Actions Involving Real Property

Any pleading the adjudication of which may affect title to or interests in real property, including pleadings in change of name cases, must bear immediately below the title of the pleading the inscription "ACTION INVOLVING REAL PROPERTY." On the filing of such a pleading, the clerk must place after the number assigned to the case the suffix "RP." COMMENT TO 2017 AMENDMENTS Under Rule 3-I, parties must identify pending actions that may impact the title of real property in the District of Columbia. See First Md. Fin. Servs. Corp. v. District-Realty Title Ins. Corp., 548 A.2d 787, 791 (D.C. 1988) (citing Rule 3-I and quoting Anderson v. Reid, 14 App. D.C. 54, 68 (1899) for proposition that “[t]he public records give constructive notice of their contents . . . .”).