Legal and Inquiry Information
Please use the guidelines below to cite DCMR provisions, make inquiries, or determine legality of DCMR publications.
Citation
To cite a particular provision within the DCMR, indicate its title number, followed by the acronym "DCMR," the subsection, and the year of the publication as follows: 1 DCMR § 100.1 (2001).
Inquiries
Address requests for interpretations, explanations, or summaries of any regulations in the DCMR titles to the agency that issued the rules. Address requests for DCMR publication sales information, reference assistance, or advice regarding the legal and technical sufficiency of published regulations to:
Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances
One Judiciary Square
441 Fourth Street NW
Suite 520
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 727-5090
Fax: (202) 727-6042
Email
Legal Status
The publication of any document within a title of the DCMR creates an understanding, which may be challenged, that the document was duly issued, prescribed, adopted, circulated, or enacted and that the document meets the legal requirements stated in the DC Administrative Procedure Act, Subchapter 3.
