DC changed one section of its Condominium Act in two years
DC changed one section of its Condominium Act in two years
2026-09-09 · District of Columbia · Legislation
The District of Columbia Condominium Act runs to 77 sections. In 2025 and 2026, exactly one of them was amended.
That section is D.C. Code § 42-1903.03, the meetings provision, which acquired a new subsection permanently authorising electronic meetings and early electronic voting — covered in our report on that change.1
Everything else in the Act is where it was.
What that means, section by section
The provisions District boards deal with daily carry no recent amendment:
- § 42-1903.13, the lien for assessments and its limited priority — unchanged.
- § 42-1903.10, insurance, including the $5,000 deductible pass-through cap — unchanged. A bill would raise it to $25,000 and has not moved since a March 2026 hearing.
- § 42-1903.12, budgets and reserves — unchanged.
- § 42-1903.08, association powers — unchanged.
- The whole of Subchapter IV — developer registration, public offering statements, conversion condominiums, deposits and resale certificates — unchanged.
Nor did the Council touch the Nonprofit Corporation Act chapter that governs incorporated District associations, the Horizontal Property Regimes chapter, or the Common Interest Community Repairs programme.
The absences worth naming
No reserve mandate. The District has no statutory reserve-study requirement and no funding formula. Six years after Surfside, a search of the current Council Period returns no bill on reserve studies, milestone or structural inspections, or facade and balcony safety. The reserve floor District associations will actually face in 2027 is being set by the secondary mortgage market, not by the Council — covered in our report on the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac changes.
No manager licensing. The District licenses individual property managers, not the firms. A bill would change that and has had no hearing in eighteen months.
No change to records, elections, board governance or director qualifications. Across the Council Period, no measure reaches them.
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Related District of Columbia HOA Topics
- D.C. Code Title 42, Chapter 19 — the Condominium Act of 1976, all 77 sections with their History notes ↩
- D.C. Code § 42-1903.03, Meetings — the one section carrying a 2025-26 amendment ↩
- D.C. Code Title 29 — Business Organizations, including the Nonprofit Corporation Act chapter governing incorporated associations ↩
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