40 USC § 8736 - Execution of deeds

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title: "40 USC § 8736 - Execution of deeds"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "8736"
section_name: "Execution of deeds"
chapter_number: 87
chapter_name: "PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "ACQUIRING AND DISPOSING OF LAND"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1227.)"
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# § 8736. Execution of deeds

The Mayor of the District of Columbia may execute deeds of conveyance for real estate sold under this subchapter. The deeds shall contain a full description of the land sold as required by law.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1227.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8736 | 40:72e. | Aug. 5, 1939, ch. 449, § 3, 53 Stat. 1211. |

The word “proper” is omitted as unnecessary. The words “as required by” are substituted for “either by metes and bounds, or otherwise according to” to eliminate unnecessary words.