303. PROOF OF RESIDENCY PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT

303 PROOF OF RESIDENCY PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT 303.1 Personnel authorities shall verify District residency for those employees subject to the District residency requirement under § 302.4 no later than the employee’s first day of work. 303.2 Personnel authorities shall verify District residency for employees subject to the District residency requirement under § 301.2 no later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the employee’s first day of work. 303.3 Residency shall be verified by: (a) Reviewing the appointee’s non-expired driver’s license or non-driver identification issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles (“DMV”); and (b) Verifying that the appointee has elected the District for purposes of income tax withholding in the applicable human resources information system. 303.4 If an appointee who is required to be a District resident does not have a non-expired driver’s license or non-driver identification issued by DMV as required by § 303.3(a), the appointee may provide substitute documentation that is satisfactory to the personnel authority. Substitute documentation shall include a combination of four (4) or more proofs of residency, such as: (a) Voter registration card; (b) Motor vehicle registration; (c) Certified deed or current lease or current rental agreement for real property for the employee’s principal place of residence in the District; (d) Cancelled checks or receipts for mortgage or rental payments for the employee’s principal place of residence in the District; (e) Utility bills and payment receipts for the employee’s principal place of residence in the District; (f) A copy of a bank account statement in the name of the employee mailed to the employee’s principal place of residence in the District; (g) Copies of credit card or brokerage account statements mailed to the employee’s principal place of residence in the District; (h) Copies of automobile insurance statements for the employee mailed to the employee’s principal place of residence in the District; or (i) Sworn affidavit. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 851 (January 26, 1990); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 2416 (April 7, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 6993 (August 22, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 11889 (August 28, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 00889 (January 31, 2020). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Government Personnel 6-B DCMR § 303