District of Columbia · Through 2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)

D.C. Code § 42-402: Defective grants recorded before April 27, 1994.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 42. Real Property.
Chapter 4. Deed Effective and Recordation Dates.

(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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