District Of Columbia § 47-1316 - Errors in computation not to affect sales.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 47-1316 — Errors in computation not to affect sales., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 47-1316. Errors in computation not to affect sales.
47-1316No sale of any real property for taxes shall be impaired or made void by reason of any error of the proper officers in making a computation of the amount of taxes due, the expenses attendant on the advertisement and sale, or of the purchase money and the interest thereon, notwithstanding the sum erroneously computed may have been paid by the purchaser, his heirs or assigns; but all such sales and the deeds which may be granted on the certificates then issued shall be valid and binding as if no such error had been made.
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Section 47-1316 ("Errors in computation not to affect sales.") is part of the D.C. Code, the codified statutory law of District Of Columbia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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