District of Columbia
D.C. Code — Title 50, Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic
623 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 50-1001 — Adopted
- § 50-1002 — Annual report; rules
- § 50-101 — Definitions
- § 50-102 — Insurance, inspection, and registration required
- § 50-103 — Driver safety programs
- § 50-104 — Penalty
- § 50-105 — Rules
- § 50-1101 — Fee
- § 50-1102 — Motor Vehicle Biennial Inspection Fund
- § 50-1103 — Appropriations for inspection facilities
- § 50-1104 — Vehicles exempt from fee
- § 50-1105 — Vehicles not inspected, or unsafe
- § 50-1106 — Penalties
- § 50-1107 — Regulations by Mayor
- § 50-1108 — “Motor vehicle” defined
- § 50-1109 — Notification of inspection sticker expiration
- § 50-1121 — Vehicle Inspection Task Force
- § 50-1122 — Duration of Task Force
- § 50-1201 — Definitions
- § 50-1202 — Lien to appear on certificate of title; effect of other liens
- § 50-1203 — Entry of lien — Priority
- § 50-1204 — Entry of lien — Form and requirements of instrument creating lien; when lien not entered
- § 50-1205 — Liens to be kept by Recorder in Director’s office
- § 50-1206 — Liens shown by application for certificate; entry of lien; collection of fees; absence of liens to be shown; certificate to holder of first lien
- § 50-1207 — Entry of lien on previously issued certificate
- § 50-1208 — Assignment of lien; form and requirement of assignment; entry and recording of assignment; certificate to holder of first lien
- § 50-1209 — Entry of lien or assignment where certificate is not available; Recorder to obtain certificate
- § 50-1210 — Satisfaction of liens — Possession of certificate
- § 50-1211 — Satisfaction of liens — Duties of Recorder; procedure when certificate lost
- § 50-1212 — Recordation fee
- § 50-1213 — Fee for releasing liens
- § 50-1214 — Place and method of recordation
- § 50-1215 — False statements as to liens; violations of law chapter
- § 50-1216 — Appropriation
- § 50-1217 — Terminal rental adjustment clauses: vehicle leases that are not sales or security interests
- § 50-1218 — Electronic creation, recordation, and transfer of liens
- § 50-1301.01 — Short title
- § 50-1301.02 — Definitions
- § 50-1301.03 — Administration
- § 50-1301.04 — Review by Mayor
- § 50-1301.05 — Abstract of operating record
- § 50-1301.05a — Production of documentary material
- § 50-1301.06 — Information regarding financial responsibility to be furnished person injured
- § 50-1301.07 — Service of process on nonresident
- § 50-1301.08 — Operator deemed to be agent of owner
- § 50-1301.09 — Motor Vehicle Owners’ and Operators’ Financial Responsibility Fund, D. C
- § 50-1301.10 — Accident report — Required
- § 50-1301.11 — Accident report — Form
- § 50-1301.12 — Accident report — Not required during incapacity
- § 50-1301.13 — Accident report — Additional information to be furnished on request
- § 50-1301.14 — Accident report — Suspension authorized for failure to report
- § 50-1301.15 — Accident report — Confidential
- § 50-1301.16 — Deposit of security — When applicable
- § 50-1301.17 — Deposit of security — Amount
- § 50-1301.18 — Deposit of security — Exceptions
- § 50-1301.19 — Automobile liability policy or bond; requirements
- § 50-1301.20 — Deposit of security — Generally
- § 50-1301.21 — Deposit of security — Suspension for failure
- § 50-1301.22 — Deposit of security — Release from liability
- § 50-1301.23 — Deposit of security — Adjudication of nonliability
- § 50-1301.24 — Agreements for payment of damages
- § 50-1301.25 — Payment upon judgment; release of judgment debtor
- § 50-1301.26 — Termination of security requirement
- § 50-1301.27 — Duration of suspension
- § 50-1301.28 — Nonresidents; unlicensed drivers; unregistered vehicles; accidents in other states
- § 50-1301.29 — Mayor authorized to decrease amount of security
- § 50-1301.30 — Correction of Mayor’s action within 1 year
- § 50-1301.31 — Disposition of security
- § 50-1301.32 — Return of deposit
- § 50-1301.33 — Matters not to be evidence in civil suits
- § 50-1301.34 — Persons required to deposit proof of future responsibility
- § 50-1301.35 — “Proof of financial responsibility for the future”, “proof”, or “proof of financial responsibility” defined
- § 50-1301.36 — “Judgment” and “state” defined
- § 50-1301.37 — Suspension of license and registration for certain convictions; effect of proof of financial responsibility; vehicles owned or leased by the United States, a state, or a political subdivision thereof; suspension for foreign convictions
- § 50-1301.38 — Duration of suspension
- § 50-1301.39 — Suspension of unlicensed or licensed person after certain convictions; proof of financial responsibility required; certificate of conviction to be forwarded to Mayor
- § 50-1301.40 — Suspension of nonresidents’ operating privilege; duration
- § 50-1301.41 — Report by courts of nonpayment of judgments
- § 50-1301.42 — Judgment against a nonresident — Transmittal of copy to license and registration official of defendant’s state
- § 50-1301.43 — Judgment against a nonresident — Suspension for nonpayment
- § 50-1301.44 — Government vehicles; exception as to nonpayment of judgment provisions
- § 50-1301.45 — Consent by judgment creditor to retention of license, registration, or operating privileges by judgment debtor
- § 50-1301.46 — Effect of Mayor’s finding that insurer obligated to pay judgment
- § 50-1301.47 — Continuance of suspension until judgment paid and proof given
- § 50-1301.48 — Discharge in bankruptcy
- § 50-1301.49 — Required payments; amounts; settlements
- § 50-1301.50 — Installment payment of judgments — Permitted
- § 50-1301.51 — Installment payment of judgments — Default
- § 50-1301.52 — Proof required for each registered vehicle
- § 50-1301.53 — Alternate methods of giving proof
- § 50-1301.54 — Certificate of insurance as proof
- § 50-1301.55 — Certificate filed by nonresident as proof of financial responsibility
- § 50-1301.56 — Default by nonresident insurance carrier
- § 50-1301.57 — “Motor vehicle liability policy” defined
- § 50-1301.58 — Notice of cancellation or termination of certified policy
- § 50-1301.59 — Provisions of chapter not to affect other policies
- § 50-1301.60 — Surety bond — Proof of financial responsibility
- § 50-1301.61 — Surety bond — Lien against scheduled real estate
- § 50-1301.62 — Surety bond — Right of action
- § 50-1301.63 — Deposit of money with Mayor — Proof of financial responsibility
- § 50-1301.64 — Deposit of money with Mayor — Limits on application
- § 50-1301.65 — Owner of a motor vehicle may give proof for others
- § 50-1301.66 — Substitution of proof
- § 50-1301.67 — Requirement of other proof of financial responsibility; prior proof; suspension
- § 50-1301.68 — Cancellation of certificate; waiver of filing proof
- § 50-1301.69 — Transfer of registration to defeat purpose of chapter
- § 50-1301.70 — Surrender of license and registration
- § 50-1301.71 — Failure to report accident; penalty
- § 50-1301.72 — False information or forged signature in accident report; forged evidence of proof of financial responsibility; false swearing
- § 50-1301.73 — Operating motor vehicle when license suspended or revoked
- § 50-1301.74 — Failure to return license or registration; penalty
- § 50-1301.75 — Penalty for violations of chapter
- § 50-1301.76 — Jurisdiction of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia as to prosecutions for violations of provisions of chapter
- § 50-1301.77 — Effect of headings
- § 50-1301.78 — Vehicles insured under other laws; exception
- § 50-1301.79 — Self-insurers
- § 50-1301.80 — Appropriations authorized
- § 50-1301.81 — Effect of Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1952
- § 50-1301.82 — Effect of chapter on prior law
- § 50-1301.83 — Chapter not applied retroactively
- § 50-1301.84 — Provisions of chapter not to prevent other processes provided by law
- § 50-1301.85 — Interpretation of chapter
- § 50-1301.86 — Severability of provisions
- § 50-1331.01 — Definitions
- § 50-1331.02 — Duty to apply for Salvage Vehicle Title, Non-repairable Vehicle Certificate
- § 50-1331.03 — Duty to notify lessors, purchasers, Department, of Flood Vehicle Status
- § 50-1331.04 — Department authority to designate vehicles salvage, non-repairable, and flood and to include certain information on a title
- § 50-1331.05 — Restrictions on use and transfer of Salvage Vehicles
- § 50-1331.06 — Titling Rebuilt Salvage Vehicles
- § 50-1331.07 — Restrictions on use and transfer of Non-repairable Vehicles
- § 50-1331.08 — Penalties
- § 50-1331.09 — Rules and regulations
- § 50-1401.01 — Fee; examination; age requirements; lost permits; provisions for armed forces personnel; contents; operation without permit prohibited; restrictions for minors
- § 50-1401.01a — Notification of operator’s permit expiration
- § 50-1401.01b — Prohibition on release and use of certain personal information from motor vehicle records and accident reports
- § 50-1401.02 — Exemptions
- § 50-1401.03 — Federally-accepted driver’s license — Identification card option
- § 50-1401.04 — Mayor’s authority to seize suspect documents
- § 50-1401.05 — Limited purpose driver’s license, permit, or identification card
- § 50-1403.01 — Revocation or suspension; new permit after revocation; nonresidents; penalty for operation with revoked or suspended license
- § 50-1403.02 — Revocation and disqualification of motor vehicle operator’s permit
- § 50-1403.03 — Suspension of minor’s motor vehicle operator’s permit for alcohol violation
- § 50-1405.01 — Driver Education Program Fund
- § 50-1501.01 — Definitions
- § 50-1501.02 — Motor vehicles and trailers; expiration; certificates and tags; sale or transfer; Mayor to issue rules
- § 50-1501.02a — Issuance of veterans’ license plates
- § 50-1501.03 — Fees classified and use of proceeds designated
- § 50-1501.03a — Out-Of-State Vehicle Registration Special Fund
- § 50-1501.04 — Unlawful acts; penalty
- § 50-1501.05 — Provisions not affected
- § 50-1501.31 — Required records for sale of 5 or more motor vehicles in one year
- § 50-1503.01 — Motor vehicles of Disabled American Veterans
- § 50-1505.01 — Definitions
- § 50-1505.02 — Interstate and intrastate privileges
- § 50-1505.03 — Registration
- § 50-1505.04 — Mayor to make rules and regulations
- § 50-1507.01 — Definitions
- § 50-1507.02 — Reciprocal agreements
- § 50-1507.03 — Registration
- § 50-1507.04 — Interjurisdictional and intrajurisdictional privileges
- § 50-1507.05 — Auditing
- § 50-1507.06 — Fees
- § 50-1507.07 — Rules
- § 50-1531 — Establishment of a domestic tour bus program
- § 50-1541.01 — Definitions
- § 50-1541.02 — Scope
- § 50-1541.03 — Supplemental principles of law and equity
- § 50-1541.04 — Law governing vessel covered by certificate of title
- § 50-1541.05 — Certificate of title required
- § 50-1541.06 — Application for certificate of title
- § 50-1541.07 — Creation and cancellation of certificate of title
- § 50-1541.08 — Content of certificate of title
- § 50-1541.09 — Title brand
- § 50-1541.10 — Maintenance of and access to files
- § 50-1541.11 — Action required on creation of certificate of title
- § 50-1541.12 — Effect of certificate of title
- § 50-1541.13 — Effect of possession of certificate of title; judicial process
- § 50-1541.14 — Perfection of security interest
- § 50-1541.15 — Termination statement
- § 50-1541.16 — Transfer of ownership
- § 50-1541.17 — Effect of missing or incorrect information
- § 50-1541.18 — Transfer of ownership by secured party’s transfer statement
- § 50-1541.19 — Transfer by operation of law
- § 50-1541.20 — Application for transfer of ownership or termination of security interest without certificate of title
- § 50-1541.21 — Replacement certificate of title
- § 50-1541.22 — Rights of purchaser other than secured party
- § 50-1541.23 — Rights of secured party
- § 50-1541.24 — Duties of Harbor Master
- § 50-1541.25 — Rules
- § 50-1541.26 — Uniformity of application and construction
- § 50-1541.27 — Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
- § 50-1541.28 — Savings clause
- § 50-1601 — Findings
- § 50-1602 — Comprehensive Bicycle Transportation and Safety Program
- § 50-1603 — Office of Bicycle Transportation and Safety
- § 50-1604 — District of Columbia Bicycle Advisory Council
- § 50-1605 — Helmet use requirements
- § 50-1606 — Contributory negligence
- § 50-1607 — Child safety helmet education program
- § 50-1608 — Child safety helmet assistance program