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District of Columbia Official Code
Division VIII - GENERAL LAWSTitle 47 - TAXATION, LICENSING, PERMITS, ASSESSMENTS, AND FEESChapter 8 - REAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT AND TAX
Subchapter II - AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURE TO ESTABLISH REAL PROPERTY TAX RATES
Section 47-848 - Sale of tax delinquent property - Transference of ownership

D.C. Code § 47-848

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Section 47-848 - Sale of tax delinquent property - Transference of ownership

The Council is hereby authorized to establish a program whereby title to properties acquired by tax sale pursuant to §§ 47-847 and 47-1303 may, for whatever consideration or sum it deems appropriate, be transferred to persons, nonprofit organizations or nonprofit developers, meeting criteria which shall be established by the Council, and who:

(1) Guarantee to pay taxes on the property;
(2) Live in the property for at least 5 years (for residential property owners), or maintain active ownership and legal possession of the property for at least 10 years and provide needed community services in the District for at least 10 years (for nonprofit organizations or developers); and
(3) Give assurance of bringing the property into reasonable compliance with the building code in the District.

D.C. Code § 47-848

Sept. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1059, Pub. L. 93-407, title IV, § 438; enacted, Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-254, § 2, 44 DCR 1575; June 11, 1999, D.C. Law 13-11, § 3(b), 46 DCR 5487; June 12, 2003, D.C. Law 14-310, § 14(b), 50 DCR 1092.

Financial institutions, application to conduct business, loan policies and homestead development programs, see § 26-704. Savings and loan association acquisitions, applications, loan policies and homestead development programs, see § 26-1204. .