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District of Columbia Statutes, Title 47

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Title 47, Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]

61 chapters · 1,419 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 471,419 Ch 28, General License Law.279 Ch 3, Budget and Financial Management; Bor…162 Ch 18, Income and Franchise Taxes.128 Ch 8, Real Property Assessment and Tax.124 Ch 10, Property Exempt from Taxation.98 Ch 46, Special Tax Incentives.62 Ch 13A, Revised Real Property Tax Sales.49 Ch 44, Collections.37 Ch 1, General Provisions.34 Ch 20, Gross Sales Tax.30 Ch 23, Motor Fuel Tax.28 Ch 24, Tobacco Tax.26 Ch 4, Collection and Disbursement of Taxes.24 Ch 13, Real Property Tax Sales.24

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D.C. Code § 47-701 General system to be used — Numbering of squares, lots, blocks, or parcels; record
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(a) For the purposes of facilitating assessment and taxation of real estate in the District of Columbia, the following system of designating the several parcels of land therein is hereby prescribed, and every designation given in conformity with said system shall be a sufficient …
D.C. Code § 47-702 General system to be used — Designation to be official for collection purposes
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The designation as prescribed in § 47-701 to each of said lots or parcels of land, which they shall respectively bear on the records of the Assessor of said District at the time said lots or parcels become subject to sale for arrears of any tax or assessment, shall be the officia…
D.C. Code § 47-703 General system to be used — Daily transcript
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The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall cause to be made a daily transcript, and entry on the records of said Assessor, of the designations of lots or parcels of land in said District appearing in instruments of conveyance received for record in the Office of the Recorder of …
D.C. Code § 47-704 System to be used outside City — In general

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For the purpose of facilitating the assessment and taxation of real property in the territory within the limits of the District of Columbia lying outside of the City of Washington the following system of designating the several subdivisions, blocks, lots, and parcels of land is h…

D.C. Code § 47-705 System to be used outside City — Numbering of blocks, squares, lots, or parcels

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The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be given numbers to all of said blocks or squares, lots or parcels of land as said blocks, squares, lots, or parcels of land have been formed by the highway extension plan, of record on February 2…

D.C. Code § 47-706 System to be used outside City — Plat books

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The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall cause to be prepared a series of volumes of plats, on a scale of 100 feet to the inch, embracing all the land in said District outside the City of Washington, these plats to show at all times the separate parcels of land created by subd…

D.C. Code § 47-707 System to be used outside City — Daily transcripts

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For the purpose of keeping said books constantly current and up to date, the Mayor shall cause an employee of the Surveyor’s office to make daily transcripts of all deeds of conveyance, wills, condemnations, decrees, and other instruments or proceedings by which boundaries are ch…

D.C. Code § 47-708 System to be used outside City — Consideration of designation for collection purposes

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The designation given as hereinbefore prescribed in § 47-704 to each block or square, lot or parcel of land, respectively appearing on the records of the Assessor of the District of Columbia at the time any assessment or tax is levied for which such property may become subject to…

D.C. Code § 47-709 Sale of federal property

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It shall be the duty of the Administrator of General Services, within 90 days after the sale of any lots or squares belonging to the United States in the City of Washington, to report the fact to the proper officers of the District, giving the date of sale, the number of the lot …