Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia
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The Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia is a municipal office responsible for officially recording and maintaining public documents related to property and land transactions in Washington, D.C.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3892402 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia Context triple: [Frederick Douglass, positionHeld, Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia]
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A.
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
The Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia is the chief legal office for D.C., responsible for providing legal advice to the district government and representing it in civil and criminal matters.
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B.
Office of the City Administrator of the District of Columbia
The Office of the City Administrator of the District of Columbia is the executive agency responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations and administration of Washington, D.C.’s municipal government.
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C.
District of Columbia Office of the Secretary
The District of Columbia Office of the Secretary is a DC government agency responsible for official records, ceremonial documents, and administrative functions such as managing the city’s legal and regulatory publications.
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D.
Commissioner of the District of Columbia
The Commissioner of the District of Columbia was the federally appointed chief executive authority that governed Washington, D.C. before the establishment of an elected mayoral system.
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E.
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia is the chief federal prosecutor responsible for representing the U.S. government in criminal and civil cases in the nation’s capital.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia Target entity description: The Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia is a municipal office responsible for officially recording and maintaining public documents related to property and land transactions in Washington, D.C.
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A.
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
The Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia is the chief legal office for D.C., responsible for providing legal advice to the district government and representing it in civil and criminal matters.
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B.
Office of the City Administrator of the District of Columbia
The Office of the City Administrator of the District of Columbia is the executive agency responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations and administration of Washington, D.C.’s municipal government.
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C.
District of Columbia Office of the Secretary
The District of Columbia Office of the Secretary is a DC government agency responsible for official records, ceremonial documents, and administrative functions such as managing the city’s legal and regulatory publications.
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D.
Commissioner of the District of Columbia
The Commissioner of the District of Columbia was the federally appointed chief executive authority that governed Washington, D.C. before the establishment of an elected mayoral system.
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E.
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia is the chief federal prosecutor responsible for representing the U.S. government in criminal and civil cases in the nation’s capital.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government office
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land records office ⓘ municipal office ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataTypeManaged |
property encumbrance information
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property ownership information ⓘ property transfer history ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Code of the District of Columbia
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surface form:
District of Columbia Code
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| hasAccessibility | public records access subject to legal restrictions ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
collect recordation and transfer taxes on documents it records
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provide constructive notice of recorded instruments ⓘ support real estate transactions in Washington, D.C. ⓘ support title searches ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| languageOfRecords | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
District of Columbia
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| overseesProcess |
issuance of certified copies of land records
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public access to land records ⓘ recordation of real estate documents ⓘ |
| partOf |
Government of the District of Columbia
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surface form:
District of Columbia government
District of Columbia Office of the Secretary ⓘ
surface form:
Office of the Secretary of the District of Columbia
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| primaryPurpose | ensure accurate and official documentation of real property interests in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| recordsType |
covenants
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deeds ⓘ easements ⓘ liens ⓘ mortgages ⓘ other real property instruments ⓘ plats ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
indexing property documents
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maintaining public records of real estate transactions ⓘ preserving historical land records ⓘ recording land records ⓘ recording property documents ⓘ |
| seat | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serves |
businesses in the District of Columbia
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real estate professionals in Washington, D.C. ⓘ residents of the District of Columbia ⓘ |
| usesSystem |
grantor-grantee index
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lot and square index ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia Description of subject: The Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia is a municipal office responsible for officially recording and maintaining public documents related to property and land transactions in Washington, D.C.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey
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positionHeld
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Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia
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