All of the fees and emoluments of the Office of Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia shall be paid at least weekly to the Collector of Taxes for the District of Columbia for deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia.
(Apr. 24, 1926, 44 Stat. 322, ch. 176, § 1.)
1981 Ed., § 45-910.
1973 Ed., § 45-709.
This section is referenced in § 42-1214.
Office of Collector of Taxes abolished: The Office of the Collector of Taxes was abolished and the functions thereof transferred to the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia by Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1952. All functions of the Office of the Collector of Taxes including the functions of all officers, employees and subordinate agencies were transferred to the Director, Department of General Administration by Reorganization Order No. 3, dated August 28, 1952. Reorganization Order No. 20, dated November 10, 1952, transferred the functions of the Collector of Taxes to the Finance Office. The same Order provided for the Office of the Collector of Taxes headed by a Collector in the Finance Office, and abolished the previously existing Office of the Collector of Taxes. Reorganization Order No. 20 was superseded and replaced by Organization Order No. 121, dated December 12, 1957, which provided that the Finance Office (consisting of the Office of the Finance Officer, Property Tax Division, Revenue Division, Treasury Division, Accounting Division, and Data Processing Division) would continue under the direction and control of the Director of General Administration, and that the Treasury Division would perform the function of collecting revenues of the District of Columbia and depositing the same with the Treasurer of the United States. Organization Order No. 121 was revoked by Organization Order No. 3, dated December 13, 1967, Part IV-C of which prescribed the functions of the Finance Office within a newly established Department of General Administration. The executive functions of the Board of Commissioners were transferred to the Commissioner of the District of Columbia by § 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967. Functions of the Finance Office as stated in Part IV-C of Organization Order No. 3 were transferred to the Director of the Department of Finance and Revenue by Commissioner’s Order No. 69-96, dated March 7, 1969.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Chapter 12 - Recorder of Deeds
§ 42–1201. Appointment; duties; residency requirement; mayoral supervision [Repealed]
§ 42–1202. Purchase of necessary equipment; employment of personnel
§ 42–1203. Deputy Recorder; effect of performance of duties. [Repealed]
§ 42–1204. Second Deputy Recorder; effect of performance of duties. [Repealed]
§ 42–1205. Vacancy in Office of Recorder; Deputy to fill vacancy. [Repealed]
§ 42–1206. Public records to be open for free, public inspection
§ 42–1207. Notice of pendency of action (lis pendens)
§ 42–1208. Purchase of typewriting machines; preference for typewritten records
§ 42–1209. Certain records to be recopied for preservation; limitation on expense
§ 42–1210. Fees of Recorder of Deeds
§ 42–1212. Fees and emoluments of Recorder of Deeds deposited with Collector of Taxes
§ 42–1214. Recorder of Deed Automation and Infrastructure Improvement Fund
§ 42–1216. Office closed on Saturdays
§ 42–1217. Extension of time for recordation; Saturday, Sunday, and legal holidays
§ 42–1218. Authority of Mayor to adjust fees; computation of rates; exception