{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-102","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 1-102","heading":"District created body corporate for municipal purposes.","body":"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.","path":["Title 1. Government Organization.","Chapter 1. District of Columbia Government Development.","Subchapter I. District of Columbia Establishment."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/1-102","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"b5f5df747f1ca4c71eedf5c1aa80b375ef1bb1371cb7218948dc1e21b1b7cba5","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-101","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}