Section 14-4102. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

 

4102.1Each rental unit in a housing accommodation shall be registered on the Registration/Claim of Exemption form filed for the housing accommodation of which the rental unit is a part.

 

4102.2Each housing provider who registers one (1) or more rental units shall file with the Rent Administrator a Registration/Claim of Exemption form for each housing accommodation with a separate address, except as provided in § 4102.3.

 

4102.3Where one (1) or more separate housing business licenses have been issued for a multibuilding housing complex, the housing provider shall file a Registration/Claim of Exemption form for each separate housing business license.

 

4102.4For the purposes of the Act and registration requirements, a residential condominium unit rented or offered for rent shall be deemed to be a housing accommodation consisting of one (1) rental unit, and shall be registered as such.

 

4102.5Where a housing provider is required to have a housing business license, the address of the housing accommodation on the Registration/Claim of Exemption form shall be the same as that on the housing business license.

 

4102.6Where the housing provider is not required to have a housing business license, the address of the housing accommodation on the Registration/Claim of Exemption form shall be the same as that maintained by the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue for assessment of real property taxes against the housing accommodation.

 

4102.7If a housing accommodation required to be registered under the Act contains one (1) or more rental units excluded from coverage under the Act pursuant to § 205(e), or one (1) or more rental units exempt from the Rent Stabilization Program pursuant to § 205(a), the housing provider shall identify the excluded and/or exempt rental units on the Registration/Claim of Exemption form, and specify the section of the Act under which the exemption or exclusion is claimed.

 

4102.8Each housing provider registering under the Act shall submit to the Rent Administrator an original and one (1) copy of each Registration/Claim of Exemption form to be filed.

 

4102.9The Rent Administrator shall accept for filing, date-stamp and assign a registration number to each Registration/Claim of Exemption form that meets the requirements of the Act and of this chapter; and shall promptly return to the housing provider the date-stamped copy of the form bearing the registration number.

 

4102.10If the housing accommodation has a housing business license, the registration number shall be identical to the customer service number used by the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.

 

4102.11If the housing accommodation is not required to be licensed, the Rent Administrator shall issue a registration number to the housing accommodation. The registration number for non-licensed housing accommodations may be the same number issued to the accommodation under the Rental Housing Act of 1980.

 

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 1336, 1374 (March 7, 1986).

EditorNote

The District of Columbia Office of the Chief Financial Officer published a Notice of Public Interest at 44 DCR 2345 (April 18, 1997) which advised that "[t]he OFFICE OF TAX AND REVENUE will assume all of the duties and functions previously performed by the DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND REVENUE, as set forth in Commissioner’s Order 69-96, dated March 7, 1969." All references to the "Department of Finance and Revenue" in the original text of these regulations have been replaced with the "Office of Tax and Revenue."