{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-515.03","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 1-515.03","heading":"District residency requirement for certain District government employees.","body":"(a)\nAn individual appointed to a position in one of the following categories shall become a District resident within 180 days after appointment:\n(1)\nSubordinate agency head, independent agency head, or instrumentality head;\n(2)\nExecutive Service (§ 1-610.59);\n(3)\nExcepted Service (§ 1-609.06(a));\n(4)\nSenior Executive Service Attorney Service (§ 1-608.59(b));\n(5)\nLegal Service of the Council (§ 1-608.59(b));\n(6)\nHighly compensated appointee, hired after May 23, 2019.\n\n(b)\nAn individual appointed to a position covered by subsection (a) of this section who fails to remain a District resident for the duration of the individual's appointment shall forfeit the individual's District government employment.\n\n(c)\n(1)\nA personnel authority may decrease the threshold salary for its highly compensated appointees in a particular service.\n(2)\nA personnel authority may not raise the threshold salary for its highly compensated appointees higher than the increase by which the Mayor raised compensation for non-union employees in the same service in the same fiscal year.\n(3)\nThe Mayor shall publish any adjustment the Mayor makes to the highly compensated appointee threshold salary level in the District of Columbia Register no later than 45 days after the level is adjusted.\n\n(d)\nThe requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to an employee hired into a position covered by subsection (a) of this section before May 23, 2019, to which such requirements did not apply as of May 23, 2019.","path":["Title 1. Government Organization.","Chapter 5. Officers and Employees Generally.","Subchapter I-A. Residency Requirements for Government Employees and Residency Preferences for Applicants."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/1-515.03","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"f43e6ef2e46c15e946e6c413eda5e7d4110b22c4a7fcfc47e7065c99353180d0","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-515.02","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-515.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}