District of Columbia Code
Title 42 - Real Property
Chapter 20 - Horizontal Property Regimes

Subchapter I - General

§ 42–2001. Short title - This subchapter, including its table of contents, may be cited...

§ 42–2002. Definitions - Unless it is plainly evident from the context that a...

§ 42–2003. Establishment by subdivision - Whenever the owners or the co-owners of any square or...

§ 42–2004. Transfer of individual units; incidents of real property; recordation - Once the property is subdivided into the horizontal property regime,...

§ 42–2005. Joint tenancies, tenancies in common, tenancies by the entirety - Any condominium unit may be held and owned by more...

§ 42–2006. Units held in fee; common elements held in undivided shares; recordation of declaration of ownership percentages; market values of units and shares not fixed; voting on basis; unit deeds - (a) A condominium unit owner shall have the exclusive fee...

§ 42–2007. Indivisibility of common elements; limitation upon partition; exception thereto - (a) The common elements, both general and limited, shall remain...

§ 42–2008. Use of elements held in common; right to enter units for certain repairs - (a) Each co-owner may use the elements held in common...

§ 42–2009. Plat of condominium subdivision — Contents thereof; certification and recordation - (a) Whenever the owner or the co-owners of any square...

§ 42–2010. Plat of condominium subdivision — Reference thereto for description; conveyance of unit includes share in common elements - When a plat of a condominium project and subdivision shall...

§ 42–2011. Termination and waiver of regime; certification upon plat; judicial termination; ownership after termination; condominium restrictions not applicable after termination or partition - (a) All the co-owners or the sole owner of a...

§ 42–2012. Merger no bar to reconstitution - The merger provided for in the preceding section shall in...

§ 42–2013. Bylaws — Availability for examination; made part of declaration; amendment; compliance mandatory - (a) The administration of every project constituted into a horizontal...

§ 42–2014. Plat of condominium subdivision — Necessary; modification of administration - (a) The bylaws must necessarily provide for at least the...

§ 42–2015. Books of receipts and expenditures; availability for examination; annual audit - The manager, administrator, or the board of directors, or of...

§ 42–2016. Common profits and expenses; taxation; proportional contributions for administration and maintenance mandatory; determination of amount due and assessment of lien - (a) The common profits of the property shall be distributed...

§ 42–2017. Priority of liens; unpaid assessments upon sale or conveyance - (a) The lien determined, levied and assessed in accordance with...

§ 42–2018. Joint and several liability of purchaser and seller of unit for amounts owing under § 42-2016; purchaser’s right of indemnity; right to statement of amount of unpaid assessments - The purchaser of a condominium unit in a voluntary sale...

§ 42–2019. Supplemental method of enforcement of lien; rights and duties of subsequent purchaser; priority of lien, bond and trust; written statement of payments due under lien - (a) In addition to proceedings available at law or equity...

§ 42–2020. Authority to obtain hazard insurance; held in trust; no effect on right to insure individual unit - The manager or the board of directors, if required by...

§ 42–2021. Application of insurance proceeds to reconstruction; pro rata distribution in certain cases according to bylaws or decision of council - (a) In case of fire or other disaster the insurance...

§ 42–2022. Sharing of reconstruction cost where project not insured or insurance indemnity insufficient - Where the project is not insured or where the insurance...

§ 42–2023. Unit identification; taxation of unit and proportionate share of common area; effect of forfeiture or tax sale of other units - (a) For the purposes of assessment and taxation of property...

§ 42–2024. Actions relating to common elements; service of process; removal of lien on proportionate share of common areas following judgment against other unit owners - (a) Without limiting the right of any co-owner, actions may...

§ 42–2025. Liens available only against individual units; consent necessary for mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens; removal of lien on unit and proportionate share of common area following judgment against other unit owners - (a) Subsequent to establishment of a horizontal property regime as...

§ 42–2026. Rule against perpetuities and rule against unreasonable restraints on alienation not applicable to horizontal property regimes; exception for individual units - The rule of property known as the rule against perpetuities,...

§ 42–2027. Subchapter supplements existing code provisions; exception where conflict arises - The provisions of the subchapter shall be in addition to...

§ 42–2028. Regulations of Council and Zoning Commission; enforcement thereof - In order to bring horizontal property regimes into compliance with...

§ 42–2029. Subchapter interpreted to require compliance with all applicable laws; owners’ responsibilities for taxes; methods of collection; no effect on eminent domain - (a) This subchapter shall be interpreted in such a manner...

§ 42–2030. Right to individual water meters; common water service authorized; billing and collection - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this subchapter, the developer or...

§ 42–2031. Authority vested in Board of Commissioners unaffected; delegation of functions - Nothing in this subchapter or in any amendments made by...

Subchapter II - Council Authority

§ 42–2051. Council authorized to prohibit conversions to condominiums - In addition to other authority delegated to it, and in...