District of Columbia Statutes
§ 42-402 — Defective grants recorded before April 27, 1994.
District of Columbia § 42-402
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Bluebook
D.C. Code § 42-402 (2026).
Text
(a)Any instrument recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds before April 27, 1994, shall be effective notwithstanding the existence of 1 or more of the failures in the formal requisites listed in § 42-404 , unless the failure was challenged in a judicial proceeding commenced within 6 months from April 27, 1994.
(b)Nothing in this section shall affect the validity of instruments recorded before April 27, 1994, which have been validated by prior law.
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Legislative History
Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 854, § 499a; as added Apr. 27, 1994, D.C. Law 10-110, § 2(e), 41 DCR 1023
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District of Columbia § 42-402, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/dc/42-402.