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District of Columbia Official Code
Division VII - PROPERTYTitle 42 - REAL PROPERTYSubtitle I - GENERAL
Chapter 3 - CONVEYABLE ESTATES AND METHODS OF CONVEYANCE
Section 42-301 - Present or future and vested or contingent interests conveyed by deed or will

D.C. Code § 42-301

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Current through codified legislation effective September 18, 2024
Section 42-301 - Present or future and vested or contingent interests conveyed by deed or will

Any interest in or claim to real estate whether entitling to present or future possession and enjoyment, and whether vested or contingent, may be disposed of by deed or will, and any estate which would be good as an executory devise may be created by deed.

D.C. Code § 42-301

Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1269, ch. 854, § 512; June 30, 1902, 32 Stat. 532, ch. 1329.

Severance of joint tenancies: This section and § 42-305 do not supersede the common law rule authorizing the unilateral severance of joint tenancies. Estate of Gulledge, App. D.C., 673 A.2d 1278 (1996).

Statute of frauds, see §§ 28-3501 and 28-3503. .