Individuals & Families
Small Businesses
Nonprofits
Employers
Employee Benefits Brokers
PEOs
Credit Unions
Membership Groups
Legal Information
Sign In
/
U.S. State Codes
/
District-of-Columbia
/
Title 42 - Real Property.
/
Chapter 5 - Estates in Land.
Chapter 5 - Estates in Land.
§ 42–501. Recognized estates.
§ 42–502. Fee simple estates — Estates tail abolished.
§ 42–503. Fee simple estates — Absolute or qualified.
§ 42–504. Freeholds; chattels real; chattel interests; conditions precedent or subsequent.
§ 42–505. Estates pur autre vie; when deemed freehold and when chattel real.
§ 42–506. Estates classified; possession; expectancy.
§ 42–507. Estate in possession.
§ 42–508. Estate in expectancy.
§ 42–509. Reversions.
§ 42–510. Future estates — Commencement.
§ 42–511. Future estates — Remainder and conditional limitation.
§ 42–512. Future estates — Vested and contingent.
§ 42–513. Future estates — Alternative.
§ 42–514. Expectant estates — No defeat or bar unless provided for at creation.
§ 42–515. Expectant estates — Descendible, devisable, and alienable.
§ 42–516. Tenancies in common, tenancies by the entireties, and joint tenancies.
§ 42–517. Coparcenary estates abolished.
§ 42–518. Estates for years.
§ 42–519. Estates from year to year.
§ 42–520. Estates by sufferance.
§ 42–521. Estates from month to month or from quarter to quarter.
§ 42–522. Estates at will; termination; creation.
§ 42–523. Provisions applicable to personal property.