{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-14-502","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 14-502","heading":"Records of deeds, instruments, and wills.","body":"Under the hand of the keeper of a record and the seal of the court or office in which the record was made:\n\n(1)\na copy of the record of a deed, or other written instrument not of a testamentary character, where the laws of the State, territory, commonwealth, possession or country where it was recorded require such a record, and that has been recorded agreeably to those laws; and\n\n(2)\na copy of a will that the laws require to be admitted to probate and record by judicial decree, and of the decree of the court admitting the will to probate and record —","path":["Title 14. Proof. [Enacted title]","Chapter 5. Documentary Evidence."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/14-502","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"a3babd9faf54b1be4456d5bb966d37606e389a9f946749c593c6c2a2f15bafbf","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-14-501","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-14-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}