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District of Columbia Code Division VII. Property. § 42-402. Defective grants recorded before April 27, 1994.

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Any instrument recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds before April 27, 1994, shall be effective notwithstanding the existence of 1 or more of the failures in the formal requisites listed in § 42-404, unless the failure was challenged in a judicial proceeding commenced within 6 months from April 27, 1994.

(b) Nothing in this section shall affect the validity of instruments recorded before April 27, 1994, which have been validated by prior law.

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