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Stigmatized Property Rule (DC)

Under D.C. Code §47-2853.198, certain facts are not material facts requiring disclosure, and failing to disclose them cannot support a lawsuit: that an occupant had or was suspected of having HIV or AIDS or another disease medically shown to be highly unlikely to spread through occupancy, and that the property was the site of a suicide, homicide, or other felony. A licensee's separate duty to disclose known material adverse physical defects still applies.