District Of Columbia § 19-701 - Escheatment generally.
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§ 19-701. Escheatment generally.
19-701Where there is no surviving spouse, surviving domestic partner, or relations of the intestate within the fifth degree, reckoned by counting down from the common ancestor to the more remote, the surplus of real and personal property escheats to the District of Columbia to be used by the Mayor of the District of Columbia for the benefit of the poor. All cash, including real or personal property reduced to cash, received or obtained by the District pursuant to this section shall be transferred at regular intervals to the Department of Human Services for uses consistent with the emergency assistance grants described in .
For the purposes of this section, the term “domestic partner” shall have the same meaning as provided in .
Annotations
Transfer of the Escheated Estates Fund, Delegation of Authority, and Rescission of Previous Mayor’s Orders, see Mayor’s Order 2007-238, November 2, 2007 ( 55 DCR 177).
Representation of District in probate and escheat cases: See Mayor’s Order 85-190, December 3, 1985.
Amendment of establishment of Escheated Estates Fund Application Screening Committee: See Mayor’s Order 86-128, August 8, 1986.
Amendment of Mayor’s Order 81-39, Escheated Estates Fund: See Mayor’s Order 85-71, May 24, 1985, as amended by Mayor’s Order 87-188, August 6, 1987.
Escheated Estates Fund Application Screening Committee established: See Mayor’s Order 83-285, December 7, 1983.
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