Title 42 — Real Property.
57 chapters · 1,018 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 42-1231 Definitions
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For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Digitized image” means an electronic document that is created as an electronic copy of a paper document that accurately depicts the information on the paper document and is unalterable. (2) “Document” means information that is: (A)…
D.C. Code § 42-1232 Validity of electronic documents and digitized images
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(a) If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be an original, be on paper or other tangible medium, or be in writing, an electronic document or digitized image that satisfies this chapter satisfies the law. (b) If a law requires, as a condition for recordin…
D.C. Code § 42-1233 Recording of documents
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(a) The Recorder of Deeds may receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents or digitized images. (b) The Recorder of Deeds may provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means. (c) The Recorder of Deeds, in …
D.C. Code § 42-1234 Uniformity of application and construction
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In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
D.C. Code § 42-1235 Relation to electronic signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
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This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act approved June 30, 2000 (114 Stat. 464; 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.), but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) or section 104 of the Act, or authorize el…