Title 42, Real Property.

The proceeds of sale of said real estate shall be held under the control and subject to the order of the court, and shall be invested under its order and supervision upon real and personal security, and the same shall, to all intents and purposes, be deemed real estate and stand …

Wherever 1 or more persons shall be entitled to an estate for life or years, or a base or qualified fee simple, or any other limited or conditional estate in lands, and any other person or persons shall be entitled to a remainder or remainders, vested or contingent, or an interes…

Where lands, tenements, or hereditaments are conveyed or devised to one person, whether for years or for a freehold estate, to the use of or in trust for another, no estate or interest, legal or equitable, shall vest in the trustee, but the person entitled, according to the true …

Where divers and many persons be, or hereafter shall happen to be jointly seized of and in any lands, tenements, rents, reversions, remainders, or other hereditaments, to the use, confidence, or trust of any of them that be so jointly seized, in every such case those person or pe…

No implied or resulting trust shall be alleged or established to defeat or prejudice the title of a purchaser for a valuable consideration and without notice of such trust; and where an express trust is created, but is not contained or declared in the conveyance to the trustee, s…

A man from henceforth shall have a writ of waste in the chancery against him that holdeth by law, or otherwise for term of life, or for term of years; and he which shall be attainted of waste, shall lease the thing that he hath wasted, and moreover shall recompense thrice so much…

Fermors, during their terms, shall not make waste, sale or exile of house or woods, nor of anything belonging to the tenements, that they have to ferm, without special license had by writing of covenant, making mention that they may do it; which thing if they do, and thereof be c…

Because that diverse people in times past have let their lands and tenements to divers persons, that is to say, some for term of life or of another man’s life, and some for term of years, the said tenants have oftentimes let and granted their estate which they had in the same lan…

Any joint tenant or tenant in common may maintain an action for waste committed by his cotenant, or in a suit for a partition, or a sale for purpose of partition may have said waste charged against the share of the cotenant committing the same.

(a) In this chapter: (1) "Amendment" means a document that removes an unlawful restriction. (2) "Document" means a record recorded or eligible to be recorded in land records. (3) "Governing instrument" means a document recorded in land records that: (A) Establishes a governing bo…

Except with respect to property to which § 42-1623 applies, an owner of real property subject to an unlawful restriction may submit to the Recorder of Deeds for recordation in the land records an amendment to remove the unlawful restriction, but only as to the owner's property.

(a) The governing body of an association of owners identified in a governing instrument may, without a vote of the members of the association, amend the governing instrument to remove an unlawful restriction. (b) A member of an association of owners may request, in a record that …

(a) An amendment under this chapter must identify the owner, the real property affected, and the document containing the unlawful restriction. The amendment must include a conspicuous statement in substantially the following form: This amendment removes from this deed or other do…

The following form may be used by an owner to make an amendment under § 42-1622: Amendment by Owner to Remove an Unlawful Restriction. (a) This amendment is recorded under the Uniform Unlawful Restrictions in Land Records Amendment Act of 2024 ("Act") by an owner of an interest i…

(a) The Recorder shall record an amendment submitted under this chapter, add the amendment to the index, and cross reference the amendment to the document containing the unlawful restriction. (b) The Recorder and the District are not liable for recording an amendment under this c…

(a) The Recorder shall waive any fees specifically directed at an owner's attempt to release an unlawful restriction from a deed or other document as described under §§ 42-1622 and 42-1623. (b) No judicial approval is needed to release an unlawful restriction under §§ 42-1622 and…

In applying and construing this uniform act, a court shall consider the promotion of the uniformity of the law among jurisdictions that enact it.

This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, approved June 30, 2000 (114 Stat. 464; 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.) ("Act"), but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of the Act (15 U.S.C. § 7001(c)), or autho…

(a) For the purposes of this act, the term: (1) "Affiliate" means: (A) With respect to an individual: (i) A companion of the individual; (ii) A lineal ancestor or descendant, whether by blood or adoption, of: (I) The individual; or (II) A companion of the individual; (iii) A comp…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Superior Court may issue an order under this act only after notice and opportunity for a hearing appropriate in the circumstances. (b) The Superior Court may issue an order under this act: (1) Without prior n…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) or (c) of this section, this act applies to a receivership for an interest in real property and any personal property related to or used in operating the real property. (b) This act does not apply to a receivership for an interes…

The Superior Court has exclusive jurisdiction to direct the receiver and determine any controversy related to the receivership or receivership property.

(a) The Superior Court may appoint a receiver: (1) Before judgment, to protect a party that demonstrates an apparent right, title, or interest in real property that is the subject of the action, if the property or its revenue-producing potential: (A) Is being subjected to or is i…

(a) The Superior Court may not appoint a person as receiver unless the person submits to the Superior Court a statement under penalty of perjury that the person is not disqualified. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person is disqualified from …

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a receiver shall post with the Superior Court a bond that: (1) Is conditioned on the faithful discharge of the receiver's duties; (2) Has one or more sureties approved by the Superior Court; (3) Is in an amount t…

(a) On appointment of a receiver, the receiver has the status of a lien creditor under: (1) Article 9 of Subtitle I of Title 28 as to receivership property that is personal property or fixtures; and (2) § 42-401, as to receivership property that is real property.

Except as otherwise provided by law of the District other than this act, property that a receiver or owner acquires after appointment of the receiver is subject to a security agreement entered into before the appointment to the same extent as if the Superior Court had not appoint…

(a) Unless the Superior Court orders otherwise, on demand by a receiver: (1) A person that owes a debt that is receivership property and is matured or payable on demand or on order shall pay the debt to or on the order of the receiver, except to the extent the debt is subject to …

(a) Except as limited by Superior Court order or law of the District other than this act, a receiver may: (1) Collect, control, manage, conserve, and protect receivership property; (2) Operate a business constituting receivership property, including preservation, use, sale, lease…

(a) An owner shall: (1) Assist and cooperate with the receiver in the administration of the receivership and the discharge of the receiver's duties; (2) Preserve and turn over to the receiver all receivership property in the owner's possession, custody, or control; (3) Identify a…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section or ordered by the Superior Court, an order appointing a receiver operates as a stay, applicable to all persons, of an act, action, or proceeding: (1) To obtain possession of, exercise control over, or enforce a ju…

(a) With the Superior Court's approval, a receiver may engage an attorney, accountant, appraiser, auctioneer, broker, or other professional to assist the receiver in performing a duty or exercising a power of the receiver. The receiver shall disclose to the Superior Court: (1) Th…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term "good faith" means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing. (b) With the Superior Court's approval, a receiver may use receivership property other than in the ordinary course of business.…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term "timeshare interest" means an interest having a duration of more than 3 years which grants its holder the right to use and occupy an accommodation, facility, or recreational site, whether improved or not, for a specific period less t…

(a) A receiver is entitled to all defenses and immunities provided by law of the District other than this act for an act or omission within the scope of the receiver's appointment. (b) A receiver may be sued personally for an act or omission in administering receivership property…

(a) A receiver may file or, if ordered by the Superior Court, shall file an interim report that includes: (1) The activities of the receiver since appointment or a previous report; (2) Receipts and disbursements, including a payment made or proposed to be made to a professional e…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f) of this section, a receiver shall give notice of appointment of the receiver to creditors of the owner by: (1) Deposit for delivery through first-class mail or other commercially reasonable delivery method to the last-known addre…

(a) The Superior Court may award a receiver from receivership property the reasonable and necessary fees and expenses of performing the duties of the receiver and exercising the powers of the receiver. (b) The Superior Court may order one or more of the following to pay the reaso…

(a) The Superior Court may remove a receiver for cause. (b) The Superior Court shall replace a receiver that dies, resigns, or is removed. (c) If the Superior Court finds that a receiver that resigns or is removed, or the representative of a receiver that is deceased, has account…

(a) On completion of a receiver's duties, the receiver shall file a final report including: (1) A description of the activities of the receiver in the conduct of the receivership; (2) A list of receivership property at the commencement of the receivership and any receivership pro…

(a) The Superior Court may appoint a receiver appointed in another state, or that person's nominee, as an ancillary receiver with respect to property located in the District or subject to the jurisdiction of the Superior Court for which a receiver could be appointed under this ac…

(a) A request by a mortgagee for appointment of a receiver, the appointment of a receiver, or application by a mortgagee of receivership property or proceeds to the secured obligation does not: (1) Make the mortgagee a mortgagee in possession of the real property; (2) Make the mo…

In applying and construing this act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

This act modifies, limits, or supersedes the 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) of that act (15 U.S.C. § 7001(c)), or authorize electr…

This act does not apply to a receivership for which the receiver was appointed before March 7, 2025.

(a) For purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) "Department" means the Department of Housing and Community Development. (2) "Funeral services establishment" shall have the same meaning as set forth in § 3-402(11). (3) "Heir" shall have the same meaning as set forth in § 20-101(c)…