The DC Code: 42 Real Property
- 42-101: No acknowledgment of deed by attorney.
- 42-111: Acknowledgments in Guam, Samoa, and Canal Zone.
- 42-112: Acknowledgments in Philippine Islands and Puerto Rico.
- 42-141: Definitions.
- 42-142: Notarial acts.
- 42-143: Notarial acts in the District.
- 42-144: Notarial acts in other jurisdictions of the United States.
- 42-145: Notarial acts under federal authority.
- 42-146: Foreign notarial acts.
- 42-147: Certificate of notarial acts.
- 42-148: Short forms.
- 42-201: Definitions.
- 42-202: Exemption from recordation and transfer tax.
- 42-202.01: Rights of the holder of a conservation easement.
- 42-203: Persons who may bring actions.
- 42-204: Affected interests.
- 42-205: Application and construction of chapter.
- 42-301: Present or future and vested or contingent interests conveyed by deed or will.
- 42-302: Perpetuities--Charitable uses excepted. [Repealed]
- 42-303: Perpetuities--Chattels real. [Repealed]
- 42-304: Perpetuities--Effect upon estates created by deed or will. [Repealed]
- 42-305: Title conveyable by anyone claiming such.
- 42-306: Deed or will necessary for more than one-year term or for limitation upon such.
- 42-307: Perpetuities; pensions and employee trusts excepted. [Repealed]
- 42-401: Effective date of deeds; exception.
- 42-402: Defective grants recorded before April 27, 1994.
- 42-403: Defective grants recorded on or after April 27, 1994.
- 42-404: Failures in formal requisites of an instrument.
- 42-405: Notice of address and name change.
- 42-406: First recorded deed preferred.
- 42-407: Instrument not properly executed or acknowledged not recordable.
- 42-408: Record of conveyance by infant or infant trustee as evidence.
- 42-409: Bonds and contracts relating to land recordable.
- 42-410: Map or plat of subdivisions not recordable.
- 42-501: Recognized estates.
- 42-502: Fee simple estates--Estates tail abolished.
- 42-503: Fee simple estates--Absolute or qualified.
- 42-504: Freeholds; chattels real; chattel interests; conditions precedent or subsequent.
- 42-505: Estates pur autre vie; when deemed freehold and when chattel real.
- 42-506: Estates classified; possession; expectancy.
- 42-507: Estate in possession.
- 42-508: Estate in expectancy.
- 42-509: Reversions.
- 42-510: Future estates--Commencement.
- 42-511: Future estates--Remainder and conditional limitation.
- 42-512: Future estates--Vested and contingent.
- 42-513: Future estates--Alternative.
- 42-514: Expectant estates--No defeat or bar unless provided for at creation.
- 42-515: Expectant estates--Descendible, devisable, and alienable.
- 42-516: Tenancies in common, tenancies by the entireties, and joint tenancies.
- 42-517: Coparcenary estates abolished.
- 42-518: Estates for years.
- 42-519: Estates from year to year.
- 42-520: Estates by sufferance.
- 42-521: Estates from month to month or from quarter to quarter.
- 42-522: Estates at will; termination; creation.
- 42-523: Provisions applicable to personal property.
- 42-601: Deed, mortgage, and lease forms.
- 42-602: Deeds of corporations; formal requisites; acknowledgment.
- 42-603: "Covenant" binds covenantor, covenantee, and their privies.
- 42-604: General warranty.
- 42-605: Special warranty.
- 42-606: Covenant of quiet enjoyment.
- 42-607: Covenant against having encumbered land.
- 42-608: Covenant for further assurances; contracts to contain soil characteristics information.
- 42-609: Warranties void as to heirs; life tenants and certain parties not in possession.
- 42-701: Words of inheritance unnecessary.
- 42-702: "Grant" or "bargain and sell" passes whole estate and interest.
- 42-703: Remainder to heirs of life tenant; rule in Shelley's case abolished.
- 42-704: Posthumous children.
- 42-705: Construction of words importing want or failure of issue.
- 42-801: Execution, acknowledgment, and recordation in same manner as deeds.
- 42-802: Duty of Recorder.
- 42-803: Estate of mortgagee or trustee; conveyance thereof.
- 42-804: Survival of mortgagee's or trustee's title.
- 42-805: While action pending, money due payable to mortgagee or court; effect thereof.
- 42-806: Decree or order without hearing where defendant files request and plaintiff files admission.
- 42-807: Limitations upon right of redemption in §§ 42-805 and 42-806.
- 42-808: Conveyance or assurance by infant following court order.
- 42-809: Conveyance or assurance by infant trustee or mortgagee under court order.
- 42-810: Mortgagee may redeem prior mortgage; prior mortgage may not bar.
- 42-811: Appointment of trustee in event of death of mortgagee or trustee; procedure; summary decree.
- 42-812: Equity practice followed where answer sets up defense against foreclosure.
- 42-813: Replacement of deceased, appointed trustee.
- 42-814: Petition for new trustee; causes; procedure; written agreement of parties.
- 42-815: Application to court to fix terms and determine notice of sale; notice under power of sale provision.
- 42-815.01: Right to cure residential mortgage foreclosure default.
- 42-815.02: Foreclosure mediation.
- 42-815.03: Establishment of Foreclosure Mediation Fund.
- 42-816: Sale of property--Deficiency judgments; limitations thereon; relief in suit to enforce vendor's lien.
- 42-817: Sale of property--Amount creditor to pay if purchaser.
- 42-818: Commission to mortgagee or trustee; rates; when advertised sale not held.
- 42-818.01: Tracking addresses.
- 42-818.02: Procedures for release of deed of trust.
- 42-819: Petition for deed of release after death of mortgagee or trustee; procedure; summary determination.
- 42-820: Conveyance by and for individuals with mental disabilities following court order.
- 42-831.01: Definitions. [Repealed]
- 42-832.01: General. [Repealed]
- 42-832.02: Creation; statement of monetary value; other obligations secured. [Repealed]
- 42-832.03: Lien instrument creates security interest only; negative covenant does not create a lien instrument. [Repealed]
- 42-832.04: Parties to a lien instrument and addresses. [Repealed]
- 42-832.05: Information form required in every deed of trust or mortgage encumbering residential real property. [Repealed]
- 42-832.06: Execution, acknowledgement and recordation of a lien instrument in the same manner as a deed. [Repealed]
- 42-832.07: Duty of Recorder of Deeds. [Repealed]
- 42-832.08: Assignment, transfer, enforcement and performance of deed of trust or mortgage. [Repealed]
- 42-832.09: Assignment or transfer of real property encumbered by lien instrument and liability of transferor and transferee to noteowner and each other. [Repealed]
- 42-832.10: Obligation to provide name and address of noteowner, interested persons in note, amounts due and status of lien instrument. [Repealed]
- 42-832.11: Decisions by multiple noteowners. [Repealed]
- 42-832.12: Independent trustee or assignee for foreclosure required for noteowner, beneficiary, mortgagee, or secured party to bid at a power of sale foreclosure. [Repealed]
- 42-832.13: Right to determine reasonable foreclosure sale terms and conditions if deed of trust or mortgage does not state them. [Repealed]
- 42-832.14: Deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or deed to noteowner's designee; no effect on senior or subordinate interests. [Repealed]
- 42-832.15: Redemption from noteowner by performance or tender. [Repealed]
- 42-832.16: Prepayment of note secured by lien instrument. [Repealed]
- 42-832.17: Release of lien instrument after time period when no enforcement. [Repealed]
- 42-832.18: Authorized forms of release of lien instrument. [Repealed]
- 42-832.19: Noteowner's obligation to provide release of lien instrument. [Repealed]
- 42-832.20: Effective date of noteowner's receipt of payments. [Repealed]
- 42-832.21: When deed absolute, conditional sale, or contract for a deed will be considered a lien instrument. [Repealed]
- 42-832.22: Priority: effect of lien instrument priority on foreclosure; effect of lien instrument priority on unrecorded leases. [Repealed]
- 42-832.23: Priority: purchase money lien instruments. [Repealed]
- 42-832.24: Priority: replacement and modification of senior lien instruments; effect on intervening interests. [Repealed]
- 42-832.25: Priority: effect of priority on the disposition of foreclosure surplus. [Repealed]
- 42-832.26: Priority: lien on after-acquired real property. [Repealed]
- 42-832.27: Priority: subrogation. [Repealed]
- 42-832.28: Priority: subordination. [Repealed]
- 42-832.29: Priority: foreclosure of wrap-around lien instruments. [Repealed]
- 42-832.30: Future advances: general. [Repealed]
- 42-832.31: Future advances: expenditures for the protection of the real property encumbered by a lien instrument. [Repealed]
- 42-832.32: Future advances: lien instruments securing future advances for improvements to residential real property. [Repealed]
- 42-832.33: Simultaneous foreclosure of lien instrument and ancillary lien instrument. [Repealed]
- 42-832.34: Mortgaging rents. [Repealed]
- 42-833.01: Qualification of trustee or assignee for foreclosure; trustee or assignee for foreclosure and noteowner, beneficiary, mortgagee and secured party joint representation by same attorney. [Repealed]
- 42-833.02: Trustee or assignee for foreclosure holds security interest without automatic right of possession; survival of trustee's or assignee's for foreclosure security interest. [Repealed]
- 42-833.03: Noteowner's or beneficiary's or mortgagee's right to substitute, add or remove trustees or assignees for foreclosure. [Repealed]
- 42-833.04: Trustee's or assignee's for foreclosure right to resign. [Repealed]
- 42-833.05: Trustee or assignee for foreclosure discretionary and ministerial acts. [Repealed]
- 42-833.06: Petition for certificate of satisfaction after death or unavailability or refusal to act of trustee or assignee for foreclosure; procedure; summary determination. [Repealed]
- 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. [Repealed]
- 42-833.08: Trustee or assignee for foreclosure determines foreclosure process consistent with noteowner's, beneficiary's, mortgagee's, or secured party's written instructions. [Repealed]
- 42-833.09: Trustee or assignee for foreclosure commission and compensation for foreclosure. [Repealed]
- 42-834.01: Sending of notices. [Repealed]
- 42-834.02: Notice of default required; no effect on late fees. [Repealed]
- 42-834.03: Minimum grace period for borrower and owner under residential lien instrument. [Repealed]
- 42-834.04: Notice of acceleration required; right of reinstatement until notice of acceleration sent or received; notice of commencement of foreclosure satisfies notice of acceleration. [Repealed]
- 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. [Repealed]
- 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. [Repealed]
- 42-834.07: Right to redeem after acceleration. [Repealed]
- 42-835.01: Accrual of right to foreclose; preconditions of recorded lien instrument and uncured default; instruction to trustee or assignee for foreclosure to commence. [Repealed]
- 42-835.02: Notice of commencement of foreclosure. [Repealed]
- 42-835.03: Minimum time period before foreclosure sale auction on residential lien instrument securing a home loan. [Repealed]
- 42-835.04: Noteowner cannot produce original note; form of lost note affidavit and indemnification to borrower, owner and mayor. [Repealed]
- 42-835.05: Noteowner's remedies on the note and the lien instrument; credit on note or other obligation for foreclosed real property; limitation on time to seek deficiency judgment. [Repealed]
- 42-835.06: No waiver of protection laws. [Repealed]
- 42-835.07: Omitted parties; no right to object for persons who were properly sent notice. [Repealed]
- 42-835.08: Appointment of a receiver; effect on existing leases; priorities between competing receivers. [Repealed]
- 42-835.09: Waste. [Repealed]
- 42-835.10: Beneficiary's, trustee's, mortgagee's, or assignee's for foreclosure right to funds paid under casualty insurance or taking in eminent domain. [Repealed]
- 42-835.11: Effect of foreclosure on beneficiary's, trustee's, mortgagee's, or assignee's for foreclosure right to insurance and eminent domain proceeds. [Repealed]
- 42-835.12: Acquisition of foreclosure title by the owner or other subordinate interest holder. [Repealed]
- 42-835.13: Availability of documents for inspection in the District of Columbia. [Repealed]
- 42-836.01: Prohibited acts and practices. [Repealed]
- 42-836.02: Violations and remedies. [Repealed]
- 42-836.03: Foreclosure against home borrowers subjected to violations of § 42-836.01. [Repealed]
- 42-836.04: Other prohibitions and remedies. [Repealed]
- 42-837.01: Request for judicial foreclosure of residential lien instrument. [Repealed]
- 42-837.02: Written demand for judicial foreclosure. [Repealed]
- 42-837.03: Required conditions during challenge. [Repealed]
- 42-837.04: Failure to continuously satisfy the required conditions during challenge. [Repealed]
- 42-837.05: Noteowner's, beneficiary's, mortgagee's, and secured party's options in response to request for judicial foreclosure. [Repealed]
- 42-837.06: Failure of trustee or assignee for foreclosure to pursue expedited hearing. [Repealed]
- 42-837.07: Diligent pursuit of expedited hearing. [Repealed]
- 42-838.01: Request for expedited hearing. [Repealed]
- 42-838.02: Determination at expedited hearing. [Repealed]
- 42-839.01: Commencement of judicial foreclosure. [Repealed]
- 42-839.02: Determinations by the court. [Repealed]
- 42-839.03: No home loan or no violation of § 42-836.01. [Repealed]
- 42-840.01: Eligible publications for advertisement of foreclosure sale. [Repealed]
- 42-840.02: Content of foreclosure sale advertisement. [Repealed]
- 42-840.03: Required publication of foreclosure sale advertisement. [Repealed]
- 42-841.01: Business day; time; place; maximum required deposit; who may conduct. [Repealed]
- 42-841.02: Noteowner, beneficiary, mortgagee, or secured party right to bid; trustee or assignee for foreclosure may not bid; waiver of deposit. [Repealed]
- 42-841.03: Adequacy of foreclosure sale price; noteowner's, beneficiary's, mortgagee's, or secured party's conditional agreements before foreclosure sale auction. [Repealed]
- 42-841.04: Memorandum of foreclosure sale. [Repealed]
- 42-841.05: Postponement or delay of foreclosure sale auction. [Repealed]
- 42-841.06: Marshalling; order of foreclosure on multiple parcels. [Repealed]
- 42-841.07: Merger doctrine inapplicable to lien instruments. [Repealed]
- 42-841.08: Right to cancel foreclosure sale before completion. [Repealed]
- 42-841.09: Right to cancel foreclosure sale before issuance of auditor's approval of foreclosure sale procedure. [Repealed]
- 42-841.10: Effect of completed foreclosure sale; no statutory redemption. [Repealed]
- 42-841.11: Liability of accepted bidder to complete foreclosure sale acquisition. [Repealed]
- 42-841.12: Accepted bidder's right to possession of real property after foreclosure sale acquisition. [Repealed]
- 42-842.01: Required deliveries to auditor. [Repealed]
- 42-842.02: Time deadline for deliveries to auditor. [Repealed]
- 42-842.03: Claims by subordinate interest holders. [Repealed]
- 42-842.04: Distribution of foreclosure sale proceeds. [Repealed]
- 42-842.05: Auditor's reports on foreclosure procedures and distributions. [Repealed]
- 42-842.06: Recording of auditor's report on foreclosure sale procedures; presumption of validity of foreclosure sale and limitation of actions; use of auditor's report on the distribution of foreclosure sale proceeds and deficiency for deficiency judgment. [Repealed]
- 42-843.01: Pre-conditions for conveyance of real property. [Repealed]
- 42-843.02: Conveyance of real property and distribution of foreclosure sale proceeds. [Repealed]
- 42-843.03: Duties of purchaser at foreclosure sale. [Repealed]
- 42-844.01: Determination of auctioneer's fee. [Repealed]
- 42-844.02: Determination of attorney's fee. [Repealed]
- 42-844.03: No waivers by borrowers or owners. [Repealed]
- 42-844.04: Standard of conduct. [Repealed]
- 42-844.05: Land installment contracts. [Repealed]
- 42-844.06: Rulemaking authority. [Repealed]
- 42-844.07: FTE authority to implement this chapter. [Repealed]
- 42-844.08: Reporting to Council. [Repealed]
- 42-844.09: Standards for approval of subprime loan programs. [Repealed]
- 42-844.10: Acceptance of mortgage or deed of trust by the Recorder of Deeds. [Repealed]
- 42-846.01: [Reserved]
- 42-846.02: Applicability. [Repealed]
- 42-901: Ownership of real estate by aliens.
- 42-902: Ownership of legations or residences by representatives of foreign governments.
- 42-903: Resident agent required for care and maintenance of vacant property owned by nonresidents.
- 42-1001: "Power" defined.
- 42-1002: General power.
- 42-1003: Special power.
- 42-1004: Beneficial power.
- 42-1005: Giving of absolute power--To owner of limited estate.
- 42-1006: Giving of absolute power--To owner of unlimited estate.
- 42-1007: Giving of absolute power--Where no remainder on grantee's estate.
- 42-1008: Construction of power to devise inheritance given to tenant with limited estate.
- 42-1009: Right of grantor to reserve power.
- 42-1010: Liability of special and beneficial power in equity.
- 42-1011: General powers in trust.
- 42-1012: Special powers in trust.
- 42-1013: Trust powers imperative--Duty upon grantee.
- 42-1014: Trust powers imperative--Effect of grantee's right of selection of objects of trust.
- 42-1015: Beneficiaries to take equally unless otherwise directed; effect of giving trustee discretion.
- 42-1016: Execution of trust powers for benefit of creditors and assignees.
- 42-1017: Writing needed to execute power.
- 42-1018: Power to be executed by devise, will, or grant, as directed.
- 42-1019: Grantee may execute power without direct reference to such.
- 42-1101: Definitions.
- 42-1102: Deeds exempt from tax.
- 42-1102.01: Sales or assignments of instruments on secondary market exempt from tax.
- 42-1102.02: Transfer of economic interest defined.
- 42-1103: Imposition of tax; rate; return; contents; liability for tax; extension of period for filing, and waiver of, return.
- 42-1104: Computation of tax where absence of or no consideration; when fair market value to be shown on return; consideration on deeds of trust or mortgages.
- 42-1105: Investigation by Mayor; summons; production of books, records, etc.; compelling attendance and production; refusal or obstruction of investigation. [Repealed]
- 42-1106: No recordation until return filed and tax paid; deeds evidencing transfer of economic interest in real property in District. [Repealed]
- 42-1107: Burden on taxpayer to prove deed exempt from tax.
- 42-1108: Deficiencies in tax; notice of determination; protests; hearings; time for payment. [Repealed]
- 42-1108.01: Enforcement.
- 42-1109: Penalties for late filing of return and for deficiency; interest on deficiency assessments; extension of time for payment of deficiency. [Repealed]
- 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. [Repealed]
- 42-1111: Mayor may compromise penalties and adjust interest. [Repealed]
- 42-1112: Limitations; assessment or proceeding within 3 years of recordation of deed; exceptions; agreement to extend period; tolling thereof. [Repealed]
- 42-1113: Administration of oaths and affidavits by Mayor. [Repealed]
- 42-1114: Appeal from deficiency assessment.
- 42-1115: Overpayments and refunds thereof; collection by distraint and liens; jeopardy assessments. [Repealed]
- 42-1116: Stamps and other devices as evidence of collection and payment of taxes. [Repealed]
- 42-1117: Promulgation of rules and regulations by Mayor.
- 42-1118: Abatement of taxes due where cost does not warrant collection. [Repealed]
- 42-1119: Elimination of fractional stamps or devices; payment of tax to nearest dollar.
- 42-1120: General criminal penalties; prosecutions by Corporation Counsel. [Repealed]
- 42-1121: Illegal acts relating to stamps and other devices; penalties.
- 42-1122: Collected moneys to be deposited in United States Treasury.
- 42-1123: Separability clause.
- 42-1124: Appropriations to carry out provisions of chapter.
- 42-1201: Appointment; duties; residency requirement; mayoral supervision. [Repealed]
- 42-1202: Purchase of necessary equipment; employment of personnel.
- 42-1203: Deputy Recorder; effect of performance of duties. [Repealed]
- 42-1204: Second Deputy Recorder; effect of performance of duties. [Repealed]
- 42-1205: Vacancy in Office of Recorder; Deputy to fill vacancy. [Repealed]
- 42-1206: Public records to be open for free, public inspection.
- 42-1207: Notice of pendency of action (lis pendens).
- 42-1208: Purchase of typewriting machines; preference for typewritten records.
- 42-1209: Certain records to be recopied for preservation; limitation on expense.
- 42-1210: Fees of Recorder of Deeds.
- 42-1211: Surcharges.
- 42-1212: Fees and emoluments of Recorder of Deeds deposited with Collector of Taxes.
- 42-1213: Maintenance of office to be included in estimate of District appropriations; appropriations for building, equipment, and supplies authorized.
- 42-1214: Recorder of Deed Automation and Infrastructure Improvement Fund.
- 42-1215: Recordation of service and discharge certificates; certified copies thereof; recordation of notice or other document relating to federal tax liens; fees.
- 42-1216: Office closed on Saturdays.
- 42-1217: Extension of time for recordation; Saturday, Sunday, and legal holidays.
- 42-1218: Authority of Mayor to adjust fees; computation of rates; exception.
- 42-1231: Definitions.
- 42-1232: Validity of electronic documents and digitized images.
- 42-1233: Recording of documents.
- 42-1234: Uniformity of application and construction.
- 42-1235: Relation to electronic signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
- 42-1301: Applicability and exceptions.
- 42-1302: Written statement; written indication of compliance.
- 42-1303: Scope of liability; information prepared by third party.
- 42-1304: Change in conditions after delivery.
- 42-1305: Residential disclosure requirements.
- 42-1306: Good faith disclosure.
- 42-1307: Scope of disclosure.
- 42-1308: Amendment of disclosure.
- 42-1309: Method of delivery.
- 42-1310: Failure to comply.
- 42-1311: Duty imposed on transferor only.
- 42-1401: Sale of life estate and contingent remainder in issue upon application of life tenant.
- 42-1402: Application for sale by verified bill; contents; parties.
- 42-1403: Proceeds of sale held by court and treated as real estate.
- 42-1404: Sale of limited estate and future interest generally; court decree; binding effect thereof.
- 42-1501: Legal estate in cestui que use; exception.
- 42-1502: Where several are jointly seized of lands to use of any so seized, latter deemed to have possession and seizin alone.
- 42-1503: Effect of purchase for value without notice of trust; where express trust not declared in conveyance.
- 42-1601: Writ of waste; lease forfeited for waste and lessee to pay treble damages.
- 42-1602: Waste prohibited without written license; damages; amercement.
- 42-1603: Reversioner may maintain writ of waste although tenant's interest assigned to another; applicability of provisions.
- 42-1604: Joint tenant or tenant in common against cotenant.
- 42-1701: Purposes.
- 42-1702: Definitions.
- 42-1703: Duties of real estate brokers, salespersons, and property managers.
- 42-1704: Escrow accounts.
- 42-1705: Written listing contract required.
- 42-1706: Establishment of Real Estate Guaranty and Education Fund; Mayor to determine sum for deposit into Fund.
- 42-1707: Applications for payments from Fund; maximum payment; management of Fund.
- 42-1708: Additional criminal penalties.
- 42-1709: Savings clause.
- 42-1739: Real Estate Commission of the District of Columbia. [Repealed]
- 42-1740: Powers and duties of Mayor; evidentiary use of copies of Commission documents; record of Commission proceedings. [Repealed]
- 42-1741: Fees. [Repealed]
- 42-1742: Licensure of real estate brokers, real estate salespersons, and property managers. [Repealed]
- 42-1743: Qualifications for licensure. [Repealed]
- 42-1744: Status of person previously licensed. [Repealed]
- 42-1745: Licensure required for property managers. [Repealed]
- 42-1746: Registration and certification required for resident managers. [Repealed]
- 42-1747: Qualifications for licensure of property managers. [Repealed]
- 42-1748: Waiver of examination and education requirements for property managers. [Repealed]
- 42-1749: Exemptions. [Repealed]
- 42-1750: Transfer of license; change of status; brokerage firms. [Repealed]
- 42-1751: Licensure of legal entities. [Repealed]
- 42-1752: Place of business. [Repealed]
- 42-1753: Prohibited names. [Repealed]
- 42-1754: Injunctions. [Repealed]
- 42-1755: Investigation of conduct; suspension or revocation of license; grounds; penalty in lieu of suspension; probationary period; reinstatement. [Repealed]
- 42-1756: Procedural requirements. [Repealed]
- 42-1757: Automatic suspension of license through affiliation; discharge or termination of employment or affiliation. [Repealed]
- 42-1758: Prohibited acts. [Repealed]
- 42-1759: License suspended upon criminal conviction. [Repealed]
- 42-1760: Effect of criminal conviction upon license application. [Repealed]
- 42-1761: Effect of license revocation or suspension upon partnership, association, or corporation. [Repealed]
- 42-1762: Suspension or revocation of property manager license; code of ethics applicable to all licensees. [Repealed]
- 42-1763: Criminal penalties; prosecutions. [Repealed]
- 42-1764: Duties of Corporation Counsel. [Repealed]
- 42-1801: Signs on sidewalk or parking prohibited; number of signs; removal; penalties.
- 42-1901.01: Applicability of chapter; corresponding terms; supersedure of prior law.
- 42-1901.02: Definitions.
- 42-1901.03: Ownership of individual units.
- 42-1901.04: Separate taxation.
- 42-1901.05: Ordinances and regulations.
- 42-1901.06: Eminent domain; allocation of award; proportionate shares of common areas and redetermination thereof where units or parts of units taken; reallocation of voting rights, profits, and future liabilities; recordation of decree.
- 42-1901.07: Variation by agreement.
- 42-1901.08: Interpretation of chapter.
- 42-1902.01: Creation of condominiums; recordation of instruments; plats; contiguity of units.
- 42-1902.02: Release of liens prior to conveyance of first unit; exemption; liens for labor or material applied to individual units or common areas; partial release.
- 42-1902.03: Description of condominium units; undivided interest in common elements automatically included.
- 42-1902.04: Declaration, bylaws and amendments of each to be executed by owners and lessees.
- 42-1902.05: Recordation of condominium instruments; amendment and certification thereof.
- 42-1902.06: Construction of terms in instruments; designation of unit boundaries; division of property within and without unit boundary; common element serving single unit.
- 42-1902.07: Instruments construed together and incorporate one another; when conflict arises.
- 42-1902.08: Provisions of instrument severable; unlawful provisions void; rule against perpetuities; restraints on alienation; unreasonable restraint.
- 42-1902.09: Compliance with condominium chapter and instruments.
- 42-1902.10: Contents of declaration; where condominium contains convertible land; expandable, contractable and leasehold condominiums; easements; additionally required descriptions.
- 42-1902.11: Allocation of interests in common elements; proportionate or equal shares; statement in declaration; no alteration nor disposition without unit; no partition.
- 42-1902.12: Allocation where condominium expandable or contains convertible land; reallocation following addition of land; where all convertible space converted to common elements; effect of reduction in number of units.
- 42-1902.13: Assignments of limited common elements; method of reassignment; amendment of instruments and recordation thereof.
- 42-1902.14: Recordation of plat and plans; contents; certification; when new plat, survey, and recordation necessary; provisions applicable to limited common elements; filing with Office of Surveyor.
- 42-1902.15: Preliminary recordation of plans.
- 42-1902.16: Easement for encroachments and support; where liability not relieved.
- 42-1902.17: Conversion of convertible lands; recordation of appropriate instruments; character of convertible land; tax liability; time limitation on conversion.
- 42-1902.18: Conversion of convertible spaces; amendment of declaration and bylaws; recordation; status of convertible space not converted.
- 42-1902.19: Expansion of condominiums; amendment of declaration; recordation; reallocation of interests in common elements.
- 42-1902.20: Contraction of condominiums; amendment of declaration; recordation; withdrawal of land after conveyance of unit.
- 42-1902.21: Declarant's easement over common elements for purpose of improvements, etc.
- 42-1902.22: Sales offices, model units, etc.; authorization; when become common elements.
- 42-1902.23: Representations or commitments relating to additional or withdrawable land; declarant's obligation to complete or begin improvements designated for such; liability for damages arising out of use of certain easements.
- 42-1902.24: Improvements or alterations within unit; exterior appearance not to be changed; merger of adjoining units.
- 42-1902.25: Relocation of boundaries between units; when permitted; written application; amendment of declaration and bylaws; reallocation of common elements; altered maps and plans; recordation and effect thereof; scope of provisions.
- 42-1902.26: Subdivision of units; when permitted; written application; amendment of declaration and bylaws; reallocation of common elements; altered maps and plans; recordation and effect thereof; scope of provisions.
- 42-1902.27: Amendment of instruments.
- 42-1902.28: Termination of condominium.
- 42-1902.29: Condominium lease; recordation; terms; leasehold payments; increases; sale or assignation; offer to unit owners' association; renewal.
- 42-1902.30: Transfer of special declarant rights.
- 42-1903.01: Bylaws; recordation; unit owners' association and executive board thereof; powers and duties; officers; amendment and contents thereof; responsibility for insurance on common elements.
- 42-1903.02: Control by declarant; limitations; contracts entered on behalf of unit owners; declarant to act where owners' association or officers thereof not existent; graduated representation of unit owners in executive board; strict construction.
- 42-1903.03: Meetings.
- 42-1903.04: Meetings--Executive board; quorums.
- 42-1903.05: Allocation of votes within unit owners' association; vote where more than 1 owner of unit; proxies; majority; provisions not applicable to units owned by association.
- 42-1903.06: Officers; disqualification.
- 42-1903.07: Maintenance, repair, etc., of condominiums; right of access for repair; liability for damages arising from exercise thereof; warranty against structural defects; limitations upon actions; bond or other security.
- 42-1903.08: Unit owners' associations; powers and rights; deemed attorney-in-fact to grant and accept beneficial easements.
- 42-1903.09: Tort and contract liability of association and declarant; judgment liens against common property and individual units.
- 42-1903.10: Insurance obtained by association; notice to unit owners.
- 42-1903.11: Rights to surplus funds.
- 42-1903.12: Liability for common expenses; special assessments; proportionate liability fixed in bylaws; installment payment of assessments; when assessment past due; interest thereon.
- 42-1903.13: Lien for assessments against units; priority; recordation not required; enforcement by sale; notice to delinquent owner and public; distribution of proceeds; power of executive board to purchase unit at sale; limitation; costs and attorneys' fees; statement of unpaid assessments; liability upon transfer of unit.
- 42-1903.14: Financial records.
- 42-1903.15: Limitation on right of first refusal and other restraints on alienation; recordable statement of waiver of rights to be supplied promptly upon request.
- 42-1903.16: Warranty against structural defects; limitation for conversion condominiums; exclusion or modification of warranty.
- 42-1903.17: Statute of limitations for warranties.
- 42-1903.18: Master associations--Authorization; powers; rights and responsibilities of unit owners; election of executive board.
- 42-1903.19: Merger or consolidation of condominiums.
- 42-1903.20: Conveyance or encumbrance of common elements.
- 42-1903.21: Unit owners' association as trustee.
- 42-1904.01: Exemptions.
- 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.
- 42-1904.03: Application for registration; contents; later registration of additional units; availability for public inspection; fee to be determined by Mayor.
- 42-1904.04: Public offering statement; form prescribed by Mayor; contents; use in promotions; material change in information and amendment of statement.
- 42-1904.05: Application for registration--Investigation by Mayor upon receipt.
- 42-1904.06: Application for registration--Notice of filing; registration or rejection; notice of need for rejection; hearing.
- 42-1904.07: Registration; annual updating report by declarant; termination.
- 42-1904.08: Conversion condominiums; additional contents of public offering statement; notice of intent to convert; tenant's and subtenant's right to purchase; notice to vacate.
- 42-1904.09: Escrow of deposits; to bear interest; not subject to attachment.
- 42-1904.10: Copies of declaration and bylaws to be furnished to purchaser by declarant.
- 42-1904.11: Resale by unit owner; seller to obtain appropriate statements from association and furnish to purchaser; scope of provisions.
- 42-1904.12: Mayor to administer chapter; rules and regulations; advertising materials; abbreviated public offering statement; court actions; intervention in suits involving condominiums; notice relating to conversion condominiums.
- 42-1904.13: Investigations and proceedings; powers of Mayor; enforcement through courts.
- 42-1904.14: Cease and desist and affirmative action orders; temporary cease and desist orders; prior notice thereof.
- 42-1904.15: Revocation of registration; notice; hearing; written finding of fact; cease and desist order as alternative.
- 42-1904.16: Judicial review of mayoral actions.
- 42-1904.17: Penalties; prosecution by Corporation Counsel.
- 42-1904.18: Severability.
- 42-2001: Short title.
- 42-2002: Definitions.
- 42-2003: Establishment by subdivision.
- 42-2004: Transfer of individual units; incidents of real property; recordation.
- 42-2005: Joint tenancies, tenancies in common, tenancies by the entirety.
- 42-2006: Units held in fee; common elements held in undivided shares; recordation of declaration of ownership percentages; market values of units and shares not fixed; voting on basis; unit deeds.
- 42-2007: Indivisibility of common elements; limitation upon partition; exception thereto.
- 42-2008: Use of elements held in common; right to enter units for certain repairs.
- 42-2009: Plat of condominium subdivision--Contents thereof; certification and recordation.
- 42-2010: Plat of condominium subdivision--Reference thereto for description; conveyance of unit includes share in common elements.
- 42-2011: Termination and waiver of regime; certification upon plat; judicial termination; ownership after termination; condominium restrictions not applicable after termination or partition.
- 42-2012: Merger no bar to reconstitution.
- 42-2013: Bylaws--Availability for examination; made part of declaration; amendment; compliance mandatory.
- 42-2014: Plat of condominium subdivision--Necessary; modification of administration.
- 42-2015: Books of receipts and expenditures; availability for examination; annual audit.
- 42-2016: Common profits and expenses; taxation; proportional contributions for administration and maintenance mandatory; determination of amount due and assessment of lien.
- 42-2017: Priority of liens; unpaid assessments upon sale or conveyance.
- 42-2018: Joint and several liability of purchaser and seller of unit for amounts owing under § 42-2016; purchaser's right of indemnity; right to statement of amount of unpaid assessments.
- 42-2019: Supplemental method of enforcement of lien; rights and duties of subsequent purchaser; priority of lien, bond and trust; written statement of payments due under lien.
- 42-2020: Authority to obtain hazard insurance; held in trust; no effect on right to insure individual unit.
- 42-2021: Application of insurance proceeds to reconstruction; pro rata distribution in certain cases according to bylaws or decision of council.
- 42-2022: Sharing of reconstruction cost where project not insured or insurance indemnity insufficient.
- 42-2023: Unit identification; taxation of unit and proportionate share of common area; effect of forfeiture or tax sale of other units.
- 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.
- 42-2025: Liens available only against individual units; consent necessary for mechanics' or materialmen's liens; removal of lien on unit and proportionate share of common area following judgment against other unit owners.
- 42-2026: Rule against perpetuities and rule against unreasonable restraints on alienation not applicable to horizontal property regimes; exception for individual units.
- 42-2027: Subchapter supplements existing code provisions; exception where conflict arises.
- 42-2028: Regulations of Council and Zoning Commission; enforcement thereof.
- 42-2029: Subchapter interpreted to require compliance with all applicable laws; owners' responsibilities for taxes; methods of collection; no effect on eminent domain.
- 42-2030: Right to individual water meters; common water service authorized; billing and collection.
- 42-2031: Authority vested in Board of Commissioners unaffected; delegation of functions.
- 42-2051: Council authorized to prohibit conversions to condominiums.
- 42-2101: Findings.
- 42-2102: Purpose.
- 42-2103: Definitions.
- 42-2104: Homestead Housing Preservation Program and Homestead Program Administration established.
- 42-2105: Program inventory.
- 42-2105.01: Privatization of title services.
- 42-2106: Program guidelines.
- 42-2107: Property transfer.
- 42-2108: Abatement agreement.
- 42-2109: Proposals to develop a Technical Training Program.
- 42-2110: Appropriation; reports.
- 42-2111: Notice.
- 42-2131: Definitions.
- 42-2132: Development of an Affordable Housing Inventory and an Affordable Housing Locator.
- 42-2133: Agency submission of affordable housing data to the Mayor.
- 42-2134: Submission of affordable housing data by affordable housing developments.
- 42-2135: Information on affordable housing developments.
- 42-2136: List of affordable housing developments.
- 42-2141: Definitions.
- 42-2142: Inventory tracking requirements.
- 42-2201: Definitions.
- 42-2202: Establishment of Fund.
- 42-2203: Sources of monies for loans.
- 42-2204: Eligibility for loans.
- 42-2205: Repayment of loans.
- 42-2206: Issuance of rules.
- 42-2207: Mayor's report to Council.
- 42-2301: Definitions.
- 42-2302: Notice requirements.
- 42-2303: Priority of credit line deed of trust.
- 42-2401: Definitions.
- 42-2402: Applicability.
- 42-2403: Duties of lender.
- 42-2404: Duties of owners and brokers.
- 42-2405: Duties of settlement agent.
- 42-2406: Validity of loan documents.
- 42-2407: Penalty.
- 42-2431: Definitions.
- 42-2432: Prohibited foreclosure transactions and practices.
- 42-2433: Fiduciary duties.
- 42-2434: Private actions.
- 42-2435: Criminal penalties.
- 42-2501: Definitions.
- 42-2502: Establishment.
- 42-2503: Eligibility.
- 42-2504: Employee savings; District government contribution.
- 42-2505: Deferred payment loan.
- 42-2506: Assistance available for District government and public charter school employees.
- 42-2507: Rules.
- 42-2601: Establishment; purpose; unexpended balance.
- 42-2602: Deposits to credit of Fund.
- 42-2603: Availability; use prescribed by Mayor.
- 42-2604: Promulgation of rules and regulations by Mayor; review by Council; contents of loan agreements.
- 42-2605: Annual audit; report to Congress and Council; appropriations.
- 42-2621: Definitions.
- 42-2622: Establishment; funding; annual audit.
- 42-2623: Eligibility.
- 42-2624: Assistance.
- 42-2625: Rulemaking.
- 42-2626: Applicability.
- 42-2651: Homeownership counseling program.
- 42-2701.01: Declaration of policy.
- 42-2701.02: Definitions.
- 42-2702.01: Creation; purpose.
- 42-2702.02: Board of Directors.
- 42-2702.03: Executive Director; powers and duties; service as Secretary of Board; other necessary employees; rights and privileges thereof.
- 42-2702.04: Conflict of interest; disclosure; waiver of bar against participation by interested party.
- 42-2702.05: Requirement for public official bonding.
- 42-2702.06: Delegation of Council authority to issue revenue bonds, notes and other obligations for Agency undertakings.
- 42-2702.07: Agency reports; Council review and approval of proposals.
- 42-2703.01: General powers.
- 42-2703.02: Financing of housing projects.
- 42-2703.03: Financing of homeownership programs.
- 42-2703.04: Loans to mortgage lenders; requirements for reinvestment of proceeds by lender. [Repealed]
- 42-2703.05: Supportive programs.
- 42-2703.06: Rulemaking.
- 42-2703.07: Technical assistance, loans, grants and consultant services.
- 42-2703.08: Exemption from rent control.
- 42-2704.01: Receipt of funds; disposition thereof.
- 42-2704.01a: Repayment of funds.
- 42-2704.02: Issuance of bonds and notes; renewals and refunds; deemed obligations of Agency; negotiable instruments; director, employer, or agent not personally liable.
- 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.
- 42-2704.04: Trust indenture to secure bonds or notes; provisions protecting holders; expenses treated as operating expenses.
- 42-2704.05: Agency's purchase of its own bonds and notes; maximum price.
- 42-2704.06: Special or reserve funds; management and investment of funds.
- 42-2704.07: No limitation, alteration, or impairment of rights and remedies of bondholders and noteholders.
- 42-2704.08: Faith and credit and taxing power of District not pledged on obligation; statement thereto.
- 42-2704.09: Bonds and notes as legal investments and securities.
- 42-2704.10: District tax exemptions; payments in lieu; exceptions.
- 42-2704.11: Deposits; payments out of accounts; contracts involving monies held in trust or otherwise for payment of notes or bonds.
- 42-2704.12: Investment of funds with financial institution or company doing business with Republic of South Africa. [Repealed]
- 42-2704.13: Investment of funds with financial institution or company doing business with Northern Ireland.
- 42-2705.01: Agency actions governed by Administrative Procedure Act.
- 42-2705.02: Advisory Committees.
- 42-2705.03: Annual report by Agency; contents.
- 42-2705.04: Agency to arrange annual audit; transmission to Mayor and Council.
- 42-2706.01: Liberal construction of chapter.
- 42-2706.02: Severability.
- 42-2706.03: Allocation of bond issuing authority.
- 42-2706.04: Disposition of assets on dissolution.
- 42-2706.05: Laws or acts referred to in this chapter.
- 42-2801: Definitions.
- 42-2802: Housing Production Trust Fund; established.
- 42-2802.01: Housing Production Trust Fund Board.
- 42-2803: Coordination of housing programs for targeted populations; community outreach.
- 42-2803.01: Annual report by Mayor.
- 42-2804: Rules.
- 42-2812.01: Definitions.
- 42-2812.02: Findings.
- 42-2812.03: Bond authorization for New Community Initiative neighborhoods, including Sursum Corda.
- 42-2812.04: Bond details.
- 42-2812.05: Sale of the bonds.
- 42-2812.06: Payment and security.
- 42-2812.07: Financing and Closing Documents.
- 42-2812.08: Authorized delegation of authority.
- 42-2812.09: Limited liability.
- 42-2812.10: District officials.
- 42-2812.11: Maintenance of documents.
- 42-2812.12: Information reporting.
- 42-2851.01: Short title.
- 42-2851.02: Definitions.
- 42-2851.03: Notice required upon opting out; inspection of property; maintenance of contract.
- 42-2851.04: District's first right to purchase section 8 properties.
- 42-2851.05: Relocation services by Mayor.
- 42-2851.06: Section 8 assistance considered income for non-discrimination and minimum income purposes; requirement to accept section 8 vouchers.
- 42-2851.07: Penalties for noncompliance.
- 42-2851.08: Determination of qualified areas.
- 42-2853.01: Definitions.
- 42-2853.02: Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Fund.
- 42-2855.01: Mayor's Comprehensive Housing Task Force Fund. [Expired]
- 42-2857.01: Department of Housing and Community Development Unified Fund.
- 42-2901: Definitions.
- 42-2902: Rental assistance.
- 42-2903: Community police presence.
- 42-3001: Disability of minority removed; investments by building, building and loan, and savings and loan associations.
- 42-3002: Direct-reduction loans authorized; obligor to be member of lending association.
- 42-3101: Definitions.
- 42-3102: Action to abate.
- 42-3102.01: Authority to obtain law enforcement records.
- 42-3103: Complaint.
- 42-3104: Preliminary injunction.
- 42-3105: Protection of witnesses.
- 42-3106: Conviction not required.
- 42-3107: Security.
- 42-3108: Burden of proof.
- 42-3109: Evidence of reputation.
- 42-3110: Relief.
- 42-3111: Damages.
- 42-3111.01: Drug-, Firearm-, or Prostitution-Related Nuisance Abatement Fund.
- 42-3112: Violation of injunction or abatement order.
- 42-3113: Interpretation.
- 42-3114: Availability of other remedies.
- 42-3131.01: Mayor may correct conditions violative of law; assessment of cost; lien on property; fund to pay costs; summary corrective action of life-or-health threatening condition.
- 42-3131.02: Inspection of buildings for violative conditions; interference with inspection.
- 42-3131.03: Notice requiring correction of unlawful conditions; service.
- 42-3131.04: [Reserved]
- 42-3131.05: Definitions.
- 42-3131.05a: Notice by mail.
- 42-3131.06: Registration of vacant buildings.
- 42-3131.07: Registration and renewal procedure.
- 42-3131.08: Notice of denial or revocation of registration.
- 42-3131.09: Fees.
- 42-3131.10: Penalties for noncompliance.
- 42-3131.11: Notice of vacancy designation and right to appeal.
- 42-3131.12: Vacant building maintenance standard.
- 42-3131.13: Public identification of owner.
- 42-3131.14: Collection.
- 42-3131.15: Administrative review and appeal.
- 42-3131.16: Transmission of list by Mayor.
- 42-3131.17: Transmission of list of blighted vacant buildings by Mayor.
- 42-3141.01: Definitions.
- 42-3141.02: Nuisance.
- 42-3141.03: Notice of graffiti nuisance and reply.
- 42-3141.04: Deemed authorization to abate.
- 42-3141.05: Notice of violation; service of notice.
- 42-3141.06: Answer and expedited hearing.
- 42-3141.07: Payment of abatement costs and penalties.
- 42-3141.08: Graffiti Abatement Fund.
- 42-3141.09: Collection against an owner.
- 42-3141.10: Graffiti abatement materials.
- 42-3141.11: Rules.
- 42-3151.01: Definitions. [Repealed]
- 42-3151.02: Petition for immediate taking. [Repealed]
- 42-3151.03: Deposit in court of fair market value. [Repealed]
- 42-3151.04: Judgment for excess of public charges over property value. [Repealed]
- 42-3151.05: Title holder. [Repealed]
- 42-3151.06: Assistance to certain displaced persons. [Repealed]
- 42-3151.07: Inability to qualify for hardship petition. [Repealed]
- 42-3151.08: Effect on other authority. [Repealed]
- 42-3151.09: Condemnation and acquisition of open, hazardous residential buildings or other structures. [Repealed]
- 42-3151.10: Notice; demolition, repair, or enclosure. [Repealed]
- 42-3151.11: Designation of development or redevelopment plan for property acquired. [Repealed]
- 42-3151.12: Limitation on actions against the District of Columbia. [Repealed]
- 42-3151.13: Report to the Council required. [Repealed]
- 42-3171.01: Definitions.
- 42-3171.02: Acquisition and redevelopment of abandoned or deteriorated property.
- 42-3171.03: Disposal of abandoned or deteriorated property.
- 42-3171.04: Assistance to displaced persons.
- 42-3173.01: Definitions.
- 42-3173.02: Authority of the Mayor to demolish or enclose deteriorated structures.
- 42-3173.03: Redevelopment feasibility analysis.
- 42-3173.04: Designation of potential historic structure.
- 42-3173.05: Initial determination of deteriorated structure.
- 42-3173.06: Action by interested parties.
- 42-3173.07: Final determination of deteriorated structure.
- 42-3173.08: Duty of Mayor to demolish or enclose deteriorated structure
- 42-3173.09: Judicial review of final determination.
- 42-3173.10: Recovery of costs by the District of Columbia.
- 42-3173.11: Use of funds; deposit of funds.
- 42-3173.12: Nature of remedies.
- 42-3201: Notice to quit--Unnecessary with lease for certain term; landlord's right to immediate possession.
- 42-3202: Notice to quit--Month to month or quarter to quarter tenancy; expiration of notice.
- 42-3203: Notice of termination--Tenancies at will.
- 42-3204: Notice to quit--Tenancies by sufferance; apportionment of rent.
- 42-3205: Notice not to be recalled without consent; effect of expiration of notice.
- 42-3206: Service of notice to quit.
- 42-3207: Refusal to surrender possession; double rent.
- 42-3208: Parties may agree to alternate notice provisions; waiver.
- 42-3209: Recovery of real and personal property leased together.
- 42-3210: Action in ejectment--When proper.
- 42-3211: Action in ejectment--Claims for arrears of rent, double rent, and waste; jurisdiction of court; money judgment.
- 42-3212: Consolidation of actions for arrears of rent and possession.
- 42-3213: Landlord's lien for rent--Time of existence.
- 42-3214: Landlord's lien for rent--How enforced.
- 42-3215: Landlord's lien for rent--When attachment issuable; executing officer's power of entry.
- 42-3216: Landlord's lien for rent--Property subject to lien not to be executed on by another without payment of rent due; when rent in arrears exceeds 3 months.
- 42-3217: Distress not unlawful and party making it not trespasser ab initio because of irregularity; special damages recoverable; costs; tender of amends defeats recovery.
- 42-3218: Fraudulent removal, conveyance, or concealment of property to defeat lien subjects guilty party to forfeiture of double value of such property.
- 42-3219: Representatives of life tenant may recover proportion of rent from under-tenant.
- 42-3220: Action in debt may be brought for rent in arrears under lease or demise for life.
- 42-3221: Action by landlord for use and occupation of property where no deed; parol agreement as evidence of quantum of damages.
- 42-3222: Lease under control of a person with a mental disability -- Surrender and renewal; guardian or committee; court order.
- 42-3223: Leases under control of a person with a mental disability --Lease pursuant to provisions of § 42-3222 valid.
- 42-3224: Leases under control of a person with a mental disability --Money received for renewal paid to guardian for benefit of person with a disability; characterization of money at death of person with a disability.
- 42-3225: Lease held by infant or person with a mental disability-- Surrender and renewal; guardian or committee; court order.
- 42-3226: Lease held by an infant or person with a mental disability--Costs of renewal chargeable to estate of infant or person with a disability or deemed charge upon leasehold.
- 42-3227: Lease held by an infant or person with a mental disability --New leases to be of same nature and subject to same liabilities as surrendered leases.
- 42-3228: Lease held by an infant or person with a mental disability -- Renewed lease valid.
- 42-3229: Surrender for new lease good without surrender of underleases; underleases continue unaffected; all rights and remedies to continue.
- 42-3230: Grant or assignment of reversion of premises or by lessee not to affect rights or duties under lease.
- 42-3231: Grants of remainders, reversions, and rents good without attornment; payment of rent to grantor without notice valid.
- 42-3232: Fraudulent attornment void; possession not changed by such attornment; limitation on scope of provisions.
- 42-3251: Definitions.
- 42-3252: Testing.
- 42-3253: Violations.
- 42-3254: Rules and procedures.
- 42-3255: Fines and penalties.
- 42-3301: Definitions.
- 42-3302: Opportunity for tenants to receive service in own names; payments made by tenants.
- 42-3303: Appointment of receiver; termination.
- 42-3304: Penalties.
- 42-3305: Exclusiveness of remedy.
- 42-3306: Findings required prior to termination of service.
- 42-3307: Regulations.
- 42-3401.01: Findings.
- 42-3401.02: Purposes.
- 42-3401.03: Definitions.
- 42-3401.04: Applicability of Rental Housing Act of 1985.
- 42-3402.01: Short title.
- 42-3402.02: Conversions.
- 42-3402.03: Tenant election.
- 42-3402.04: Conversion fee.
- 42-3402.05: Certification fee.
- 42-3402.05a: Application fees.
- 42-3402.06: Cooperative conversion.
- 42-3402.07: [Reserved]
- 42-3402.08: Elderly or disabled tenancy.
- 42-3402.09: Property tax abatement.
- 42-3402.10: Exceptions to coverage of subchapter: expiration provisions.
- 42-3402.11: Retroactive conversion.
- 42-3403.01: Short title.
- 42-3403.02: Relocation payment.
- 42-3403.03: Relocation services.
- 42-3403.04: Housing assistance payments.
- 42-3403.05: Payments not subject to District tax.
- 42-3403.06: Tenant rights.
- 42-3403.07: Housing assistance fund. [Repealed]
- 42-3403.08: Information and technical assistance.
- 42-3403.09: Expiration provisions.
- 42-3404.01: Short title.
- 42-3404.02: Tenant opportunity to purchase; "sale" defined.
- 42-3404.02a: Registration of a tenant organization.
- 42-3404.03: Offer of sale.
- 42-3404.04: Third party rights.
- 42-3404.05: Contract negotiation.
- 42-3404.06: Exercise or assignment of rights.
- 42-3404.07: Waiver of rights.
- 42-3404.08: Right of first refusal.
- 42-3404.09: Single-family accommodations.
- 42-3404.10: Accommodations with 2 through 4 units.
- 42-3404.11: Accommodations with 5 or more units.
- 42-3404.12: Exceptions to coverage of subchapter; expiration provisions.
- 42-3404.13: Notice to convert; offer to sell.
- 42-3404.31: District's opportunity to purchase certain housing accommodations.
- 42-3404.32: Limitations on the District's opportunity to purchase.
- 42-3404.33: Limitations on the District as purchaser of a housing accommodation.
- 42-3404.34: Procedure for District to effectuate purchase.
- 42-3404.35: Rights of tenants not abrogated.
- 42-3404.36: Assignment of District rights.
- 42-3404.37: Rules.
- 42-3405.01: Rule making; publication requirements.
- 42-3405.02: Time periods.
- 42-3405.03: Civil cause of action.
- 42-3405.03a: Declaratory relief.
- 42-3405.03b: Choice of forum; standard of review.
- 42-3405.04: Notice of rejection.
- 42-3405.05: Investigations.
- 42-3405.06: Enforcement.
- 42-3405.07: Revocation.
- 42-3405.08: Administrative proceedings.
- 42-3405.09: Judicial review.
- 42-3405.10: Penalties.
- 42-3405.10a: Rental Housing Conversion and Sale Act Task Force.
- 42-3405.11: Statutory construction.
- 42-3405.12: Declaration of continuing housing crisis.
- 42-3405.13: Severability.
- 42-3501.01: Findings.
- 42-3501.02: Purposes.
- 42-3501.03: Definitions.
- 42-3502.01: Continuation of Rental Housing Commission; composition; appointment; qualifications; compensation; removal.
- 42-3502.02: Powers and duties of Rental Housing Commission.
- 42-3502.02a: Immunity for official acts.
- 42-3502.03: Rental Accommodations Division of the Department of Housing and Community Development.
- 42-3502.03a: Rent Administrator--Appointment and removal.
- 42-3502.03b: Rent Administrator--Qualifications and compensation.
- 42-3502.04: Duties of the Rent Administrator.
- 42-3502.04a: Rental Conversion and Sale Division of the Department of Housing and Community Development Rental Conversion and Sale Administrator.
- 42-3502.04b: Transfer of functions of the Rental Accommodations and Conversion Division of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs to the Department of Housing and Community Development.
- 42-3502.04c: Housing Regulation Administration; Housing Regulation Administrator.
- 42-3502.05: Registration and coverage.
- 42-3502.06: Rent ceilings abolished.
- 42-3502.07: Adjustments in rent ceiling. [Repealed]
- 42-3502.08: Increases above base rent.
- 42-3502.09: Rent charged upon termination of exemption and for newly covered rental units.
- 42-3502.10: Petitions for capital improvements.
- 42-3502.11: Services and facilities.
- 42-3502.12: Hardship petition.
- 42-3502.13: Vacant accommodation.
- 42-3502.14: Substantial rehabilitation.
- 42-3502.15: Voluntary agreement.
- 42-3502.16: Adjustment procedure.
- 42-3502.16a: Tenant representation by tenant organization.
- 42-3502.17: Security deposit.
- 42-3502.18: Remedy.
- 42-3502.19: Judicial review.
- 42-3502.20: Report of Mayor.
- 42-3502.21: Certificate of assurance.
- 42-3502.22: Disclosure to tenants.
- 42-3502.23: Addition to Comprehensive Housing Strategy report.
- 42-3503.01: Definitions.
- 42-3503.02: Establishment of Tenant Assistance Program; designation of monies.
- 42-3503.03: Authorization to enter into contracts for tenant assistance payments; determination of eligibility; procedure upon determination of eligibility.
- 42-3503.04: Tenant assistance payments.
- 42-3503.05: Approval and maintenance of rental units; obligations of families.
- 42-3503.06: Continued eligibility.
- 42-3503.07: Termination of eligibility.
- 42-3503.08: Tax exemption.
- 42-3504.01: Rental unit fee.
- 42-3505.01: Evictions.
- 42-3505.02: Retaliatory action.
- 42-3505.03: Conciliation and arbitration service.
- 42-3505.04: Arbitration.
- 42-3505.05: Prohibition of discrimination against elderly tenants or families with children.
- 42-3505.06: Right of tenants to organize.
- 42-3505.07: Notice of lease termination by tenant who is a victim of an intrafamily offense.
- 42-3505.08: Victims of an intrafamily offense protection --change locks and notice.
- 42-3506.01: Conversion.
- 42-3506.02: Demolition.
- 42-3507.01: Notice of right to assistance.
- 42-3507.02: Eligibility assistance.
- 42-3507.03: Payments.
- 42-3507.04: Relocation advisory services.
- 42-3507.05: Tenant hot line.
- 42-3508.01: Declaration of policy.
- 42-3508.02: Tax abatement for new or rehabilitated vacant rental housing.
- 42-3508.03: Deferral or forgiveness of water and sewer fees for rehabilitated vacant rental housing.
- 42-3508.04: Distressed properties improvement program.
- 42-3508.05: Distressed property improvement plan.
- 42-3508.06: Incentives for development of single-room-occupancy housing.
- 42-3509.01: Penalties.
- 42-3509.02: Attorney's fees.
- 42-3509.03: Supersedure.
- 42-3509.04: Service.
- 42-3509.05: [Reserved]
- 42-3509.06: [Reserved]
- 42-3509.07: Termination.
- 42-3509.08: Inspection of rental housing.
- 42-3531.01: Short title.
- 42-3531.02: Purpose.
- 42-3531.03: Findings.
- 42-3531.04: Definitions.
- 42-3531.05: Establishment of Office of the Tenant Advocate.
- 42-3531.06: Chief Tenant Advocate of the Office of the Tenant Advocate.
- 42-3531.07: Duties of the Office of the Tenant Advocate.
- 42-3531.08: Establishment, purpose, and membership of the Tenant Advisory Council.
- 42-3531.09: Housing Assistance Fund.
- 42-3531.10: Rulemaking authority.
- 42-3601: Definitions.
- 42-3602: Action for possession of rental unit used as a drug haven.
- 42-3603: Preliminary injunction review.
- 42-3604: Full hearing.
- 42-3605: Default judgment.
- 42-3606: Complaint by affected tenant or resident association.
- 42-3607: Mayor's authority and responsibility.
- 42-3608: Court costs and attorney's fees.
- 42-3609: Availability of other remedies.
- 42-3610: Rules.
- 42-3631: Definitions. [Expired]
- 42-3632: Action for possession of rental unit used as a drug haven. [Expired]
- 42-3633: Preliminary injunction review. [Expired]
- 42-3634: Full hearing. [Expired]
- 42-3635: Default judgment. [Expired]
- 42-3636: Complaint by affected tenant or resident association. [Expired]
- 42-3637: Mayor's authority and responsibility. [Expired]
- 42-3638: Court costs and attorney's fees. [Expired]
- 42-3639: Rules. [Expired]
- 42-3640: Availability of other remedies. [Expired]
- 42-3651.01: Purpose of the appointment of a receiver.
- 42-3651.02: Grounds for appointment of a receiver.
- 42-3651.03: Petition for receivership.
- 42-3651.04: Notice and hearing requirements.
- 42-3651.05: Appointment of a receiver; continuation of ex parte appointment.
- 42-3651.06: Powers and duties of a receiver.
- 42-3651.07: Termination of receivership.
- 42-3651.08: Final Accounting.
- 42-3671.01: Definitions.
- 42-3671.02: Consumer rights.
- 42-3671.03: General requirements of disclosures.
- 42-3671.04: Disclosures.
- 42-3671.05: Maintenance of the property.
- 42-3671.06: Prohibited practices.
- 42-3671.07: Reinstatement.
- 42-3671.08: Receipts and accounts.
- 42-3671.09: Renegotiations and extension.
- 42-3671.10: Advertising.
- 42-3671.11: Price cards.
- 42-3671.12: Civil remedies for consumers.
- 42-3671.13: Limitation of actions.
- 42-3671.14: Effect of unintentional violation and timely adjustment of error.
- 42-3801: Definitions. [Repealed]
- 42-3802: Establishment. [Repealed]
- 42-3803: Eligibility. [Repealed]
- 42-3804: Employee savings; District government contribution. [Repealed]
- 42-3805: Deferred payment loan. [Repealed]
- 42-3806: Assistance available for Metropolitan police officers. [Repealed]
- 42-3901: Definitions. [Repealed]
- 42-3902: Establishment of the Board of Appraisers. [Repealed]
- 42-3903: Terms of members; limitation; removal; officers; meetings; quorum; compensation; Executive Director. [Repealed]
- 42-3904: Powers of the Board of Appraisers. [Repealed]
- 42-3905: Powers and duties of the Mayor. [Repealed]
- 42-3906: Licenses and certifications required; exceptions. [Repealed]
- 42-3907: Qualifications for licensure and certification; education; training; and experience. [Repealed]
- 42-3908: Examination requirement. [Repealed]
- 42-3909: Licensure and certification by reciprocity or endorsement. [Repealed]
- 42-3910: Issuance of licenses and certifications; scope. [Repealed]
- 42-3911: Term and renewal of licenses and certifications. [Repealed]
- 42-3912: Continuing education. [Repealed]
- 42-3913: Nonresident licensure and certification. [Repealed]
- 42-3914: Temporary practice. [Repealed]
- 42-3915: Fees. [Repealed]
- 42-3916: Basis for denial or revocation of license and certificate. [Repealed]
- 42-3917: Investigations. [Repealed]
- 42-3918: Hearings. [Repealed]
- 42-3919: Disciplinary action by the Board. [Repealed]
- 42-3920: License suspension upon criminal conviction. [Repealed]
- 42-3921: Surrender of a license or certificate. [Repealed]
- 42-3922: Standards of practice. [Repealed]
- 42-3923: Retention of records. [Repealed]
- 42-3924: Contingent fees. [Repealed]
- 42-3925: Judicial review of Board action. [Repealed]
- 42-3926: Practicing without a license or certificate. [Repealed]
- 42-3927: Criminal penalties. [Repealed]
- 42-3928: Alternative sanctions. [Repealed]
- 42-3929: Injunctions. [Repealed]
- 42-3930: Filing false document or evidence; false statements. [Repealed]
- 42-3931: Representations prohibited. [Repealed]
- 42-3932: Establishment of Fund. [Repealed]
- 42-4051: Rental unit fee. [Expired]