District Of Columbia § 11-1566 - Survivor annuity; election; relinquishment.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 11-1566 — Survivor annuity; election; relinquishment., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 11-1566. Survivor annuity; election; relinquishment.
11-1566Any judge, whether or not subject to sections 11-1562 to 11-1565, may, by written election filed with the Secretary of the Treasury within six months after the date on which the judge takes office or is reappointed or recommissioned, or within six months after the judge marries, elect to be within the survivor annuity provisions of this subchapter.
Any judge in regular active service or any retired judge, who shall have elected survivor annuity, and who after that election is unmarried and does not have a dependent child, may elect —
to terminate the deductions and withholdings from the judge’s salary under section 11-1567(a) and any installment payments elected to be made under section 11-1567(b); and
to have paid to the judge the lump-sum credit for survivor annuity.
If any judge who shall have elected survivor annuity resigns from office otherwise than under the provisions of this subchapter or is removed, the judge shall be entitled to be paid the lump-sum credit for survivor annuity.
Payment of the lump-sum credit for survivor annuity as provided in this section shall extinguish all claims with respect to survivor annuity.
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Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 11-1566 ("Survivor annuity; election; relinquishment.") is part of the D.C. Code, the codified statutory law of District Of Columbia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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