District of Columbia · Statutes
Chapter 20. Horizontal Property Regimes.
32 sections
32 sections
- D.C. Code § 42-2001Short title.
- D.C. Code § 42-2002Definitions.
- D.C. Code § 42-2003Establishment by subdivision.
- D.C. Code § 42-2004Transfer of individual units; incidents of real property; recordation.
- D.C. Code § 42-2005Joint tenancies, tenancies in common, tenancies by the entirety.
- D.C. Code § 42-2006Units 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.
- D.C. Code § 42-2007Indivisibility of common elements; limitation upon partition; exception thereto.
- D.C. Code § 42-2008Use of elements held in common; right to enter units for certain repairs.
- D.C. Code § 42-2009Plat of condominium subdivision — Contents thereof; certification and recordation.
- D.C. Code § 42-2010Plat of condominium subdivision — Reference thereto for description; conveyance of unit includes share in common elements.
- D.C. Code § 42-2011Termination and waiver of regime; certification upon plat; judicial termination; ownership after termination; condominium restrictions not applicable after termination or partition.
- D.C. Code § 42-2012Merger no bar to reconstitution.
- D.C. Code § 42-2013Bylaws — Availability for examination; made part of declaration; amendment; compliance mandatory.
- D.C. Code § 42-2014Plat of condominium subdivision — Necessary; modification of administration.
- D.C. Code § 42-2015Books of receipts and expenditures; availability for examination; annual audit.
- D.C. Code § 42-2016Common profits and expenses; taxation; proportional contributions for administration and maintenance mandatory; determination of amount due and assessment of lien.
- D.C. Code § 42-2017Priority of liens; unpaid assessments upon sale or conveyance.
- D.C. Code § 42-2018Joint 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.
- D.C. Code § 42-2019Supplemental method of enforcement of lien; rights and duties of subsequent purchaser; priority of lien, bond and trust; written statement of payments due under lien.
- D.C. Code § 42-2020Authority to obtain hazard insurance; held in trust; no effect on right to insure individual unit.
- D.C. Code § 42-2021Application of insurance proceeds to reconstruction; pro rata distribution in certain cases according to bylaws or decision of council.
- D.C. Code § 42-2022Sharing of reconstruction cost where project not insured or insurance indemnity insufficient.
- D.C. Code § 42-2023Unit identification; taxation of unit and proportionate share of common area; effect of forfeiture or tax sale of other units.
- D.C. Code § 42-2024Actions relating to common elements; service of process; removal of lien on proportionate share of common areas following judgment against other unit owners.
- D.C. Code § 42-2025Liens 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.
- D.C. Code § 42-2026Rule against perpetuities and rule against unreasonable restraints on alienation not applicable to horizontal property regimes; exception for individual units.
- D.C. Code § 42-2027Subchapter supplements existing code provisions; exception where conflict arises.
- D.C. Code § 42-2028Regulations of Council and Zoning Commission; enforcement thereof.
- D.C. Code § 42-2029Subchapter interpreted to require compliance with all applicable laws; owners’ responsibilities for taxes; methods of collection; no effect on eminent domain.
- D.C. Code § 42-2030Right to individual water meters; common water service authorized; billing and collection.
- D.C. Code § 42-2031Authority vested in Board of Commissioners unaffected; delegation of functions.
- D.C. Code § 42-2051Council authorized to prohibit conversions to condominiums.