District of Columbia Statutes
§ 1-102 — District created body corporate for municipal purposes.
District of Columbia § 1-102
JurisdictionDistrict of Columbia
Title 1Government Organization.
Ch. 1District of Columbia Government Development.
Subch. IDistrict of Columbia Establishment.
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D.C. Code § 1-102 (2026).
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The District is created a government by the name of the “District of Columbia,” by which name it is constituted a body corporate for municipal purposes, and may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, have a seal, and exercise all other powers of a municipal corporation not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States and the provisions of this Code.
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Legislative History
R.S., D.C., § 2; June 11, 1878, 20 Stat. 102, ch. 180, § 1
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