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Code of the District of Columbia
Title 42
Chapter 20
I
General.
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42-2001
Short title.
42-2002
Definitions.
42-2003
Establishment by subdivision.
42-2004
Transfer of individual units; incidents of real property; recordation.
42-2005
Joint tenancies, tenancies in common, tenancies by the entirety.
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.
42-2007
Indivisibility of common elements; limitation upon partition; exception thereto.
42-2008
Use of elements held in common; right to enter units for certain repairs.
42-2009
Plat of condominium subdivision — Contents thereof; certification and recordation.
42-2010
Plat of condominium subdivision — Reference thereto for description; conveyance of unit includes share in common elements.
42-2011
Termination and waiver of regime; certification upon plat; judicial termination; ownership after termination; condominium restrictions not applicable after termination or partition.
42-2012
Merger no bar to reconstitution.
42-2013
Bylaws — Availability for examination; made part of declaration; amendment; compliance mandatory.
42-2014
Plat of condominium subdivision — Necessary; modification of administration.
42-2015
Books of receipts and expenditures; availability for examination; annual audit.
42-2016
Common profits and expenses; taxation; proportional contributions for administration and maintenance mandatory; determination of amount due and assessment of lien.
42-2017
Priority of liens; unpaid assessments upon sale or conveyance.
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.
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.
42-2020
Authority to obtain hazard insurance; held in trust; no effect on right to insure individual unit.
42-2021
Application of insurance proceeds to reconstruction; pro rata distribution in certain cases according to bylaws or decision of council.
42-2022
Sharing of reconstruction cost where project not insured or insurance indemnity insufficient.
42-2023
Unit identification; taxation of unit and proportionate share of common area; effect of forfeiture or tax sale of other units.
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.
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.
42-2026
Rule against perpetuities and rule against unreasonable restraints on alienation not applicable to horizontal property regimes; exception for individual units.
42-2027
Subchapter supplements existing code provisions; exception where conflict arises.
42-2028
Regulations of Council and Zoning Commission; enforcement thereof.
42-2029
Subchapter interpreted to require compliance with all applicable laws; owners’ responsibilities for taxes; methods of collection; no effect on eminent domain.
42-2030
Right to individual water meters; common water service authorized; billing and collection.
42-2031
Authority vested in Board of Commissioners unaffected; delegation of functions.