D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 16, r. 16-799
When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:
Director - the Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs or the Director's representative, agent, or designee.
Household goods - furniture, appliances, personal effects, and other property used or to be used in a dwelling.
Household goods contractor or contractor - any person (except the federal government, any political subdivision of the federal government, or the government of the District of Columbia) who owns a business which transports household goods for a consideration.
Moving contract - an agreement for the performance of transportation of household goods.
Owner - any person, or that person's agent, who enters into a moving contract for the transportation of household goods owned by that person.
Person - an individual, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity. Registrant - a person registered with the Department pursuant to this chapter.
Transportation of household goods - the act of moving the location of household goods from a dwelling or a place of storage within the District to a dwelling or to a place of storage within the District or within the Washington, D.C. Commercial Zone.
Washington, D.C. Commercial Zone - that area adjacent to and commercially a part of Washington, D.C., as defined and limited in Title 49, § 1048.10 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 16, r. 16-799