Title 1, Government Organization.

After May 18, 1910, the recording of all instruments filed for record in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia may be done with book typewriters.

The plats and squares and subdivisions of the City of Washington shall be drawn upon a uniform scale of not less than 1 inch to 50 feet, and shall show the lines of all subdivisions of the squares as the same existed at the date of the completion of each square.

All transcripts from such records certified by the Surveyor shall be prima facie evidence thereof.

Whenever the President shall deem it necessary to subdivide any square or lot belonging to the United States within the City of Washington, not reserved for public purposes, into convenient building lots or portions for sale and occupancy, and alleys for their accommodation, he m…

The Council of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to make and publish such general orders as may be necessary to regulate the platting and subdividing of all lands and grounds in the District of Columbia under the jurisdiction of the Mayor; and no such plat or su…

All spaces on any duly recorded plat of land thereon designated as streets, avenues, or alleys shall thereupon become public ways, provided they are made in conformity with § 1-1313.

If by the extension of any of the present streets or avenues or the opening of any public way it becomes necessary to traverse any grounds now used as a cemetery or place of burial, the Mayor is empowered to secure a right-of-way through the same by stipulation with the proprieto…

Except as specifically provided for elsewhere in this chapter with respect to surveying work authorized to be performed by a registered land surveyor, it shall be the duty of the Surveyor to execute any surveying work for the District of Columbia without charge, on the order of t…

The Surveyor shall, as speedily as possible, execute any order of survey made by any court or private individual of any lot or square within the City of Washington, or of any land within the District of Columbia outside of said City, and shall make due return of a true plat and c…

Whenever the proprietor of any tract or parcel of land in the District of Columbia shall desire or deem it necessary to subdivide or alter boundaries, or change the surveys of any such tract or parcel of land, such subdivision, alteration, or change shall be by the Surveyor of th…

The Surveyor shall, or a registered land surveyor may, on the request of the proprietor or proprietors of any square, lot, or piece of ground within the District of Columbia set out and mark the proper lines, and furnish to him, her, or them a certificate describing the dimension…

Whenever the proprietor of any square or lot shall deem it necessary to subdivide the same into convenient building lots or portions for sale and occupancy and alleys for their accommodation, he may cause a plat to be made by the Surveyor or a registered land surveyor, on which s…

At the request of the proprietor the Surveyor shall examine whether the lots or parcels into which any square or lot may be subdivided as provided in § 1-1320 agree in dimensions with the whole of the square or lot so intended to be subdivided, and whether the dimensions expresse…

When a subdivision of any square or lot shall be so certified, examined, and recorded, the purchaser of any part thereof or any person interested therein may refer to the plat and record for description in the same manner as to squares and lots divided between the Mayor and origi…

The ways, alleys, or passages laid out or expressed on any plat of subdivision shall be and remain at all times under the same police regulations as the alleys laid off by the Mayor on division with the original proprietors.

Whenever the Surveyor or a registered land surveyor shall lay off any lot, or any parts into which a square or lot may be subdivided, as provided in this chapter, the Surveyor or a registered land surveyor shall measure the whole of that front of the square on which said lot or p…

Whenever, on such admeasurement, the wall of a house previously erected by any proprietor shall appear to stand on the adjoining lot of any other person in part less than 7 inches in width thereon, such wall shall be considered as standing altogether on the land of such proprieto…

If the wall of any house already erected cover 7 inches or more in width of the adjoining lot, it shall be deemed a party wall, according to the regulations for building in the District, and the ground so occupied more than 7 inches in width shall be paid for as provided in § 1-1…

The Surveyor or a registered surveyor shall ascertain and certify, and the Surveyor may put on record, at the request and expense of any person interested therein, the fact of the occupation of land by a party wall, as mentioned in § 1-1326.

It shall be the duty of the Surveyor or registered land surveyor to attend and examine the foundation or walls of any house to be erected for the purpose of adjusting the line of the front of such building to the line of the street and correctly placing the party wall on the line…

(a)(1) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [§ 2-501 et seq.], may establish and revise the fees and additional charges for services rendered by the Surveyor of the District of Columbia. The fees shall be established by the Mayor in such amounts as, in the …

(a) Pursuant to § 1-204.04(b), there is hereby established, in the Executive Branch of the government of the District of Columbia, an Office of the Chief Technology Officer (“Office”) under the supervision of a Chief Technology Officer, who shall carry out the functions and autho…

For the purpose of this subchapter, the term "Office" means the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, established by § 1-1401.

The purpose of the Office is to centralize responsibility for the District government’s investments in information technology and telecommunications systems to help District departments and agencies provide services more efficiently and effectively. The Office will develop and en…

The functions assigned to the Office shall be to: (1) Issue regulations governing the acquisition, use, and management of information technology and telecommunications systems and resources throughout the District government, including hardware, software, and contract services in…

(a) The Office shall work to identify and remedy barriers to equitable access to internet service in the District, including racial, socioeconomic, geographic, and other inequities in connectivity infrastructure, in device ownership, in the compatibility between devices and criti…

All positions, personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available or to be made available to the Chief Information Officer in the Office of the City Administrator pursuant to § 2-327.01 [repealed], or to the Department …

(a) There are hereby established 3 primary organizational functions in the Office as follows: (1) The Office of the Chief Technology Officer, which will include the staff and organizational units needed to carry out the overall plans and directions for the District’s information …

Sections 1-1402 and 1-1403 shall not apply to the Council of the District of Columbia, the Office of the District of Columbia Auditor, the Office of the Ombudsperson for Children, or the Office of the Attorney General; provided, that the Council may enter into written agreements …

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) Repealed. (2) Repealed. (3) “Costs” includes obligations incurred before September 18, 2007. (4) “DC-NET program” means a program conducted by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer to implement and manage a state-of-the-art,…

(a) There is established as a special fund the DC-NET Services and Innovation Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer ("Office") in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. (b) There shall be deposited into the Fund all paym…

(a) There is established as a special fund the Technology Infrastructure Services Support Fund (“Fund”), which shall be administered by the Chief Technology Officer in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. (b) The Fund shall consist of the revenue from payments by indep…

(21 DCR 3198; 22 DCR 961; Effective July 25, 1975) Prepared by the Mayor and transmitted to the Council of the District of Columbia April 29, 1975, pursuant to the provisions of Section 422(12) of the District Charter. Department of Transportation i. establishment There is establ…

(21 DCR 2793; Effective July 3, 1975) Prepared by the Mayor and transmitted to the Council of the District of Columbia on April 8, 1975, pursuant to the provisions of Section 422(12) of the District Charter. Department of Housing and Community Development There is established, in…

(Effective June 27, 1978) Prepared by the Mayor and transmitted to the Council of the District of Columbia on March 20, 1978, pursuant to the provisions of Section 422 (12) of the District Charter. D.C. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR There is established in the Executive Branch of the Gover…

(Effective February 21, 1980) Prepared by the Mayor and transmitted to the Council of the District of Columbia on November 20, 1979, pursuant to the provisions of Section 422(12) of the District Charter. D.C. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES There is established, in the Executive Bra…

(Effective April 17, 1980) Prepared by the Mayor and transmitted to the Council of the District of Columbia on January 28, 1980, pursuant to the provisions of Section 422(12) of the District Charter. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES There is established, in the Executive Branch …

(Effective January 10, 1981) Prepared by the Mayor and transmitted to the Council of the District of Columbia on October 14, 1980, pursuant to the provisions of Section 422 (12) of the District Charter. EMPLOYEE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND COMPENSATION There is established in the Departm…

(Effective July 3, 1982) BUILDING AND ZONING REGULATION ADMINISTRATION The purpose of this reorganization plan is to transfer all functions associated with the administration and enforcement of the District of Columbia building and zoning codes from the Department of Housing and …

(Effective December 8, 1982) OFFICE OF THE SURVEYOR There is established within the District of Columbia Department of Transportation the Office of the Surveyor, headed by the Surveyor, who shall perform the functions herein transferred or otherwise assigned. The Office of the Su…

(Effective March 31, 1983) Prepared by the Mayor and transmitted to the Council of the District of Columbia on January 3, 1983, pursuant to the provisions of Section 422 (12) of the District Charter. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS There is here…

(Effective March 31, 1983) CONSOLIDATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION PROCESS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION The purpose of the reorganization is to consolidate the motor vehicle registration process, exclusive of cash collections, within the Department of Transportation. 1…

(Effective March 31, 1983) Prepared by the Mayor and transmitted to the Council of the District of Columbia on January 3, 1983, pursuant to the provisions of Section 422(12) of the District Charter. There is hereby established in the District of Columbia Department of Finance and…

(Effective March 1, 1984) Prepared by the Mayor and transmitted to the Council of the District of Columbia on December 1, 1983, pursuant to the provisions of Section 422(12) of the District Charter. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS There is hereby established, in t…

(Effective March 1, 1984) Prepared by the Mayor and transmitted to the Council of the District of Columbia on November 30, 1983, pursuant to the provisions of Section 422 (12) of the Charter of the District of Columbia. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES T…

(Effective February 4, 1987) Prepared by the Mayor and transmitted to the Council of the District of Columbia on November 3, 1986, pursuant to the provisions of Section 422(12) of the District Charter. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF PAROLE The Office of Parole Supervision is hereb…