D.C. Code § 16-1311

Current through codified legislation effective September 18, 2024

Section 16-1311 - Condemnation proceedings by District of Columbia

When real property in the District of Columbia is needed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia for sites of schoolhouses, fire or police stations, rights-of-way for roads, highways, streets and alleys or parts thereof, rights-of-way for water mains or sewers, or any other authorized municipal use, and that property cannot be acquired by purchase from the owners thereof at a price satisfactory to the officers of the District authorized to negotiate for the property, a complaint may be filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in the name of the District of Columbia for the condemnation of the property or rights-of-way and the ascertainment of its value.

D.C. Code § 16-1311

Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 572, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 558, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 145(f)(3); Mar. 10, 1983, D.C. Law 4-201, § 501, 30 DCR 148; Apr. 30, 1988, D.C. Law 7-104, § 4(g), 35 DCR 147; Oct. 8, 2016, D.C. Law 21-160, § 1123, 63 DCR 10775.

For Mayor's authority to exercise eminent domain for the purpose of relocating the headquartes of the District of Columbia Office of Public Records and Archives, see section 1122 of D.C. Law 21-160.

Section 4(g) of D.C. Law 7-104 purported to substitute "Mayor" for "Commissioner" apparently without regard to the amendment to this section by D.C. Law 4-201.

Railroad company, acquisition authority, see § 9-1203.06. .