2016 District of Columbia Code
Title 42 - Real Property. §§ 42-101 - 42-4097
Chapter 3 - Conveyable Estates and Methods of Conveyance. §§ 42-301 - 42-307
§ 42–305. Title conveyable by anyone claiming such.
Any person claiming title to land may convey his interest in the same, notwithstanding there may be an adverse possession thereof.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1269, ch. 854, § 513.)
Prior Codifications1981 Ed., § 45-305.
1973 Ed., § 45-105.
Editor's NotesSeverance of joint tenancies: This section and § 42-301 do not supersede the common law rule authorizing the unilateral severance of joint tenancies. Estate of Gulledge, App. D.C., 673 A.2d 1278 (1996).
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