D.C. Code § 5-119.05
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§ 5-119.05. Administration of oaths; certification of depositions.
Official statutory text
The Property Clerk may administer oaths and certify depositions which may be necessary to establish the ownership of any property or money lost, abandoned, or returned to him under the directions of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, including such property or money so returned which is alleged to have been feloniously obtained or to be the proceeds of crime.
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