Washington, D.C.: read this before you schedule.
Miss Utility of DC · D.C. Code §§34-2701 et seq., notice §34-2704
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A waiting period is not always permission. Some states also require that every operator has answered before you break ground, and some require you to mark your own dig path first. Where we have read that requirement, it is in the notes on this page. Where this page is silent, we have not checked it yet — silence here is not the same as absence. We are working through the rest and dating each one as it lands.
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Contested. D.C. Code §34-2704 says 'at least 96 hours, but no more than 10 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays)' and it is not resolvable from the section whether that exclusion reaches back to the 96-hour floor.
Worth knowing in Washington, D.C.
No number is shown because the swing is two full days on a Friday ticket: 96 clock hours ripens Tuesday morning, 96 hours excluding weekends ripens Thursday morning. Call Miss Utility and ask. Ticket life is 15 days excluding weekends and holidays, but the anchor is not stated in the section, so that is not shown either. No tolerance width is published.
Common questions about digging in Washington, D.C.
- How long do you have to wait before digging in Washington, D.C.?
- Contested. D.C. Code §34-2704 says 'at least 96 hours, but no more than 10 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays)' and it is not resolvable from the section whether that exclusion reaches back to the 96-hour floor.
Check it yourself
Every figure here was read off D.C. Code §§34-2701 et seq., notice §34-2704, not off a summary — summaries of these get the unit wrong, and the unit is usually a weekend. Read the source. This one is marked probable rather than verified — check it before you schedule.
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