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Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73not60

§8734 Sale of Land by Mayor

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › Part D— PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA › Chapter 87— PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION › Subchapter IV— ACQUIRING AND DISPOSING OF LAND › § 8734

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Mayor can sell land that the District fully owns for city use if the National Capital Planning Commission agrees and both the Council and that Commission decide the land is no longer needed for public purposes. Sales can be public or private and go to the highest bidder. The Mayor may pay reasonable sale costs for each parcel and must deposit the net money from each sale into the U.S. Treasury for the District of Columbia.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §8734

Public Buildings, Property, and Works — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)With the approval of the National Capital Planning Commission, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, for the best interests of the District of Columbia, may sell to the highest bidder at public or private sale real estate in the District of Columbia owned in fee simple by the District of Columbia for municipal use that the Council of the District of Columbia and the Commission find to be no longer required for public purposes.
(b)The Mayor—
(1)may pay the reasonable and necessary expenses of the sale of each parcel of land sold; and
(2)shall deposit the net proceeds of each sale in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 8734(a)40:72c.Aug. 5, 1939, ch. 449, §§ 1, 2, 53 Stat. 1211. 8734(b)40:72d. In subsection (a), the words “in his discretion”, “and convey, in whole or in part”, and “now or hereafter” are omitted as unnecessary.

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 8734

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60