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40 U.S.C. § 8736

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
Execution of deeds
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Title
40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Chapter
STII/PTD/CH87
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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The Mayor of the District of Columbia may execute deeds of conveyance for real estate sold under this subchapter. The deeds shall contain a full description of the land sold as required by law. (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1227.) Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 873640:72e.Aug. 5, 1939, ch. 449, § 3, 53 Stat. 1211. The word “proper” is omitted as unnecessary. The words “as required by” are substituted for “either by metes and bounds, or otherwise according to” to eliminate unnecessary words.

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