Title 42 — Real Property.
57 chapters · 1,018 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 42-1201 Appointment; duties; residency requirement; mayoral supervision
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D.C. Code § 42-1202 Purchase of necessary equipment; employment of personnel
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The Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia is authorized and empowered to purchase such machines and equipment as he may deem necessary or expedient for the efficient, expeditious, and economical recording of all deeds and other instruments of writing entitled by law to be…
D.C. Code § 42-1203 Deputy Recorder; effect of performance of duties
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D.C. Code § 42-1204 Second Deputy Recorder; effect of performance of duties
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D.C. Code § 42-1205 Vacancy in Office of Recorder; Deputy to fill vacancy
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D.C. Code § 42-1206 Public records to be open for free, public inspection
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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 inspect…
D.C. Code § 42-1207 Notice of pendency of action (lis pendens)
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(a) The pendency of an action or proceeding in either state or federal court in the District of Columbia, or in any other state, federal, or territorial court, affecting the title to or tenancy interest in, or asserting a mortgage, lien, security interest, or other ownership inte…
D.C. Code § 42-1208 Purchase of typewriting machines; preference for typewritten records
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(a) The Recorder of Deeds is authorized and empowered to purchase and use in his office, for the recording of deeds and other instruments of writing required by law to be recorded in said office, typewriting machines, to be paid for as appropriations may be made from time to time…
D.C. Code § 42-1209 Certain records to be recopied for preservation; limitation on expense
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That the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia shall recopy such of the records in his office as may, in his judgment and that of a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia appointed for that purpose, need recopying in order to preserve the originals from d…
D.C. Code § 42-1210 Fees of Recorder of Deeds
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(a) The legal fees for the services of the Recorder shall be as follows: (1) For filing, recording, and indexing, or for making certified copy of any instrument containing 200 words or less, $1, and $.20 for each additional 100 words, to be collected at the time of filing, or whe…
D.C. Code § 42-1211 Surcharges
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a surcharge of $5 per document shall be paid before any document is accepted for recordation at the Recorder of Deeds. (b) In addition to the funds collected pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Recorder of Deeds may acce…
D.C. Code § 42-1212 Fees and emoluments of Recorder of Deeds deposited with Collector of Taxes
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All of the fees and emoluments of the Office of Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia shall be paid at least weekly to the Collector of Taxes for the District of Columbia for deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 42-1213 Maintenance of office to be included in estimate of District appropriations; appropriations for building, equipment, and supplies authorized
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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 th…
D.C. Code § 42-1214 Recorder of Deed Automation and Infrastructure Improvement Fund
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(a) Notwithstanding §§ 42-1205 [repealed] and 42-1212, there is established in the Treasury of the District of Columbia a fund to be known as the Recorder of Deeds Automation and Infrastructure Improvement Fund (“Fund”) into which shall be deposited all funds collected pursuant t…
D.C. Code § 42-1215 Recordation of service and discharge certificates; certified copies thereof; recordation of notice or other document relating to federal tax liens; fees
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(a) The Recorder shall also receive for record and record all certificates of service and certificates of discharge of persons released from active duty in or discharge from the armed forces of the United States, for which no fee shall be charged or collected, but the record of a…
D.C. Code § 42-1216 Office closed on Saturdays
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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 § 42-1217 Extension of time for recordation; Saturday, Sunday, and legal holidays
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Any writing, the time for recording of which expires on a Saturday, or on a Sunday, shall be deemed to have been recorded within the time prescribed if such writing be recorded on the first day thereafter other than Sunday or a legal holiday.
D.C. Code § 42-1218 Authority of Mayor to adjust fees; computation of rates; exception
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(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 42-1210, 50-1212, and 50-1213, or any other act of Congress, the Mayor of the District of Columbia may, from time to time, increase or decrease the fees authorized to be charged for filing, recording, and indexing or for making a certified…