{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-3501","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28-3501","heading":"Estate created otherwise than by deed.","body":"An estate, attempted to be created for a greater term than one year in real estate, other than by deed, is an estate by sufferance.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Chapter 35. Statute of Frauds."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28-3501","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"0349b05ce80fdbdb4faeb1318ed6c730639246e5fc98a75390c7e34f91b1b4d5","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-3315","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-3502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}