises for disposal.
(f) The landlord and anyone acting on behalf of the landlord shall be immune from civil liability for loss or damage to the ejected tenant's abandoned property or claims related to its lawful disposal.
(g) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) "Ejectment" shall have the same meaning as the term "eviction" under Chapter 35 of this title .
  (2) "Time of ejectment" means the time at which the Marshals execute a writ of restitution.
D.C. Code § 42-1904.14 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1904.14
§ 42-1904.14. Cease and desist and affirmative action orders; temporary cease and desist orders; prior notice thereof.
Status: in_force

(a) If the Mayor determines after notice and hearing that a person has: (1) violated any provision of this chapter; (2) directly or through an agent or employee knowingly engaged in any false, deceptive or misleading advertising, promotional, or sales method to offer or dispose of a unit; (3) made any substantial change in the plan of disposition and development of the condominium subsequent to the order of registration without notifying the agency; (4) disposed of any units which have not been registered with the agency; or (5) violated any lawful order or rule of the agency, the Mayor may issue an order requiring the person to cease and desist from the unlawful practice and to take such affirmative action as in his judgment will carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b) If the Mayor makes a finding of fact in writing that the public interest will be irreparably harmed by delay in issuing an order the Mayor may issue a temporary cease and desist order. Prior to issuing the temporary cease and desist order, the Mayor shall give notice of the proposal to issue a temporary cease and desist order to the person affected. Every temporary cease and desist order shall include in its terms a provision that upon request a hearing will be held promptly to determine whether or not such order becomes permanent.
D.C. Code § 42-2801 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 28 / § 42-2801
§ 42-2801. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) (A) “Area median income” means:
    (i) For a household of 4 persons, the area median income for a household of 4 persons in the Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area as set forth in the periodic calculation provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development;
    (ii) For a household of 3 persons, 90% of the area median income for a household of 4 persons;
    (iii) For a household of 2 persons, 80% of the area median income for a household of 4 persons;
    (iv) For a household of one person, 70% of the area median income for a household of 4 persons;
    (v) For a household of more than 4 persons, the area median income for a household of 4 persons, increased by 10% of the area median income for a family of 4 persons for each household member exceeding 4 persons (e.g., the area median income for a family of 5 shall be 110% of the area median income for a family of 4; the area median income for a household of 6 shall be 120% of the area median income for a family of 4).
  (B) Any percentage of household income referenced in this chapter (e.g., 80% of household income) shall be determined through a direct mathematical calculation and shall not take into account any adjustments made by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the purposes of the programs it administers.
(1A) “Board” means the Housing Production Trust Fund Board established under § 42-2802.01 .
(1B) “Child development facility” means a facility where a child development program is provided for infants and children, away from home, for less than 24 hours a day for each infant or child, and which is to be located on a proposed housing or commercial project under a linked development agreement. The term “child development facility” shall include a child development center, child development home, or infant care center, but does not include a public or private elementary school engaged in legally required education and related functions.
(1C) Repealed.
(1D) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
(1E) “Distressed neighborhood” means a United States Census Tract that the Mayor has determined to be distressed pursuant to § 42-2802.02(e) , after considering the median sales price, median home appreciation rate, poverty rate, homeownership rate, and other factors the Mayor deems reasonable.
(2) “District” means the District of Columbia.
(2A) “Eligible household” means a household that, at the time of its purchase of a qualified housing unit, had total annual income at or below 120% of the area median income; provided, that the annual incomes of eligible households assisted through an allocation of proceeds from the Housing Production Trust Fund shall not exceed 80% of the area median income.
(3) “Extremely low income” means a household income equal to 30% or less of the area median income.
(4) “Fund” means the Housing Production Trust Fund established pursuant to § 42-2802 .
(4A) “Future sales price” means the greater of any contract sales price or a value equal to 90% of the fair market appraised value determined within 6 months of the date of resale by a licensed appraiser of an affordable for-sale unit produced pursuant to this chapter.
(5) “Housing production” means the construction, rehabilitation, or preservation of decent, safe, and affordable housing.
(5A) “Land Trust Plan” means the District of Columbia Workforce Housing Land Trust Design and Implementation Plan, as amended and approved by subchapter III-A of Chapter 10 of Title 6 [ § 6-1061.01 et seq.].
(6) “Low income” means a household income equal to, or less than, 80% of the area median income and greater than 50% of the area median income.
(7) “Moderate income” means a total income equal to between 50% and 80% of the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area median as certified by the Department.
(8) “Nonprofit housing developer” means a housing developer who qualifies as a nonprofit organization under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3).
(8A) “Preexisting equity” means the discounted price determined as the difference between an initial contract sales price and the fair market appraised value at the time of the initial sale or the amount of public subsidy provided pursuant to this chapter that was invested in the creation of the affordable housing unit.
(8B) “Resale restrictions” means the parameters that govern the allowable sale of an affordable for-sale unit produced pursuant to this chapter.
(9) “Targeted population” means low and moderate income families and individuals, including the elderly, people with disabilities, and single parent families.
(9A) “Very low income” means a household income equal to, or less than, 50% of the area median income and greater than 30% of the area median income.
(10) “WMATA” means Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
(11) “Workforce Housing Land Trust” means the tax-exempt organization selected by the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development to administer the pilot program pursuant to § 6-1061.02(b) .
(12) “Workforce Housing Production Program Approval Act” means subchapter III-A of Chapter 10 of Title 6 [ § 6-1061.01 et seq.].
D.C. Code § 42-3111 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31 / § 42-3111
§ 42-3111. Damages.
Status: in_force

In addition to equitable relief granted under this chapter, the plaintiff may request, and the court in its discretion may order damages for each day the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance is unabated since the date the defendant first received notice of the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance as provided in § 42-3103 , or knew or should have known of the existence of the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance, whichever is earlier. Such damages shall be payable to the plaintiff, or, in the case of an action by the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia or by the Corporation Counsel, to the Drug-, Firearm-, or Prostitution-Related Nuisance Abatement Fund established by § 42-3111.01 . No other damages are recoverable under this chapter.
D.C. Code § 42-1709 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1709
§ 42-1709. Savings clause.
Status: in_force

(a) The repeal of any provision of §§ 42-1721 to 42-1738 [repealed], or any rule issued pursuant to this subchapter, shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued on any liability arising, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause under §§ 42-1721 to 42-1738 [repealed] before repeal, but all rights and liabilities under §§ 42-1721 to 42-1738 [repealed] shall continue and may be enforced in the same manner and to the same extent as if this subchapter had not been enacted.
(b) Any violation of any provision of §§ 42-1721 to 42-1738 [repealed] or any liability arising under the provision, shall, if the violation occurred prior to repeal, be prosecuted and punished in the same manner and with the same effect as if this subchapter had not been enacted.
D.C. Code § 42-3502.17 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3502.17
§ 42-3502.17. Security deposit.
Status: in_force

(a) No person shall demand or receive a security deposit from any tenant for a rental unit occupied by the tenant upon July 17, 1985, where no security deposit had been demanded or received of the tenant for the rental unit before July 17, 1985, but this provision shall not prevent the collection of security deposits for newly constructed units or units exempted under § 42-3502.05(a)(4) and (7). Security deposits shall be collected pursuant to the Security Deposit Act, effective February 20, 1976 ( D.C. Law 1-48 ; 14 DCMR 308 et seq.).
(b) The Office of Administrative Hearings may adjudicate complaints for the non-return of tenant security deposits and for the nonpayment of interest on tenant security deposits pursuant to section 2908 of the Housing Regulations of the District of Columbia (14 DCMR §§ 308 through 311).
(c) (1) No housing provider shall withhold a security deposit for the replacement value of apartment items that are damaged due to ordinary wear and tear.
  (2) A covenant or promise by a tenant to leave, restore, surrender, or yield a leased premises in good repair does not obligate the tenant to make substantial repairs, replace obsolete materials, or fix other defects without negligence or fault on the tenant's part.
  (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "ordinary wear and tear" means deterioration that results from the intended use of a dwelling unit, including breakage or malfunction due to age or deteriorated condition. The term "ordinary wear and tear" does not include deterioration that results from negligence, carelessness, accident, or abuse of the unit, fixtures, equipment, or other tangible personal property by the tenant, immediate family member, or a guest.
(d) Not Funded.
D.C. Code § 42-3131.18 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31A / § 42-3131.18
§ 42-3131.18. Publication of vacant and blighted vacant building information by the Department of Buildings.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Buildings shall maintain, on a publicly available website, a database or list of vacant buildings. The database or list shall, at a minimum, contain the following information:
  (1) The address of the building, including the square, suffix, and lot number of the property on which the building is located;
  (2) The Advisory Neighborhood Commission and Ward in which the building is located;
  (3) The date on which the building was designated a vacant building or blighted vacant building or registered as a vacant building pursuant to § 42-3131.06 ;
  (4) The type of exemption the building has received, the date on which the building received an exemption, and the number of half tax years the building has been exempt, if applicable;
  (5) The number of months the building has been registered or designated as vacant or designated as blighted vacant;
  (6) The last date on which the property was inspected by the Department; and
  (7) The current tax classification of the property.
D.C. Code § 42-2903 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 29 / § 42-2903
§ 42-2903. Community police presence.
Status: in_force

All Metropolitan police officers who reside in the District of Columbia shall be eligible to keep in their possession at all times, overnight and off-duty, the official vehicles assigned for patrol purposes. In assigning police vehicles to be taken by police officers while off-duty, the Chief of Police shall establish priorities based on District residency, dispersion by geographic locations, and other factors the Chief of Police may deem appropriate.
D.C. Code § 42-1644 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16B / § 42-1644
§ 42-1644. Power of Superior Court.
Status: in_force

The Superior Court has exclusive jurisdiction to direct the receiver and determine any controversy related to the receivership or receivership property.
D.C. Code § 42-1902.07 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1902.07
§ 42-1902.07. Instruments construed together and incorporate one another; when conflict arises.
Status: in_force

The condominium instruments shall be construed together and shall be deemed to incorporate one another to the extent that any requirement of this chapter as to the content of one shall be deemed satisfied if the deficiency can be cured by reference to any of the others. If any conflict exists among the condominium instruments, the declaration controls, except that a construction consistent with this chapter controls in all cases over any inconsistent construction.
D.C. Code § 42-1708 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1708
§ 42-1708. Additional criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who knowingly files with the Mayor any application, notice, or other document required to be filed under this subchapter or any rule issued thereunder, which is false or fraudulent or contains any material misstatement of fact, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of no more than $3,000 or by imprisonment for no more than 1 year, or both.
(b) The Corporation Counsel of the District may enter an appearance, file an answer, appear at court hearings, defend the action, or take whatever other action he or she deems appropriate on behalf of any party to a court proceeding in the District in which the Mayor may be interested, and may take recourse through any appropriate method of review on behalf and in the name of any party to a court action.
(c) Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Mayor to take disciplinary action against any licensee pursuant to this subchapter for any violation of this subchapter or any rules promulgated under this subchapter, nor shall repayment in full of the amount paid from the Fund on the licensee’s account nullify or modify the effect of any other disciplinary proceeding brought against the licensee pursuant to this subchapter for any violation.
D.C. Code § 42-3531.15 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35A / § 42-3531.15
§ 42-3531.15. Liens.
Status: in_force

(a) The amount for which an owner has been found liable, including any other charges, costs, penalties, and interest, shall be a continuing and perpetual lien in favor of the District upon all real and personal property belonging to the person named in the notice and shall have the same force and effect as a lien created by judgment.  Interest shall accrue as provided in subsection (f) of this section.
(b) The lien shall attach to all property belonging to the owner during the period of the lien, including any property acquired by the owner after the lien arises.
(c) The lien shall have priority over any other lien, except a lien for District taxes and District water charges; provided, that the lien shall not be valid as against any bona fide purchaser, or holder of a security interest, mechanic's lien, or other such creditor interested in the property, without notice, until notice of the lien is filed with the Recorder of Deeds. The lien shall be satisfied by payment of the amount of the lien to the agency that issued the notice.
(d) For reasonable cause shown, the Chief may abate the amount owed by the owner pursuant to this chapter .
(e) (1) As additional means for collection, the Chief may enforce payment of the fines, expenses, costs, penalties, interest, or other charges imposed against the real property in the same manner and under the same conditions that real property tax liens are enforced pursuant to Chapter 13A of Title 47 .
  (2) Proceeds collected from a sale pursuant to Chapter 13A of Title 47 shall be credited to the Emergency Housing and Relocation Assistance Fund established by § 42-3531.16 .
(f) Interest on an amount due pursuant to this section shall be at the rate of 1 1/2% per month, and shall be prorated if interest is owed for a portion of a month.
D.C. Code § 42-832.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-832.02
§ 42-832.02. Creation; statement of monetary value; other obligations secured.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3405.08 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3405.08
§ 42-3405.08. Administrative proceedings.
Status: in_force

(a) Any proceeding provided in § 42-3405.04 , § 42-3405.06 , or § 42-3405.07 shall be conducted according to §§ 2-509 and 2-510 and any officer designated to conduct such a proceeding shall not immediately supervise or be subject to supervision by any employee who participates or has participated in the investigation or prosecution of such case.
(b) After any hearing pursuant to this section, and within 10 days after the parties have been notified of the initial decision of the officer who conducted the hearing, if no appeal is taken or no determination is made to review the decision, the Mayor shall adopt and render the initial decision as the final decision and shall issue and cause to be served upon each party to the proceeding an order or orders consistent with the provisions of § 42-3405.04 , § 42-3405.06 , or § 42-3405.07 , as appropriate.
(c) In the course of, or in connection with any such proceeding, the Mayor or any officer designated by rule may administer oaths or affirmations, take or cause depositions to be taken, subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance, take evidence, and require the production of any matter which is relevant to the proceeding, including the existence, description, nature, custody, condition, and location of any books, documents, or other tangible things and the identity and location of persons having knowledge of relevant facts or any other matter reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of material evidence.
(d) Upon failure to obey a subpoena or to answer questions propounded by the presiding officer and upon reasonable notice to all persons affected thereby, the Mayor may apply to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for an order compelling compliance.
(e) Any service required or authorized to be made under this section may be made by registered mail or in such other manner reasonably calculated to give actual notice as the Mayor may by regulation or otherwise require.
D.C. Code § 42-2812.08 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 28 / § 42-2812.08
§ 42-2812.08. Authorized delegation of authority.
Status: in_force

To the extent permitted by District and federal laws, the Mayor may delegate to any Authorized Delegate the performance of any function authorized to be performed by the Mayor under this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 42-2624 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 26 / § 42-2624
§ 42-2624. Assistance.
Status: in_force

(a) Assistance available pursuant to this subchapter is limited to a one-time loan of up to $15,000 with a maximum 20-year amortized term.
(b) The interest rate shall be 3%, unless otherwise provided by the Mayor by rulemaking.
(c) The Mayor shall establish underwriting guidelines, including loan amounts and repayment terms, by rulemaking.
D.C. Code § 42-2706.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2706.04
§ 42-2706.04. Disposition of assets on dissolution.
Status: in_force

If the Agency is dissolved by repeal of this chapter, or ceases to exist for any other reason, all of its assets (including, but not limited to, cash, accounts receivable, reserve funds, real or personal property, and contract and other rights) shall automatically be assigned to and become the property of the District.
D.C. Code § 42-3531.08 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35A / § 42-3531.08
§ 42-3531.08. Establishment, purpose, and membership of the Tenant Advisory Council.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-4026 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4026
§ 42-4026. Voluntary agreement.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-2603 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 26 / § 42-2603
§ 42-2603. Dashboard; continuing eligibility.
Status: in_force

(a) Repealed.
(b) (1) DHCD shall maintain and publish a Program dashboard, which shall include, at a minimum:
    (A) The total Program funding available, excluding administrative costs, as of the date of updating the dashboard;
    (B) The underwriting guidelines and program rules for each Program administrator;
    (C) For each fiscal year, the average amount of time it takes for each Program administrator and DHCD to:
      (i) Issue a notice of eligibility after receiving an application for assistance;
      (ii) Issue a notice to proceed after issuing a notice of eligibility; and
      (iii) Enter into a final loan agreement after issuing a notice to proceed.
  (2) DHCD shall update the dashboard every 5 business days when the level of available Program funding is at $5 million or above and every 2 business days when the level of available Program funding is below $5 million.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section:
  (1) Applicants required by Program rules to receive housing counseling to receive assistance shall be permitted no less than 2 years after the completion of housing counseling to receive financial assistance from the Program;
  (2) Priority in the allocation of assistance through the Fund shall be given to District of Columbia residents who are low income, elderly, displaced applicants, or residents with disabilities;
  (3) The Mayor shall distribute Program funding to eligible applicants on a rolling basis upon availability of funding and shall not select applicants for funding based on a lottery or other similar randomization method;
  (4) The Mayor shall not use loan-to-value ratio nor the amount of a participant's first trust mortgage on a housing unit to decide whether a participant will receive Program funding; and
  (5) If Program funding is depleted before the end of the fiscal year in which an applicant receives a notice of eligibility, the notice of eligibility shall remain valid through at least the end of the next fiscal year with available funding.
D.C. Code § 42-3225 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 32 / § 42-3225
§ 42-3225. Lease held by an infant or person with a mental disability — Surrender and renewal; guardian or committee; court order.
Status: in_force

In all cases where any person under the age of 18 years, or any person with mental illness, is or shall become interested in or entitled to any lease or leases made or granted, or to be made or granted, by any person or persons, bodies politic, corporate or collegiate, aggregate or sole, for the life or lives of 1 or more person or persons, or for any term of years, either absolute or determinable upon the death of 1 or more person or persons or otherwise, it shall and may be lawful for such person under the age of 18 years, or for his or her guardian or guardians, or other person or persons on his or her behalf, and for such person with mental illness, or his or her guardian or guardians, committee or committees of the estate, or other person or persons on his or her behalf, to apply to the court of chancery by petition or motion, in a summary way, and by the order and direction of the said court made, upon hearing all parties concerned, such person under the age of 18 years, and such persons with mental illness, or person or persons appointed by the said courts respectively, by deed or deeds only, shall and may be enabled, from time to time, to surrender such lease or leases, and accept and take, in the name, and for the benefit of such person under the age of 18 years, or person with mental illness, 1 or more new lease or leases of the premises comprised in such lease or leases surrendered by virtue of this section for and during such number of lives, or for such term or terms of years, determinable upon such number of lives, or for such term or terms of years absolute, as was or were mentioned or contained in such lease or leases so surrendered, at the making thereof respectively, or otherwise as the said court shall respectively direct.
D.C. Code § 42-3639 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 36 / § 42-3639
§ 42-3639. Definitions.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-123 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 1 / § 42-123
§ 42-123. Acknowledgment in foreign country.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-833.07 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-833.07
§ 42-833.07. Standard of trustee’s or assignee’s for foreclosure conduct; indemnification of Trustee and assignee for foreclosure; Trustee or assignee for foreclosure bond requirements.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3912 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 39 / § 42-3912
§ 42-3912. Continuing education.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1903.09 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1903.09
§ 42-1903.09. Tort and contract liability of association and declarant; judgment liens against common property and individual units.
Status: in_force

(a) An action for tort alleging a wrong done: (1) by any agent or employee of the declarant or of the unit owners’ association; or (2) in connection with the condition of any portion of the condominium which the declarant or the association has the responsibility to maintain, shall be brought against the declarant or the association, as the case may be. No unit owner shall be precluded from bringing such an action by virtue of ownership of an undivided interest in the common elements or by reason of membership in the association or status as an officer.
(b) Unit owners other than the declarant shall not be liable for torts caused by agents or employees of the declarant within any convertible land or using any easement reserved in the declaration or created by § § 42-1902.21 and 42-1902.22.
(c) An action arising from a contract made by or on behalf of the unit owners’ association, its executive board, or the unit owners as a group, shall be brought against the association, or against the declarant if the cause of action arose during the exercise by the declarant of control reserved pursuant to § 42-1903.02(a) . No unit owner shall be precluded from bringing such an action by reason of membership in the association or status as an officer.
(d) A judgment for money against the unit owners’ association shall be a lien against any property owned by the unit owners’ association, and against each of the condominium units in proportion to the liability of each unit owner for common expenses as established pursuant to § 42-1903.12(c) , but no unit owner shall be otherwise liable on account of a judgment and, after payment by the unit owner of his or her proportionate share, the association shall not assess or have a lien against the unit owner’s condominium unit for any portion of the common expenses incurred in connection with the lien. If after payment by a unit owner of a proportionate share, the unit owners’ association elects to pay the balance of the judgment from common funds, the unit owners’ association shall reimburse the unit owner for the amount the unit owner paid separately. Any judgment shall be satisfied first out of the property of the unit owners’ association. The judgment shall be otherwise subject to the provisions of Title 15.
D.C. Code § 42-1628 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16A / § 42-1628
§ 42-1628. Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this uniform act , a court shall consider the promotion of the uniformity of the law among jurisdictions that enact it.
D.C. Code § 42-1722 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1722
§ 42-1722. Definitions --exceptions to license requirements.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3502.22a — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3502.22a
§ 42-3502.22a. Forms to include definition of the term rent charged.
Status: in_force

The definition of the term "rent charged" shall be included on all Rental Accommodations Division forms that include the term.
D.C. Code § 42-841.07 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-841.07
§ 42-841.07. Merger doctrine inapplicable to lien instruments.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3651.07 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 36A / § 42-3651.07
§ 42-3651.07. Termination of receivership.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a receivership shall terminate when:
  (1) The Court determines that the receivership is no longer necessary because the grounds on which the appointment of the receiver was based no longer exist; the receiver has received proper compensation for the services provided; the District of Columbia has been reimbursed for all expenses related to the appointment of the receiver; the District of Columbia has been reimbursed for all expenses related to abatements performed by the District or on its behalf by any third-party; and all fines, infractions, and penalties arising from code violations at the property to date have been paid in full to the District of Columbia; or
  (2) The Court determines on recommendation from the receiver that the violations giving rise to the appointment of the receiver cannot be abated and serves a copy of the order within 10 days on the Director of the Department of Buildings.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a receivership of a rental housing accommodation shall not be terminated in favor of any person who was the owner of the rental housing accommodation or his representative at the time the petition was filed under § 42-3651.03 , or, in the discretion of the Court, any person who is or was an affiliate of the owner, agent, lessor, or manager, unless he or she first reimburses the District of Columbia for the expenses incurred in creating the receivership, for all expenses related to abatements performed by the District or on its behalf by any third-party, and all fines, infractions and penalties arising from code violations at the property to date have been paid in full to the District of Columbia.
  (2) The Court may in addition require that, before a person specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection resumes control of a rental housing accommodation, he or she post bond in an amount the Court deems appropriate as security against noncompliance with the law. If the receivership is not reinstated under subsection (c) of this section, the bond money shall be returned with all applicable interest.
(c) Should it appear that, within 2 years after a receivership is terminated in favor of a person specified in subsection (b) (1) of this section, that person is not maintaining the affected rental housing accommodation in substantial compliance with all applicable laws, and should the Court so find after granting notice and a hearing to all parties to the earlier receivership proceeding, the previous order appointing a receiver may be reinstated. A receiver thus reappointed may use all or part of any bond posted pursuant to subsection (b) (2) of this section to remedy the deficiencies.
(d) As part of any order terminating a receivership, the Court may also permanently enjoin the respondent from continuing any of the actions, practices, or pattern of neglect at the rental housing accommodation and at any other rental accommodations owned, managed, or controlled by the respondent.
D.C. Code § 42-3402.06 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3402.06
§ 42-3402.06. Cooperative conversion.
Status: in_force

(a) Notice. — An owner shall provide each tenant with prior written notice of an intent to convert of at least 120 days by first class mail and by conspicuous posting in common areas of the housing accommodation. An owner shall not provide notice prior to the Mayor’s certification of compliance for purposes of cooperative conversion.
(b) Tenant opportunity to purchase unit. — An owner shall make to each tenant of the housing accommodation a bona fide offer to sell to each tenant a share or membership interest in the cooperative. An offer includes, at a minimum, the asking price for the share or membership interest and a summary of tenant rights and sources of technical assistance as published in the D.C. Register by the Mayor, if published. An owner shall afford the tenant at least 60 days in which to make a contract to purchase the share 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. An owner shall not provide notice prior to the Mayor’s certification of compliance for purposes of cooperative conversion.
(c) Notice to vacate. — An owner shall not serve a notice to vacate until at least 90 days after the tenant received notice of intention to convert, or prior to expiration of the 60-day period of notice of opportunity to purchase.
D.C. Code § 42-1019 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 10 / § 42-1019
§ 42-1019. Grantee may execute power without direct reference to such.
Status: in_force

Every instrument executed by the grantee of a power conveying an estate or creating a charge, which such grantee would have no right to convey or create unless by virtue of his power, shall be deemed a valid execution of the power, although such power be not recited or referred to therein.
D.C. Code § 42-1701 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1701
§ 42-1701. Purposes.
Status: in_force

The purposes of this subchapter are to protect the public against incompetence, fraud and deception in real estate transactions; to establish a Real Estate Guaranty and Educational Fund to compensate victims of unlawful real estate practices; and for other purposes.
D.C. Code § 42-4048 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4048
§ 42-4048. Tax exemption.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-3221 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 32 / § 42-3221
§ 42-3221. Action by landlord for use and occupation of property where no deed; parol agreement as evidence of quantum of damages.
Status: in_force

It shall and may be lawful to and for the landlord or landlords, where the agreement is not by deed, to recover a reasonable satisfaction for the lands, tenements, or hereditaments, held or occupied by the defendant or defendants, in an action on the case, for the use and occupation of what was so held or enjoyed; and if in evidence on the trial of such action any parol demise or any agreement (not being by deed) whereon a certain rent was reserved shall appear, the plaintiff in such action shall not therefor be nonsuited, but may make use thereof as an evidence of the quantum of the damages to be recovered.
D.C. Code § 42-141 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 1 / § 42-141
§ 42-141. Definitions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1904.07 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1904.07
§ 42-1904.07. Registration; annual updating report by declarant; termination.
Status: in_force

The declarant shall, during any period of control of the condominium by the declarant pursuant to § 42-1903.02 file a report in the form prescribed by the rules of the Mayor within 30 days of each anniversary date of the order registering the condominium. The report shall reflect any material changes in information contained in the original application for registration. In the event that the annual report reveals that all of the units in the condominium have been disposed of, and that all periods for conversion or expansion have expired, the Mayor shall issue an order terminating the registration of the condominium.
D.C. Code § 42-1904.16 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1904.16
§ 42-1904.16. Judicial review of mayoral actions.
Status: in_force

Proceedings for judicial review of mayoral actions shall be subject to and be in accordance with the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act ( § 2-501 et seq.) applicable to “rule-making”; provided, however, that review of mayoral actions pursuant to § 42-1904.06 shall be subject to provisions applicable to “contested cases.”
D.C. Code § 42-503 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 5 / § 42-503
§ 42-503. Fee simple estates — Absolute or qualified.
Status: in_force

An estate in fee simple may be either absolute or qualified, as to one and his heirs during an existing condition of things of uncertain duration.
D.C. Code § 42-2023 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / § 42-2023
§ 42-2023. Unit identification; taxation of unit and proportionate share of common area; effect of forfeiture or tax sale of other units.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of assessment and taxation of property constituted into a horizontal property regime and to conform to the system of numbering squares, lots, blocks, and parcels for taxation purposes in effect in the District of Columbia, each condominium unit duly situate upon a subdivided lot and square shall bear a number or letter that will distinguish it from every other condominium unit situate in said lot and square.
(b) Each of said condominium units shall be carried on the records of the District of Columbia as a separate and distinct entity and all real estate taxes, other taxes arising out of or resulting from the ownership, use, or operation of the common areas, special assessments, including, but not limited to, special assessments for sewer mains, water mains, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, alleys, paving of streets, roads, and avenues, removal or abatement of nuisances, and special assessments levied in connection with condemnation proceedings instituted by the District of Columbia, shall be assessed, levied, and collected against each of said several separate and distinct units in conformity with the percentages of co-ownership established by § 42-2006 , and in accordance with the provisions of law in effect in the District of Columbia relating to assessment, levying, and collection of real property taxes.
(c) The council of co-owners shall be liable for the filing of returns and payment of the tax on personal property located in the common areas and held for use or used in a trade or business or held for sale or rent.
(d) The title to an individual condominium unit shall not be divested or in anywise affected by the forfeiture or sale of any or all of the other condominium units for delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes arising out of or resulting from the ownership, use, or operation of the common areas; special assessments, including, but not limited to, special assessments for sewer mains, water mains, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, alleys, paving of streets, roads and avenues, removal or abatement of nuisances, special assessments levied in connection with condemnation proceedings instituted by the District of Columbia, or water charges and sanitary sewer service charges; provided, that the real estate taxes, the duly levied share of such other taxes and of such special assessments, and the water and sanitary sewer service charges on or against said individual condominium unit are currently paid.
D.C. Code § 42-842.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-842.04
§ 42-842.04. Distribution of foreclosure sale proceeds.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1901.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1901.05
§ 42-1901.05. Ordinances and regulations.
Status: in_force

No zoning or other land use ordinance or regulation shall prohibit condominiums as such by reason of the form of ownership inherent therein. Neither shall any condominium be treated differently by any zoning or other land use ordinance or regulation which would permit a physically identical project or development under a different form of ownership. No subdivision ordinance or regulation shall apply to any condominium or to any subdivision of any convertible land, convertible space, or unit unless such ordinance or regulation is by its express terms made applicable thereto. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit application of any provision of the building code which is not expressly applicable to condominiums by reason of the form of ownership inherent therein to a condominium in a manner different from the manner in which such provision is applied to other buildings of similar physical form and nature of occupancy.
D.C. Code § 42-3403.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3403.04
§ 42-3403.04. Housing assistance payments.
Status: in_force

(a) Required. — If an owner converts a housing accommodation into a condominium or cooperative pursuant to this chapter, the Mayor shall provide housing assistance payment for 3 years to each low-income tenant who does not purchase a unit or share.
(a-1) Administration. — Housing assistance payments shall be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development.
(b) Eligibility. — In order to receive housing assistance payments, the tenant must:
  (1) Be low-income;
  (2) Apply for the assistance;
  (3) Have been living in a rental unit within the converted housing accommodation for at least 180 days prior to receipt of an owner’s request for a tenant election for purposes of conversion; and
  (4) Reside within the District of Columbia after conversion of the housing accommodation.
(c) Amount. — The amount of a housing assistance payment is calculated as follows:
  (1) If a household’s average monthly housing expenses during the 12 consecutive months prior to conversion are less than 25 percent of net monthly household income, the amount of a monthly housing assistance payment is the difference between 25 percent of net monthly household income and the projected average monthly housing expenses after conversion;
  (2) If a household’s average monthly housing expenses during the 12 consecutive months prior to conversion are more than 25 percent of net monthly household income, the amount of a monthly housing assistance payment is the difference between the prior average monthly housing expenses and the projected average monthly housing expenses after conversion;
  (3) The Mayor may review the eligibility of a household and the amount of payments and change the household’s status accordingly;
  (4) For purposes of this subsection, the term “housing expenses” includes rent or monthly payment for a unit plus the cost of all utilities if not included in the rent or monthly payment. The term “housing expense” shall not include a security deposit. The Mayor is not required to consider housing expenses which exceed the level of fair market rents established by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development for the District of Columbia.
(d) Method. — (1) The Mayor may make housing assistance payments on a monthly basis or an aggregate basis for any portion of the period of eligibility. An aggregate payment is calculated by multiplying the monthly payment amount by the number of months desired.
  (2) The Mayor may contract with a financial institution in the District of Columbia for provision of housing assistance payments with District funds.
  (3) The Mayor may provide housing assistance payments to the tenant, or to the tenant’s landlord directly.
D.C. Code § 42-1728 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1728
§ 42-1728. Suspension or revocation of license.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-127 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 1 / § 42-127
§ 42-127. Acknowledgments by married women — when validates defective power of attorney.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2104 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 21 / § 42-2104
§ 42-2104. Homestead Housing Preservation Program and Homestead Program Administration established.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a Homestead Housing Preservation Program (“Program”), to be administered by the Mayor, the purpose of which is to provide a program under which title to property acquired by the District pursuant to §§ 47-847 and 47-1303 , or through District-initiated foreclosure, donation, or purchase, may be transferred to organizations or individuals meeting the criteria established in §§ 42-2106 to 42-2108 and any rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter. The Program shall not include owner-occupied, single-family dwellings.
(b) The Program established under this chapter shall be administered by the Mayor through the Homestead Program Administration.
(c) Within 90 days after August 9, 1986, the Administrator shall develop and transmit to the Council for consideration in accordance with this subsection rules to carry out the purposes of this chapter. At a minimum, the rules shall establish procedures for administering the Program, define terms not otherwise defined in this chapter, and formulate standards consistent with this chapter for participation in the Program. Simultaneous with transmittal of the rules, the Administrator shall transmit to the Council for approval under this section an administrative plan for the Program which shall contain, at minimum, the following information:
  (1) A current list of all buildings that qualify for inclusion in the Program; a statement of the address, ward location, and condition of each building; and a discussion of the suitability of each building for transfer to homesteaders;
  (2) Notice provisions for owners of property to be included in the Program and samples of any notice that will be sent to owners of property to be included in the Program prior to the property becoming available for purchase by individuals or organizations under the Program;
  (3) An explanation of any changes in existing notices to property owners necessitated by this chapter;
  (4) A current dollar statement of family income limits for the Program;
  (5) A sample Request for Proposals (“RFP”) for buildings that are to be included in the Program;
  (6) A sample RFP for the Technical Training Program described in § 42-2109 ;
  (7) A sample of the abatement agreement or agreements that will be used in the Program; and
  (8) Samples of all loan application forms that will be used in the Program.
(d) All rules issued pursuant to this chapter and the administrative plan required by subsection (c) of this section shall be transmitted to the Council for a 45-day review period, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days when the Council is in recess. The Council may adopt a resolution disapproving the rules or administrative plan, in whole or part, within the 45-day review period. If the Council, by resolution, does not approve or disapprove the rules or administrative plan before the expiration of the 45-day review period, the rules or administrative plan shall become effective at the expiration of the 45-day review period.
(e) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3131.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31A / § 42-3131.03
§ 42-3131.03. Notice requiring correction of unlawful conditions; service.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, any notice required by law or by any regulation aforesaid to be served shall be deemed to have been served:
(1) If delivered to the person to be notified, if sent by electronic mail to the last-known electronic mail address of the person to be notified, or if left, at the usual residence or place of business of the person to be notified, with a person of suitable age and discretion then resident therein;
(2) If no such residence or place of business can be found in said District by reasonable search, if left with any person of suitable age and discretion employed therein at the office of any agent of the person to be notified, which agent has any authority or duty with reference to the land or tenement to which said notice relates;
(3) If no such office can be found in the District by reasonable search, if forwarded by first-class mail to the last-known address of the person to be notified, or the person’s agent, as determined by the tax records, business license records, or business entity registration records, and not returned by the post office authorities;
(4) If no address be known or can by reasonable diligence be ascertained, or if any notice forwarded as authorized by paragraph (3) of this section shall be returned by the post office authorities, if posted in a conspicuous place in or about the property affected by the notice; or
(5) If by reason of an outstanding, unrecorded transfer of title the name of the owner in fact cannot be ascertained beyond a reasonable doubt, if served on the owner of record in the manner hereinbefore in this section provided. Any notice required by law or by any regulation aforesaid to be served on a corporation shall for the purposes of this subchapter be deemed to have been served on any such corporation if served on the president, secretary, treasurer, general manager, or any principal officer of such corporation in the manner hereinbefore provided for the service of notices on natural persons holding property in their own right; and, if required to be served on any foreign corporation, if served on any agent of such corporation personally, or if left with any person of suitable age and discretion residing at the usual residence or employed at the place of business of such agent in the District of Columbia. Every notice aforesaid shall be in writing or printing, or partly in writing and partly in printing; shall be addressed by name to the person to be notified; shall describe with certainty the character and location of the unlawful condition to be corrected; and shall allow a reasonable time to be specified in said notice, within which the person notified may correct such unlawful condition or show cause why he should not be required to do so.
D.C. Code § 42-1902.22 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1902.22
§ 42-1902.22. Sales offices, model units, etc.; authorization; when become common elements.
Status: in_force

The declarant and the declarant’s authorized agents, representatives, and employees may maintain sales offices, management offices, and model units on the submitted land if and only if the condominium instruments provide for the same and specify the rights of the declarant with regard to the number, size, location, and relocation thereof. Any such sales office, management office, or model unit which is not designated a unit by the condominium instruments shall become a common element as soon as the declarant ceases to be a unit owner, and the declarant shall cease to have any rights with regard thereto unless such sales office, management office, or model unit is removed forthwith from the submitted land in accordance with a right reserved in the condominium instruments to make such removal.
D.C. Code § 42-3707 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 37 / § 42-3707
§ 42-3707. Annual audit; annual report; budget to compensate capitalization deficiency.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-4047 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4047
§ 42-4047. Termination of eligibility.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-3901 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 39 / § 42-3901
§ 42-3901. Definitions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3502.03a — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3502.03a
§ 42-3502.03a. Rent Administrator — Appointment and removal.
Status: in_force

(a) The Rent Administrator shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council.
(b) The Mayor shall transmit a nomination of the Rent Administrator to the Council, for a 90-day period of review, excluding days of Council recess, including any Rent Administrator holding that position on March 25, 2009. If the Council does not approve by resolution a nomination of the Rent Administrator within the 90-day period of review, the nomination shall be deemed disapproved.
(c) The Rent Administrator shall serve a 3-year term. The Mayor may appoint the same person to serve as the Rent Administrator for successive terms subject to the advice and consent of the Council as provided by subsection (b) of this section.
(d) The Mayor shall nominate a Rent Administrator within 6 months of:
  (1) March 25, 2009; or
  (2) The occurrence of a vacancy in the position of Rent Administrator.
(e) The Mayor shall remove the Rent Administrator for cause only; provided, that the Mayor shall provide the Council with a written justification within 30 days of the removal.
D.C. Code § 42-1216 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12 / § 42-1216
§ 42-1216. Office closed on Saturdays.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other act, the Office of the Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia shall be closed on every Saturday.
D.C. Code § 42-2433 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 24A / § 42-2433
§ 42-2433. Fiduciary duties.
Status: in_force

Any person who advertises, offers, promotes, or provides foreclosure rescue services to a homeowner owes a fiduciary duty to the homeowner and shall discharge that duty in accordance with all applicable laws.
D.C. Code § 42-1311 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 13 / § 42-1311
§ 42-1311. Duty imposed on transferor only.
Status: in_force

The duty to comply with this chapter is imposed on a transferor, and not on any real estate agent or real estate broker of a transferor. A real estate agent or real estate broker of a transferor shall not be liable for any error, inaccuracy or omission in any information delivered to any prospective transferee, or for any failure of a transferor to deliver any information or a real property disclosure statement to the prospective transferee, or for any violation of this chapter by a transferor, unless such real estate agent or real estate broker knowingly acts in concert with such transferor to commit fraud.
D.C. Code § 42-2135 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 21A / § 42-2135
§ 42-2135. Information on affordable housing developments.
Status: in_force

(a) The Affordable Housing Inventory developed by the Mayor pursuant to § 42-2132 shall include the following information about any affordable housing development in the District of Columbia that is existing, planned, or under construction:
  (1) Name, address, and ward number;
  (2) Name and contact information of the owner;
  (3) Name and contact information of the property manager;
  (4) Name and contact information of the marketing manager;
  (5) Whether the affordable housing development is planned, under construction, or an existing property;
  (6) Name and contact information for the developer responsible for the construction of the affordable housing development;
  (7) Number of affordable housing units and number of market-rate units in the affordable housing development;
  (8) Number of affordable housing units by bedroom size;
  (9) Percentage of units that are accessible to persons with disabilities;
  (10) (A) Type of financial assistance, funding, or subsidy provided by the District of Columbia or the federal government;
    (B) The name of the subsidy program;
    (C) The amount and the type of financial assistance provided with respect to the affordable housing development or unit;
    (D) Any income qualification and percentage of area median income restriction imposed by the program;
    (E) The date upon which the program commenced and the date upon which the program expires;
    (F) The start date and ending date of use restrictions (the earliest date upon which the affordable housing development can be sold without an affordable housing restriction);
  (11) Where available, for properties subsidized through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, all scores received through an inspection conducted by the Real Estate Assessment Center;
  (12) For properties that receive project-based funding under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, approved August 22, 1974 (88 Stat. 662; 42 U.S.C. § 1437f), an indication of whether the owner has issued a notice of termination of the  assistance and the date of the notice;
  (13) For properties with a mortgage insured or held by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under sections 236(j)(1), 221(d)(3) BMIR, 241(f)/221-BMIR, or 241(f)/236 of the National Housing Act, approved June 27, 1934 (48 Stat. 1246; 12 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq.), an indication of whether the owner has issued a notice of prepayment of the mortgage and the date of such notice;
  (14) Any population specifically served by the affordable housing development, including elderly persons, persons with disabilities, and low-income individuals or families;
  (15) Any affordable units created under the inclusionary zoning requirements; and
  (16) All information required to be included in the Affordable Housing Locator pursuant to § 42-2136 .
(b) The Affordable Housing Inventory shall include a unique identification number for each affordable housing development.
D.C. Code § 42-3108 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31 / § 42-3108
§ 42-3108. Burden of proof.
Status: in_force

The plaintiff must establish that a drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance exists by a preponderance of the evidence. Once a reasonable attempt at notice is made pursuant to § 42-3103 , the owner of the property shall be presumed to have knowledge of the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance. A plaintiff is not required to make any further showing that the owner knew, or should have known, of the drug-, firearm-, or prostitution-related nuisance to obtain relief under § 42-3110 or § 42-3111 .
D.C. Code § 42-833.09 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-833.09
§ 42-833.09. Trustee or assignee for foreclosure commission and compensation for foreclosure.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3303 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 33 / § 42-3303
§ 42-3303. Appointment of receiver; termination.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Upon nonpayment of a delinquent account by the owner, agent, lessor, or manager of an apartment house who is billed directly by a company, electricity supplier, or gas company (any of which shall be referred to as “company”) for service furnished to such apartment house, such company, or the tenants residing in the affected apartment house, may petition the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for appointment of a receiver of the rents or payments for use and occupancy for such apartment house. The Chief Judge of the Superior Court or such Judge’s designee, upon presentation by the petitioner of a verified petition indicating such nonpayment of a delinquent account, shall immediately issue an order requiring such owner, agent, lessor, or manager, as respondent, to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed.
  (2) The order of the Court, together with a copy of the verified petition, shall be served on the owner, agent, lessor, or manager at his last known address or by such other method as the Court may direct and shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon the apartment house in question.
  (3) A hearing on the show cause order shall be held no later than 72 hours after its issuance or the first court day thereafter. Upon a prima facie showing by affidavit, testimony or otherwise, that delinquent electric company, electricity supplier, gas company, or natural gas supplier bills on the subject apartment house remain unpaid, the Court shall forthwith appoint a receiver to collect rents or payments for use and occupancy from the tenants thereof and to pay current electric company, electricity supplier, or gas company bills as hereinafter required. Prior to said hearing, respondent may file an answer to the petition raising such grounds of defense as respondent may have; except, that any set-offs, counterclaims, or third-party claims shall not be grounds for refusing to appoint a receiver.
  (4) The receiver appointed by the Court shall have the authority to take such action as it deems necessary to collect all rents or payments for use and occupancy from the tenants of the apartment house in question in place of the owner, agent, lessor or manager. Any monies remaining after such payments, fees and costs shall be turned over to the owner, agent, lessor, or manager. The receiver shall pay the electric company, electricity supplier, gas company, or natural gas supplier from the rents and payments for services provided the company on and after the date of his appointment. The owner, agent, lessor, or manager shall be liable for the reasonable fees and costs determined by the Court to be due the receiver, which fees and costs may be recovered from the rents or payments for use and occupancy under the control of the receiver; provided, that no fees or costs shall be turned over until after payment of current electric company, electricity supplier, gas company, or natural gas supplier on the apartment house has been made. Any monies remaining after such payments, fees and costs shall be turned over to the owner, agent, lessor, or manager. Upon order of the Court, the receiver shall become trustee of any escrow accounts or other funds established by the tenants or otherwise into which rents or payments for use and occupancy have been paid or are being held. The Court shall require accountings to be made by the receiver at such times as the Court determines to be just, reasonable and necessary.
(b) Any receivership established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be terminated by the Court upon its finding that the arrearage which was the subject of the original petition has been satisfied, or that all tenants have agreed to assume liability in their own names for prospective service supplied by the electric company, electricity supplier, gas company, or natural gas supplier, or that the apartment house has been sold and the new owner has assumed liability for prospective service supplied by the electric company, electricity supplier, or gas company.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the electric company, electricity supplier, gas company, or natural gas supplier from pursuing any other action or remedy at law or equity that it may have against the owner, agent, lessor or manager.
(d) Any owner, agent, lessor or manager who collects or attempts to collect any rent or payment for use and occupancy from any tenant of an apartment house subject to an order appointing a receiver pursuant to this section shall be found, after due notice and hearing, to be in contempt of court.
D.C. Code § 42-832.19 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-832.19
§ 42-832.19. Noteowner’s obligation to provide release of lien instrument.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3405.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3405.02
§ 42-3405.02. Time periods.
Status: in_force

If a time period running under this chapter ends on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, it is extended until the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
D.C. Code § 42-2161.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 21A / § 42-2161.01
§ 42-2161.01. Establishment.
Status: in_force

There is established an Office-to-Affordable-Housing Task Force ("Task Force") to determine whether transitioning existing vacant commercial office space to affordable residential housing units would help address the District of Columbia's affordable housing crisis.
D.C. Code § 42-2014 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / § 42-2014
§ 42-2014. Plat of condominium subdivision — Necessary; modification of administration.
Status: in_force

(a) The bylaws must necessarily provide for at least the following:
  (1) Form of administration, indicating whether this shall be in charge of an administrator, manager, or of a board of directors, or of administration, or otherwise, and specifying the powers, manner of removal, and, where proper, the compensation thereof;
  (2) Method of calling or summoning the co-owners to assemble; that a majority of co-owners is required to adopt decisions, except as otherwise provided in this subchapter; who is to preside over the meeting and who will keep the minute book wherein the resolutions shall be recorded;
  (3) Care, upkeep, and surveillance of the project and its general or limited common elements and services;
  (4) Manner of collecting from the co-owners for the payment of common expenses;
  (5) Designation, hiring, and dismissal of the personnel necessary for the good working order of the project and for the proper care of the general or limited common elements and to provide services for the project;
  (6) Such restrictions on or requirements respecting the use and maintenance of the units and the use of the common elements as are designed to prevent unreasonable interference with the use of the respective units and of the common elements by the several unit owners;
  (7) Designation of person authorized to accept service of process in any action relating to 2 or more units or to the common elements as authorized under § 42-2024 . Such person must be a resident of and maintain an office in the District of Columbia; and
  (8) Notice as to the existence or nonexistence of a declaration in trust for the enforcement of the lien for common expenses permitted under § 42-2019 .
(b) The sole owner of the project, or if there be more than 1, the co-owners representing two-thirds of the votes provided for in § 42-2006 may at any time modify the system of administration, but each one of the particulars set forth in this section shall always be embodied in the bylaws.
D.C. Code § 42-3502.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35 / § 42-3502.03
§ 42-3502.03. Rental Accommodations Division of the Department of Housing and Community Development.
Status: in_force

There is established within the Department of Housing and Community Development the Rental Accommodations Division, which shall have as its head a Rent Administrator.
D.C. Code § 42-1731 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1731
§ 42-1731. Powers to obtain evidence.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3405.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3405.04
§ 42-3405.04. Notice of rejection.
Status: in_force

If the Mayor determines to reject an application by a party pursuant to this chapter, he or she shall notify the applicant of the findings upon which the rejection is based, and that the rejection will be deemed final in 20 days. During the 20-day period, the applicant may petition for reconsideration, and, upon a proper showing of reasonable grounds, shall be entitled to a hearing to contest the particulars specified in the Mayor’s rejection notice. Such notice of rejection shall not take effect during the pendency of a hearing, if requested.
D.C. Code § 42-3531.07 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35A / § 42-3531.07
§ 42-3531.07. Duties of the Office of the Tenant Advocate.
Status: in_force

The Office shall:
(1) Provide education and outreach to tenants and the community about laws, rules, and other policy matters involving rental housing, including tenant rights under the petition process and formation of tenant organizations;
(2) Represent the interests of tenants and tenant organizations in legislative, executive, and judicial issues, including advocating changes in laws and rules and reviewing landlord petitions on behalf of tenants;
(3) Advise tenants and tenant organizations on filing complaints and petitions, including petitions in response to disputes with landlords;
(4) Advise and assist tenants and tenant organizations at conciliation meetings;
(5) (A) Represent tenants, at its discretion and as it determines to be in the public interest, in Federal or District judicial or administrative proceedings;
  (B) Provide an annual report to the Council on or before February 1 of each year setting forth each tenant request for representation, a description of the circumstances surrounding each request, whether or not the Office provided representation, and the outcome of cases where representation was provided;
(6) Organize tenant and tenant organizations participation in building-wide inspections;
(6A) Provide emergency housing and relocation assistance to qualified tenants, as determined by the Office, including payments for:
  (A) The short-term relocation of tenants to hotels, motels, or other appropriate accommodations;
  (B) The moving and storage of personal property;
  (C) Rental application fees, security deposits, and utility deposits; and
  (D) The first month’s rent;
(7) Operate a Tenant Phone Hotline and Tenant Center; and
(8) Publish a Tenant Bill of Rights, which shall be updated periodically, and noticed in the District of Columbia Register.
D.C. Code § 42-2812.09 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 28 / § 42-2812.09
§ 42-2812.09. Limited liability.
Status: in_force

(a) The bonds shall be special obligations of the District. The bonds shall be without recourse to the District. The bonds shall not be general obligations of the District, shall not be a pledge of or involve the faith and credit or the taxing power of the District (other than real property transfer taxes and deed recordation taxes), shall not constitute a debt of the District, and shall not constitute lending of the public credit for private undertakings as prohibited in § 1-206.02(a)(2) .
(b) The bonds shall not give rise to any pecuniary liability of the District and the District shall have no obligation with respect to the purchase of the bonds.
(c) Nothing contained in the bonds, in the Financing Documents, or in the Closing Documents shall create an obligation on the part of the District to make payments with respect to the bonds from sources other than those listed for that purpose in § 42-2812.03 .
(d) All covenants, obligations, and agreements of the District contained in this subchapter, the bonds, and the executed, sealed, and delivered Financing Documents and Closing Documents to which the District is a party, shall be considered to be the covenants, obligations, and agreements of the District to the fullest extent authorized by law, and each of those covenants, obligations, and agreements shall be binding upon the District, subject to the limitations set forth in this subchapter.
(e) No person, including, but not limited to any bond owner, shall have any claims against the District or any of its elected or appointed officials, officers, employees, or agents for monetary damages suffered as a result of the failure of the District to perform any covenant, undertaking, or obligation under this subchapter, the bonds, the Financing Documents, or the Closing Documents, or as a result of the incorrectness of any representation in or omission from the Financing Documents or the Closing Documents, unless the District or its elected or appointed officials, officers, employees, or agents have acted in a willful and fraudulent manner.
D.C. Code § 42-834.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-834.05
§ 42-834.05. Borrower’s and owner’s right to cure default and reinstate obligation secured by residential lien instrument prior to foreclosure sale auction 3 times in any 12 month period.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1901.02 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1901.02
§ 42-1901.02. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) "Child development facility" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 7-2031(3) .
(1A) “Common elements” shall mean all portions of the condominium other than the units.
(2) “Common expenses” shall mean all lawful expenditures made or incurred by or on behalf of the unit owners’ association, together with all lawful assessments for the creation and maintenance of reserves pursuant to the provisions of the condominium instruments. “Future common expenses” shall mean common expenses for which assessments are not yet due and payable.
(3) Repealed.
(4) “Condominium” shall mean real estate, portions of which are designated for separate ownership and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership solely by the owners of the portions designated for separate ownership. Real estate shall not be deemed a condominium within the meaning of this chapter unless the undivided interests in the common elements are vested in the unit owners.
(5) “Condominium instruments” shall mean the declaration, bylaws, and plats and plans, recorded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Any exhibit, schedule, or certification accompanying a condominium instrument and recorded simultaneously therewith shall be deemed an integral part of that condominium instrument. Any amendment or certification of any condominium instrument shall, from the time of the recordation of such amendment or certification, be deemed an integral part of the affected condominium instrument, so long as such amendment or certification was made in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(6) “Condominium unit” shall mean a unit together with the undivided interest in the common elements appertaining to that unit.
(7) “Contractable condominium” shall mean a condominium from which 1 or more portions of the submitted land may be withdrawn in accordance with the provisions of the declaration and of this chapter. If such withdrawal can occur only by the expiration or termination of 1 or more leases, then the condominium shall not be deemed a contractable condominium within the meaning of this chapter.
(8) “Conversion condominium” shall mean a condominium containing structures which before the recording of the declaration were wholly or partially occupied by persons other than those who have contracted for the purchase of condominium units and those who occupy with the consent of such purchasers.
(9) “Convertible land” shall mean a building site; that is to say, a portion of the common elements, within which additional units or limited common elements, or both, may be created in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(10) “Convertible space” shall mean a portion of a structure within the condominium, which portion may be converted into 1 or more units or common elements, or both, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(11) “Declarant” shall mean any person or group of persons acting in concert who:
  (A) Offers to dispose of the person’s or group’s interest in a condominium unit not previously disposed of;
  (B) Reserves or succeeds to any special declarant right; or
  (C) Applies for registration of the condominium.
(11A) (A) “Affiliate of a declarant” shall mean any person who controls, is controlled by, or shares common control with a declarant.
  (B) A person controls a declarant if the person:
    (i) Is a general partner, officer, director, or employer of the declarant;
    (ii) Directly or indirectly or acting in concert with at least 1 other person, or through a subsidiary, owns, controls, holds with power to vote, or holds proxies that represent more than 20% of the voting interest in the declarant;
    (iii) Controls in any manner the election of a majority of the directors of the declarant; or
    (iv) Has contributed more than 20% of the capital of the declarant.
  (C) A person is controlled by a declarant if the declarant:
    (i) Is a general partner, officer, director, or employer of the person;
    (ii) Directly or indirectly or acting in concert with another person, or through a subsidiary, owns, controls, holds with power to vote, or holds proxies representing more than 20% of the voting interest in the person; or
    (iii) Controls in any manner the election of a majority of the directors if the powers described in this paragraph are held solely as security for an obligation and are not exercised.
(12) “Disposition” shall mean any voluntary transfer to a purchaser of a legal or equitable interest in a condominium unit, other than as security for a debt or pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure.
(12A) “Domestic partner” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(3) .
(12B) “Electronic transmission” shall mean any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, which creates a record that may be:
  (A) Retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient of the communications; and
  (B) Reproduced directly in paper form by a recipient through an automated process.
(13) “Executive Board” shall mean an executive and administrative entity, by whatever name denominated and designated in the condominium instruments to act for the unit owners’ association in governing the condominium.
(14) “Expandable condominium” shall mean a condominium to which additional land may be added in accordance with the provisions of the declaration and of this chapter.
(15) “Identifying number” shall mean 1 or more letters or numbers, or both, that identify only 1 unit in the condominium.
(16) “Institutional lender” shall mean 1 or more commercial or savings banks, savings and loan associations, trust companies, credit unions, industrial loan associations, insurance companies, pension funds, or business trusts, including but not limited to, real estate investment trusts, any other entity regularly engaged directly or indirectly in financing the purchase, construction, or improvement of real estate, or any combination of any of the foregoing entities.
(17) Repealed.
(18) “Leasehold condominium” shall mean a condominium all or any portion of which is subject to a lease, the expiration or termination of which will terminate the condominium or exclude a portion therefrom.
(19) “Limited common element” shall mean a portion of the common elements reserved for the exclusive use of those entitled to the use of 1 or more, but less than all, of the units.
(19A) “Master association” shall mean an organization described in § 42-1903.18 , whether or not the organization is an association described in § 42-1903.01 .
(20) “Mayor” shall mean the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
(20A) "Mortgage Electronic Registration System" or "MERS" shall mean the process created by the mortgage banking industry that tracks mortgage ownership and servicing, is used by the real estate finance industry for residential and commercial mortgage loan trading, and that simplifies the mortgage process by using electronic commerce.
(21) “Nonbinding reservation agreement” shall mean an agreement between the declarant and a prospective purchaser which is in no way binding on the prospective purchaser and which may be cancelled without penalty at the sole discretion of the prospective purchaser by written notice, hand-delivered or sent by United States mail, return receipt requested to the declarant at any time prior to the execution of a contract for the sale or lease of a condominium unit or an interest therein. Such agreement shall not contain any provision for waiver or any other provision in derogation of the rights of the prospective purchaser as contemplated by this subsection, nor shall any such provision be a part of any ancillary agreement.
(21A) "Notice of Foreclosure Sale of Condominium Unit for Assessments Due"or "NFSCUAD" shall mean a notice sent to a condominium unit owner in default in the payment of condominium assessments, fees, charges, or other penalties owed by a unit owner that includes such information as the past due amount of assessments and other charges being foreclosed upon and the time, place, and date of the scheduled sale, sent pursuant to § 42-1903.13(c) .
(22) “Offer” shall mean any inducement, solicitation, or attempt to encourage any person or persons to acquire any legal or equitable interest in a condominium unit, other than as security for a debt; provided, however, that “offer” shall not mean any advertisement of a condominium not located in the District of Columbia in a newspaper or other periodical of general circulation, or in any public broadcast medium. Nothing shall be considered an offer that expressly states that the condominium has not been registered with the Mayor and that no unit in the condominium can or will be offered for sale until the time the unit has been so registered.
(23) “Officer” shall mean any member of the executive board or official of the unit owners’ association.
(24) “Par value” shall mean a number of dollars or points assigned to each unit by the declaration. Substantially identical units shall be assigned the same par value, but units located at substantially different heights above the ground, or having substantially different views, or having substantially different amenities or other characteristics that might result in differences in market value, may, but need not, be considered substantially identical within the meaning of this subsection. If par value is stated in terms of dollars, that statement shall not be deemed to reflect or control the sales price or fair market value of any unit, and no opinion, appraisal, or fair market transaction at a different figure shall affect the par value of any unit, or any undivided interest in the common elements, voting rights in the unit owners’ association, liability for common expenses, or rights to common profits, assigned on the basis thereof.
(25) “Person” shall mean a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, trust, or other entity capable of holding title to real property, or any combination of any of the foregoing.
(26) “Purchaser” shall mean any person, other than a declarant or a person in the business of selling real estate for his or her own account, who by means of a voluntary transfer, acquires a legal or equitable interest in a condominium unit other than a leasehold interest, including a renewal option, of less than 20 years, or as security for an obligation.
(26A) “Real estate” or “land” shall mean any leasehold or other estate or interest in, over, or under land, including but not limited to, any structure, fixture, or any other improvement or interest which by custom, usage, or law passes with a conveyance of land though not described in the contract of sale or instrument of conveyance. The term “real estate” or “land” shall be deemed to include a parcel with or without an upper or lower boundary, and space that may be filled with air or water. Any requirement in the Condominium Amendment Act of a legally sufficient description shall be deemed to include a requirement that any upper or lower boundary of a parcel be identified with reference to established data.
(27) “Registered land surveyor” shall mean any person or firm permitted to prepare and certify surveys and subdivision plats in the District of Columbia, including but not limited to, registered civil engineers.
(28) “Size” shall mean the number of cubic feet or the number of square feet of ground or floor space, or both, within each unit as computed by reference to the plats and plans and rounded off to a whole number. Certain spaces within the units including, without limitation, attic, basement, or garage space, may, but need not, be omitted from such calculation or partially discounted by the use of a ratio, so long as the same basis of calculation is employed for all units in the condominium, and so long as that basis is described in the declaration.
(28A) “Special declarant right” shall mean any right reserved for the benefit of a declarant or any person that becomes a declarant to:
  (A) Complete improvements indicated on plats and plans filed with the declaration pursuant to § 42-1902.14 ;
  (B) Expand an expandable condominium pursuant to § 42-1902.19 ;
  (C) Contract a contractable condominium pursuant to § 42-1902.20 ;
  (D) Convert convertible land, convertible space, or both pursuant to § 42-1902.17 or § 42-1902.18 ;
  (E) Elect, appoint, or remove any officer of the unit owners’ association or master association or any executive board member pursuant to § 42-1903.02 during any period of declarant control;
  (F) Exercise any power or responsibility otherwise assigned by any condominium instrument or by the Condominium Amendment Act to the unit owners’ association, any officer of the unit owners’ association, or the executive board;
  (G) Use easements through the common elements to make improvements within the condominium or real estate that may be added to the condominium pursuant to § 42-1902.21 ;
  (H) Make the condominium subject to a master association pursuant to § 42-1903.18 ;
  (I) Make the condominium part of a larger condominium pursuant to § 42-1903.19 ; or
  (J) Maintain a sales office, management office, or model unit pursuant to § 42-1902.22 .
(29) “Surveyor” shall mean the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia.
(29A) “Time share” shall mean a right to occupy a condominium unit or any of several condominium units during 5 or more separate time periods over a period of at least 5 years including renewal options, whether or not the right is coupled with an estate or interest in a condominium or a specified portion of an estate or interest in a condominium.
(30) “Unit” shall mean a portion of the condominium designed and intended for individual ownership. For the purposes of this chapter, a convertible space shall be treated as a unit in accordance with § 42-1902.18(d) .
(31) “Unit owner” shall mean a declarant or any person who owns a condominium unit. In the case of a leasehold condominium, “unit owner” shall mean a declarant or person whose leasehold interest in the condominium extends for the entire balance of the unexpired term. The term “unit owner” shall not include a person who has an interest in a condominium unit solely as a security for a debt.
(32) “Unit owner in good standing,” unless otherwise defined in the condominium instruments, shall mean a unit owner who is not delinquent for more than 30 days in the payment of any amount owed to the unit owners’ association, or a unit owner who has not been found by the unit owners’ association or its executive board to be in violation of the condominium instruments or the rules of the unit owners’ association.
D.C. Code § 42-2082 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20C / § 42-2082
§ 42-2082. DHCD grant authority.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding part B of subchapter XII-A of Chapter 3 of Title 1 , or its implementing rules under Chapter 50 of Title 1 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (1 DCMR § 5000 et seq. ), DHCD is authorized to enter into a grant agreement with NACA to provide financial relief for Property Owners seeking to obtain permanent housing.
(b) The grant agreement may include that NACA:
  (1) Provide housing counseling services to Property Owners, including assessing Property Owners' permanent housing options and working with Property Owners to meet NACA's mortgage eligibility criteria;
  (2) Provide recommendations to the Mayor about the financial need for gap financing based on the assessments of the Property Owners;
  (3) Alongside the Mayor, seek relief for Property Owners' existing mortgages on the Property;
  (4) Provide affordable mortgage options to eligible Property Owners;
  (5) Waive any requirements against a Property Owner having an existing mortgage; provided, that the existing mortgage is on the Property; and
  (6) Not use credit score as the deciding factor for approving a Property Owner's mortgage.
D.C. Code § 42-3211 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 32 / § 42-3211
§ 42-3211. Action in ejectment — Claims for arrears of rent, double rent, and waste; jurisdiction of court; money judgment.
Status: in_force

In either case the landlord may join with his claim for recovery of the possession of the leased premises a claim for all arrears of rent accrued to the termination of the tenancy, and, when the tenant has given the notice, for double rent from the termination of the tenancy to the verdict, or judgment, if the trial be by the court and for damages for waste; provided, that in such action before the Superior Court of the District of Columbia the amount so claimed shall be within its jurisdiction. If judgment for possession be rendered in favor of the plaintiff, he shall be entitled, at the same time, to a judgment for said arrears of rent, and for said double rent, as the case may be, to the date of the verdict or judgment as aforesaid, and for damages for waste.
D.C. Code § 42-3215 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 32 / § 42-3215
§ 42-3215. Landlord’s lien for rent — When attachment issuable; executing officer’s power of entry.
Status: in_force

Such attachment may be issued in any action for the recovery of the possession of the leased premises by the landlord, in which the rent in arrear, or double rent, or both, shall be claimed as aforesaid, and it shall be lawful for any officer to whom the writ of attachment shall be delivered to be executed to break open an outer or inner door when necessary to the execution of the same.
D.C. Code § 42-2702.05 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2702.05
§ 42-2702.05. Requirement for public official bonding.
Status: in_force

Each member of the Board shall execute a public official bond in the penal sum of $25,000, and the Executive Director of the Agency shall execute a public official bond in the penal sum of $50,000. Each public official bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the person bonded, issued by an indemnity company authorized to transact business as an indemnity company in the District, approved by the Corporation Counsel of the District, and filed in the office of the District Department of Insurance. All costs of the public official bonds shall be borne by the Agency.
D.C. Code § 42-143 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 1 / § 42-143
§ 42-143. Notarial acts in the District.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3151.07 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31B / § 42-3151.07
§ 42-3151.07. Inability to qualify for hardship petition.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2703.07 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 27 / § 42-2703.07
§ 42-2703.07. Technical assistance, loans, grants and consultant services.
Status: in_force

The Agency may provide eligible persons, sponsors or such individual, private or public corporation, association, group, organization, Eligible State or Local Government Unit, or any other entity with technical assistance, loans, grants or consultant services consistent with the authority of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 42-841.11 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-841.11
§ 42-841.11. Liability of accepted bidder to complete foreclosure sale acquisition.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2029 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / § 42-2029
§ 42-2029. Subchapter interpreted to require compliance with all applicable laws; owners’ responsibilities for taxes; methods of collection; no effect on eminent domain.
Status: in_force

(a) This subchapter shall be interpreted in such a manner as to require each condominium unit and each horizontal property regime to be in compliance with all District of Columbia laws and regulations relating to property of like type, whether it be designed for residence, for office, for the operation of any industry or business, or for any other use. The owner of each condominium unit shall be responsible for the compliance of his unit with such laws and regulations, and the council of co-owners and any person designated by them to manage the regime shall be jointly and severally liable for compliance with all such laws and regulations in all matters relating to the common elements of the regime.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this subchapter, the owner of each condominium unit shall have the same responsibility for the payment of all taxes, assessments, and other charges due to the District of Columbia as does any other person or property owner similarly situated.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this subchapter, the method of enforcement available to the District of Columbia to collect any tax or assessment or any charge from any individual property owner or any building owner shall be available to collect taxes, assessments, and charges from individual condominium unit owners and from the council of co-owners.
(d) Nothing contained in this subchapter shall in any way be construed as affecting the right to institute and maintain eminent domain proceedings.
D.C. Code § 42-1902.20 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1902.20
§ 42-1902.20. Contraction of the Condominium.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a condominium shall be allowed to contract at the time of the recordation of an amendment to the declaration, containing a legally sufficient description of the property withdrawn from the condominium; provided, that:
  (1) If portions of the withdrawable property were described pursuant to § 42-1902.10(d)(5) , then no such portion shall be withdrawn after the conveyance of any unit on such portion; or
  (2) If no such portions were described, then none of the withdrawable land shall be withdrawn after the first conveyance of any unit thereon.
(b) (1) A condominium may contract when the unit owners' association ("association") votes to allow one or more separate buildings in the condominium to withdraw; provided, that:
    (A) Each unit owner must vote affirmatively to allow the withdrawal;
    (B) Each vote must be in writing;
    (C) No unit owner may be permitted to vote by proxy; and
    (D) The vote occurs after the time period for making a warranty claim under § 42-1903.16 has expired, or after the release of the warranty bond, whichever is later.
  (2) (A) If at the time of contraction there are any encumbrances or liens against any of the units, the contraction will be effective only when all creditors holding such encumbrances or liens consent in writing to the amendment to the declaration and amended plat and plans or their encumbrances or liens are satisfied or expire by operation of law.
    (B) The contraction will be effective only when the provider of the master property insurance policy for the condominium consents in writing to the amendment to the declaration and amended plat and plans, or when the contracted condominium and any new condominiums created as a result of the contraction each enter an agreement with a new provider to provide a master insurance policy.
  (3) To effectuate the contraction, the declarant or the association shall:
    (A) Record an amendment to the declaration with the Recorder of Deeds; and
    (B) Submit an amended plat and plans to the Department of Buildings that depict:
      (i) The withdrawn building and condominium tax lots; and
      (ii) The remaining building and condominium tax lots.
  (4) The amendment to the declaration shall reallocate in proportion to the respective percentages of units remaining in the contracted condominium:
    (A) The percentages of common element ownership;
    (B) Voting power in the unit owners' association; and
    (C) Liability for common expenses.
  (5) (A) (i) Upon contraction, the unit owners of the pre-existing condominium units on the withdrawn property shall own the property as a condominium or as tenants in common as provided in § 42-1902.28(g) .
      (ii) The amendments required to be recorded pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection shall make clear how the withdrawn property shall be owned.
      (iii) No new deeds shall be required to be recorded as a consequence of a contraction pursuant to this subsection.
    (B) If the withdrawn property is to be owned as one or more new condominiums:
      (i) A new declaration, bylaws, and plat and plans shall be recorded for each new condominium; and
      (ii) The owners of withdrawn property shall not be required to pay any taxes or fees under § 42-3402.04 ; provided, that the record owner remains the same.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term "building" includes an individual rowhouse attached to another rowhouse.
D.C. Code § 42-834.06 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-834.06
§ 42-834.06. Certain subordinate interest holder’s right to cure and reinstate note secured by residential lien instrument prior to foreclosure sale auction once in any 12 month period.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-302 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 3 / § 42-302
§ 42-302. Perpetuities — Charitable uses excepted.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3405.10a — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3405.10a
§ 42-3405.10a. Rental Housing Conversion and Sale Act Task Force.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall establish a Rental Housing Conversion and Sale Act Task Force (“Task Force”) within 30 days after July 22, 2005.
(b) The general mandate of the Task Force shall be to examine all aspects of subchapters IV and V of this chapter, including its implementation and compliance with its requirements, and to determine the best means for preserving rental housing, preventing the deterioration of the housing stock, and preventing the displacement of tenants.
(c) The Mayor shall establish the methodology for achieving the purposes of the Task Force in consultation with the members. The Task Force shall issue a report and recommendations proposing policy initiatives and revisions to the statute designed to improve subchapters IV and V of this chapter, which shall be distributed to all members of the Council and the Mayor and made available to the general public within 30 days after its issuance.
(d) As part of its review, the Task Force shall consider:
  (1) Whether the District is doing enough to help tenants avail themselves of the opportunity to purchase when an offer is presented, within the prescribed time periods;
  (2) Whether the time periods for tenants to avail themselves of the offer of sale are too long or not long enough;
  (3) Simplifying the procedures for Time Certain Notices by establishing a single notice procedure for all transactions that do not require a notice to tenants, shortening time periods for sending or filing notices, and eliminating the Notice of Intent to File Petition;
  (4) Allowing any tenant in a multi-unit housing accommodation to file a petition for a declaratory order without forming a tenant organization or extending the time period for a tenant organization to form and register;
  (5) Limiting this chapter to multi-unit housing accommodations;
  (6) Whether the third party rights afforded tenants are being employed to further the purposes of this chapter; and
  (7) Whether owners are evading the requirements of this chapter.
(e) The Task Force shall be composed of 7 members, 5 of whom shall be appointed by the Mayor and 2 of whom shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Council. Members of the Task Force shall represent the interests affected by this chapter, including tenants, owners, the District government, title insurers, and other industry representatives.
(f) The Task Force shall continue in existence for 6 months and shall issue its report and recommendations before disbanding.
D.C. Code § 42-1110 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 11 / § 42-1110
§ 42-1110. When Mayor may compromise tax; written agreement as to tax liability; finality thereof; penalties for certain acts in relation to compromises and agreements; prosecutions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2011 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / § 42-2011
§ 42-2011. Termination and waiver of regime; certification upon plat; judicial termination; ownership after termination; condominium restrictions not applicable after termination or partition.
Status: in_force

(a) All the co-owners or the sole owner of a project constituted into a horizontal property regime may terminate and waive this regime and regroup or merge the individual and several condominium units with the principal property; such termination and waiver shall be by certification to such effect upon the plat of condominium subdivision establishing the particular horizontal property regime under the hands and seals of the said sole owner or co-owners, in the presence of 2 credible witnesses, upon the same plat or upon a paper or parchment attached thereto; provided, that the said individual condominium units are unencumbered, or if encumbered, that the creditors in whose behalf the encumbrances are recorded agree to accept as security the undivided interest in the property of the debtor co-owner and said creditors or trustees under duly recorded deeds of trust, shall signify their assent to such termination and waiver upon the aforesaid plat, paper, or parchment; provided further, that should the buildings or other improvements in a condominium project be more than two-thirds destroyed by fire or other disaster, the co-owners of three-fourths of the condominium project may waive and terminate the horizontal property regime and may certify to such termination and waiver; provided further, that if within 90 days of the date of such damage or destruction: (1) the council of co-owners does not determine to repair, reconstruct or rebuild as provided in §§ 42-2021 and 42-2022 or; (2) the insurance indemnity is delivered pro rata to the co-owners in conformity with the provisions of § 42-2021 and if the co-owners do not terminate and waive the regime in conformity with this section, then any unit owner or any other person aggrieved thereby may file a petition in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, setting forth under oath such facts as may be necessary to entitle the petitioner to the relief prayed and praying judicial termination of the horizontal property regime. Said petition may be served on the person designated in the bylaws in conformity with § 42-2014(a)(7) . The court may thereupon lay a rule upon the council of co-owners, unless they shall voluntarily appear and admit the allegations of the petition, to show cause, under oath, on or before the 10th day, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, after service of such rule, why the prayers of said petition should not be granted. If no cause be shown against the prayer of the petition by the council of co-owners, or by any one of the co-owners, the court may determine in a summary way whether the facts warrant termination and thereupon the court may decree the particular horizontal property regime terminated.
(b) In the event a horizontal property regime is terminated or waived, the property shall be deemed to be owned in common by the co-owners, and the undivided interest in the property owned in common which shall appertain to each co-owner shall be the percentage of undivided interest previously owned by such co-owner in the common elements in the property as set forth in the declaration under § 42-2006 .
(c) Upon such termination and waiver the provisions of § 42-2010 shall no longer be applicable and reference to the principal project thereupon shall be to the plat and record of the prior land subdivision and thereupon the restraint against partition or division of the co-ownership imposed by § 42-2007 shall no longer apply. In the event of such partition suit the net proceeds shall be divided among all the unit owners, in proportion to their respective undivided ownership of the common elements, after first paying off, out of the respective shares of the unit owners, all liens on the unit of each unit owner. To be valid such termination shall be recorded among the land records of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 42-2858.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 28E / § 42-2858.01
§ 42-2858.01. Affordable Housing Loan Fund authorization.
Status: in_force

The Department of Housing and Community Development is authorized to submit an application for the program offered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, approved August 22, 1974 (88 Stat. 647; 42 U.S.C. § 5308), to provide a gap subsidy resource source for Community Development Block Grant-eligible affordable housing acquisition and rehabilitation projects in Fiscal Year 2021 that also meet the criteria for the use of money in the Housing Preservation Fund, established by § 1-325.351 , or the Housing Production Trust Fund, established by § 42-2802 .
D.C. Code § 42-3404.02a — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3404.02a
§ 42-3404.02a. Registration of a tenant organization.
Status: in_force

In a housing accommodation of 5 or more units, the tenants may form and register the tenant organization with the Mayor, pursuant to § 42-3404.11 , at any time; provided, that this section shall not be construed to alter the time periods within which a tenant organization may exercise the rights afforded by this chapter. A tenant organization may file a petition for relief pursuant to § 42-3405.03 or § 42-3405.03a .
D.C. Code § 42-1903.04 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1903.04
§ 42-1903.04. Meetings — Executive board; quorums.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the condominium instruments otherwise provide, a quorum shall be deemed to be present throughout any meeting of the unit owners’ association until adjourned if persons entitled to cast more than the thirty-three and one-third percent of the votes are present at the beginning of such meeting. The bylaws may provide for a larger percentage, or for a smaller percentage not less than 25 percent.
(b) Unless the condominium instruments specify a larger majority, a quorum shall be deemed to be present throughout any meeting of the executive board if persons entitled to cast one half of the votes in that body are present at the beginning of such meeting.
D.C. Code § 42-1623 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16A / § 42-1623
§ 42-1623. Amendment by association of owners.
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of an association of owners identified in a governing instrument may, without a vote of the members of the association, amend the governing instrument to remove an unlawful restriction.
(b) A member of an association of owners may request, in a record that sufficiently identifies an unlawful restriction in the governing instrument, that the governing body exercise its authority under subsection (a) of this section. Not later than 90 days after the governing body receives the request, the governing body shall determine reasonably and in good faith whether the governing instrument includes the unlawful restriction. If the governing body determines the governing instrument includes the unlawful restriction, the governing body not later than 90 days after the determination shall amend the governing instrument to remove the unlawful restriction.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of the governing instrument or other law of the District, the governing body may execute an amendment under this section.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision of the governing instrument or other law of the District that requires a vote of the members of the association of owners to amend the governing instrument, an amendment executed under this section shall be effective.
D.C. Code § 42-1402 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 14 / § 42-1402
§ 42-1402. Application for sale by verified bill; contents; parties.
Status: in_force

Any application for such sale shall be by bill, verified by the oath of the party or parties, in which all the facts shall be distinctly set forth upon the existence of which it is claimed that such sale should be decreed, which facts shall be proved by competent testimony. All of the issue embraced in the limitation who are in existence at the time of the application shall be made parties defendant, together with all who would take the estate in case the limitation over should never vest; and minors of the age of 14 years or more shall answer in proper person under oath, as well as by guardian ad litem, and all evidence shall be taken upon notice to the parties and the guardian ad litem.
D.C. Code § 42-1206 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12 / § 42-1206
§ 42-1206. Public records to be open for free, public inspection.
Status: in_force

All public records which have reference to or in any way relate to real or personal property in the District of Columbia, whether the same be in the office of the Recorder of Deeds or in some other public office in the District of Columbia, shall be open to the public for inspection free of charge.
D.C. Code § 42-3131.15 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31A / § 42-3131.15
§ 42-3131.15. Administrative review and appeal.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 15 days after the designation of an owner's building as a vacant building, the determination of delinquency of registration or fee payment, the denial or revocation of registration, or the designation of a vacant building as a blighted vacant building, the owner may petition the Mayor for reconsideration by filing the form prescribed by the Mayor.
(b) (1) Within 60 days after receiving a petition pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Mayor shall issue a notice of final determination to the owner of the vacant building. The petition shall be deemed denied, and it shall have the same effect of the issuance of a notice of final determination, if the Mayor does not act upon the petition within 60 days.
  (2) Within 45 days after the date of the notice of final determination or within 45 days of the expiration of the time period set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection, an owner may file an appeal with the Real Property Tax Appeals Commission for the District of Columbia ("Real Property Tax Appeals Commission") on the form prescribed by the Mayor; provided, that the issuance of a notice of final determination or the failure of the Mayor to issue a notice of final determination within 60 days shall be a prerequisite to filing an appeal with the Real Property Tax Appeals Commission. The Real Property Tax Appeals Commission may not extend the time to file an appeal.
(c) After receiving a notice of appeal from an owner as required under subsection (b)(2) of this section, the Real Property Tax Appeals Commission shall provide by mail or electronic mail to the Advisory Neighborhood Commission in which the vacant building is located, at least 15 days before any scheduled hearing on the appeal, the following information related to the building at issue:
  (1) The name of the owner of the building, and the address of the building, including square, suffix and lot numbers;
  (2) The determination under review; and
  (3) The date, time, and location of the hearing.
(d) The District, through the Office of the Attorney General, may appeal a decision of the Real Property Tax Appeals Commission to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia within 90 days after the receipt of a written decision.
D.C. Code § 42-1214 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12 / § 42-1214
§ 42-1214. Recorder of Deed Automation Improvement Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the Recorder of Deeds Automation Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Chief Financial Officer in accordance with subsections (b) and (b-1) of this section.
(a-1) Notwithstanding § 42-1212 , the following revenue shall be deposited in the Fund:
  (1) All funds collected pursuant to § 42-1211 ;
  (2) Costs and charges collected under § 47-876 ; and
  (3) Charges collected under § 47-1340(h) .
(b) Revenues accruing to the Fund shall be used solely and exclusively to cover the costs of updating the automated system of the Recorder of Deeds. These costs shall include the purchasing of computer hardware and software, maintenance of the new computer system, training staff to implement and operate the new system.
(b-1) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, revenues accounted for and deposited into the Fund under the authority of §§ 47-876 and 47-1340(h) , together with interest accruing thereon, shall be used solely and exclusively by the Real Property Tax Administration of the Office of Tax and Revenue for the purposes under which the revenue was charged and collected.
(c) Repealed.
(d) Any money remaining available in the Fund at the end of a fiscal year, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer in the fiscal year-end close, shall be transferred to the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia as part of the fiscal year-end close.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or limit the appropriation of additional funds from the revenues of the District for the operations of the Real Property Tax Administration of the Office of Tax and Revenue, including appropriations to support the purposes specified in subsections (b) and (b-1) of this section. The revenues accruing to the Fund shall be considered as supplementing and enhancing the operations of the Real Property Tax Administration of the Office of Tax and Revenue, and are not intended to be used to supplant support for the Real Property Tax Administration of the Office of Tax and Revenue provided through the general funds of the District.
D.C. Code § 42-3531.10 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35A / § 42-3531.10
§ 42-3531.10. Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

The Office of the Chief Tenant Advocate shall promulgate rules, subject to Council approval, to implement the provisions of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 42-832.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-832.01
§ 42-832.01. General.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3405.07 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 34 / § 42-3405.07
§ 42-3405.07. Revocation.
Status: in_force

(a) A certificate issued pursuant to § 42-3402.02(a) , an exemption issued pursuant to § 42-3402.02(b) or § 42-3402.10 , or registration required pursuant to § 42-3404.11 may be revoked after notice and hearing upon a written finding of fact that the holder of the certificate, the holder of the exemption, or the registrant has:
  (1) Failed to comply with the terms of a cease and desist order;
  (2) Failed faithfully to perform any stipulation or agreement made with the Mayor as an inducement to grant any certificate, exemption, or registration; or
  (3) Made intentional misrepresentations or concealed material facts in an application for a certificate, exemption, or registration.
(b) If the Mayor finds after notice and hearing that the holder of a certificate, the holder of an exemption, or the registrant has been guilty of a violation for which revocation could be ordered, the Mayor may issue a cease and desist order; or, upon adjudication for any infraction thereof, impose civil fines, penalties, and fees as alternative sanctions, pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2 . Adjudication of any infraction shall be pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2 .
D.C. Code § 42-1622 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16A / § 42-1622
§ 42-1622. Amendment by owner.
Status: in_force

Except with respect to property to which § 42-1623 applies, an owner of real property subject to an unlawful restriction may submit to the Recorder of Deeds for recordation in the land records an amendment to remove the unlawful restriction, but only as to the owner's property.
D.C. Code § 42-1213 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 12 / § 42-1213
§ 42-1213. Maintenance of office to be included in estimate of District appropriations; appropriations for building, equipment, and supplies authorized.
Status: in_force

The annual estimates of appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia shall include estimates of appropriations for the operation and maintenance of the Office of the Recorder of Deeds. And appropriations are hereby authorized for a suitable record building for the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, and for personal services, rentals, office equipment, office supplies, and such other expenditures as are essential for the efficient maintenance and conduct of such office.
D.C. Code § 42-2024 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 20 / § 42-2024
§ 42-2024. Actions relating to common elements; service of process; removal of lien on proportionate share of common areas following judgment against other unit owners.
Status: in_force

(a) Without limiting the right of any co-owner, actions may be brought on behalf of 2 or more of the unit owners, as their respective interests may appear, by the manager, or board of directors, or of administration with respect to any cause of action relating to the common elements or more than 1 unit.
(b) Service of process on 2 or more unit owners in any action relating to the common elements may be made on the person designated in the bylaws in conformity with § 42-2014(a)(7) .
(c) In the event of entry of a final judgment as a lien against 2 or more unit owners, the unit owners of the separate units may remove their unit and their percentage interest in the common elements from the lien thereof by payment of the fractional proportional amounts attributable to each of the units affected. Said individual payment shall be computed by reference to the percentage established pursuant to § 42-2006 . After such partial payment, partial discharge, or release or other satisfaction, the unit and its percentage interest in the common elements shall thereafter be free and clear of the lien of such judgment.
(d) Such partial payment, satisfaction, or discharge shall not prevent such a judgment creditor from proceeding to enforce his rights against any unit and its percentage interest in the common elements not so paid, satisfied, or discharged.
D.C. Code § 42-1734 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 17 / § 42-1734
§ 42-1734. Fraudulent transfers or loans.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-2851.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 28A / § 42-2851.03
§ 42-2851.03. Notice required upon opting out; inspection of property; maintenance of contract.
Status: in_force

(a) The owner of a federally-assisted housing accommodation who intends not to continue participation in the federal assistance program shall transmit to the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, and the Executive Director of the District of Columbia Housing Authority any notice regarding the intent of the owner not to continue participation that the owner is required to provide to tenants of the housing accommodation or a federal agency under federal law or regulation.
(b) (1) One year before participation in the federal assistance program would expire absent the owner’s extension or renewal of participation in the program, the owner of a federally-assisted housing accommodation shall transmit to the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, and the Executive Director of the District of Columbia Housing Authority a form, promulgated by the Mayor, that shall provide notice of the pending expiration date.
  (2) If the owner intends not to continue participation in the federal assistance program, through any means, including termination of a subsidy contract, termination of rental restrictions, or prepayment of a mortgage on an assisted housing development, the notice shall be sent to each assisted tenant household, the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, and the Executive Director of the District of Columbia Housing Authority, and shall include the following information:
    (A) A statement identifying the program under which assistance is provided and stating that the owner intends to terminate the subsidy contract or rental restrictions upon its expiration date, or the expiration date of any contract extension;
    (B) In the event of prepayment, a statement identifying the program under which the mortgage is insured and stating that the owner intends to:
      (i) Pay in full or refinance the federally insured or federally held mortgage indebtedness prior to its original maturity date; or
      (ii) Voluntarily cancel the mortgage insurance;
    (C) The anticipated date of the termination or prepayment of the federal assistance;
    (D) A statement of the possibility that the housing may remain in the federal program after the proposed date of the termination of the subsidy contract or prepayment if the owner elects to do so under the terms of the federal government’s offer;
    (E) A statement that technical assistance may be available through the Department of Housing and Community Development and the address and phone number for that agency; and
    (F) A statement containing information about available resources as the Mayor may by regulation require.
(c) An owner of a federally-assisted housing accommodation who does not continue, or intends not to continue, participation in the federal assistance program for the housing accommodation shall be deemed to have consented to reasonable inspection by the Mayor of the housing accommodation and any owner or housing accommodation report on file with United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(d) To the extent allowed by federal law, the owner of a federally-assisted housing accommodation that receives assistance pursuant to a HAP contract shall maintain a HAP contract in good standing during the notice period required by this section and during any period during which the Mayor may exercise a right to first refusal.
(e) The one-year notice provision of this section shall not be required with respect to any property which ceased to be a federally assisted housing accommodation prior to April 19, 2002.
D.C. Code § 42-2857.01 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 28D / § 42-2857.01
§ 42-2857.01. Department of Housing and Community Development Unified Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the Department of Housing and Community Development Unified Fund (“Unified Fund”), to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development.
(b) Any money remaining available in the Fund at the end of a fiscal year, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer in the fiscal year-end close, shall be transferred to the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia as part of the fiscal year-end close.
(c) Funds deposited into the Unified Fund shall be used for the following purposes:
  (1) To provide financial assistance to low-income and moderate-income residents of the District so that they may obtain or maintain affordable housing;
  (2) To assist low-income and moderate-income residents in making down payments on homes within the District;
  (3) To assist low-income and moderate-income residents in making share payments or other payments to housing cooperatives or condo associations within the District;
  (4) To provide financial assistance to developers to acquire real property for the provision of affordable housing;
  (5) To provide funding for the design, installation, and renovation of site improvements to be located on property to be developed or rehabilitated as affordable housing;
  (6) To provide funding for private for-profit and not-for-profit developers to facilitate the development of affordable housing;
  (7) To provide funding for property maintenance facilities at affordable housing developments;
  (8) To provide funding for the Department of Housing and Community Development (“DHCD”) to reclaim properties that have received notice of foreclosure in cases where DHCD has subordinated liens;
  (9) To provide affordable financing to low-income and moderate-income residents to correct basic housing defects and ensure long-term livability;
  (10) To develop programs to encourage property owners to rehabilitate and occupy their abandoned or deteriorated residential properties;
  (11) To facilitate DHCD’s acquisition, disposition, and rehabilitation of vacant and deteriorated properties when property owners fail to maintain the properties;
  (12) To facilitate the development of affordable housing generally;
  (13) To provide funding for other affordable housing purposes, as determined by the Director of DHCD in furtherance of DHCD’s mission;
  (14) To provide one-time funding for enhancements for the Rental Housing Commission;
  (15) To provide funding to support the housing needs of veterans;
  (16) To provide funding to assist tenants evicted under § 42-3505; and01 ; and
  (17) To provide funding for the TOPA Application Assistance Pilot Program established by § 42-3404.14 ; provided, that funding from the Unified Fund for the program shall not exceed the amount available in the Unified Fund.
  (18) In Fiscal Year 2019, $500,000 for the Reverse Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Program  established pursuant to § 42-2703.07a .
(d) (1) Not more that 20% of the funds deposited into the Unified Fund may be used to pay project-delivery costs.
  (2) Costs associated with the application or implementation of projects pursuant to § 42-2858.01 shall not be considered project-delivery costs for purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(e) The following funds shall be deposited into the Unified Fund:
  (1) All revenue derived from lease payments from loans and other proceeds received under the Land Acquisitions for Housing Development Opportunities Program, established under the authority of subchapter I of Chapter 10 of Title 6 ;
  (1A) All revenue derived from the fees collected pursuant to § 42-3402.05a , for processing condominium and cooperative conversions and for other services provided by the Department of Housing and Community Development under Chapter 34 of this title [ § 42-3401.01 et seq.];
  (1B) All revenue derived from the fees collected pursuant to § 42-1904.03(d) ;
  (1C) All local revenue derived from the sale of properties disposed of pursuant to DHCD's disposition authority; provided, that, and notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section, such revenue, without regard to the fiscal year in which it is realized, is used for the following purposes in Fiscal Year 2019 in order of priority:
    (A) $125,000 for purposes authorized by subsection (c) of this section;
    (B) $5 million, as needed, for the contingency reserve fund established by § 1-204.50a(b) to repay money withdrawn from that fund in Fiscal Year 2018 by the Mayor for the purpose of financing the Home Purchase Assistance Program;
    (C) $2.5 million for the Common Interest Community Repairs Program established by Chapter 20B of this title ;
    (D) $1 million for the DCHA Rehabilitation and Maintenance Fund established by § 6-202(c-1) ;
    (E) $1 million for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, or any successor program by a different name, administered by the Department of Human Services; and
    (F) The remainder for other purposes authorized by this section;
  (2) All revenue derived from repayments and other proceeds from the following programs, funding sources, and accounts maintained by DHCD:
    (A) Rehabilitation Repayment account;
    (B) Low Income Housing Tax Credit Fee Collection;
    (C) Home Again Revolving Fund;
    (D) Portal Sites; and
    (E) Any other DHCD programs created by regulation, as determined by the Director; and
  (3) All other sources of revenue as the Council may determine by act.
(f) No revenue from any federal funding source nor any income derived from any federal funding source shall be deposited into the Unified Fund.
(g) The Director shall distribute funds from the Unified Fund in accordance with DHCD’s annual action plan, budget projections, and performance goals that are directed towards creating affordable housing and community development.
(h) On October 31, 2009, and annually thereafter, DHCD shall submit to the Council a report that describes all programs, activities, and projects undertaken by DHCD using funds allocated from the Unified Fund.
D.C. Code § 42-837.03 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-837.03
§ 42-837.03. Required conditions during challenge.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3115 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 31 / § 42-3115
§ 42-3115. Suspension or revocation of licenses.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) In accordance with § 2-509 , the Mayor shall revoke the license of any licensee who knowingly has permitted on the licensed premises:
    (A) The illegal sale, negotiation for sale, or use of any controlled substance as that term is defined in Chapter 9 of Title 48 , or the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, approved October 27, 1970 (84 Stat. 1243; 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq .);
    (B) The possession, other than for personal use, sale, or negotiation for sale of drug paraphernalia in violation of subchapter I of Chapter 11 of Title 48 ;
    (C) An act of prostitution, as defined in § 22-2701.01(3) , or any act that violates any provision of §§ 22-2701 through 22-2712 ; or
    (D) Conduct that violates § 48-911.01(a) .
  (2) The Mayor shall revoke any certificate of occupancy or permit associated with the specific address or unit, whichever is more specific, of the holder of a certificate of occupancy or permit who knowingly permits a violation of § 48-911.01(a) , to occur at the specific address or unit identified in the certificate of occupancy or permit.
  (3) The Mayor, by rule, shall establish costs and fines to cover revocation of any license revoked pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(b) (1) In addition to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section and paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Mayor, notwithstanding § 2-1801.04(a)(1) , may take the following actions against any licensee, or agent or employee of a licensee, that, with or without the appropriate license, engages in the purchase, sale, exchange, or any other form of commercial transaction involving used goods or merchandise that are knowingly stolen:
    (A) For the first violation of this paragraph, the Mayor:
      (i) Shall issue a fine in the amount of $2,500; and
      (ii) May seal the licensee's premises for up to 96 hours without a prior hearing.
    (B) For a second violation of this paragraph, the Mayor:
      (i) Shall issue a fine in the amount of $5,000;
      (ii) May seal the licensee's premises for up to 96 hours without a prior hearing; and
      (iii) (I) Shall, within 30 days of the issuance of a fine, require the licensee to submit a remediation plan approved by the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief of Police, that contains the licensee's plan to prevent any future recurrence of purchasing, selling, exchanging, or otherwise transacting stolen goods and the acknowledgment that a subsequent occurrence of engaging in prohibited activities may result in the revocation of all licenses issued to the licensee pursuant to Chapter 28 of Title 47 .
        (II) If the licensee fails to submit a remediation plan in accordance with this sub-subparagraph, or if the Mayor rejects the licensee's remediation plan, the Mayor shall provide written notice to the licensee of the Mayor's intent to suspend all licenses issued to the licensee pursuant to Chapter 28 of Title 47 for an additional 30 days.
    (C) For a third violation of this paragraph, the Mayor:
      (i) Shall issue a fine in the amount of $10,000;
      (ii) May seal the licensee's premises for up to 96 hours without a prior hearing; and
      (iii) Shall provide written notice to the licensee of the Mayor's intent to permanently revoke all licenses issued to the licensee pursuant to Chapter 28 of Title 47 .
  (2) In addition to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section and paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Mayor or the Chief of Police, notwithstanding § 2-1801.04(a)(1) , may take the following actions against, or impose the following requirements upon, any licensee, or agent or employee of a licensee, that knowingly engages or attempts to engage in the purchase, sale, exchange, or any other form of commercial transaction involving a synthetic drug, including the possession of multiple units of a synthetic drug:
    (A) For a first violation of this paragraph:
      (i) The Mayor shall issue a fine in the amount of $10,000;
      (ii) The Mayor may issue a notice to revoke all licenses issued to the licensee pursuant to Chapter 28 of Title 47 ; and
      (iii) (I) The Chief of Police, after a determination by the Mayor in accordance with § 2-1801.06(a) , shall seal the licensee's premises, or a portion of the premises, for up to 96 hours without a prior hearing;
        (II) Within 14 days after a licensee's premises is sealed under sub-sub-subparagraph (I) of this sub-subparagraph, the Mayor shall require the licensee to submit a remediation plan to the Director of the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection that contains the licensee's plan to prevent any future recurrence of purchasing, selling, exchanging, or otherwise transacting any synthetic drug and the acknowledgment that a subsequent occurrence of engaging in prohibited activities may result in the revocation of all licenses issued to the licensee pursuant to Chapter 28 of Title 47 .
        (III) If the licensee fails to submit a remediation plan in accordance with this sub-subparagraph, or if the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief of Police, rejects the licensee's remediation plan, the Mayor shall provide written notice to the licensee of the defects in any rejected remediation plan and of the Mayor's intent to revoke all licenses issued to the licensee pursuant to Chapter 28 of Title 47 .
        (IV) If the licensee cures the defects in a rejected remediation plan, the Mayor may suspend any action to revoke any license of the licensee issued pursuant to Chapter 28 of Title 47 .
        (V) The Mayor shall notify the Office of the Attorney General upon sealing a licensee's premises or a portion of the premises.
    (B) For any subsequent violation of this paragraph:
      (i) The Mayor shall issue a fine in the amount of $20,000; and
      (ii) The Chief of Police, after a determination by the Mayor in accordance with § 2-1801.06(a) , shall seal the licensee's premises, or a portion of the premises, for up to 30 days without a prior hearing.
    (C) If a licensee's premises, or a portion of the premises, is sealed under subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph, a licensee shall have the right to request a hearing with the Office of Administrative Hearings within 3 business days after service of notice of the sealing of the premises under subparagraph (E) of this paragraph.
    (D) If a licensee timely requests a hearing under subparagraph (C) of this paragraph, the Office of Administrative Hearings shall hold a hearing before an administrative law judge within 3 business days after receiving the request.
    (E) At the time of the sealing of the premises, or a portion of the premises, under subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph, the Director of the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection shall post at the premises and serve on the licensee a written notice and order stating:
      (i) The specific action or actions being taken;
      (ii) The factual and legal bases for the action or actions;
      (iii) The right, within 3 business days after service of notice of the sealing of the premises, to request a hearing with the Office of Administrative Hearings;
      (iv) The right to a hearing before an administrative law judge within 3 business days after a timely request being received by the Office of Administrative Hearings; and
      (v) That it shall be unlawful for any person, with the exception of emergency services personnel, to enter the sealed premises for any purpose without written permission by the Director of the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection.
    (F) A licensee shall pay a fine issued pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph within 20 days after adjudication by the Office of Administrative Hearings. If the licensee fails to pay the fine within the specified time period, the Mayor may seal the premises until the fine is paid.
    (G) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term:
      (i) "Business days" means days in which the Office of Administrative Hearings is open for business.
      (ii) "Synthetic drug" means any product possessed, provided, distributed, sold, or marketed with the intent that it be used as a recreational drug, such that its consumption or ingestion produces effects on the central nervous system or brain function to change perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, or behavior in ways that are similar to the effects of marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, or Schedule I narcotics under § 48-902.04 . The term "synthetic drug" includes any chemically synthesized product (including products that contain both a chemically synthesized ingredient and herbal or plant material) possessed, provided, distributed, sold, or marketed with the intent that the product produces effects substantially similar to the effects created by compounds banned by District or federal synthetic drug laws or by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration pursuant to its authority under the Controlled Substances Act, approved October 27, 1970 (84 Stat. 1247; 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq .). Any of the following factors shall be treated as indicia that a product is being marketed with the intent that it be used as a recreational drug:
        (I) The product is not suitable for its marketed use (such as a crystalline or powder product being marketed as "glass cleaner").
        (II) The individual or business providing, distributing, displaying, or selling the product does not typically provide, distribute, display, or sell products that are used for that product's marketed use (such as liquor stores, smoke shops, or gas or convenience stores selling "plant food").
        (III) The product contains a warning label that is not typically present on products that are used for that product's marketed use, including "Not for human consumption," "Not for purchase by minors," "Must be 18 years or older to purchase," "100% legal blend," or similar statements.
        (IV) The product is significantly more expensive than other products that are used for that product's marketed use.
        (V) The product resembles an illicit street drug (such as cocaine, methamphetamine, or Schedule I narcotic) or marijuana.
        (VI) The licensee or any employee of the licensee has been warned by a District government agency or has received a criminal incident report, arrest report, or equivalent from any law enforcement agency that the product or a similarly labeled product contains a synthetic drug.
  (3) (A) A violation of this subsection shall be a civil infraction for purposes of Chapter 18 of Title 2 . Civil fines, penalties, and fees may be imposed as sanctions for any infraction of the provisions of this subsection or the rules issued under the authority of this subsection, pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2 .
    (B) Adjudication of any infraction of this subsection shall be pursuant to the Chapter 18 of Title 2 .
    (C) Summary action taken pursuant to this subsection shall be pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 18 of Title 2 .
  (4) In addition to other remedies provided by law, the Office of the Attorney General may commence an action in the Civil Branch of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to compel compliance, abate, enjoin, or prevent violations of this subsection. The plaintiff need not prove irreparable injury or harm to obtain a preliminary or temporary injunction.
(c) (1) The term "knowingly" includes:
    (A) For the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, actual notice of a specific violation set forth in subsection (a) or (b) of this section to the licensee or authorized agent of the licensee, issued by a District agency notifying the licensee, or authorized agent, of the same or similar violation occurring on the licensee's premises; or
    (B) For the purposes of subsection (b) of this section, constructive notice to the licensee, or authorized agent of the licensee, resulting from the failure of the licensee, or authorized agent, to ascertain the ownership of the used goods or merchandise.
  (2) For the purposes of this subsection, actual or constructive notice to the authorized agent of the licensee constitutes notice to the licensee.
(d) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Chapter 28 of Title 47 requiring an inspection as a prerequisite to the issuance of a license, the Mayor is authorized to provide by regulation that any such inspection shall be made either prior or subsequent to the issuance of a license, but any such license, whether issued prior or subsequent to a required inspection, may be suspended or revoked for failure of the licensee to comply with the laws or regulations applicable to the licensed business, trade, profession, or calling.
D.C. Code § 42-407 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 4 / § 42-407
§ 42-407. Instrument not properly executed or acknowledged not recordable.
Status: in_force

The Recorder of Deeds shall not:
(1) Accept for recordation any instrument unless the instrument is executed and acknowledged according to law by the person granting or contracting his or her right, title, or interest in the real property;
(2) Accept for recordation any deed, as defined in § 42-1101(3) , concerning real property in connection with which taxes, assessments, or charges are owing under chapter 11 of this title , under chapters 9 and 14 of Title 47, or to a taxing agency as defined in § 47-1330(8) ; provided, that this paragraph shall not:
  (A) Act to bar collection of the delinquent taxes, assessments, or charges; and
  (B) Apply to real property acquired by the District, receiving assistance under the Distressed Properties Improvement Program established pursuant to § 42-3508.04 , or encumbered by an instrument securing payment of a promissory note executed under § 47-1353(a)(3) ; or
(3) Require liens filed by a taxing agency as defined in § 47-1330(8) , or liens filed under § 47-4421 , to be acknowledged; provided, that when a lien is delivered to the Recorder of Deeds via an electronic medium or first accessible via the Internet, the lien shall be deemed filed and recorded, notwithstanding any other law.
D.C. Code § 42-4029 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 40 / § 42-4029
§ 42-4029. Remedy.
Status: repealed

Expired.
D.C. Code § 42-832.23 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 8A / § 42-832.23
§ 42-832.23. Priority: purchase money lien instruments.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-1604 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 16 / § 42-1604
§ 42-1604. Joint tenant or tenant in common against cotenant.
Status: in_force

Any joint tenant or tenant in common may maintain an action for waste committed by his cotenant, or in a suit for a partition, or a sale for purpose of partition may have said waste charged against the share of the cotenant committing the same.
D.C. Code § 42-1904.11 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 19 / § 42-1904.11
§ 42-1904.11. Resale by unit owner; seller to obtain appropriate statements from association and furnish to purchaser; scope of provisions.
Status: in_force

(a) In the event of a resale of a condominium unit by a unit owner other than the declarant, the unit owner shall obtain from the unit owners’ association and furnish to the purchaser, on or prior to the 10th business day following the date of execution of the contract of sale by the purchaser, a copy of the condominium instruments and a certificate setting forth the following:
  (1) Appropriate statements pursuant to § 42-1903.13(h) and, if applicable, § 42-1903.15 , which need not to be in recordable form;
  (2) A statement of any capital expenditures approved by the unit owners’ association planned at the time of the conveyance that are not reflected in the current operating budget disclosed under paragraph (4) of this subsection;
  (3) A statement of the status and amount of any reserves for capital expenditures, contingencies, and improvements, and any portion of such reserves earmarked for any specified project by the executive board;
  (4) A copy of the statement of financial condition for the unit owners’ association for the then most recent fiscal year for which such statement is available and the current operating budget, if any;
  (5) A statement of the status of any pending suits or any judgments to which the unit owners’ association is a party;
  (6) A statement setting forth what insurance coverage is provided for all unit owners by the unit owners’ association and a statement whether such coverage includes public liability, loss or damage, or fire and extended coverage insurance with respect to the unit and its contents;
  (7) A statement that any improvements or alterations made to the unit, or the limited common elements assigned thereto, by the prior unit owner are not in violation of the condominium instruments;
  (8) A statement of the remaining term of any leasehold estate affecting the condominium or the condominium unit and the provisions governing any extension or renewal thereof; and
  (9) The date of issuance of the certificate.
(a-1) (1) If the condominium instruments and certificate prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section are not furnished to the purchaser on or prior to the 10th business day following the date of execution of the contract of sale by the purchaser, the purchaser shall have the right to cancel the contract by giving notice in writing to the seller prior to receipt of the condominium instruments and certificate, but not after conveyance under the contract.
  (2) Except as provided pursuant to paragraph (5) of this subsection, the purchaser shall have the right for a period of 3-business days following the purchaser’s receipt of the condominium instruments and certificate prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, whether or not such receipt occurs within the time period described in subsection (a) of this section, to cancel the contract by giving notice in writing and returning the condominium instruments and certificate to the seller, provided that the purchaser may not so cancel the contract after conveyance under the contract.
  (3) If the purchaser cancels the contract pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection, the purchaser shall receive back any earnest money or other deposit without delay or deduction.
  (4) From and after the earlier of (i) the expiration of the 3-business-day period for review prescribed pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, or an extension of the 3-business-day period agreed to by the parties in a signed writing, or (ii) conveyance under the contract, if the purchaser has not exercised the right to cancel, the contract shall not be cancellable by the purchaser under this subsection.
  (5) If the condominium instruments and certificate are furnished to the purchaser on or prior to execution of the contract of sale by the purchaser, the 3 business-day period for review prescribed pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection shall commence when the contract is executed by the purchaser.
(b) The principal officer of the unit owners’ association or such other officer or officers as the condominium instruments may specify, shall furnish the certificate prescribed by subsection (a) of this section upon the written request of any unit owner or purchaser within 10 days of the receipt of such request.
(c) Subject to the provisions of § 42-1904.01 , but notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the provisions and requirements of this section shall apply to any such resale of a condominium unit created under the provisions of Chapter 20 of this title .
D.C. Code § 42-3219 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 32 / § 42-3219
§ 42-3219. Representatives of life tenant may recover proportion of rent from under-tenant.
Status: in_force

Where any tenants for life shall happen to die before or on the day, on which any rent was reserved or made payable upon any demise or lease of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, which determined on the death of such tenant for life, the executors or administrators of such tenant for life shall and may in an action on the case recover of and from such under-tenant or under-tenants of such lands, tenements, or hereditaments, if such tenant for life dies on the day on which the same was made payable the whole, or if before such day then a proportion, of such rent according to the time such tenant for life lived, of the last year, or quarter of a year or other time in which the said rent was growing due as aforesaid, making all just allowances or a proportionable part thereof respectively.
D.C. Code § 42-307 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 3 / § 42-307
§ 42-307. Perpetuities; pensions and employee trusts excepted.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 42-3541.06 — DC Code / Title 42 / Chapter 35B / § 42-3541.06
§ 42-3541.06. Reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

Beginning December 31, 2018, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Office of Human Rights shall submit a report to the Council of the District of Columbia that includes:
(1) The number of complaints filed pursuant to this chapter during the reporting period;
(2) The number of investigations that the Office of Human Rights has conducted during the reporting period and the disposition of every complaint and investigation;
(3) The business characteristics of the housing providers against whom complaints were filed during the reporting period, including:
  (A) The number of rental properties that the housing provider owns; and
  (B) The number of rental units in each housing accommodation that the housing provider owns.