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Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-110

§8734 Sale of Land by Mayor

Title 40 › 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 Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Mayor may sell District-owned real estate held outright for municipal use if the Council and the National Capital Planning Commission agree the property is no longer needed and the National Capital Planning Commission approves. Sales may be public or private and go to the highest bidder when it is in the District’s best interest. The Mayor may pay reasonable and necessary expenses for each sale. The Mayor must deposit the net proceeds of each sale in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §8734

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

(a)Authority To Sell.—
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)Paying Expenses and Depositing Proceeds.—
The Mayor— (1)
(2)shall deposit the net proceeds of each sale in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia.

Legislative History

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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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110