Columbia Effect of property conveyance ordinance (§ 16-320)

(a) When title to property is conveyed, any nuisance activity that occurred before the conveyance may not be used to establish the property as a chronic nuisance property unless the reason for the conveyance was to avoid a determination that the property was a chronic nuisance property.

(b) There is a rebuttable presumption that a reason for the conveyance of property was to avoid a determination that the property was a chronic nuisance property if:

(1) The property was conveyed for less than fair market value;

(2) The property was conveyed to an entity controlled by a person conveying the property;

(3) The property was conveyed to a relative of a person conveying the property.