Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§1508 Application to District of Columbia
Title 48 › CHAPTER 11 — ALIEN OWNERS OF LAND › § 1508
Summary
Non-U.S. citizens get the same rights to buy, own, hold, and sell land in D.C. as they have in U.S. Territories.
Full Legal Text
Title 48, §1508
Territories and Insular Possessions, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Aliens shall have the same rights and privileges concerning the acquisition, holding, owning, and disposition of real estate in the District of Columbia as are conferred upon aliens in respect of real estate in the Territories of the United States by this chapter.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 78 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. Section was not enacted as part of act Mar. 3, 1887, ch. 340, 24 Stat. 476, which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Repeals
Act Feb. 23, 1905, ch. 733, § 2, 33 Stat. 733, repealed all laws and parts of laws so far as they conflict with the provisions of this section.
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Citation
48 U.S.C. § 1508
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102