{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-6-918","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 6-918","heading":"“Mayor” and “owner” defined; agent of owner.","body":"(a)\nFor the purposes of this chapter, the term “Mayor” shall mean the Mayor of the District of Columbia or his designated agent or agents; and the term “owner” shall mean:\n(1)\nAny person, or any one of a number of persons, in whom is vested all or any part of the beneficial ownership, dominion, or title of the property found by the Mayor to be in an uninhabitable or insanitary condition;\n(2)\nThe committee, conservator, or legal guardian of an owner who is non compos mentis, a minor child, or otherwise under a disability; or\n(3)\nA trustee elected or appointed, or required by law, to execute a trust, other than a trustee under a deed of trust to secure the repayment of a loan.\n\n(b)\nWherever under this chapter any act is to be performed by, or any notice is to be given, an owner, such act may be performed by an agent of such owner, or such notice may be given to an agent of such owner who collects rent or otherwise acts as an agent for the owner in connection with said property.","path":["Title 6. Housing and Building Restrictions and Regulations.","Chapter 9. Insanitary Buildings."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/6-918","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"e3efcdd24f7dac107a5df60d4427e8170ea84ab9e72331c8be98061e4c24d350","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-6-917","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-6-919"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}