District Of Columbia Code — 20
Browse 117 sections in division 20 of the District Of Columbia code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 20-101. Definitions.
- § 20-102. Verification.
- § 20-103. Notice.
- § 20-104. Presumption.
- § 20-105. Devolution of property at death.
- § 20-106. Preference.
- § 20-107. Right to seek Court resolution.
- § 20-108. Appointment of guardian ad litem.
- § 20-108.01. Effect of fraud and evasion.
- § 20-109. Effective date.
- § 20-301. Scope.
- § 20-302. Necessity for probate.
- § 20-303. Order of priority for appointment of personal representative; persons excluded.
- § 20-304. Petition for probate.
- § 20-305. Complaint to contest the validity of a will.
- § 20-311. Nature of proceeding.
- § 20-312. Action on petition.
- § 20-321. Nature of proceeding.
- § 20-322. When mandatory.
- § 20-323. Notice of request for standard probate; form.
- § 20-324. Action on petition.
- § 20-331. Finality of abbreviated and standard probate proceedings.
- § 20-341. Requirements.
- § 20-342. Powers of foreign personal representative.
- § 20-343. Publication and claims of creditors.
- § 20-344. Right of heir or legatee.
- § 20-351. General.
- § 20-352. Petition.
- § 20-353. Proceedings after petition.
- § 20-354. Duties of personal representatives.
- § 20-355. After-discovered property.
- § 20-356. Applicability of other provisions of title.
- § 20-357. Exception for motor vehicles.
- § 20-401. Supervised administration; in general.
- § 20-402. Supervised administration; procedure.
- § 20-403. Supervised administration; changes and effect.
- § 20-404. Supervised administration; powers of personal representative.
- § 20-405. Supervised administration; interim orders; distribution and closing orders.
- § 20-406. Unsupervised personal representative.
- § 20-501. Conditions of appointment.
- § 20-502. Bond; form.
- § 20-503. Issuance and content of letters.
- § 20-504. Form of letters.
- § 20-505. Time of accrual of duties and powers.
- § 20-511. Powers and duties of successor personal representative.
- § 20-512. Copersonal representatives; when joint action required; liability.
- § 20-513. Powers of surviving copersonal representative.
- § 20-521. Restraining acts of personal representatives.
- § 20-522. Termination; general.
- § 20-523. Termination; effect.
- § 20-524. Termination; death or disability.
- § 20-525. Termination; resignation.
- § 20-526. Termination; removal.
- § 20-527. Termination; change in proceeding.
- § 20-531. Appointment; qualifications.
- § 20-532. Bond.
- § 20-533. Powers and duties.
- § 20-534. Termination of appointment.
- § 20-701. Status and duties of personal representative.
- § 20-701.01. Personal representative to proceed without court order; exception.
- § 20-702. Duties of personal representative; possession and control of estate.
- § 20-703. Preferences; sale of estate property.
- § 20-704. Notice of appointment to interested persons, creditors and unknown heirs.
- § 20-705. Filing revised and corrected documents.
- § 20-711. Inventory; general.
- § 20-712. Appraisal; supervised administration.
- § 20-713. Supervised administration; supplemental inventory; reappraisal.
- § 20-713.01. Unsupervised administration; inventory and appraisal duties of unsupervised personal representative.
- § 20-714. Revision of inventory.
- § 20-715. Inventory of successor personal representative.
- § 20-721. Duty to account; supervised administration.
- § 20-722. Initial account; supervised administration.
- § 20-723. Subsequent account; supervised administration.
- § 20-724. When to render accounts; supervised administration.
- § 20-725. Failure to render account.
- § 20-726. Exceptions to account; supervised administration.
- § 20-731. Waiver of filing; supervised administration.
- § 20-732. Waiver of formal Court audit; supervised administration.
- § 20-733. Right of heir or legatee.
- § 20-734. Duty to account; unsupervised administration.
- § 20-735. Optional proceedings, terminating unsupervised administration; testate or intestate; Certificate of Completion.
- § 20-736. Finality.
- § 20-741. General powers.
- § 20-742. Court order.
- § 20-743. Improper exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty.
- § 20-743.01. Sale, encumbrance, or transaction involving conflict of interest; voidable; exceptions.
- § 20-744. Protection of person dealing with personal representative.
- § 20-751. Compensation.
- § 20-752. Expenses of estate litigation.
- § 20-753. Proceedings for review of employment of agents and compensation of personal representatives and employees of estate.
- § 20-901. Claim not paid in normal course of administration.
- § 20-902. Effect of statute of limitations.
- § 20-903. Limitation on presentation of claims against the estate.
- § 20-904. Exempt assets.
- § 20-905. Manner of presentation of claim.
- § 20-906. Order of payment.
- § 20-907. Funeral expenses.
- § 20-908. Action on claims; remedy for failure to act.
- § 20-909. Payment of claim.
- § 20-910. Meeting of creditors.
- § 20-911. Claim not yet due.
- § 20-912. Secured claim.
- § 20-913. Contingent claim.
- § 20-914. Execution and levy prohibited.
- § 20-1101. Renunciation; legatee or heir.
- § 20-1102. Distribution in kind; valuation; method.
- § 20-1103. Distribution in kind; assignment, transfer and release of property.
- § 20-1104. Distribution; effect.
- § 20-1105. Petition for purpose of distribution.
- § 20-1106. Distribution to a minor.
- § 20-1107. Distribution to fiduciary for nonresident person under legal disability other than minority.
- § 20-1108. Certain formula clauses to be construed to refer to federal estate and generation-skipping transfer tax rules applicable to estates of decedents dying on December 31, 2009.
- § 20-1301. Termination of appointment.
- § 20-1302. Liability of heir or legatee to creditor.
- § 20-1303. Limitations.
- § 20-1304. Subsequent administration.
- § 20-1305. Confirmatory acts.