{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-801","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 42-801","heading":"Execution, acknowledgment, and recordation in same manner as deeds.","body":"Mortgages and deeds of trust to secure debts, conveying any estate in land, shall be executed and may be acknowledged and recorded in the same manner as absolute deeds; and they shall take effect both as between the parties thereto and as to others, bona fide purchasers and mortgagees and creditors, in the same manner and under the same conditions as absolute deeds.","path":["Title 42. Real Property.","Chapter 8. Mortgages and Deeds of Trust."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-801","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"6ef39df27d7b4c57cc23e46412fe1bfe70fb3490a72c3dd032fe671377e76086","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-705","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-802"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}