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Division VIII - GENERAL LAWSTitle 47 - TAXATION, LICENSING, PERMITS, ASSESSMENTS, AND FEESChapter 14 - TAXATION OF RECORDATION AND TRANSFERS OF REAL PROPERTY
Subchapter III - COMPULSORY RECORDATION OF TRANSFERS OF REAL PROPERTY
Section 47-1432 - Presumptions and burden of proof

D.C. Code § 47-1432

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Section 47-1432 - Presumptions and burden of proof

For the purpose of proper administration of this subchapter and to prevent evasion of the recordation requirements, the Mayor shall presume that all transfers, as described in § 47-1431, are required to be recorded. The burden shall be upon the person required to record to prove that a deed or any other document is exempt from the recordation requirement.

D.C. Code § 47-1432

July 13, 1978, D.C. Law 2-91, § 302, 24 DCR 9765; enacted, Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-254, § 2, 44 DCR 1575.