{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-1348","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 47-1348","heading":"Certificate of sale — in general.","body":"(a)\nThe Mayor shall deliver to the purchaser a certificate of sale under the Mayor’s hand and seal or authorized facsimile signature (or a delegate’s hand and seal). The certificate shall set forth:\n(1)\nThe date of the certificate;\n(2)\nThat the real property described in it was sold by the Mayor to the purchaser;\n(3)\nThe date of the tax sale to which the certificate corresponds;\n(4)\nThe date of the sale to the purchaser, which shall be the same date as in paragraph (3) of this subsection, if the purchaser purchased the real property at the tax sale held under § 47-1346;\n(5)\nThe amount of taxes for which the real property was offered for sale at the original tax sale;\n(6)\nThe total amount of taxes owing at the time of sale to the purchaser;\n(7)\nThe purchase price;\n(8)\nThe amount of surplus;\n(9)\nA description of the real property in substantially the same form as the description appearing on the Mayor’s tax roll;\n(10)\nA statement that the rate of simple interest, upon redemption, shall be 1.5% per month or portion thereof on the amount paid for the real property, excluding surplus, beginning on the first day of the month immediately following the date of the tax sale or the date when the certificate of sale was assigned by the Mayor.\n(11)\nThe date when an action to foreclose the right of redemption may be filed; and\n(12)\nThat the certificate shall be void unless diligent proceedings to foreclose the right of redemption are brought within one year from the date of the certificate, and that if the certificate shall become void, all monies paid for the real property by the purchaser shall be forfeited to the District.\n\n(b)\nRepealed.\n\n(c)\n“For the Mayor”","path":["Title 47. Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]","Chapter 13A. Revised Real Property Tax Sales.","Subchapter II. Sale."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/47-1348","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"f1c1a0ef54e9b0c03aacc050e5969a944ba86bb2f84a805f2f7bd9801cc9bb5b","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-1347","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-47-1349"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}