• Current through October 23, 2012

Any person claiming title to land may convey his interest in the same, notwithstanding there may be an adverse possession thereof.

(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1269, ch. 854, § 513.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 45-305.

1973 Ed., § 45-105.

Miscellaneous Notes

Severance of joint tenancies: This section and § 42-301 do not supersede the common law rule authorizing the unilateral severance of joint tenancies. Estate of Gulledge, App. D.C., 673 A.2d 1278 (1996).